Live Music & Concerts Across Upstate New York
Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York
Upstate Concerts covers live music across New York State — from SPAC and Darien Lake to the 200-cap rooms your favorite band plays on a Tuesday night. We’re not a ticket seller. We’re the editorial guide that tells you what’s worth seeing, what just went on sale, and what you’ll kick yourself for missing. Independent. Comprehensive. Local.
Editor's Picks
Summer 2026: The shows we’d buy tickets for right now.
Marcus King Band at Flynn Center for the Performing Arts | September 15, 2026
Suzy Bogguss at The Showroom at Turning Stone Resort Casino | September 18, 2026
Dermot Kennedy at Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview | September 26, 2026
Mike DelGuidice at The Showroom at Turning Stone Resort Casino | October 2, 2026
Just In
Fresh off the wire.
Talkin's Hard Work - A Woody Guthrie Labor Day Tribute at Colony Woodstock | September 6, 2026
Close Encounters With Music: Vivace Orchestra – The Golden Chain of Classical Music at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center | May 16, 2027
Close Encounters With Music: Dvořák – In the New World and Old World at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center | April 18, 2027
Verona Quartet with Alexander Fiterstein at Maverick Concert Hall | September 6, 2026
Choir! Choir! Choir! Landslide: An EPIC Fleetwood Mac Sing-Along at Kingston Grand Theatre | March 20, 2027
This Weekend
Your plans start here.
Travers Party w/ Alex Torres & His Latin Orchestra ft. BoyBoy at Putnam Place | August 29, 2026
The Thruway
Stories, guides, and the stuff you won’t find on Ticketmaster.
Long reads, artist profiles, and deep dives into Upstate’s music scene.
Don't Sleep On These
Rewind
The shows that made us who we are.
Dolly Parton Played Upstate New York for 48 Years. She Never Really Left.
Dolly Parton died Tuesday at 80. From the 1968 State Fair in Syracuse to her final tour stop at Artpark in 2016, she played upstate New York for forty-eight years – and through the Imagination Library, she is still arriving in the same counties every month.
The 10 Greatest Concerts in Utica/Rome History
For four days in July of 1999, the eyes of the entire music world were fixed on a decommissioned Air Force base in Rome, New
The 10 Greatest Concerts in Saratoga Springs History
On the last Thursday in June of 1985, the traffic on the Northway stopped moving. It stopped because 40,231 people were trying to reach the
The Upstate Music Hall of Fame
89 musicians, producers, radio legends, and visionaries who made Upstate New York a force in American music.
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Every major announcement, this weekend’s must-see shows, and exclusive presale alerts. Every Thursday.
Know About a Show We're Missing?
We cover 100 venues across upstate New York, but good shows slip through the cracks. If you’ve got the scoop, we want to hear it.