Marlboro Music Festival
Marlboro Music Festival celebrates its 75th anniversary July 18-August 16, 2026 — chamber music at the highest level in the southern Vermont hills.
The Sembrich
The Sembrich opens its 2026 season May 23 at its lakeside museum in Bolton Landing — classical concerts, opera, films, and studio talks on the shores of Lake George.
Skaneateles Festival
The Skaneateles Festival presents four weeks of classical and chamber music July 30 through August 22, 2026. World-class performances on the shores of Skaneateles Lake.
Mostly Modern Festival
Two weeks of contemporary classical at Skidmore’s Zankel Music Center. The Mostly Modern Festival brings the music of our time to Saratoga Springs — new works, adventurous programming, intimate performances.
Bard SummerScape
Opera, dance, and the Bard Music Festival’s deep dive into Mozart fill the Frank Gehry-designed Fisher Center. Bard SummerScape is a multi-week arts festival in the Hudson Valley.
Caramoor Summer Music Festival
Classical, jazz, and roots on 81 acres of Tuscan-inspired gardens in Katonah. Caramoor presents world-class music in a Hudson Valley setting that rivals the performances themselves.
Glimmerglass Festival
Opera meets the Catskills at Glimmerglass Festival, where Oklahoma!, Madame Butterfly, and a world premiere share the stage at Cooperstown’s open-air lakeside theater on the shores of Otsego Lake.
Lake George Music Festival
Every spring, world-class chamber musicians converge on Lake George for 12 days of classical music, open rehearsals, steamboat concerts, and new works premieres at one of the Adirondacks most intimate music festivals.
Seagle Festival
Since 1915, the Seagle Festival has trained the next generation of opera singers on the shores of Schroon Lake, the oldest summer vocal training program in the US, open to the public all summer long.
June in Buffalo
In 1975, the composer Morton Feldman did something audacious. At the University at Buffalo, he created a music festival unlike any other in America — one dedicated not to performing the classics, but to the composers who were actively reshaping what music could be.