Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York

Tommypalooza

Tommypalooza 2026 festival lineup poster at Sterling Stage Kampitheater in Sterling NY

Tommypalooza debuts at Sterling Stage Kamphitheater May 21-25, 2026 — five days of camping, live music, and community in the Central NY woods. Featuring Ryan Montbleau, Sophistafunk, and more.

Froggy Daze

Froggy Daze festival sign lit up at dusk with a tipi in Narrowsburg NY

Froggy Daze brings multi-day camping and live music to Narrowsburg in the upper Delaware River valley — a grassroots festival in Sullivan County’s Catskills region.

WhirlyBird Music & Arts Festival

WhirlyBird Music and Arts Festival 2026 announcement for Jamestown New York

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.

Northlands Music and Arts Festival

Northlands Music and Arts Festival lineup graphic for Swanzey, New Hampshire

JRAD, The Disco Biscuits, and Lotus headline three days of jam, funk, and rock with camping in Swanzey, NH. Northlands is New Hampshire’s rising festival for the jam community.

Great South Bay Music Festival

Outdoor summer music festival crowd with stage lights at Shorefront Park

Gov’t Mule, My Morning Jacket, and Sublime headline four days of jam and rock at Shorefront Park in Patchogue. Great South Bay is Long Island’s premier multi-day music festival.

Into The Pines: The High Harvest

Illuminated pine grove pathway at Sterling Stage Kampitheater during nighttime festival

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

Festival crowd at Sterling Stage Kampitheater with band performing on wooded outdoor stage

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.

Mountain Jam

Mountain Jam Festival at Belleayre Mountain in the Catskills

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.

Rock the Dock Music Festival

Rock the Dock Music Festival at Lake George Steamboat Pier

A steel pier, vintage steamboats, and the best jam bands in the Northeast — Rock the Dock turns the Lake George Steamboat Company into the Adirondacks’ most unforgettable single-day music event. Saturday, July 11, 2026.

Great Blue Heron Music Festival

Great Blue Heron Music Festival aerial view in Sherman NY

For over 30 years, the Great Blue Heron Music Festival has gathered roots music lovers on a 200-acre family farm in Sherman, NY for a Fourth of July weekend of Americana, jam bands, camping, and community unlike any other festival in the state.