The 38th annual Flurry Festival returns to downtown Saratoga Springs Thursday, Feb. 13 through Saturday, Feb. 15, filling the Saratoga Springs City Center and surrounding venues with traditional music and dance. More than 3,000 people are expected to attend the festival, which features 222 sessions across the three-day event. The festival brings together a large […]
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As audiences brace for the winter months, things get a little more fun as The Park Theater Foundation brings comedy, folk, and jazz to Glens Falls. Running from January 30 through February 27, the venue offers a range of performers across multiple genres. On January 30, David Drake featured on Comedy Central, HBO, Sirius XM, […]
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The music industry has long celebrated resilience, endurance, and the idea that the show must go on. But behind the curtain, the mental health toll of life on the road, late nights, financial uncertainty, and constant pressure has quietly reached crisis levels. On January 27, Backline a nonprofit dedicated to mental health and wellness for music […]
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While many people chose to drown their sorrows in Labatt Blue and bleu cheese after another disappointing Bills playoff loss, more than a handful found something to help them cope with heartache on Saturday, January 17. Syracuse-native Sydney Irving & The Creatures made a trek down the thruway to The Bug Jar in Rochester to […]
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Pegasus Early Music and NYS Baroque are two organizations that celebrate and perform music ranging from Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque times (early music) across Syracuse, Ithaca, and Rochester. The organizations have announced a John Dowland Festival scheduled for February 2026. Both Pegasus Early Music and NYS Baroque are organizations that are well-known and celebrated throughout […]
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Dave Matthews Band has announced its Summer 2026 Tour dates, featuring performances throughout the country, including four concerts in New York. Dave Matthews Band is a top-ranked headliner on Pollstar s list of 25 Most Popular Artists of the Millennium, listed at number 4. In addition, the band was named an UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador in […]
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Inspired by what was going on when he was 16 years, veteran rock musician Doug Howard will channel his childhood and the sounds of the 60s in Summer of 72 concerts across New York State. The tour will be anchored by dual performances, May 3 and May 16, at The Cutting Room, in NYC. I […]
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Billy Strings has announced summer tour dates, bringing the 2x Grammy Award-winning from Virginia to the Northeast in July and back to his home state of Michigan in late August. The tour will make a two-day stop at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on July 31 and August 1, marking the first shows for […]
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As winter deepens across upstate New York, Old Songs – Music with Roots, continues its long tradition of bringing rich, soulful folk and roots music to the community at the Old Songs Community Arts Center in Voorheesville. The 2026 winter concert series features an international slate of artists rooted in Celtic, maritime, traditional, and acoustic […]
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At the Bug Jar, a staple of the Rochester music scene for decades now, very few are unfamiliar with the massive flying bugs in the bar or the kitchen and on the ceiling, and there is a reason for that: they are constantly are bringing in new talent and have a constant flow of bigger […]
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