Lake Street Dive at Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards | August 5, 2026

Lake Street Dive’s appearance at Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards this August lands at an interesting moment for the band — midway through a 2026 touring run that opened, locally, with a spring stop at the Albany Palace Theatre. The Lafayette outdoor setting is a different proposition from a historic downtown room: 5,000 people on a warm August evening, apple orchards on the horizon, the kind of loose-shouldered show this band’s music was arguably built for. They perform Wednesday, August 5, doors at 5:00 PM, show at 7:00 PM.

About Lake Street Dive

Formed in 2004 at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Lake Street Dive — Rachael Price (vocals), Bridget Kearney (bass), Mike Calabrese (drums), Akie Bermiss (keyboards), and James Cornelison (guitar) — spent two decades building a following through relentless touring and a sound that resists easy categorization. Call it soul-pop, jazz-folk-funk, or whatever the algorithm demands this week; what it actually is, is a band with a lead singer who can stop a room cold and a rhythm section tight enough to make that restraint feel earned.

Their eighth studio album, Good Together (2024, Concord Records), arrived on the band’s 20th anniversary and was produced by Grammy-winning Mike Elizondo, whose résumé spans Fiona Apple to Sheryl Crow. It was tracked at Calabrese’s Vermont studio — which tells you something about who this band is. The touring calendar for 2026 is full, festival credits include Newport Jazz and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and a recent Late Show with Stephen Colbert appearance alongside Hozier suggests the band’s cultural reach is still expanding. Seattle funk-and-soul outfit The Dip — who have previously toured with Lake Street Dive — open the evening. Their 2024 album Love Direction (Dualtone Records) is worth a listen before the show.

About Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards

Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards sits on Lords Hill Road in Lafayette, in the rolling hills south of Syracuse. Its outdoor Summer Concert Series has established the venue as one of Central New York’s better outdoor options — 5,000 capacity, open air, no bad sightlines, and a setting that rewards arriving early. This is exactly the kind of venue that works for Lake Street Dive: room to breathe, a crowd that came specifically to listen, and enough sky overhead to make a well-timed horn line land properly. More about Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards. Explore more Central NY concerts.

A note on ticketing: Beak & Skiff sells exclusively through Tixr. The venue specifically cautions against purchasing from third-party resellers.

Tickets

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