NYS Music 202​1

Category: Upcoming Shows

  • Flushing Town Hall Announces a Virtual Tribute to the American Melting Pot

    Flushing Town Hall Announces a virtual tribute to the American Melting Pot on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 7PM EST. The event will be focusing on and celebrating diverse music and musicians in celebration of the national holiday.

    Flushing Town Hall is known as being a  Smithsonian affiliate and presents multi-disciplinary global arts that engage and educate the global communities of Queens and New York City in general. The venue has been around since 1979 and is known for supporting local, immigrant, national, and international artists. Flushing Town Hall aims to serve and represent diverse communities in the world and strive to uphold the legacy of inclusiveness that has defined our community since the Flushing Remonstrance of 1657.

    This Flushing Town Hall  celebration of the American Melting Pot is being supported by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, the monthly Jazz Jams have been led since 2016 by Astoria resident Carol Sudhalter. House band members include illustrious musicians Joe Vincent Tranchina, Scott Neumann, and Eric Lemon.

    Carol Sudhalter, Flushing Town Hall’s Jazz Band leader spoke on this upcoming celebration saying, “From Latin Jazz to Miles Davis’ Sketches of Spain, music from practically every culture eventually finds its way into the jazz idiom, enriching its array of colors and sounds. In July we look forward to seeing how each participant contributes their own creative corner of the picture!”

    In the past 15 months, streams by Flushing Town Hall have hosted over 200 musicians. The upcoming American Melting Pot celebration will host even more musicians adding to the numbers. Musicians who performed in 2020 are now welcome to return to perform in the upcoming performance. Each month, up to five returning musicians and up to 15 new musicians can participate. Selection is on a first-come, first-served basis. 

    Musicians interested in participating on July 14 should email education@flushingtownhall.org with the suggested three- to four-minute tune they intend to play in line with this month’s theme. The performance can be live or a pre-recorded audio or video (but not a professional, edited recording such as a CD or YouTube video).


    Viewers can tune in to Flushing Town Hall’s Facebook page or Zoom on Wednesday, July 14 at 7:00 PM (EST) to join the live event for free, without registration.

    For more information on the Flushing Town Hall’s tribute the American Melting Pot visit their website here.

  • Scotia Presents Free Summer Concerts at Freedom Park

    Freedom Park in Scotia will once again host a free outdoor summer concert series. Located across the street from Collins Park and right next to Jumpin’ Jack’s in the Village of Scotia (just over the Mohawk River from Schenectady), the Summer Concert Series will be offering free concerts highlighting performers from all over the Capital Region and beyond.

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    All shows will start at 7:00 pm. Audience members are encouraged to bring a chair or blanket. The Park will also be streaming each show through Facebook Live for anyone who can’t make the performance in person.

    Freedom Park 2021 Summer Concerts

    Wed 7/7 Big Fez & the Surfmatics 

    Sat 7/10 Carmen & Life’s Guilty Pleasures (jazz) 

    Mon 7/12 Rattail Jimmy (rock) 

    Wed 7/14 Donnie P & Celebration Family (polka) 

    Sat 7/17 Watch Reggie Run (kids music) 

    Sun 7/18 Grand Central Station (party rock) 

    Wed 7/21 The Lustre Kings (rockabilly) 

    7/24 Heard (world music) 

    Mon 7/26 Get Up Jack (Irish) 

    Wed 7/28 Brian Patneaude Quintet (jazz) 

    Sat 7/31 Ratboy Jr. (kids music) 

    AUGUST 

    Wed 8/4 Annie & the Hedonists (blues/folk/swing) 

    Sat 8/7 Mia Scirocco Trio (jazz/soul) 

    Sun 8/8 Alex Torres & His Latin Orchestra 

    Wed 8/11 The Rhythm Pilots (dance party) 

    Sat 8/14 Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company 

    Mon 8/16 The Refrigerators 

    Wed 8/18 The Legendary Characters (50’s & 60’s) 

    Sat 8/21 Rusticator (acoustic Americana) 

    Wed 8/25 SIRSY (alt rock) 

    Sat 8/28 The Rogues (60’s & 70’s) 

    While the performances are free Freedom Park Scotia accepts support through donations either through Venmo, PayPal, or Mail Check/Money Order to Freedom Park Foundation PO Box 2040 Scotia, NY 12302.

    To stay up to date on the up coming shows visit the Freedom Park website and follow their social media, Facebook and Instagram.

  • Hardeman Orchards “Music in the Barn” Announce 2021 Lineup

    This summer Hardeman Orchards will host an array of artists during their series “Music in the Barn”, including many local New York performers.

    Located in Red Hook, NY, Hardeman Orchards Event Barn is a unique intimate venue in an 1870s Dutch style barn on a working family farm. Food and drinks are available and dancing is encouraged.

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    The shows kick off July 10 with Alex Torres and his Latin Orchestra. Alex has performed both nationally and internationally and appeared on tv and in movies.

    July 11: Grammy award-winning band Asleep At The Wheel stop by during their 50th anniversary tour. Ray and the band are the torch bearers of western swing. 

    July 17: the music continues with The Big Takeover fronted by singer Nee Nee Rushie. The band is steeped in Jamaican rhythms,  reggae, and ska. 

    July 23: Gratefully Yours performs the best of the Grateful Dead.

    Aug 6: the Dr. Lo Band arrives with Lo Faber at the helm. Lo will perform from his new release Claiborne Avenue as well as songs from his days with God Street Wine. 

    Aug 7: brings Professor Louie and the Crowmatix with The Woodstock Horns. Louie as well as being a performer is a producer and worked with The Band for many years. 

    Aug 15: AJ Lee and Blue Summit appear. AJ has won the Northern California Bluegrass female vocalist award 10 times and was the 2019 IBMA momentum female vocalist winner. 

    Aug 20: The Big Shoe takes the stage with their funky high energy sounds.

    Aug 21: The Little Creek Band will do their original songs and country music. 

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    This is just the first round of announcements from Hardeman Orchards’ for their summer shows with more on the way in the near future. 

    Hardeman Orchards “Music in the Barn” Summer 2021 Music Lineup

    July 10 – Alex Torres and his Latin Orchestra

    July 11 –  Asleep At The Wheel 

    July 17 – The Big Takeover

    July 23 –  Gratefully Yours 

    Aug 6 –  Dr. Lo Band

    Aug 7 – Professor Louie and the Crowmatix with The Woodstock Horns

    Aug 15 – AJ Lee and Blue Summit

    Aug 20 – The Big Shoe

    Aug 21 – The Little Creek Band

    Info and tickets at www.hardemanorchards.com.

  • SummerStage Announces Free Shows for the 2021 Season

    SummerStage announced free shows for their 2021 season. There will be six shows put on between July through September and will take place at the Seaside Park Community Arts Center & the Coney Island Amphitheater. 

    SummerStage free outdoor festival and a seasonal outdoor venue that’s located in Central Park. It is presented by Capital One City Parks Foundation and annually presents approximately 100 performances in 15-18 parks throughout the five boroughs of New York City.  The six free performances will take place at the Coney Island Amphitheater.

     Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams spoke on the return of SummerStage saying,  “The return of SummerStage to the Coney Island Amphitheater and other outdoor venues throughout New York City fits the bill for exciting summer activities in Brooklyn. New Yorkers have endured much and contributed even more during one of our city’s darkest periods. Re-opening activities that reiterate what makes New York City great is a welcome addition to any summer ‘to do’ list.”

    The six free shows will include GRAMMY-award-winning disco hitmaker Gloria Gaynor who is performing on July 17 with Harlem-via-East London selector DJ Stormin Norman of Disco Sequestered. On July 18 Puerto Rican via the Bronx singer/songwriter and the “Princess of Salsa” La India will take the stage on Sunday. On August 7 Multi-platinum R&B artist Ginuwine will celebrate legendary hip-hop DJ Funk Flex’s birthday with special guests who are TBA. On August 28 SummerStage will present Go Brooklyn! Stetsasonic & Friends – 40th Anniversary Show featuring beat-box, sampling and a live performance mixing R&B, jazz, dancehall and rock with these legendary hip-hop pioneers, starring Prince Paul. On August 29, INVINCIBLE: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson, the number one Michael Jackson tribute show in the world, will feature the world’s most authentic Jackson impersonators with the Bronx DJ KS 360 kicking off the evening. The Coney Island season will wrap up on September 15 with Reggae Gold meets Soca Gold in association with VP Records, a reggae and dancehall showcase presented by the Caribbean and woman-owned record label based in Queens. All performances at the Coney Island Amphitheater will be free and open to the public, no tickets required.

    SummerStage also announced the additional free performances in Central Park this summer. On July 14, a Bastille Day Celebration will be presented by the French Consulate in New York, the French Institute Alliance Française and CAFUSA featuring a jazz quintet headlined by GRAMMY-nominated singer Kavita Shah, guitarist Matt Munisteri, bassist Matt Penman, drummer Ferenc Nemeth, and violinist Olivier Manchon performing a selection of beloved French classics, a get-up-and-dance set by star Joachim Garraud.  On September 1, critically acclaimed indie rock band and SummerStage alums Yo La Tengo will perform a free show in Central Park with underground rock band, Mountain Movers opening the show. Originally formed 30 years ago in Hoboken, New Jersey, the band has recorded 16 studio albums with their latest release, We Have Amnesia Sometimes, recorded during the peak of the pandemic. On September 12, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and SummerStage alumna Valerie June will bring her mixture of folk, blues, gospel, soul, Americana, and bluegrass to the stage. Her latest album The Moon and The Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers, released in March 2021, has been described by Pitchfork as her “most heavy-hearted” and “far-reaching” record.

    On top of announcing it’s upcoming shows SummerStage has also announced that it will no longer require tickets for it’s free performances. All free performances will be open to the public, first come, first served, and accessible to all but will be subject to venue capacity limits and CDC recommendations for health and safety related to COVID-19 with maintaining social distance between audience members.

     For the most information about the SummerStage 2021 season visit their website here.

  • Saranac Lake Presents “Music on the Green”

    It’s no secret that the scenic Adirondacks are one of the best places to spend a New York summer. One great option for visitors and residents alike is Saranac Lake’s free ongoing summer concert series, Music on the Green.

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    Music on the Green, photo from Saranac Lake’s website

    Music on the Green is held Wednesday evenings from 7-9 in Saranac’s Riverside Park. The green provides ample space for audiences to dance around, connect with friends, or simply set up a lawn chair and enjoy the live music.

    The concert series kicked off on June 30 with a performance by funky local band El Nac. The upcoming performances are listed below and will showcase acts with rock, blues, jazz, country and funk flares, ensuring that there is truly something for everyone. The series will run shows every Wednesday and will conclude on August 25.

    Upcoming Shows

    July 7: The Split Rock Ramblers (bluegrass, country, Americana)

    July 14: Crackin’ Foxy (swing, jazz)

    July 21: Spring Street (rock, blues)

    July 28: Moments Notice (jazz, Latin, blues, country)

    August 4: Paul Asbell Quintet (jazz)

    August 11: The Mississippi Hot Dogs (electric blues, roots)

    August 18: Karen Savoca (blues, Americana)

    August 25: Annie in the Water (funk, jams)

    To learn more, including links to the Facebook event page for each show, visit Saranac Lake’s website. Performances are free to the public and will be moved from Riverside Park to Hotel Saranac in the event of rain.

  • Tupper Lake Hosts Summer Sunset Concert Series

    Tupper Lake Village, a few miles west of Lake Placid, has announced this year’s Summer Sunset Concert Series. Guests can enjoy weekly live musical entertainment and scenic sunset vistas at the Tupper Lake Bandshell, located in Flanders Park.

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    Flanders Park Bandshell

    Tupper Lake is a village in Franklin County, located within the Adirondack Park. Tupper Lake makes up the Tri-Lakes region along with nearby Saranac Lake and Lake Placid. Settled during the town’s lumber production period in 1844, the village was the top lumber producer in New York State.

    After the area’s Great Fire of 1899, which burned more than 150 structures in the town, a modern Tupper Lake village grew out of the destruction. Having its own department store and sprawling railway yards, Tupper Lake became a hub for the surrounding Adirondack communities.

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    Views from the Flanders Municipal Park

    The Tupper Lake Municipal Park is located on Demars Boulevard off Route 3. This park is the center of the Tupper Lake community. The park is home to the best sunset views, a waterfront walkway, picnic table area, two covered fishing overlooks, public boat slips, playground, sports fields, skateboard park, and much more.

    The live music offerings are held weekly on Monday nights from 7 PM at Tupper Lake Municipal Park. All events are free and open to the public, but bring your own lawn chairs, blankets, and snacks. Local Tupper Lake restaurants will be hosting dinner specials during the events as well.

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    Tupper Lake’s Summer Sunset Music Series lineup

    Sunday, July 4: Spring Street Band, Fireworks with patriotic music (9 PM)

    Monday, July 12: Blind Owl Band

    Monday, July 19: Geo Beat

    Monday, July 26: Hammerlok

    Monday, August 2: Shakespeare in the Parks – Twelfth Night – a Radio Play, part of the Adirondack Lakes Summer Theatre Festival

    Monday, August 9: Martin and Kelly

    Monday, August 16: Phil Henry & the News Feed

    Monday, August 23: High Peaks Opera

    Monday, August 30: Annie & the Hedonists

  • Baked Shrimp and Glass Pony team up for Lark Hall show on July 9

    Two of the hottest, up and coming New York bands, and 2021 NYS Music Music Madness finalists, Baked Shrimp and Glass Pony will share the stage at Lark Hall on July 9th. With festival pass giveaways, free ice cream and an incredible night of music on tap, this is one show you won’t want to miss.

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    Since forming in January 2017, Long Island’s Baked Shrimp has established a name for themselves across the Northeast region of the United States and beyond.  In just three years the high-energy rock trio has performed multiple extensive tours, released two albums, and is a name being consistently added to the festival circuit.

    Currently in the middle of a massive summer tour which finds the band performing across the East Coast, Midwest and throughout the southern United States, Baked Shrimp is rapidly making new fans outside of their home-base of New York.  The trio keeps it fresh from night to night with a catalogue of over one-hundred songs of mostly original material and deep, inspired improvisational playing.

    Kicking off the evening’s festivities will be Albany’s very own Glass Pony.  Encapsulating influences stretching across decades from psychedelic and jam-focused rock, to funk, post-punk, and even modern indie and post-rock, Glass Pony offer a sound that truly translates through generations, with a stylistic blend built to engage a broad listenership.

    With a focus squarely set on delivering the most captivating live performance possible, the band utilizes infectiously danceable grooves colored with virtuosic individual performances that deftly blend into a cohesive whole. To accentuate their creative songwriting, they place a great value on improvisation and fluid set lists that change from show to show.  

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    Baked Shrimp will be giving away a pair of FREE tickets on this special night to their inaugural music festival LonCon, taking place at Arrowhead Ranch on August 27th & 28th in Parksville, NY. The incredible lineup features two nights of Baked Shrimp in addition to Mihali (Twiddle), Aqueous, Dogs in a Pile, and more.  You must be present at the end of the night to claim your tickets if you win the raffle!

    Additionally, Ben and Jerry’s Scoop Shop on Madison Avenue in Albany will be providing free ice cream for all who purchase tickets to the show. Lark Hall will have a dairy and non-dairy option starting shortly after doors open at 7pm on Friday, July 9.

    Tickets are on sale now at via Eventbrite and Lark Hall.

  • Twiddle’s Frendsgiving returns to the Capitol Theatre November 2021

    Vermont-based jam quartet Twiddle has announced its annual “Frendsgiving” celebration for 2021. This year’s shows will occur on Friday November 26th, and Saturday November 27th at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY.

    Friday night will feature an opening set from guitar virtuoso Keller Williams. Saturday will see an opening set from Connecticut rock outfit Eggy, who make their Capitol Theatre debut.

    Tickets are now on sale. For more information, visit twiddlemusic.com 

  • Central Park Mega Concert to feature Paul Simon, Jennifer Hudson and Bruce Springsteen

    Update – 7:57pm, August 21, 2021 – Rolling Stone Magazine reports the ‘We Love NYC’ mega concert has been canceled due to inclement weather.

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    The Central Park mega concert announced on last month, in celebration of New York reopening and pulling back COVID-19 restrictions, now has a lineup. Paul Simon, Jennifer Hudson and Bruce Springsteen will headline the concert. The show is tentatively set for August 21, 2021 on the Great Lawn. 

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    Photo by Rafael Puerto of the Great Lawn at Central Park.

    Mayor Bill de Blasio is planning this mega concert that will host multiple acts. Clive Davis has been chosen by the mayor to pull this mega concert together. Davis is a well known 89-year-old producer and music-industry eminence. Davis has quite a career that has spanned over five-decades. He has worked with big names like Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys and Whitney Houston. He has hosted the Grammy Gala annually since 1976.

    It’s going to be one of the greatest Central Park concerts in history. This is something you do not want to miss. This is something for the ages.

    Mayor Bill de Blasio

    The New York Times had said Davis “is aiming for eight ‘iconic’ stars to perform a three-hour show for 60,000 attendees and a worldwide television audience.” Some details on the event have been released though including it taking place at the Great Lawn, Live Nation will be involved with the production, and the majority of tickets will be free, although there will be some V.I.P. seating. 70% of all tickets will go to those who have received their COVID-19 vaccination.

    The Great Lawn at Central Park has hosted lots of famous concerts in it’s time. Some of the big names include Carole King who serenaded 70,000 people there in 1973. Elton John played back in 1980 and the following year Simon & Garfunkel reunited for an estimated 400,000 people. Diana Ross performed in 1983, Luciano Pavarotti in 1993 and the Dave Matthews Band in 2003.

    The show is supposed to feel like a homecoming to New York City after the pandemic that has been gripping the world for the last year and a half. In an interview, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that, “This concert is going to be a once in a lifetime opportunity. It’s going to be an amazing lineup. The whole week is going to be like nothing you’ve ever seen before in New York City.”

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    The concept for the Central Park mega concert came to fruition recently. Davis said that the mayor called him three weeks ago and asked him to present a show in partnership with the city that would celebrate New York’s reopening and emphasize the need to vaccinate more young people.

    It is going to be a great moment for the city, marking our rebirth, marking our comeback. We’re very excited, and it’s going to be a historic event, to say the least.

    Mayor Bill de Blasio

    More details will be shared in coming weeks for the August 21 mega-concert. Stay tuned to NYS Music!

    Update July 27, 2021: The full lineup was announced on July 27, 2021 by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Clive Davis, Live Nation/NYCEDC chair Danny Meyer. The free mega-concert will be taking place on the Great Lawn in Central Park on Saturday, August 21. Although Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson and Paul Simon were hinted as being the headliners previously now the expanded lineup has also been announced and includes big names like Jon Batiste, Andrea Bocelli, Kane Brown, LL COOL J, Elvis Costello, Lucky Daye, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Cynthia Erivo, Jimmy Fallon, Wyclef Jean, Journey, The Killers, Gayle King, Don Lemon, Barry Manilow, The New York Philharmonic, Polo G, Carlos Santana, Patti Smith, and Rob Thomas.

  • Don’t miss Amythyst Kiah at Stone Ridge Orchards in July

    Breakout star, Amythyst Kiah, will perform at Stone Ridge Orchard on July 17 at 4 pm to 8 pm (door open at 3 pm). All ages are welcome at this socially conscious, safe, and COVID-19 compliant event. Proceeds for the evening show will benefit The Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center.  

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    As the only New York area appearance of Amythyst Kiah, the show will find Kiah performing songs from her new collection, Wary + Strange, out June 18 on Rounder Records. The album marks the glorious collision of two vastly different worlds: the iconoclastic alt-rock that first sparked her musical passion, and the roots/old-time-music scene where she’s found breakout success in recent years, including recognition from Rolling Stone as “one of Americana’s great up-and-coming secrets.” 

    The singles off this album have been Fancy Drones, Hangover Blues, Wild Turkey, and Black Myself. The last of which she performed during her late night debut on Jimmy Kimmel. When met with the transcendent quality of her newly elevated sound, what emerges is an extraordinary vessel for Kiah’s songwriting. These are exciting times for Kiah and her music. The sound of her first two albums Her Chest of Glass and Dig culminated into the success of Wary + Strange.

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    Produced by Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers, Amos Lee, Andrew Bird) and made with esteemed musicians like Blake Mills, Wary + Strange arrives as a deeply immersive body of work, endlessly redefining the limits of roots music in its inventive rhythms and textures. With an unforgettable voice that’s both unfettered and exquisitely controlled, Kiah gracefully interlaces political commentary and personal revelation, ultimately offering a raw yet nuanced examination of grief, alienation, and the hard-won triumph of total self-acceptance.

    She honed into vibrant musicality in part through her studies in East Tennessee State University’s Bluegrass, Old Time, Country Music program. The Chattanooga, Tennessee-bred singer/songwriter has expanded on the uncompromising artistry she’s displayed as a member of Our Native Daughters—an all-women-of-color supergroup. With whom Kiah first penned “Black Myself” that then earned a GRAMMY nomination for Best American Roots Song and won Song of the Year at the Folk Alliance International Awards. She’s been included in People Magazine’s “Talented Black Musical Artists on the Rise in 2021”. Kiah has also been nominated for three Americana Music Awards. 

    Spread out on a beautiful 115-acre farm, the performance can be enjoyed along with other family-friendly activities available at Stone Ridge Orchard. For more info contact Stone Ridge Orchard either by phone at 845-687-2587 or by email at SROrchardEvents@gmail.com.

    To stay up to date with Amythyst Kiah visit her website or follow her on social media, including Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Tickets are available for purchase at StoneRidgeOrchard.com.

    In the newest episode of Salute The Songbird, host Maggie Rose is joined by Kiah to talk about her new album and the experiences that led to her success. Amythyst shares stories from growing up in Tennessee, how support and encouragement from her parents helped her overcome issues with identity and anxiety, and the impact music and writing have had on her personal journey.