Bowling For Soup bring their A Hangover You Don’t Deserve 20th Anniversary Tour to Empire Live in downtown Albany along with special guests Wheatus and Don’t Panic on Friday, September 20th.

Catch an ensemble tribute to the music of The Band with Professor Louie & The Crowmatix along with The Woodstock Horns on Friday, April 5th at The Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls, New York.

Upstate veteran musicians Fortunate Sons play the music that started the roots rock movement. Catch their tribute to John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival at The Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls, New York on Saturday, March 30th.

Members of Beatles tribute band Across The Pond and guest vocalists and instrumentalists perform the music of the ‘Quiet Beatle’ from his Beatle days through his solo career. Catch their show is honor of the late Harrison on Friday, March 29th at The Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls, New York.

Head to The Egg in downtown Albany on Monday, May 20th as Amos Lee and special guest Julia Pratt take the stage at the Hart Theatre.

Join Dweezil Zappa as he celebrates the 50th anniversary of his father’s records “Apostrophe (‘)” and “Roxy & Elsewhere” at The Palace Theatre in downtown Albany on Friday, August 23rd.

After a dizzying five-year span that saw the release of two stunning, eclectic albums (Hard Won and Vanity, which drew praise from the likes of Billboard and Rolling Stone) – followed by appearances at AmericanaFest, the Newport Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and SXSW, and tours with Iron and Wine, Son Little, and Adia Victoria – Lizzie No found herself at the forefront of a new vanguard of genre-defying artists. Her new album, Halfsies, finds No situated among her peers while still searching for freedom – freedom from the constraints of categorization, sure, but more importantly, freedom from the depths of her own personal despair and from an increasingly violent and nightmarish American cultural and political landscape.

“Some albums are stories, some are films. This album is a video game,” No says of Halfsies, which traces the journey of Miss Freedomland (a character that represents No herself and her audience), from a place of both internal and external exile to liberation. The album, No says, is meant to be immersive – these songs are to be inhabited, not just by the singer but by those who receive them. “If you’re in these songs with me, what seems at first like a journey of self-analysis becomes a journey to get free, and get your people free, as well.” No returns to the video game analogy. “I think of the character as being chased by what I can only describe as Pac-Man ghosts of white supremacy, moving through the levels of this game.”

On Halfsies, No’s writing is beautifully intricate, the personal and the political folding into each other as naturally as the patchwork of influences that inform the album’s eleven tracks. It serves as a living conversation with her influences – not just musical but literary – reflecting her reverence for a host of the great voices who came before her, from Lucinda Williams to Toni Morrison, and her search for a connection between them. “The album begins with a kind of personal and political isolation that seems impossible to break free from,” No says, “but as Miss Freedomland moves through the levels, I wanted to surround her with community, whether spiritual or corporeal.”

The exploration of the relationship between individuality and belonging that informs Halfsies likewise informs No’s work as co-host of the Basic Folk podcast, where she has interviewed artists from Ben Harper to Valerie June about their places within the lineage of those who came before them, as musicians, activists and community members. That synthesis of personal and political courses through No’s songs, her identity as a writer owing as much to her musical influences as it does to her activism (an outspoken activist and civil rights advocate, No was recently named President of the Abortion Care of Tennessee Board of Directors).

“Toni Cade Bambara said, ‘the role of the artist is to make revolution irresistible,’” No says, recalling the writer, filmmaker and activist, whose work loomed large over the writing of Halfsies. “I think about those words all the time. Make revolution irresistible.” With Halfsies, Lizzie No aims to do just that.

Opening for Lizzie No is singer songwriter Eliza Edens, who takes inspiration from folk luminaries such as Nick Drake, Karen Dalton and Elizabeth Cotten, sowing her compositions with introspection born from her own grief. What emerges is a glowing collection of songs that serve as a map through tumult, toward hope.

The Rough & Tumble, a dynamic duo comprised of Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler, have been delighting audiences with their unique blend of “dumpster-folk and thrift store-Americana” for over a decade. The Pennsylvania-born Graham and Central California’s Tyler play a smorgasbord of eclectic instruments pairing them with a stunning blend of harmonious vocals. Glide Magazine writes: “The Rough & Tumble makes like Nickel Creek meets Head and The Heart with its melodic Americana,” and Americana Highways reports: “The Rough & Tumble make music that’s progressive folk style, rooted in acoustic bluegrass, with lyrics that are provocative and sensitive on each side as you flip the coin.”

Catch a show with Greensky Bluegrass as a part of the Ben and Jerry’s Concerts on the Green at the Shelburne Museum on Thursday, June 13th.

FREE ADMISSION to kids 12 and under

This Jazz/World/Folk/Rock supergroup make their way to The Coffee Bar in downtown Bennington, Vermont on Friday, March 29th.

Monday, September 30

The Egg

7pm door * 8pm show

MAT KEARNEY

Tickets on sale Friday, March 8 at 11am 

On Thursday, May 23rd, The Avett Brothers make their way to the MVP Arena in downtown Albany with special guest Sierra Ferrell.

EQX is proud to present Cage The Elephant, as a part of their Neon Pill tour, along with special guests Young The Giant and Bakar to the Broadview Stage at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Sunday, August 18th.

***TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 8TH AT 10AM EST***

SPECIAL PRESALE FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE:

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End: Thurs, 10 PM

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The final night of three back to back shows with Phish at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

***TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH AT 11AM EDT***

The second of a three night run Phish are performing at the Bethel Woods Center for the arts.

***TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH AT 11AM EDT***

Phish bring their 2024 Summer Tour to the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on Friday, August 9th for the first of three back to back shows.

***TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH AT 11AM EDT***

Fresh off the heels of his sold-out “Live and In Person 2023” North American tour, John Mellencamp confirms its continuation with “Live and In Person 2024.” Mellencamp will perform for one night only in 27 new cities.

Presented by longtime promoter AEG Presents, the tour will begin in Rochester, NY on March 8 and conclude in Savannah, GA on April 23. Mellencamp will also perform in Newark, NJ, Hartford, CT, Birmingham, AL, Green Bay, WI, Washington, D.C. and more. 

Mellencamp is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a recipient of the John Steinbeck Award, ASCAP Foundation’s Champion Award, The Woody Guthrie Award and Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and more recently, the Founders Award, the top honor assigned by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

A limited number of exclusive VIP packages will also be available. These exclusive offers an amazing selection of reserved seated tickets, autographed memorabilia, special merchandise and more.

VIP Packages:

SMALL TOWN VIP PACKAGE (VIP1)

One Incredible Reserved Seated Ticket in the First Three (3) Rows 

Exclusive Autographed Vinyl Copy of Orpheus Descending

Quintessential John Mellencamp VIP Merchandise

.Special John Mellencamp VIP Tour Gift (Designed Exclusively for VIPs)

.Commemorative John Mellencamp VIP Laminate & Matching Lanyard

JACK & DIANE VIP PACKAGE (VIP2)

One Awesome Reserved Seated Ticket in the First Ten (10) Rows 

Quintessential John Mellencamp VIP Merchandise

.Special John Mellencamp VIP Tour Gift (Designed Exclusively for VIPs)

.Commemorative John Mellencamp VIP Laminate & Matching Lanyard

PINK HOUSES VIP PACKAGE (VIP3)

One Excellent Reserved Seated Ticket 

Quintessential John Mellencamp VIP Merchandise

.Special John Mellencamp VIP Tour Gift (Designed Exclusively for VIPs)

.Commemorative John Mellencamp VIP Laminate & Matching Lanyard

DEUCES WILD TOUR 2024

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND

TWO SHOWS

FRIDAY, AUGUST 30TH

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

GREENSKY BLUEGRASS & MARGO PRICE

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

LITTLE FEAT & MARGO PRICE

7 PM