Head to Bethel, New York on Tuesday, July 19th to catch Alanis Morrissette and special guest Garbage as they take the Bethel Pavilion stage for an evening of music.

Head to Bethel, New York on Tuesday, July 19th to catch Alanis Morrissette and special guest Garbage as they take the Bethel Pavilion stage for an evening of music.

Thursday, July 14 2022
7 PM Door | 8 PM Show
Empire Live93 North Pearl St
Albany, New York 12207
Tickets are $22 | $25 Day of Show. On Sale Friday, April 15th at 10 am through ticketweb.com or the club box office.
VT-based singer, songwriter, Twiddle frontman, father, smoker & guitarist Mihali performs solo-style at Empire Underground on Saturday, August 13th.
Upcoming record ‘Effection’ out July 22, 2022
Tedeschi Trucks Band at SPAC has been rescheduled to July 3, 2022. Your ticket will be honored for the new date or if you can’t make it, you’ll be able to request a refund. Ticket holders will receive an email with details. Visit livenation.com/refund for more information.
With Special Guests Los Lobos and Gabe Dixon
Motion City Soundtrack make their way to Empire Live in downtown Albany on Tuesday, September 13th as a part of their Commit This To Memory 17th Anniversary Tour.
FRIDAY, JULY 15
8 P.M.
Tickets: $25 – 65
Arkell Pavilion
Dar Williams rose out of the vibrant mid-90’s Boston scene, inspired by the eclectic influences of alt-rockers, Berklee jazz musicians, slam poets, and folk artists. The New Yorker describes her as one of America’s very best singer-songwriters. She says that her songs offer bouquets of optimism, delivered on melodies alternating between beguiling lightness and understated gravity.

Enjoy dinner at SVAC’s curATE café before the performance. Visit OpenTable for reservations or call 802-362-9100.
SATURDAY, JULY 2
8 P.M.
Tickets: $45 – 75
Arkell Pavilion
Livingston Taylor’s extensive career as a professional musician encompasses performance, songwriting, and teaching. Described as equal parts Mark Twain, college professor, and musical icon, Livingston delights audiences with his charm and vast repertoire. Livingston has written top-40 hits recorded by his brother James Taylor and has appeared with Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, and Jimmy Buffet. www.livingstontaylor.com
Photo courtesy of Mim Adkins
Opening for Livingston, is the wife/husband folk duo, Ash & Eric, who “hail from the gritty heart of the Industrial Revolution, Worcester, Massachusetts. Their musings reflect the hope and pain we all experience sung in voices as vulnerable and honest as their lyrics. In addition to top tier writing that No Depression says will have you “…coming away from many of these [songs] cleansed,” their warm harmonies, swirling acoustic guitars, and easy stage presence have earned them a dedicated following in the North East folk scene.”

Enjoy dinner at SVAC’s curATE café before the performance. Visit OpenTable for reservations or call 802-362-9100.
Lark Hall welcomes New York Natives, MICHELLE to our stage on Wednesday, September 14th. Doors 7pm; Showtime 8pm.
Through sharing the sacred space of meals and the secret space of dreams, MICHELLE presents a picture of a band enthralled by their craft, a group capable of melding six unique perspectives and backgrounds into one cohesive, impressive collection. Coming in January 2022, AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS is the culmination of what it means for six friends and collaborators to continuously reimaginetheir world on 14 succinct tracks.
Born-and-bred New Yorkers, MICHELLE formed in 2018 around their celebrated debut album HEATWAVE. The band is comprised of Sofia D’Angelo, Julian Kaufman, Charlie Kilgore, Layla Ku, Emma Lee and Jamee Lockard. On their forthcoming record, the predominantly POC and queer collective are closer than ever before as they continue to mix and match the writing and production groups amongst the six of them. Jamee notes, “We’ve learned how to maximize everyone’s strengths by listening to each other”.
The hallmarks of MICHELLE’s music—layered vocal harmonies, analog synthesizers,vibrant percussion, smoldering hooks—dominate the sonic landscape of the album. Songs hop across genres, from funky R&B to bedroom slow jams to amped-up beat- heavy anthems and more. And the songwriting on AFTER DINNER has been elevated as there is a depth and prowess at work that builds off the band’s early songs, something they admit was learned by reflecting and allowing for artistic growth. Charlie notes, “If HEATWAVE was a perfect image of every member of MICHELLE as a person at the end of their youth, this album really feels like a transition to adulthood, going from kids to…non-kids.”
AFTER DINNER sets a high standard from the get-go. “SYNCOPATE” is a straight-up, feel-good summertime jam with a two-step backbeat and jangly guitar strums, and clocking in at just under two minutes, it’s perhaps the tightest package the group has made to date. The band shares, “The song at its core is about desire. Communicating your desire can feel vulnerable, so we wanted to have some fun with that and show our funky and seductive side.”
“POSE” pulses along at a highly danceable clip while synths steer the beat. Chilled melodies and dense harmonies run the emotional 6/8 slow-jam “MESS U MADE” while the vocalists trade lead lines and bemoan the frustrated, coming-of-age, “today is not your day” anthem. “EXPIRATION DATE” dwells in that classic bittersweet space of a relationship doomed by external forces at work, while the incendiary “LAYLA IN THE ROCKET” blasts off to burn up the speaker.
Charlie notes, “Being with each other allows us to do a lot of things we wouldn’t have the energy-ability-resources-courage-wherewithal to do solo. There isn’t really one kind of music that sounds like MICHELLE, and us being such a diverse group gives us total creative freedom to do whatever we want.” Layla adds, “The beauty is that everybody’s individual aspirations are the group’s aspirations, in a sense, because MICHELLE is the culmination of the best of us as individuals.”
AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS is a snapshot of a band always adapting and evolving, jutting in and out of each other’s lives with this moment being their closest together yet.
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, NY, the festival prides itself on high-quality production and an amazing atmosphere that is suitable for all ages. Music at the Festival Commons will start at 1pm on Friday and 12pm on Saturday and Sunday, with music running continuously across two side-by-side stages until 11pm each night. We will also have an incredible beer and wine selection, a full bar and the circuit’s finest food and merchandise vendors.
Gates open at 12:00pm on Friday and 11:00am on Saturday & Sunday.
** Children 12 and under are free!

The Charles R. Wood Park is a 12.5 acre area and home to the Festival Commons, located on Beach Road at the southern tip of Lake George. The park features the 2.5 acre festival space, an ideal location for special events as it is a multi-purpose facility, accessible year round. The park has a children’s adventure playground, an environmental interpretive area, an interactive water feature and a skatepark.
Take I-87 to Exit 21 (Lake George Village): follow the signs pointing towards Lake George Village. The Festival Space is 1.5 miles up U.S. 9 on the right.
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, NY, the festival prides itself on high-quality production and an amazing atmosphere that is suitable for all ages. Music at the Festival Commons will start at 1pm on Friday and 12pm on Saturday and Sunday, with music running continuously across two side-by-side stages until 11pm each night. We will also have an incredible beer and wine selection, a full bar and the circuit’s finest food and merchandise vendors.
Gates open at 12:00pm on Friday and 11:00am on Saturday & Sunday.
** Children 12 and under are free!

The Charles R. Wood Park is a 12.5 acre area and home to the Festival Commons, located on Beach Road at the southern tip of Lake George. The park features the 2.5 acre festival space, an ideal location for special events as it is a multi-purpose facility, accessible year round. The park has a children’s adventure playground, an environmental interpretive area, an interactive water feature and a skatepark.
Take I-87 to Exit 21 (Lake George Village): follow the signs pointing towards Lake George Village. The Festival Space is 1.5 miles up U.S. 9 on the right.
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, NY, the festival prides itself on high-quality production and an amazing atmosphere that is suitable for all ages. Music at the Festival Commons will start at 1pm on Friday and 12pm on Saturday and Sunday, with music running continuously across two side-by-side stages until 11pm each night. We will also have an incredible beer and wine selection, a full bar and the circuit’s finest food and merchandise vendors.
Gates open at 12:00pm on Friday and 11:00am on Saturday & Sunday.
** Children 12 and under are free!

The Charles R. Wood Park is a 12.5 acre area and home to the Festival Commons, located on Beach Road at the southern tip of Lake George. The park features the 2.5 acre festival space, an ideal location for special events as it is a multi-purpose facility, accessible year round. The park has a children’s adventure playground, an environmental interpretive area, an interactive water feature and a skatepark.
Take I-87 to Exit 21 (Lake George Village): follow the signs pointing towards Lake George Village. The Festival Space is 1.5 miles up U.S. 9 on the right.
The 2022 Rockin’ On The River series concludes on Wednesday, August 31 with upstate New York favorites Hanzolo, a seven-piece band that touts an explosive and emotional sound mixing soul, jazz, rock, and funk that has been likened to table butter because it’s soft enough to spread, but hard enough to keep its shape. IAMDYNAMITE to open.
Local vendors from the community will also be on hand to showcase a range of goods.
More info at https://www.downtowntroy.org/rockin
Some of the best up-and-coming alternative bands from the Green Mountain State takes the stage in Troy on Wednesday, August 17 when WEQX 102.7 FM presents Saints & Liars, a five-piece Americana band blending their own variants of country, folk, bluegrass, and rock. Wild Leek River to open.
Funk Night at Slidin Dirty in Troy!
Beau Sasser Trio feat. Rob Somerville + SED
Members of Kung Fu, Wurliday & Deep Banana Blackout
7-10pm
FREE
Artist and Spotify Pre-Sale: Thursday, May 19, 10am
MASS MoCA Member Pre-sale: Thursday, May 19, 10am
Members get early access, discounts, and never pay a ticketing fee—become a member here.
General On Sale: Friday, May 20, 10am
Make a Plan
Photo by Sophie Hur
Wednesday, September 28
Empire Live
7pm doors * 8pm show
JIMMY EAT WORLD
With special guests:
Charly Bliss
Tickets $45 adv/$50 day of on sale Friday, June 3 at 10am at www.ticketweb.com
Thursday, September 29
Empire Live
7pm doors * 8pm show
MATT MAESON
Tickets $25 adv/$30 day of on sale Friday, June 3 at 10am at www.ticketweb.com
FREE-QX
4:30-8:30
Rain location is under the bridge at The Corning Preserve Boat Launch.