Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York

Sterling Stage Folkfest

Sterling Stage Folkfest wide view Sterling NY

Memorial Day weekend in Upstate New York carries a particular energy. The lakes are still too cold for swimming, the trees have just finished leafing out, and the whole region feels like it is stretching awake after a long winter.

Gregory Alan Isakov at SPAC | August 22, 2026

Gregory Alan Isakov at SPAC

His album Evening Machines earned a Grammy nomination, and a 2016 collaboration with the Colorado Symphony proved his arrangements could breathe in orchestral space without losing their intimacy. Catch the show at SPAC on August 22, 2026. Get your tickets now.

Sawyer Fredericks at Caffe Lena | May 22, 2026

Sawyer Fredericks performing live in concert

Sawyer Fredericks is coming to Caffe Lena on May 22, 2026. His records since then have gotten progressively more rooted: folk, blues, Americana, voice-first songwriting that trusts the listener to sit still. Get your tickets now.

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