Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York

The Vindys at Buffalo Iron Works | June 11, 2026

Pat Benatar said it after taking them on the road: “That girl can sing her ass off.” The Vindys bring their Trap Door tour to Buffalo Iron Works on June 11, with opener Jessie Elizabeth. Tickets from $20.

Home By 10 at Rec Room | April 25, 2026

Home By 10 is throwing a 2000s dance party at Rec Room in Albany on April 25 — doors at 6 PM, floor fills fast. Grab your tickets before this one sells out.

Daryl Hall

Daryl Hall, Hall and Oates, Daryl's House venue owner from Pawling, New York

Daryl Franklin Hohl was born on October 11, 1946, in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, but his Upstate New York connection runs deep. As Daryl Hall — one half of Hall & Oates, the best-selling musical duo in American history — he chose the Hudson Valley hamlet of Pawling, New York, as the home for both his celebrated […]

Mitch Miller

Mitch Miller, record producer from Rochester, New York

Mitchell William Miller was born on July 4, 1911, in Rochester, New York, in a modest home on Sheridan Street near the Bausch & Lomb factory. The son of a Russian immigrant wrought iron worker and a former seamstress, Miller would rise from Rochester’s working-class neighborhoods to become one of the most powerful figures in […]

Brian McKnight

Brian McKnight, R&B singer from Buffalo, New York

Brian McKnight was born on June 5, 1969, in Buffalo, New York, into a family where music was inescapable. His grandfather’s church choir provided his first vocal training, and by his teenage years McKnight had taught himself to play multiple instruments, compose arrangements, and lead a band through local performances. By 18, he had secured […]

Post Malone

Post Malone, rapper and singer born in Syracuse, New York

Austin Richard Post was born on July 4, 1995, in Syracuse, New York — a detail that tends to surprise fans who associate him with Texas or Los Angeles. Post Malone, as the world knows him, spent his first nine years in Central New York before his family relocated to Grapevine, Texas, where his father […]