Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York

Vundabar at Higher Ground | May 8, 2026

Vundabar — Boston’s best kept indie rock secret — plays Higher Ground in South Burlington on May 8. Raw, unpredictable, and utterly worth the drive. Tickets on sale now.

CupcakKe at Empire Live | April 26, 2026

CupcakKe performing live

CupcakKe brings The Bakkery Tour to Empire Live in Albany on Sunday, April 26 — the final date on a reportedly sold-out North American run. Doors at 7:00 PM, show at 8:00 PM. 18+. Tickets $30–$50.

David Mancuso

David Mancuso, DJ and Loft pioneer from Utica, New York

David Mancuso was born on October 20, 1944, in Utica, New York. He spent part of his early childhood in a Catholic orphanage there, where communal rituals and the shared experience of music left an indelible imprint on his philosophy. At 16, he moved to New York City and immersed himself in the 1960s counterculture. […]

Mick Guzauski

Mick Guzauski, Grammy-winning mixing engineer from Rochester, New York

If you have heard a number-one hit single in the past four decades, there is a reasonable chance Mick Guzauski mixed it. Born and raised in Rochester, New York, Guzauski has mixed over 27 number-one singles, won nine Grammy Awards, and worked with a client list that spans the entire spectrum of popular music — […]

Phantogram

Phantogram, electronic duo from Saratoga Springs, New York

Before Phantogram became one of the most critically acclaimed electronic rock acts of the 2010s, Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter were childhood friends from Greenwich, New York, New York. The two met in preschool, grew up together in the Spa City, and eventually began making music under the name Charlie Everywhere, performing around the Saratoga […]

Truth at Photo City Music Hall | April 10, 2026

TRUTH dubstep duo live at Photo City Music Hall Rochester NY April 10 2026

New Zealand dubstep duo TRUTH brings the Deep Dark and Dangerous sound to Photo City Music Hall in Rochester on April 10. Dense basslines, dark atmospherics, and a stacked underground bill — bass music for people who take it seriously. 18+, doors at 7 PM.