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The Hope Rocks Music Festival is coming to Albany this summer, sparking awareness for mental health and celebrating addiction. This event is a free, two-day arts and healing festival that features speakers, artists, counselors, crafters,…

Jingle legend Ritz Carlton is reviving cassettes with a new tape titled, Ritz Carlton Plays the Hits — Indian Ladder Farms Greatest Jingles. Known across the region for his offbeat and infectious jingles, this latest release contains a…

Inspiring performances and community-focused music experiences come to Lake Placid as the Lake Placid Sinfonietta returns for its 2025 summer series, running from July 9 to August 17. Under the direction of Music Director Stuart…

Up in Bolton Landing, The Sembrich continues to spotlight New York’s place in music history with Riding the Rails, a studio talk and lakeside tea. Happening Thursday, July 10 at 2 PM, the event revisits soprano Marcella Sembrich’s 1909…

If you grew up in the early 1960s, or watched Nick at Nite in the late 1980s, you probably remember this theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5MkCAwupe0 An ear worm if there ever was one, the theme song to Car 54, Where Are…

The Stories with Music concert series returns this summer, bringing free educational shows to local libraries. Presented by The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes (OSFL), Stories with Music concerts will take place at several county…

On a hot July 5th night in Hudson, The Park Theater became more than a venue, it became a vessel. What unfolded was a night of raw introspection, musical brilliance and emotional connection. It was all courtesy of rising soul-pop…

Minus the Bear are back this fall to celebrate 20 years of Menos el Oso, and they’re making multiple stops in New York. They’ll play Brooklyn Steel on November 7 and Irving Plaza on November 8 and 9. The first two shows, with support from…

The Genesee Valley Council of the Arts (GVCA) has announced a series of four fundraising events to be held this summer to combat arts funding cuts. As a nonprofit organization serving both Livingston and Monroe counties for over 50…

It’s only a broken world if you’re not in it. The Broken World Music Festival, a one-day benefit concert for suicide prevention, will return to Buffalo for its third year, now with a new name, a renewed mission, and the same loud heart…