Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival
Colorscape Chenango returns to Norwich September 12-13, 2026 for its 32nd year — two days of free live music, visual arts, and performances drawing 10,000+ to the Southern Tier.
WhirlyBird Music & Arts Festival
WhirlyBird Music & Arts Festival returns to downtown Jamestown August 28-29, 2026 — a multi-venue celebration of jam, funk, rock, and visual arts in Chautauqua County.
Montauk Music Festival
100 acts across 45 venues at the tip of Long Island. The Montauk Music Festival turns the entire town into a stage for four days every May — intimate shows in an iconic setting.
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.