Dan Smalls Presents

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…

Dan Smalls is a promoter who works in central New York and the surrounding areas. He heads Dan Smalls Presents (DSP), which promotes concerts and events in Cooperstown, Syracuse and Albany, as well as DSP's home base in Ithaca. NYS…

Finishing up their second year with Orrin Evans at the piano (replacing founding member Ethan Iverson), and on the eve of the release of their second album with the new lineup, The Bad Plus made a stop at the Hangar Theater in Ithaca.…

Colter Wall travelled from Saskatchewan in southwestern Canada to grace the stage in Ithaca on Saturday night. Though he had no problems connecting with the sold out crowd. Songs centering around cattle branding, ranching and rodeos were…

Chris Thile, taking a break from his day job as host of the radio show "Live From Here," got the band back together for a spring tour with the Punch Brothers with a tour that started with a return to the State Theatre in Ithaca. A place…

On a snowy night in Ithaca on the precipice of the deep freeze, known as the Polar Vortex, a young college town crowd braved the elements to warm up to folk-rock breakout, Rayland Baxter and his 5-piece band. In the midst of a lengthy…

As a part of the Smith Opera House's Club Series, Dan Smalls Presents brings Aoife O'Donovan to Ravines Wine Cellars this Friday night. O'Donovan is touring behind her sophomore solo effort "In the Magic Hour" released early this year, of…

Ommegang Brewery played host to jam heavyweights Twiddle and String Cheese Incident on Friday, July 8. Despite the rain, the crowd enjoyed fresh beers and the ideal setting for live music in Central New York. Twiddle began their set…