From sold-out amphitheater nights to casino showrooms and intimate theaters, country music draws some of the biggest crowds in Upstate New York. Nashville headliners and red-dirt favorites roll through the lawn at SPAC, the sheds at Darien Lake and CMAC, and resort stages like del Lago in the Finger Lakes and Turning Stone in Central NY — with plenty of rising songwriters and Americana acts filling the rooms in between.
This page tracks every country concert we’re following across the region, sorted with the next show first. Mainstream country, outlaw and red-dirt, bluegrass-leaning bills, and crossover Americana all live here in one place.
Coverage spans the Capital Region, Western NY, the Hudson Valley, Central NY, the Finger Lakes, and beyond. Tour routings through Upstate NY fill in fast each spring and summer — we update this guide the moment new dates are announced and include presale and ticket details so you can plan the drive and grab seats early.
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Devendra Banhart at MASS MoCA | October 9, 2026

Devendra Banhart joins Gyan Riley and Noah Georgeson as the trio HUG for a seated show at MASS MoCA in North Adams on Friday, October 9. Their self-titled debut on Luaka Bop blends folk, ambient, and experimental music. Tickets from 6.
Chris Janson at Penn’s Peak | February 12, 2027

Chris Janson brings Wild Horses to Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Friday, February 12, 2027. Grand Ole Opry member, five number-one hits, one of the most engaging live performers in country music. Tickets $46–$56, on sale September 11.
Moon Mullins and Jackie West at The Falcon | September 11, 2026

Moon Mullins and Jackie West, collaborators on her album Silent Century, share The Falcon’s Underground Stage in Marlboro on Friday, September 11, for a late-night donation split bill at 9 p.m.
Terri Clark at del Lago Resort & Casino | December 4, 2026

Terri Clark brings her It’s Christmas…Cheers! holiday tour to The Vine Showroom at del Lago Resort & Casino in Waterloo on December 4, 2026. The show features familiar hits and holiday material from her 2020 Christmas album. Must be 21+; tickets go on sale September 4.
Redd Volkaert at Colony Woodstock | September 27, 2026

Grammy-nominated Telecaster legend Redd Volkaert brings an all-star honky tonk ensemble — including Cindy Cashdollar on steel guitar — to Colony Woodstock on September 27, with the Hudson Valley Flyers opening and dance instruction starting at 6 p.m. Tickets $23–$29.
Ambush at The Port Theatre | November 7, 2026

Ambush plays The Port Theatre in Cornwall, ON on Saturday, November 7, with a four-hour country and rockabilly show running from 7 to 11 p.m. The Kingston, Ontario trio has spent three decades building a following called the Ambush Army. Tickets are $25.
John Splithoff at Colony Woodstock | November 6, 2026

John Splithoff performs at Colony Woodstock in Woodstock, NY on Friday, November 6, touring behind his 2025 album Far From Here. Doors at 6 p.m., show from 7 to 10 p.m.
Hunter Flynn at Empire Underground | October 22, 2026

Hunter Flynn’s latest single, “You, Not Me,” released this month on Big Machine Records, opens with the kind of swamp-bottom blues that sounds like it was recorded somewhere south of anywhere in particular — cottonmouth imagery, murky water, an antagonist with a concealed knife. Flynn, a Pulaski County, Kentucky singer-songwriter who calls his work “Appalachian […]
Sara Evans – Holiday Road Tour at Riviera Theatre | December 9, 2026

Sara Evans brings the Holiday Road Tour to Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda on Wednesday, December 9. The multi-platinum country artist mixes five No. 1 hits with holiday favorites. Tickets are $59.
Sara Evans at Penn’s Peak | December 12, 2026

Sara Evans brings the Holiday Road Tour to Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Saturday, December 12, blending her five No. 1 country hits with seasonal favorites. Tickets from $39.