Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York

Gaelic Storm at Penn’s Peak | March 5, 2027

Gaelic Storm, five-piece Celtic band, pose for press photo outside a building with stained glass

Gaelic Storm brings Matching Sweaters to Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe, PA on Friday, March 5, 2027. The Celtic rock band performs at 8:00 p.m. Reserved seats from $28.75; general public on sale October 23.

Pavlo and Band in concert! at Asbury Hall (Babeville) | October 16, 2026

Pavlo performing live on an outdoor stage, playing nylon-string acoustic guitar with his band

In 1998, the major labels passed on Pavlo’s debut album as “too ethnic” — a miscalculation the Canadian-born guitarist answered by founding his own label and spending the next quarter-century proving that nylon-string acoustic guitar, channeling Greek, flamenco, Latin, and Balkan influences, could fill concert halls across North America. On Friday, October 16, he brings […]

Alan Cavé at Place Bell | November 8, 2026

Alan Cavé poses with acoustic guitar in dramatic spotlight, official promotional photo

Alan Cavé, the King of Kompa Love, brings his Se Pa Pou Dat 25|35 anniversary tour — celebrating 25 years of his landmark 2001 album and 35 years in music — to Place Bell in Laval on Sunday, November 8.

The Buena Vista Orchestra at Paramount Hudson Valley | October 9, 2026

The Buena Vista Orchestra performing live, female vocalist in red dress singing center stage with full ensemble

Son cubano, bolero, danzón — the traditional Cuban forms that Jesús “Aguaje” Ramos has devoted his life to preserving don’t transfer easily across generations. Ramos, trombonist and one of only two surviving original members of the Buena Vista Social Club ensemble, brings his 10-piece Buena Vista Orchestra to Paramount Hudson Valley in Peekskill on Friday, […]

Michael Franti at Electric City | October 6, 2026

Michael Franti holding an acoustic guitar with lush green foliage background

Michael Franti brings the Heartstrings & Dynamite Tour to Electric City in Buffalo on October 6, 2026. Trio format, 30 cities — the artist describes it as an intimate evening of music and stories.

Jembaa Groove at The Bug Jar | September 10, 2026

Jembaa Groove seven-piece band group photo outdoors, vocalist Eric Owusu front-center with red beaded necklace

Jembaa Groove, a Berlin-based seven-piece blending West African highlife, jazz, and Afrobeats, plays The Bug Jar in Rochester on September 10 with opener High Pines. Tickets are $20.79–$22.85 in advance through TicketWeb.

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