Philadelphia Folk Festival
The oldest continuously running folk festival in North America. The Philadelphia Folk Festival has been gathering the folk community at Old Pool Farm since 1962 — a living tradition every August.
Newport Folk Festival
The festival that changed folk music. Since 1959, Newport Folk has been the genre’s most storied gathering — Dylan went electric here. Fort Adams State Park hosts the 2026 edition in July.
Green River Festival
Charley Crockett, Spoon, and 40+ acts on a historic fairground in Greenfield, MA — just an hour from Albany. The Green River Festival delivers three days of indie, folk, and rock every July.
Northern Current Music Festival
Afrobeat, rock, Americana, and soul on the shores of Lake Flower — Northern Current is a free Labor Day Weekend music festival in Saranac Lake, deep in the Adirondacks.
Into The Pines: The High Harvest
October foliage, campfire smoke, and five days of roots music at Sterling Stage. Into The Pines High Harvest catches the Central New York season at its most vivid — the fall edition that fans wait for all year.
Into The Pines
Five days of jam and folk deep in the Central New York countryside. Into The Pines brings camping festival culture to Sterling Stage Kamphitheater with an intimate, woods-wrapped vibe.
Flurry Festival
Contra dance, swing, Cajun two-step — the Flurry Festival proves that February in Saratoga Springs is better with live music and a partner. A winter dance festival unlike anything else in the Northeast.
Ithaca Festival
Four days of music, arts, a parade, and no admission charge. The Ithaca Festival fills The Commons every Memorial Day weekend — a free community celebration in the heart of the Finger Lakes.
Mountain Jam
Mountain Jam scaled to 40,000 fans, then deliberately downsized to 7,500 at Belleayre Mountain in the Catskills. The Radio Woodstock-founded camping festival is sitting out 2026 with eyes on a 2027 return.
Carsie Blanton at Earlville Opera House | June 5, 2026
Carsie Blanton is coming to Earlville Opera House on June 5, 2026. About Carsie Blanton Blanton is a Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter whose records move fluidly between folk, pop, and jazz without ever losing the thread. Tickets are moving.