Alison Krauss has a voice that operates by different physics than most. On July 25, 2026, she brings it — along with Union Station, one of the finest working bands in American roots music — to CMAC in Canandaigua. Theo Lawrence opens the evening. This is a show for people who understand what it means to hear a great musician in a beautiful setting.
About the Show
Alison Krauss has been playing fiddle since she was a child and recording professionally since she was a teenager. Somewhere along the way — through more than twenty-multiple Grammy Awards, collaborations with Robert Plant, Yo-Yo Ma, and Brad Paisley, and a body of work that spans bluegrass, country, folk, and the unmarked spaces between them — she became one of the most decorated and quietly influential American musicians of her era. She doesn’t perform often. When she does, people pay attention.
Union Station backs her with the kind of musical intelligence that only comes from playing together for decades. Dan Tyminski’s guitar and voice, Ron Block’s banjo, Barry Bales on bass — this is a band that communicates in the language of precision without ever sounding cold. The interplay between Krauss’s violin and the ensemble’s underlying architecture is worth the price of admission on its own.
Theo Lawrence opens, a French artist with deep American roots influences — the right kind of warm-up for an evening built around musical craft. He won’t be a footnote for long.
Venue Info
CMAC is one of upstate New York’s most thoughtfully situated outdoor venues — a natural hillside amphitheater in the Finger Lakes wine country outside Canandaigua, with capacity for 15,000 across pavilion and lawn. The natural acoustics of the bowl help with exactly the kind of nuanced, instrument-forward music that Krauss and Union Station play. You’ll hear things in the open air here that can get lost in an arena.
The Finger Lakes in late July is the peak of summer: long evenings, warm air, the region’s wineries and farm stands all at full throttle. There is no bad approach to this venue on a night like this one. Details at CMAC, and regional information at Finger Lakes.
Tickets & Pricing
Tickets start at $54 — a reasonable entry for an artist of Krauss’s standing who doesn’t tour with anything like regularity. Reserve your seats sooner rather than later. This one will go.
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