Uptown Theatre Named to National Register of Historic Places
Utica’s historic Uptown Theatre for Creative Arts (UTCA) was approved last week for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a lengthy process, requiring submission, review, and approval at the state level first, before the state makes recommendations to the National Register. The New York State approval alone took more than a […]
Allman Betts Band Announces Auburn Drive-In Show
The Fingerlakes Drive-In in Auburn and Creative Concerts have teamed up to bring the second drive-in show of the summer to the Central New York venue. The Allman Betts Band visits the drive-in for a socially distant show on Friday, September 18. Gates open at 6:00 p.m. and the show starts at 8:00 p.m. Tickets […]
Porchfest Takes to the Airwaves
Since its inception in Ithaca in 2007, Porchfest has been a community concert on porches with the audience congregating in the streets. Cortland started its own Porchfest in 2016 and the program has gotten stronger every year. But gathering a large number of people together in the middle of a pandemic is not the best […]
Bandcamp Fridays Continue to Support Independent Musicians Through the End of the Year
Since March, the music hosting site Bandcamp has been supporting working musicians by donating all proceeds every first Friday of the month. “Bandcamp Friday” allows one to peruse a diverse selection of music and give directly to the artists that have been hard hit during COVID-19. It’s a good reminder that Bandcamp Fridays are really an […]
Governor Pulls Plug on moe. Vernon Show at the 11th Hour
Editor’s note: Story updated to include statement from Creative Concerts New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, incensed by the apparent lack of social distancing and masks at a Chainsmokers show in the Hamptons last weekend, apparently threatened to pull Vernon Downs Hotel Casino’s gaming license if it hosted the two-day concert by jamband moe. this coming […]
Save Our Stages Initiative Has Congressional Support
#SaveOurStages is a recently launched movement initiated by the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), whose mission is to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent live music venues and promoters throughout the United States. Newly formed in the midst of the impact of the COVID pandemic, NIVA currently includes nearly two thousand venues in all […]
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Bringing Live Show to Auburn Drive-In
“It’s Time To Drive In” in Auburn with rising jamband Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. This American funk, jamband from Baltimore has been at it for 11 years and this Aug. 15 and 16 is bringing two nights of live music to the Fingerlakes Drive-In, brought to you by Creative Concerts. Tickets for this socially distanced went on […]
moe. Announces Additional Vernon Show
Following the quick sell-out of their recently announced Vernon Downs drive-in show, on Wednesday moe. and Creative Concerts announced another show to go along with their already planned July 31 gig. The additional show will happen on Aug. 1. Tickets for the second date go on sale at 5:00 EDT Wednesday through Ticketmaster. Ticketing will […]
The Westcott Theater Presents Live Billy Strings Stream
The Westcott Theater in Syracuse announced Tuesday that it will be part of a series of live streaming shows featuring bluegrass musician Billy Strings and his band performing from various crowd-less live venues in Nashville. The Westcott was chosen as one of nine independent venues around the country to host the live-streaming event in partnership […]
moe. to Play Drive-In Concert at Vernon Downs July 31
After hinting at a Vernon Downs Casino Hotel show on social media Wednesday, moe. and Creative Concerts announced Friday a drive-in concert to be held in Vernon on July 31. The show will take place on the grounds of the casino, hotel and harness racing track located in Central New York. Fanclub presale tickets will […]