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JazzFest White Plains is back with performances by GRAMMY-winning stars and a food festival from Sept. 11 to 15. The five-day extravaganza highlights 18 captivating live performances spread throughout downtown White Plains. The…

This summer, Canandaigua's Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center (CMAC), will feature 18 shows starting in May through August. The CMAC 2024 roster features artists spanning from rock to country, welcoming fans of all…

"20 years of Lucid, I never thought I’d see the day." Lowell Wurster shared this sentiment alongside an announcement that on Saturday, May 18, Lucid would gather together at the Strand Center in Plattsburgh to celebrate two decades of…

Boston Calling Music Festival returns this Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26, 2024, to the Harvard Athletic Complex in Boston, MA. The long-running and well-known music festival has a stellar line up for 2024 and lists performances by Ed…

Meadowlark Festival -- the Stone Ridge, NY three-day festival of indie, roots, and countercultural music that benefits farmers in Hudson Valley and nationwide -- confirms its lineup for its 2024 fall festival. Set for September 13-15,…

Legendary musician Graham Nash will be bringing his "Graham Nash – More Evenings of Songs and Stories" tour to the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at the historic Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, October 1. Set for an 8:00 p.m. start time, Nash,…

Up-and-coming singer-songwriter Nikita Lev has released her new single “We All Die Anyway” on May 15. This single comes in the leadup to a new EP and her first European tour in the fall. Lev’s musical instincts began at a young…

Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced their seventh annual Adirondack Trust Company Festival of Young Artists. The community festival celebrates over 700 of the Capital Region's promising young artists, including dancers,…

Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12, 2024 in Albany, Washington Park was alive with families, tulips, and great music from bands on two stages at the 76th Annual Tulip Festival.  With weather that held out to provide a nearly dry…

The Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra has announced its 91st Concert Season, consisting of nine concerts. This new concert season will feature a host of shows in both Schenectady and Saratoga Springs. The series will begin at…