Alice Cooper Adds Stanley Theatre to 2021 Tour with Special Guest Ace Frehley

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper is set to be the first live performance to grace The Stanley Theatre stage on Sept. 22, 2021. The shock-rocker, who is touring with former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley as his opening act, will mark Utica as his one and only gig in New York for his […]
Utica’s Stanley Theatre and the Community Foundation Create Charitable Fund

The Stanley Theatre and the Community Foundation Of Herkimer and Oneida Counties are announcing the creation of The Stanley Theatre Charitable Fund. “The entertainment industry was, and still is, being affected by COVID-19. With the opportunity to reopen on the horizon, the time is nearing for The Stanley Theatre to ‘Raise Its Curtain’ like never […]
Birds of a Feather are Flocking Outside – Live Venues in NYS Eying Spring and Summer Dates

Special thanks to Anthony “Zee” Donaldson of The Disruption Network for sharing. Many of us who have loved live music for most of our lives have never really taken the specialness, or the togetherness, that occurs at shows for granted. Well, maybe sometimes, sure. After all, we’re human. But most of the time we knew the greatness […]
315 Throwback Thursday: moe. Returns Home for New Year’s Run at the Stanley

Editor’s note: This originally appeared at NYS Music on January 3, 2020. moe. performed a two night run at Utica’s Stanley Theatre for New Year last year. moe. has played dozens of area shows through the years at moe.down in both nearby Turin and at Beardslee Castle in Little Falls, as well as at Saranac […]
Stanley Center for the Arts Announces Online Stage Contest

The Stanley Center for the Arts has created a virtual opportunity for area musicians and songwriters. Oneida and Herkimer County musicians are eligible to enter performance videos and win cash prizes up to $1,000. The first-place winner will also get the opportunity to cut a single at Big Blue North Recording Studio in Utica, New […]