Venues
Arts
On Q Concert Series
Contact:
Sandra Peevers
P.O. Box 145
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Phone: (607) 547-9494
E-mail:
Traditional and World Music concerts are presented fall to spring in Cooperstown, NY. Contact Sandra to be added to their e-mail list for concert announcements.
Black
Sheep Coffeehouse
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
510 Albany Shaker Road
Loudonville NY
(518) 458-1562
Website: www.goodshepherdchurchloudonville.org
Held on the 3rd Saturday of the month. Booking by Bob Fulton; contact through the church.
Caffè
Lena, Inc.
Contact: Sarah Craig, Director
PO Box 245
47 Phila Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone: (518) 583-0022
Manager: Sarah Craig
E-mail:
Website: www.caffelena.com
Caffè Lena, founded 1960, is America's longest-running coffeehouse, presenting acoustic music Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with Thursday open mics and other events as scheduled.
Canajoharie Concert Series
Sponsoring organization:
Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery
2 Erie Blvd.
Canajoharie, NY 13317
Phone: (518) 673-2314
Concerts held at:
Van Alstyne Homestead
40 Moyer St.
Canajoharie, NY 13317
E-mail: (Eric
Trahan, director)
Website: www.clag.org/concerts/
"Bringing Great
Music to the Mohawk Valley"
Monthly acoustic music concert series just off NYS Thruway Exit 29 in the village
of Canajoharie. Call (518) 673-2314 for tickets during operating hours:
Mon. - Thu 10:00 - 7:30, Fri., 10:00 - 4:30, Sat., 10:00 - 1:30
Coffee
Planet
100 Milton Avenue
Ballston Spa, New York 12020
Phone: (518) 884-9913
E-mail:
Website: www.thecoffeeplanet.net
Coffee Planet is located in the quaint strolling village of Ballston Spa, NY, just five miles south of Saratoga Springs, NY. Coffee Planet features a full espresso bar, bagels, soups, sandwiches and deserts. The café has free wireless internet, along with live acoustic music every weekend. Coffee Planet also serves red and white wines, bottled micro brew, domestic and imported beers.
Coffee
House Nite sponsored by
Friends of St. George
Contact:
Elaine
Phone: 518-792-0761
St. George Parish Center
55 Main St.
South Glens Falls, NY
Website: www.stgeorgesglensfalls.org
Coffeehouse Series for
Our Spring series begins March 26th featuring Kate Blain Singer/songwriter and Gary Moon singer/guitarist.
A benefit for St. George's.
Coffeehouse
at Burnt Hills
Burnt Hills United Methodist Church
Route 50
Burnt Hills, NY
Phone: (518) 882-6427
Monthly folk concert series. Church is just north of Old Homestead Restaurant.
Crandall
Public Library
Center for Folklife, History, & Cultural Programs
Contact: Todd DeGarmo
251 Glen St.
Glens Falls, NY 12801
Phone: (518) 792-6508
Fax: (518) 792-5251
Website: www.crandalllibrary.org
Crandall Library's Center for Folklife, History & Cultural Programs strives to preserve and present the living and historical cultural heritage of the upper Hudson Valley and Adirondacks of upstate New York. Look for children's workshops, storytelling events, music and dance, lectures, exhibits and more. Free summer concert series at the Bandstand in City Park, Glens Falls.
DeVoe Family Entertainment Park
283 Willie Road
Gloversville, New York 12078
Phone:
518-725-4548 (Juanita DeVoe)
518-725-0665 (Stan DeVoe)
E-mail:
Country Music events, including
camping weekends (July 1-4 and Aug. 26-28, 2005), Friday open mic nights,
and music every Saturday night, June through September.
Featuring a
Blue Grass Festival - July 29,30,31 2005.
Full food concession stand and beer/wine bar, 50' X100' pole
barn that provides a great place for entertainment rain or shine.
Located just off Route 29-A
between Gloversville & Caroga Lake.
Eamonn's
Irish Pub & Restaurant
Contact: Eamonn McGirr
Address: 151 Menands Road
Loudonville, New York 12211
Phone: (518) 463-2414
E-mail:
Website: http://home.nycap.rr.com/eamonnmcgirr
Open every day from 3 pm. Best in Irish food and entertainment. We specialise in all types of parties & functions. Entertainment Friday & Saturday (9 pm), Sunday (5 pm). A taste of authentic Ireland!!!!
The Egg
- Empire State Performing Arts Center
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY
Mailing Address:
PO Box 2065
Albany, NY 12220
Box Office: (518) 473-1845; Main Office: (518) 473-1061
Website: www.theegg.org
Official NY State arts center and architectural marvel. See their website for a wide variety of programming.
The Eighth
Step
Contact: Margie Rosenkranz
27 Midline Road,
Ballston Lake, N.Y. 12019
TicketLine:
(518) 434-1703
Office
(518) 235-3783
Fax:
(518) 399-4242
Email:
Web: www.eighthstep.com
Regional, national & international contemporary folk & other acoustic music September-May, run by an active crew of 100 volunteers. Traditional yearly events include Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie Sing Solstice; and Songs of Working America.. After 33 seasons in Albany and 2 as the resident company in Cohoes Music Hall, The Step is currently on hiatus but expects to return in some form in 2004/2005. Watch their website - www.eighthstep.com - for updates.
Gates
Hill Concert Series
Contact: Sonny Ochs
162 Rockaway Lane
Middleburgh, NY 12122
Phone: (518) 827-4953
E-mail:
Website: www.sonnyochs.com
Summer concert series. Monthly benefit concerts to preserve the old church in which they're held. Series runs from June to September.
Golding
Park Cafe
c/o The Cobleskill Partnership, Inc.
P.O. Box 10
Cobleskill, NY 12043
Email:
Website: www.goldingparkcafe.com
The Golding Park Cafe is a Not-For-Profit Coffee House in Cobleskill, NY 45 minutes west of Albany and 45 minutes east of Oneonta, presenting live, acoustic music. Relax with family and friends in an alcohol-free, smoke-free environment. Enjoy gourmet coffee, a variety of teas, and delectable fresh baked goods. Doors open at 6:45. Reservations accepted. Details & directions on the website.
Helping
Hands Concert Series
Contact: Schoharie United Presbyterian Church
314 Main St.
Schoharie, NY 12157
Phone: (518) 295-8931
E-mail:
Website: www.sonnyochs.com
Monthly concert series to benefit various community organizations.
The
Honored Guest Bed & Breakfast
- Living Room Concerts
Contact: Bob Dunn
20 Hunt Rd
Hillsdale, NY 12529
Phone: (518) 325-9100
Email:
Living Room Concerts featuring folk performers run the second Saturday of each month with all the money going to the performer. We can seat 20 people. Tickets: $10 each.
Hubbard
Hall Projects, Inc.
Contact: Benjie White
25 E. Main St.
Cambridge, NY 12816
Phone: (518) 677-2495
E-mail:
Website: www.hubbardhall.org
Family contra dances, folk music series, and annual mini-festival, Fiddle Weekend, in an 1878 rural opera house, complement HHP's other activities which include Chamber Music Series, Jazz, workshops, dance classes, gallery, and our new theatre company under the direction of Kevin McGuire. Write or call to get on our mailing list or visit us at www.hubbardhall.org .
Lorien
Coffeehouse
Grafton Inn
Route 2
Grafton, NY
Phone: (518) 658-3422; Club #: (518) 279-9489
Concert series, located about 12 miles east of Troy, NY.
Millbrook
Arts Group / Concerts on the Grass
Millbrook, NY
Phone: (845)
677-5084
Website: www.millbrooknyonline.com/sources/arts.html
Millbrook Arts Group
presents a summer music series.
Millbrook Bandshell, Franklin Ave., Millbrook
(east of Poughkeepsie).
Take the Taconic State Parkway to the Rt. 44 Millbrook/Poughkeepsie exit. Turn
off the exit onto Rt. 44 East. Follow 3.7 miles until you meet an intersection
with a traffic light. Turn left as Rt. 44 heads north into Millbrook.
Mother's
Contact: Student Chair
Rensselaer Student Union
110 8th St.
Troy, NY 12180
Phone: (518)276-8585
E-mail:
Website: http://mothers.union.rpi.edu
Student-run coffeehouse at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Shows on Friday and/or Saturday nights, September through April.
Music on Mainstreet
Contact: Bob Buck
Phone: (518) 673-8059
E-mail:
The Village of Canajoharie's Music on Mainstreet program has free performances on the lawn behind the large NBT bank building in Canajoharie on Tuesday evenings for a 6 week period beginning with the first of July. The rainsite is located at the Arkell Performing Arts Center at the new high school. Performers are all regionally or nationally known and of a high caliber, spanning many musical genres, all selected to please a large variety of listeners.
Nemeton
Productions
Contact: Melinda Gardiner
22 West End Road
Hillsdale, NY 12529
Phone: (518) 325-5546
E-mail:
Producing concerts and workshops in Columbia County featuring traditional music and storytelling from Britain and Ireland.
Noah John’s Campfire music series
Northwoods Inn, Lake Placid
2520 Main Street
Lake Placid, NY
Phone: (518) 523-1818
E-mail:
Website: www.northwoodsinn.com
Our
Northern Lights Pavilion is home to the immensely popular Noah John’s
Campfire music series, featuring weekly live Adirondack Folk & roots
music in a rustic setting. This one of a kind venue embodies the atmosphere
that you’re searching for when you come to Northwoods. Enjoy Fondue,
Freshly Baked Bread Bowls, Venison Stew, & Vegetarian Chili “Après
ski” while listening to local performers each weekend.
The historic Northwoods Inn, (previously known as the Hotel Marcy), is the oldest
hotel on Main Street, Lake Placid NY. We are situated just north of the
Olympic Center, and surrounded by dozens of fascinating shops.
North
Pointe Cultural Arts Center
Route 9
Kinderhook, NY
(518) 758-9234
E-mail:
Website: www.northpointe.com
North Pointe is a year-round not-for-profit venue for performing and visual arts. Among other programming, they offer a monthly coffeehouse with acoustic performers including jazz, folk and classical music.
Old
Songs, Inc. / 37 South
Main St.
Contact: Andy Spence
PO Box 466
Voorheesville, NY 12186-0466
Phone: (518) 765-2815
E-Mail:
Website: www.oldsongs.org
Monthly concerts September through May featuring the best in traditional folk music. Concerts are presented at 37 South Main St. in Voorheesville, NY and at the Old Songs Dutch Barn at the Altamont Fairgrounds in Altamont, NY.
The
Park Theater
14 Park Street
Glens Falls, NY 12801
E-mail:
Website: www.glensfallsparktheater.org
The Park Theater opened in Glens Falls, New York in 1911 as an entertainment venue for vaudeville shows and silent pictures. Now refurbished, it promises to be a great new performance space for the area.
The
Parting Glass
40-42 Lake Avenue
Saratoga Springs, NY
Phone: (518) 583-1916
E-mail:
Website: www.partingglasspub.com
The Parting Glass was established on St. Patrick's Day 1981. It is one of the oldest continuously run pub/restaurants in Saratoga Springs. The Pub offers its lunch and dinner menu from 10:00 am until closing, seven days a week, featuring moderately priced pub style grub. They regularly present live Traditional Irish and American Folk Music.
Perfect
Blend espresso bar and café
376 Delaware Ave.
Delmar, NY 12054
Phone: (518) 439-6537
Website: www.perfectblendcafe.com
The Perfect Blend features live acoustic music on weekends and an Open Mic Night on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, from 7:30 to 9:30pm. A Bluegrass Jam happens on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday from 7-9pm, hosted by members of the Dyer Switch Band.
Pine Lake Environmental Campus of Hartwick College
1894 Charlotte Creek Rd
Oneonta, NY 13820
Phone: (607) 278-5429
Website: www.hartwick.edu/x446.xml
Acoustic House
Concerts in a student-built strawbale house; contra dances
and outdoor events. Located
near Davenport Center NY, in the Susquehanna River Watershed.
For more information contact Peter Blue at
Revolution Hall
417 River St.
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 273-2337
Website: www.revolutionhall.com
Voted "Best New Music Venue" by
the Times Union 2003 Reader's Poll, Revolution Hall is an acoustic and architectural
gem.
Since opening in 2003, we've played host to some of this nation's and region's
hottest artists and many of its rising stars. A fully-renovated, historic,
19th Century warehouse is the backdrop for a full complement of sound engineering
including a Danley Sound Labs system designed by Albany Audio.
St. Paul's Coffeehouse
475 State St.
Albany, NY 12203
(518) 463-0571
For bookings contact:
Dawn Snay
(518) 439-5834
A great new venue for local musicians sponsored by St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Albany's State Street. It has a parquet floor, a stage, space for dozens of people and pitch-perfect acoustics (Times Union, 4/05/04). Not intended to be a religious venue, it hosts a wide variety of musical styles. Series runs the last Saturday of the month, September to May.
Second
Wind Productions
Website:
www.swconcerts.org
Second Wind Productions is dedicated to presenting diverse world-class music for free to the general public in the Capital Region. Each summer, we produce the Central Park Concert Series in Schenectady on Sunday afternoons. This six-part series features lesser known, yet internationally-acclaimed, industry award-winning artists, many of whom rarely, if ever, make a stop in the Capital Region. Uniquely compatible national and regional artists are often showcased as opening acts.
Spencertown
Academy
Contact: Judy Staber or Susan Davies
790 Route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165
Phone: (518) 392-3693
Email:
Website: www.spencertown.org
Classical, jazz and traditional music concerts; poetry and prose readings; chamber theatre productions and revues; adult and children’s classes; fine art and craft galleries. All programs presented at Spencertown Academy, an historic site, formerly a schoolhouse, located in Spencertown, Columbia County, New York. Galleries open to the public Weds-Sun from 1 - 5 p.m. February - December
Squire Jacob Coffeehouse
Contact: CarolLynn Langley, Music Events Coordinator
Sand Lake
Center for the Arts
2880 NY 43
Averill Park, NY
Phone: 518-283-4769
Email:
Website: www.slca-ctp.org/SJC.htm
New folk venue at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts in Averill Park, with a seasonal concert series. See their website for upcoming shows.
Steamer
No. 10 Theatre, Inc.
Contact: Ric Chesser
500 Western Ave.
Albany, NY 12203
Phone: (518) 438-5503
Fax: (518) 438-5484
Website: www.timesunion.com/communities/steamer10/
Steamer No. 10 is a 112 seat proscenium theatre that presents an extensive series of family shows for audiences of children and adults; plus an Acoustic Music Series. No amplification.
Troy
Savings Bank Music Hall
7 State Street
Troy, New York
Phone: (518) 273-0038
Website: www.troymusichall.org
Historic concert hall widely hailed for its acoustic resonance.
The Van
Dyck
237 Union St.
Schenectady, NY
Phone: (518) 381-1111
A premiere eatery and live music club with big-name entertainment (think Chick Corea, Joshua Redman and Pat Metheny). Schenectady's lone brewpub, located in the historic Stockade district.
WAMC
Performing Arts Studio/Linda Norris Auditorioum
339 Central Ave.
Albany, NY
Phone: 1-800-323-WAMC
Website: www.wamc.org/artsched.html
Catch live broadcast performances from a wide array of acoustic performers.