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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Jerry Lee Lewis at Hampton Manor — April 20, 1966
Conway Twitty at Glens Falls Civic Center — April 21, 1990
The Highwaymen at Knickerbocker Arena — April 10, 1993
Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson — the Highwaymen — rode into Albany’s Knickerbocker Arena touring behind their 1990 album Highwayman 2. The setlists were built around signature hits like “Highwayman,” “Desperados Waiting for a Train,” and “Silver Stallion,” plus each legend’s own catalog. Four living icons sharing one stage — there […]
Garth Brooks at Pepsi Arena — April 10, 1997
Gordon Lightfoot at Palace Theatre — April 5, 2002
Randy Travis at Knickerbocker Arena — March 30, 1990
Randy Travis at the Knickerbocker Arena — “Forever and Ever, Amen” was still echoing across country radio.
Willie Nelson at Glens Falls Civic Center — March 16, 1989
Willie Nelson at the Glens Falls Civic Center — the Red Headed Stranger bringing outlaw country to the Adirondack foothills.
Johnny Cash at Proctor’s Theatre — March 17, 1985
On this day in 1985, Johnny Cash played Proctor’s Theatre in Schenectady on St. Patrick’s Day. Just a couple months later, Cash was arrested in Henderson, Tennessee on June 27th….
Reba McEntire / Brooks & Dunn at Knickerbocker Arena — March 19, 1993
A country music dream bill at the Knickerbocker Arena — Reba McEntire, the Queen of Country, and Brooks & Dunn, who would go on to become the best-selling country duo…
Eric Church at Times Union Center — March 12, 2015
Eric Church’s Outsiders World Tour hit the Times Union Center with Drive-By Truckers opening. Church has become one of country music’s most dynamic live performers, and his no-opener, three-hour marathon…