Beak & Skiff Orchards

One could not have asked for a more pristine summer evening, on Wednesday, July 12, when Fleet Foxes brought their sounds to the Beak and Skiff Orchard in Lafayette.   There is perhaps no other band more in touch with the various…

From Phil Lesh to Courtney Barnett and everyone in between, by all measures it's been the most successful summer yet for the new-ish big outdoor venue in central New York, Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards. The apples are starting to ripen,…

After multiple cancellations and postponements, the indie-folk legends out of indie-folk heaven (aka Portland, Oregon), The Decemberists finally made it out for a proper summer tour. They arose from the bunkers, as it were. The tour…

Just two days removed from the Here and There Festival bringing four female-fronted bands to Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards, The Wild Hearts Tour landed with three more incredible women artists: Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, and Julien…

Australian rocker Courtney Barnett has long dreamed of curating her own music festival. As a kid she crafted mix tapes of fantasy lineups, and designed t-shirts for the fantasy merch tent. With 2022's Here and There Festival, she has…

Another gorgeous evening in the hills of Lafayette, nestled into the apple orchards at Beak and Skiff. Another night filled with sweet sounds by another incredible lineup brought in by Dan Smalls Presents. Tonight it was Andrew Bird and…

Denver, Colorado’s Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats took the stage during Beak & Skiff’s Summer Concert Series in Lafayette on June 29, 2022, to a sold out crowd in support of their latest album, The Future, an 11-track record…

Phil Lesh and Friends will find themselves among the apple orchards of Beak and Skiff in Lafayette on July 8, their lone stop in New York this summer on a just announced 2022 Summer Tour. Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead,…

Courtney Barnett's boutique touring festival, "Here and There" has a rotating line-up featuring Snail Mail, Faye Webster, Hana Vu and will be performing at Radio City Music Hall on July 21 and Beak & Skiff on August 14th. …

Just 15 minutes south of Syracuse is the small town of Lafayette, home to the Onondaga Reservation amid rolling hills and valleys. You'll find a number of apple orchards in this area as well, including Beak and Skiff, whose concert series…