Lacuna Coil at Empire Live Albany | May 1, 2026
Lacuna Coil closes the 29-date Sleepless Empire Tour 2026 at Empire Live Albany on Friday, May 1, with Escape the Fate in support. The final night of a cross-country run lands in downtown Albany.
All That Remains at Empire Live | April 29, 2026
All That Remains headlining with Born of Osiris and Dead Eyes in support? ALL THAT REMAINS with Special Guests Born of Osiris and Dead Eyes takes the stage at Empire Live on April 29, 2026. Get your tickets now.
Giovannie & The Hired Guns at Empire Live | April 28, 2026
Giovannie & The Hired Guns make their Albany stop at Empire Live on April 28, bringing the same hard-driving Texas country sound that’s been winning over rooms across the country. Get your tickets.
Memphis May Fire at Empire Live | July 11, 2026
Empire Live is the kind of room that rewards showing up early — 1,000 capacity, standing room, right in the heart of downtown Albany’s North Pearl Street entertainment corridor.
Jeffrey Nothing at Photo City Music Hall | Aug. 9, 2026
Jeffrey Nothing — the co-founding vocalist of Mushroomhead — brings his solo metal show to Photo City Music Hall in Rochester on Sunday, Aug. 9. Dizasterpiece opens. 450 capacity. Get there early.
Vicious Intent at The Bug Jar | June 27, 2026
Vicious Intent headlines a three-band metal bill at The Bug Jar in Rochester on Saturday, June 27. Liquid Damage and Line Six Insane Mode open. Showtime 9 p.m., tickets from $12.
(Hed) P.E. at The Song & Dance | May 11, 2026
(Hed) p.e. brings the Still Broke In America 25 Year Anniversary Tour to The Song & Dance in downtown Syracuse on Monday, May 11 — playing their 2000 album Broke in its entirety, with support from Primer 55, Defining 13, and Plastic Sunface. Doors at 6:30 PM. Tickets from $36.74.
Nekrogoblikon at Buffalo Iron Works | May 13, 2026
Nekrogoblikon brings their goblin-fronted melodic death metal chaos to Buffalo Iron Works on May 13, joined by Psychostick and Galactic Empire for one of the most delightfully strange triple bills of the spring.
The Still Not Okay Tour at Montage Music Hall | April 24, 2026
The Still Not Okay Tour brings three emo tribute acts — Turtle Smash (MCR), Fake Happy (Paramore), and The Dirty Little Rejects (AAR) — to Montage Music Hall in Rochester on April 24, 2026.
Defeated Sanity at Montage Music Hall | May 1, 2026
German brutal death metal outfit Defeated Sanity lands at Rochester’s Montage Music Hall on Friday, May 1, 2026. Technical precision meets raw intensity — show starts at 6:30 PM, ages 16 and up.