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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Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives at Penn’s Peak | April 1, 2027
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives bring Space Junk, their first all-instrumental album, to Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Thursday, April 1, 2027. Tickets from $31.
Robbie Fulks with opener Henry Ferland at Caffe Lena | November 12, 2026
Robbie Fulks brings his 2025 album Now Then to Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs on November 12, with fingerstyle champion Henry Ferland opening. Tickets from $16.27 for members; general admission $32.53.
Donna the Buffalo at Town Ballroom | January 22, 2027
Donna the Buffalo brings nearly four decades of Americana roots to Town Ballroom in Buffalo on Friday, January 22, 2027. Billed as An Evening With Donna the Buffalo, the Trumansburg-formed band plays original roots music before a devoted following known as the Herd.
Jimmy Kenny & the Pirate Beach Band at Penn’s Peak | January 23, 2027
Jimmy Kenny & the Pirate Beach Band bring their Ultimate Beach Party Tribute to Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe, PA on Saturday, January 23. It’s the final stop on a four-city Northeast run. Tickets on sale October 2.
Vincent Neil Emerson with Hayden Redwine at Asbury Hall (Babeville) | October 17, 2026
Vincent Neil Emerson describes Blue Stars as “a love letter to memory and the shaping of a man,” and you can feel exactly what he means in the first few songs: fishing trips with family, gumbo tastings in New Orleans, the motel-room reflections that find you somewhere between exits on a long touring run. Emerson […]
Guitars & Stars at West Herr Auditorium Theatre | November 11, 2026
Guitars & Stars returns to West Herr Auditorium Theatre in Rochester on Nov. 11 with The Band Perry hosting Kameron Marlowe, Charles Wesley Godwin, McCoy Moore, and Atlus for a night of acoustic music and stories. Tickets start at $15.
Midland at del Lago Resort & Casino | December 18, 2026
Midland brings their Stages album to The Vine Showroom at del Lago Resort & Casino in Waterloo, NY on Friday, December 18 at 8:00 p.m. The GRAMMY-nominated Texas trio plays the middle night of a three-show northeast sweep. Ages 21+; tickets on sale October 2.
Possessed By Paul James at Funk ‘n Waffles | December 13, 2026
Konrad Wert’s Possessed by Paul James plays Funk ‘n Waffles in Syracuse on December 13 with opener Coleman Williams. The folk, blues, and old-time artist tours behind his sixth album, Fighting For Our Own Survival. Tickets from $23.63.
Kenny Chesney at Highmark Stadium | June 19, 2027
Kenny Chesney returns to stadium touring with The Original Vibe Room Tour, stopping at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park on June 19, 2027. Eric Church, Old Dominion, and Greylan James open.
Bill Kirchen at Lovin’ Cup | November 29, 2026
Bill Kirchen’s annual Honky Tonk Holiday show lands at Lovin’ Cup in Rochester on Sunday, November 29. Guitar Player’s “Titan of the Telecaster” plays an evening of dieselbilly, holiday oddities, and classic country with backing band Jack Saunders and Rick Richards.