Montauk Music Festival
100 acts across 45 venues at the tip of Long Island. The Montauk Music Festival turns the entire town into a stage for four days every May — intimate shows in an iconic setting.
Afropunk BLKTOPIA
Two days of music, art, and radical self-expression in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. AFROPUNK BLKTOPIA celebrates the Afro-diasporic creative community with a lineup and energy found nowhere else.
Governors Ball
Lorde, A$AP Rocky, and Stray Kids headline three days of multi-genre music in Queens. Governors Ball is NYC’s signature summer festival at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
Musikfest
Eleven days, multiple stages, no gate fee. Musikfest fills Bethlehem, PA with music every August — America’s largest free music festival, with Third Eye Blind headlining 2026.
Sea.Hear.Now
Rock and surf on the Jersey Shore. Sea.Hear.Now pairs music with surfing on the Asbury Park beach and boardwalk — two days of indie and rock every September.
Ottawa Bluesfest
Eleven days of blues, rock, and everything in between in Canada’s capital. Ottawa Bluesfest delivers free daytime programming and major headliners at night — a road trip worth making from the North Country.
Festival d’été de Québec (FEQ)
175+ shows over 11 days on the Plains of Abraham — Muse, The Lumineers, and a million visitors. Festival d’ete de Quebec is North America’s largest outdoor music festival, six hours from Albany.
Osheaga
Twenty One Pilots, Lorde, and Tate McRae headline three days of music on the St. Lawrence at Parc Jean-Drapeau. Osheaga is Montreal’s defining indie rock festival and a bucket-list trip from Upstate NY.
Green River Festival
Charley Crockett, Spoon, and 40+ acts on a historic fairground in Greenfield, MA — just an hour from Albany. The Green River Festival delivers three days of indie, folk, and rock every July.
Solid Sound Festival
Every two years, Wilco takes over MASS MoCA in North Adams for a weekend of music, comedy, and art. Solid Sound is just 45 minutes from Albany — a curated festival experience like no other.