Ray LaMontagne at Artpark | September 22, 2026

Ray LaMontagne does not come to western New York often. When he does, it counts. His September 22 appearance at Artpark in Lewiston — an outdoor amphitheater perched above the Niagara Gorge — arrives in the long shadow of last year’s Trouble 20th anniversary remaster, a document that reminds you how fully formed LaMontagne’s voice was on his very first record, and how little he has needed the music industry’s machinery to sustain a career stretching across more than a decade’s worth of quietly essential albums.

About Ray LaMontagne

Born in Nashua, New Hampshire and raised across small towns in Maine, LaMontagne came to music late and sideways — a shoe factory worker who heard Stephen Stills on the radio one morning and decided something had to change. That late start gave his music a quality that industry-groomed artists rarely possess: the sense that the songs are being sung because they must be, not because a development deal requires it. Rolling Stone has described his voice as an “impeccably weathered tenor croon,” and the comparisons critics reach for — Otis Redding, Van Morrison, Nick Drake, Tim Buckley — tell you more about his range than any single descriptor could.

His 2010 album God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise earned the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and the catalog he has built since — across ten studio albums, each made on his own terms from a 103-acre farm in western Massachusetts — constitutes one of the more durable bodies of work in contemporary American folk-soul. His 2024 release Long Way Home extended that run without diminishing it. He tours selectively, plays approximately 70 minutes, and does not give many interviews. None of that has hurt him.

About Artpark

Western New York‘s concert calendar has no more distinctive setting than Artpark. The 2,400-capacity outdoor amphitheater sits at 450 South 4th Street in Lewiston, just north of Niagara Falls, with the Niagara Gorge providing a backdrop that most venues would pay considerable money to simulate. For an artist whose music tends toward the contemplative and unhurried — the kind of music that benefits from open air and genuine quiet between the notes — it is a genuinely fitting room.

Tickets & Show Details

Ray LaMontagne performs at Artpark on Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Showtime is 7:00 PM. Tickets range from $62.00 to $96.00 and are on sale now. Buy tickets here.