Northern Current Music Festival
Afrobeat, rock, Americana, and soul on the shores of Lake Flower — Northern Current is a free Labor Day Weekend music festival in Saranac Lake, deep in the Adirondacks.
Into The Pines: The High Harvest
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
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.
Oswego Harborfest
Four days of free music on the Lake Ontario waterfront, capped by Grucci fireworks — Oswego Harborfest is one of New York’s largest free festivals and returns July 23-26, 2026.
Ithaca Festival
Four days of music, arts, a parade, and no admission charge. The Ithaca Festival fills The Commons every Memorial Day weekend — a free community celebration in the heart of the Finger Lakes.
Mountain Jam
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.
Muse at SPAC | July 24, 2026
Muse’s only Upstate New York stop on The Wow! Signal Tour lands at SPAC on Friday, July 24, with Bloc Party and The Temper Trap supporting — less than a month after the band’s tenth studio album drops.
Adirondack Independence Music Festival
Lake George’s premier end-of-summer blowout returns for its 11th year — three days of jam, indie, and rock at Charles R. Wood Park with the Adirondacks as your backdrop. Labor Day weekend, September 4–6, 2026.
Borderland Music + Arts Festival
Jack White, Alabama Shakes, the Pixies, and Lord Huron at a historic state park outside Buffalo — Borderland Music + Arts Festival delivers world-class bookings with grassroots Western NY soul across three September days at Knox Farm.
Hoochenanny Festival
Craft whiskey meets live music at Fairport Hoochenanny Festival — three days of roots rock, outlaw country, punk, and 30+ distillery tastings celebrating New York spirits heritage, August 14-16, 2026 at Center Park West.