SVAC Gets the Blues – Albert Cummings & Veronika Jackson

The SVAC in Manchester, Vermont celebrates an evening of Blues music with performances from Albert Cummings and Veronika Jackson the evening of Friday, August 4th.

Badfish – A Tribute to Sublime

Badfish returns to Frog Alley for a night full of the greatest hits of Sublime. Head there on Friday, July 28th as the band takes over the stage.

Ali T FREE SHOW

Join EQX at Village Garage Distillery
for free live local music from EQX-Posure artists.

On Saturday, March 2ndit’s a free show with
Ali T!
7-9pm
Did we mention these shows are free?!?

Beard & Glasses FREE SHOW

Join EQX at Village Garage Distillery
every Wednesday through at least August 30th
(and maybe beyond)
for free live local music from EQX-Posure artists.

On Wednesday, August 16th it’s a free show with
Beard & Glasses!
5-8pm
Did we mention these shows are free?!?

Dave Gutter

Dave Gutter and his band make a stop at the Little City Cider Co. in Bennington, Vermont on Saturday, July 22nd.

Cliff Westfall

Country singer Cliff Westfall makes a stop at The Coffee Bar in Bennington, Vermont on Thursday, July 27th.

Boy George & Culture Club with special guests Howard Jones & Berlin

Few new wave groups were as popular as Culture Club. During the early ’80s, the group racked up seven straight Top Ten hits in the U.K. and six Top Ten singles in the U.S. with their light, infectious pop-soul. Though their music was radio-ready, what brought the band stardom was Boy George, the group’s charismatic, cross-dressing lead singer.

Kristian Montgomery and The WinterKill Band FREE SHOW

Join EQX every Wednesday at Village Garage Distillery
at 107 Depot St. in Benningtonfrom July 26th-August 30th
(and maybe beyond)
for free live local music from EQX-Posure artists.

On Wednesday, July 26th it’s a free show with
Kristian Montgomery and The WinterKill Band!
5-8pm
Did we mention these shows are free?!?

Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade

After 20 years, Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade has reunited to embark on The Hunt For Green October Tour, which brings them to The Palace Theatre in downtown Albany on Friday, October 20th.

Farming Man Fest

FARMING MAN FESTIVAL

JULY 15TH 2023

GATES OPEN AT 2 FESTIVAL AND ENDS AT 11PM

Drive through the orchards to a beautiful field in back of the farm with a great view of the Helderberg Escarpment for a full day of live music and craft beverages. Dozens of producers will be bringing their favorite brews and ciders for you to enjoy, food made on site will be available.

Beverages are not included in ticket pricing in order to make this festival available to all ages.

MUSIC

Adirondack Independence Music Festival 2023 – Day 3

This three day, multi-band event will feature several of the premiere touring bands currently on the festival circuit. Located at the beautiful Charles R. Wood Festival Commons in the heart of Lake George, New York, the festival prides itself on high-quality production and an amazing atmosphere that is suitable for all ages. Music at the Festival runs continuously across two side-by-side stages until 11pm each night. They will also have a beer and wine selection, a full bar and the circuit’s finest food and merchandise vendors.

For the full line up and more info visit The Festival Website.

Adirondack Independence Music Festival 2023 – Day 2

For the full line up and more info visit The Festival Website.

Adirondack Independence Music Festival 2023 – Day 1

For the full line up and more info visit The Festival Website.

Run For Cover – Tribute to Rush & The Proudest Monkeys – Tribute to Dave Matthews

Catch tribute bands Run For Cover and The Proudest Monkeys as they play the music of Rush and Dave Matthews on Saturday, July 15th at The Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls, New York.

Slothrust

Slothrust, along with special guest Pronoun, head to Empire Underground in downtown Albany for a night of music on Thursday, August 24th.

The Strand Theater Summer Slam

***THIS IS A FREE EVENT***

The Strand Summer Slam is a two-day outdoor concert event at the Charles R. Wood park in Lake George, New York. Food and drink will be available on site.

For the full line up of bands and additional details, please visit The Strand Theatre’s Website

Colony House

The Cannonballers Tour brings Colony House to downtown Albany’s Empire Live on Friday, October 6th.

Midnight North feat. Grahme Lesh w/s/g Kat Wright

Midnight North returns to Putnam Place to help kick off the 4th of July celebration!

There’s Always a Story represents a new chapter for Midnight North. Ten stories told through song on their most polished album to date.

Reflecting on the time since their origin, Midnight North is ready to tell the world its story. A group of multi-instrumentalists with songwriting roots in Folk and Americana, Midnight North is a mainstay on the stages of the national touring circuit. Rolling Stone hailed Midnight North as the “Best New Act” in its review of 2018’s Peach Music Festival saying the band “takes the best parts of roots music and weaves them into a tapestry of rock and Americana.”

Grahame Lesh, Elliott Peck, & Connor O’Sullivan began playing together in San Francisco. In early 2012 they played their first show as Grahame Lesh & Friends. Grahame & Elliott both brought a repertoire of original music to this new project that was a perfect marriage once the band began performing in earnest. In late 2012 the band went into the studio for the first time, tracking the entirety of their debut album End of the Night in just 2 days. End of the Night (mixed & produced by Connor) was released in June 2013 as they officially debuted the name Midnight North.

The band began touring in June 2015, with the release of their second album Scarlet Skies. That began a five year run as a touring band, playing in 36 states in front of thousands of people across the country. They released Under the Lights, their most successful studio album to date, in summer 2017. “Across all of the tracks, when you think you have the band pegged for a style or a genre, all of a sudden a chorus, or a new solo or new instrument altogether, diverts the music boldly but smartly to a new sound and feel,” said The Poke Around in their review of Under the Lights. They also released two live albums including 2018’s Selections From the Great American Music Hall which featured Bob Weir & Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead plus members of Twiddle as special guests.

A pivotal moment for the band came when Grahame met drummer Nathan Graham at a benefit show in Philadelphia in 2016. A month later Nathan sat in with the band for a show, eventually joining the band for their longest tour to date in the Spring of 2017. Bringing on the well seasoned drummer as a full-time member of the band (and learning about his banjo playing, singing, and song-writing skills) represented the next step forward as plans were made to record their fourth studio album.

In January 2020, the band went into a California studio with producer David Simon-Baker to craft their fourth studio album, There’s Always a Story, released in 2021 on Americana Vibes. As the world shut down in March and the band quarantined separately around the country, the album was finished remotely in California and Pennsylvania. As the months ticked by they let the rest of the newly written & recorded songs sink into their consciousness so that when work resumed on the album in June the entire album became even better than they could have hoped.

2022 and beyond is a new beginning, and while Midnight North longingly looks ahead, hand-in-hand with the rest of the world, There’s Always a Story will serve as a collective and reflective narrative.

Kat Wright, whose voice is both sultry and dynamic, delicate yet powerful; gritty but highly emotive and nuanced, has been described as “a young Bonnie Raitt meets Amy Winehouse”. Add to that voice enough stage presence to tame lions, and the combination of feline femininity proves immediately enchanting. There’s soul flowing in and out of her rock ‘n’ roll with a serpentine seduction. Some of soul music’s sweet, grand dames belt, shout, seethe, and succumb, while Wright sings gently like a heartache’s apology. It’s funky in spots and beautiful all over. And it hurts a little… like it should.

Grace Potter

Head to The Egg in downtown Albany for an evening of music with Grace Potter on Sunday, September 17th.

Solar Fest 2023 – Day 2

SolarFest ’23 offers two days of fun, workshops, food, exhibits, and headline performances by Dar Williams and two-time Grammy nominee Etana & The Raw Soul Rebels on the main stage. Over 20 diverse performers will grace our solar-powered stages, with musical styles including Americana, Afro-Caribbean, Folk, Celtic, Latin, Funk, and Saltwater Country music, along with the Falcon Ridge Festival “Most Wanted” preview tour, and the return of the Solar Fest Singer-Songwriter Showcase.

For more information on Solar Fest and the performers, check out THEIR WEBSITE