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Up-and-coming New York City funk-rock band Summer Fling has announced a new single “Blissful Haze" set to release on May 10. The single comes in the leadup to a new album set to release in late Summer. Singer-keyboardist Eddie Kam…

After an extraordinary 30-year career with the Bardavon, Chris Silva is set to retire as Executive Director on December 31, 2024. Bardavon, photo by Tim Lee. Arts Consulting Group will facilitate a national search for a new…

GRAMMY Award-winning guitar virtuosos Rodrigo y Gabriela brought their 2024 Spring/Summer tour to the Ulster Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

Beginning Memorial Day weekend, Orchard Beach in the Bronx will hold its weekly Salsa Sundays dance party. Every Sunday until Labor Day weekend, New Yorkers can enjoy music, salsa dance, and concessions. Hundreds gather in a large…

The Lake George DJ Takeover Music & Arts Festival will take place again this year at the Barn at French Mountain from June 7-9. Presented by All We Do Is Epic Dot Com, the festival will host DJs from all along the East Coast coming…

Necessity is the mother of invention. In the case of Darko Mijatovic, the need to find live music locally led to the creation of Ckord, an app designed to bring together music lovers, support emerging artists and democratize music. …

On Saturday, May 4, the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra presented “Other Worlds,” its grand finale of the 2023-2024 season. Maestro Daniel Hege led the orchestra in an evening of music from the superhero, fantasy, and sci-fi genres,…

Bryant Park has an exciting season of free, live Latin Picnic Performances lined up for the summer of 2024. From June 7 to September 13, you can expect paramount talent of Latin performers from around the globe. Many of this…

The annual Governors Ball has released its After Dark lineup for this year's festival. After Dark shows take place all around the New York Metro Area in the nights leading up to, during, and after Governors Ball. The After Dark…

On Monday night in Brooklyn, at the newly reopened Brooklyn Paramount, Canadian pop-punk sensation Sum 41 took the stage for their farewell performance in New York City. Earlier this year the band announced it was calling it quits after 27…