Pouya at Empire Live | November 15, 2026
Pouya stops in Albany on The Foreverglades Tour for a Sunday night show at Empire Live on November 15, 2026. Doors at 7 PM at 93 N. Pearl Street.
Bryson Tiller at Darien Lake Amphitheater | September 15, 2026
Bryson Tiller brings The Neo Trapsoul Tour to Darien Lake Amphitheater in Darien Center on Tuesday, September 15, 2026. After a planned hiatus and an October 2025 comeback double album, Tiller takes the stage at one of western New York’s largest outdoor venues. Tickets go on sale June 5.
Styles P at Empire Live | August 14, 2026
Styles P — founding member of The Lox and one of East Coast hip-hop’s most prolific solo artists — performs at Empire Live in Albany on Friday, August 14, 2026. Show time is 8:00 PM. Tickets via Ticketmaster or at the box office.
BossMan Dlow at Palace Theatre | August 1, 2026
BossMan Dlow’s Motion Party Tour stops at Albany’s Palace Theatre on Saturday, August 1, 2026, with Yung Miami and Bally Baby in support. Tickets on sale now via Ticketmaster.
Chandler at Higher Ground | September 28, 2026
Chandler brings his fall 2026 national tour to the Showcase Lounge at Higher Ground in South Burlington on Monday, September 28. The New York-based rapper behind viral hit “FIGURE IT OUT” performs with opener TuffLuckKid. Doors at 7 PM, show at 7:30, all ages.
Wax at Showcase Lounge at Higher Ground | September 9, 2026
Wax and DJ Hoppa bring their co-headlining tour to Higher Ground’s Showcase Lounge in South Burlington, VT on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. With support from Grieves, this all-ages show is a road-tested hip-hop night from one of underground music’s most durable careers. Doors at 7:30 PM.
Bricknasty at Showcase Lounge at Higher Ground | July 1, 2026
Dublin hip-hop collective Bricknasty brings the BLACKS LAW TOUR USA to Higher Ground’s 750-cap Showcase Lounge in South Burlington on Wednesday, July 1. All ages. Doors 7:30 PM, show 8:00 PM.
Chris Ring
When the music industry crashed in the early 2000s and national touring routes through Upstate New York started to thin out, Chris Ring built a company that kept the region on the map. Founded in Buffalo in 2001, After Dark Presents has grown into “Upstate New York’s largest independent concert promoter” — a single operation […]
Tweet (Charlene Keys)
Born Charlene Keys in Rochester on July 21, 1971, Tweet was one of the defining voices of the early-2000s R&B renaissance — a singer whose warm tone, gospel-rooted phrasing, and modern minimalist production made her instantly distinguishable from her peers. Her debut album Southern Hummingbird (2002) remains a landmark of the era, and her voice […]
38 Spesh
38 Spesh is one of the central figures in the Upstate New York hip-hop renaissance — a Rochester-based rapper and producer whose dusty, sample-driven beats and tightly-written street narratives have positioned him as both a regional standard-bearer and an architect of the modern underground boom-bap revival. Operating largely outside the major-label system, he has built […]