Update 8/15: The Adirondack Independence Music Festival, taking place Labor Day Weekend in Lake George, added a pair of pre-parties on Friday, Sept. 1. The pre-party starts at 5 p.m. at Shepard’s Park Amphitheater with Led Zeppelin tribute act Out on the Lines opening for the Beau Sasser Trio, which features members of Kung Fu, […]
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Alex Bay’s Riverboat Bar Features National Artists All Summer
The Riverboat Bar in Alexandria Bay has announced a stellar lineup for its Summer 2017 Live Music Series. Both regional and national touring acts will be featured. The primarily free series brings live music to the Bay Friday and Saturday nights throughout the summer. It began June 3 with Broken Arrow Hearts and followed with […]
Space Carnival Drop a Handful of Northeast Summer Show Dates
Still a bit damp from the sweat and morning dew of Spring Tour, Space Carnival is back at it again this summer with a number of Northeast show dates. Trailing their debut album, Drawn In By The Sun, the wild quartet has put all their time and effort into the touring circuit, hitting up cities […]
Getting Weird at the 15th Strangecreek Campout
Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend bookend the festival season, meaning many northeasterners start and end their summers at Camp Kee-Wanee in Greenfield, Mass., for the Strangecreek and Wormtown Campouts. Last week was the 15th annual Strangecreek, and the vibe was very focused around the family that had been built up over the years. […]
2017 Saranac Thursday Acts Announced
Saranac Brewery in Utica announced the lineup for its annual summer music series, Saranac Thursdays, on Tuesday. The kick-off event takes place May 18 with a 25th anniversary show from local show band Classified. The 19th year of the series continues throughout the summer, with hard rock act the Bomb closing it out Aug. 31. […]
Round 3 of NYS Music’s 2017 March Madness
We kick off the week with Round 3 of the Fourth Annual NYS Music March Madness! We’re down to 16 teams out of 64 in our friendly tournament style competition for readers to discover new artists who call New York home. The original field of 64 bands are those you might not know about, but […]
Round 2 of NYS Music’s March Madness
It’s time for Round 2 of the Fourth Annual NYS Music March Madness! We’ve brought together 64 of New York’s up and coming bands for a friendly tournament style competition for readers to discover new artists who call New York home. The original field of 64 bands are those you might not know about, but […]
Round 1 of NYS Music 2017 March Madness
It’s March and it’s time for the Fourth Annual NYS Music March Madness! We bring together 64 up and coming bands from across New York State for a friendly tournament style competition throughout the month of March for readers to discover new artists who call New York home. These are 64 bands you might not […]
Frendly Gathering Music Festival Releases Lineup for New Home at Sugarbush
The seventh annual installment of the Frendly Gathering Music Festival will take place June 29-July 1 at the Sugarbush Resort in Vermont featuring Twiddle, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Turkuaz, Moon Hooch and more on the bill already. Just 50 minutes outside of Burlington, the Sugarbush Resort is one of the largest […]
Celebrate the 2017 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival at the Waterhole
The 120th annual Saranac Lake Winter Carnival will take place this year on Feb. 3-12. NYS Music is proud to present the 10 day line-up for The Waterhole Upstairs Music Lounge, which will feature 16 acts of both local artists and national touring acts. The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival is the longest-running event of its […]