Sammy Rae and Friends Roll into Lark Hall in Albany

A perfect storm descends on Albany this Sunday with a funky night of big dance songs in the newly renovated, beautiful and intimate Lark Hall. Sammy Rae & The Friends star was rising, playing bigger and bigger venues before the shutdown. The silver lining here is that the incredible Lark Hall was able to finish […]
New York Welcomes Back Enter the Haggis

Celtic favorites, Enter the Haggis returned “home” to Central New York this past Saturday to an appreciative and excited crowd. The show at Lincoln Hill Farms, which is located right outside of Canandaigua off of Routes 5 and 20, is not your typical music venue. A working farm, this beautiful setting also hosts weddings, events, […]
Show Preview: Korn and Staind Return to Syracuse’s St. Josephs Amphitheater at Lakeview

With the summer heating up, nu-metal icon Korn is hitting the road with fellow hard heavyweights Staind for their summer 2021 US tour. The tour will be hitting 28 cities and will include opening acts ’68 and Fire From The Gods on select dates. Since COVID caused delays and ultimately cancellations on what would have […]
Show Preview: Legendary King Crimson Brings Their “Music Is Our Friend” Tour to CMAC

Coming up this August 26, the multi-faceted, talented progressive rock giants, King Crimson, bring their “Music Is Our Friend” tour to the Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center located in the scenic Canandaigua area of upstate New York. Formed in London, England in 1968 by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, and Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake and […]
Show Preview: Dave Matthews Band Tour to Stop at Syracuse’s St. Josephs Amphitheater at Lakeview Aug 18

After the world shut down in 2020, Dave Matthews Band (DMB) is getting back on the road to make up rescheduled 2020 tour dates. The band has toured almost non-stop since the ’90s and seems happy to be getting back into the groove, bringing live music to their legions of fans. As part of the […]
Dierks Bentley – “Beers On Me” Tour – July 22, 2021 – CMAC

Dierks Bentley opened his 2021 “Beers On Me” tour on Thursday July 22 at CMAC in Canandaigua. Kicking off his first full fledged tour in nearly two years, it was clear from the first notes of “Gone ” that Bentley was excited to be back. He opened with his most current number one single and […]
Woodsfest Forced to Alternate Venue Due to Tornado Damage

Woodsfest Music and Arts Festival, a regional festival that has been held at the Woods Valley Ski Area in Westernville, NY in 2018 and 2019, has been forced to relocate to a different location for its 2021 return. The event will take place at Cider House Campground in Bouckville, Aug. 7 and 8. On July […]
Live: W A D E – King of Clubs Syracuse 7-16-21

Syracuse-based psychedelic rock band W A D E made its King of Clubs debut to a packed house Friday. While the band is new, the players are not. The foundation of the band is Mike Powell and John Hanus, formerly of The Black River. They’ve been joined by Adam Manion (Trampoline Jetstream) on drums, Jeff […]
PREVIEW: Dierks Bentley “Beers on Me” Tour – July 22 at CMAC

This coming Thursday, July 22, Multi-Platinum, Grammy-nominated country music superstar Dierks Bentley brings his “Beers on Me” tour to CMAC in Canandaigua. Bentley recently celebrated his twentieth number-one single for his smash hit “Gone.” Last week, the Grand Ole Opry member released a live EP Live from Telluride, which is available online, on all digital […]
Interview: Marco Benevento on His New Quarantine Record, His Love of Upstate NY & Gearing Up for the Road

Editor’s note: 315 Music sat down with Woodstock resident and multi-faceted musician, Marco Benevento on the eve of his latest release. Benevento is opening for moe. at Apple Valley Park in Lafayette on Aug. 8. Tickets for that show and moe.’s show the previous night are available here. Read Sean Nevison’s interview with Marco below. […]