The Felice Brothers
The Felice Brothers came up the hard way — busking in New York City subway stations, recording in a chicken coop, learning their craft on sidewalks and stoops before anyone in the music business had heard their names. Two decades on, the band from Palenville, in the Catskills of Greene County, has become one of […]
Lena Spencer
Lena Spencer ran a 110-seat coffeehouse above a Saratoga Springs pizzeria. From that small room, she built one of the most important institutions in American folk music. Caffè Lena, which she opened with her husband Bill in 1960, is the oldest continuously operating folk coffeehouse in the United States. Bob Dylan played there as an […]
Donna the Buffalo
For nearly four decades, Donna the Buffalo has been the quiet center of Upstate New York’s roots music ecosystem. Formed in Trumansburg, near Ithaca in the Finger Lakes, the band has built one of the most devoted touring followings in American music while also creating the institution that defines their region: the Finger Lakes GrassRoots […]
Mona Golub
Mona Golub built one of Upstate New York’s signature free music institutions while running communications for one of its largest companies. As the longtime volunteer producing artistic director of the Music Haven Concert Series in Schenectady’s Central Park, she has spent more than three decades bringing the world to a public stage — booking artists […]
Brite Vibes Music Festival 2026 | July 10-11, Pompey
Brite Vibes returns to Heritage Hill Brewhouse July 10-11 with The Strumbellas and Sam Burchfield headlining a farm-rooted weekend of indie-folk, Americana, and NY craft beverages in Pompey, NY.
FolkFaces Fest 10 2026 | October 1-4, Darien Center
FolkFaces Fest 10 returns October 1-4, 2026 to Cherry Hill Campground in Darien Center — a decade in for the Buffalo-based folk-roots festival run by the band itself.
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival 2026 | July 24-26, Goshen CT
The 38th Falcon Ridge Folk Festival returns July 24-26 to the Goshen Fairgrounds in Connecticut with Susan Werner, Vance Gilbert, Joe Jencks, and Damn Tall Buildings.
A Different Thread with The Grievous Angels at Abilene Bar & Lounge | July 8, 2026
A Different Thread — the transatlantic folk/Americana duo behind the award-winning album Over Again — play Abilene Bar & Lounge in Rochester on Wednesday, July 8, with The Grievous Angels opening. Doors 4 PM, music 7 PM. $15 at the door.
Don McLean at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall | November 14, 2026
Don McLean brings his catalog to Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM. The songwriter behind “American Pie” plays an intimate 1,200-seat Capital District concert hall — tickets on sale now.
Old Crow Medicine Show at Penn’s Peak | October 17, 2026
Old Crow Medicine Show brings the Union Made Tour to Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe, PA on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM, with special guest Palmyra. Presale opens May 13 with code OCMS26; general on-sale begins May 15.