Producer Tony Falco, of the quietly revered Falcon Arts Center, plots the annual outdoor concert series in Milton's Cluett-Schantz Memorial Park, an oasis on Route 9W between New Paltz and Newburgh. Falco's acumen for breaking acts is well known, and here he fills the Round Pond bandstand with multi-talented Chris Cubeta and the Liars Club, with opening act Sgt. Wonder and the Marvels (8/4). The Greek soul sound of Spiros Soukis Blues Band does the bazouki boogie with The Warhol Crowd (8/11). Shows are rain or shine as the park features a generous pavilion. Free. Milton. (845) 546-0444. www.soukisblues.com.

This totally captivating aural project presents a special day of radio art and performance on their 30 acres in Greene County. Festival activities will feature microradio and nature walks, outdoor sound installations, unique mobile transmissions, and live music performance including Signal-to-Pink Transmissions by Karin Bolendar, featuring FM transmissions activated by Pink, a Nigerian Dwarf goat. Catch the wave(s). Acra. (518)622-2598. www.free103point9.org.

Kudos to Kingston and the Uptown scene-makers for converting Wall Street into a pedestrian mall for this and other fabulous events. Jazz lives in Ulster County as this year's fest stars Estrella (with violinist Betty MacDonald and pianist Peggy Stern), trumpeter Rebecca Coupe Franks, and vocalist Jay Clayton with tap dancer (!) Brenda Buffalino. In case of rain the party moves indoors to Backstage Productions. Free. Kingston. (845) 246-4106. www.wallstreetjazzfestival.com.

The hard rock-metal-core scene flows like water, and finds its own level when it meets the Rondout Bay Café and Marina. Baystock '06 offers two stages and close to 20 bands, including flying-V phenom Kristen Capolino, Hyngd, The Fury, and local faves Long Ben featuring Evil Matty on vocals. The producers of this all-ages show remind us that those under 16 need a parent or guardian to attend. $10. Kingston. (845) 339-3917. www.myspace.com/nymufest.

Ska lives, proven by the recent reunion tour of the groundbreaking English Beat. If you've never bounced at a ska show, check out this roster presented by indie band site PureVolume.com, with Reel Big Fish at the Chance (with MXPX, Street Light Manifesto, Transition, and Whole Wheat Bread). On the adjacent stage of The Loft, The Pietasters take the cake, backed by Soul for Sale, The Naked Citizens, and Buddha Heroes. $21 for both rooms. Poughkeepsie. (845) 471-1966. www.thechancetheater.com.

Spanish-Harlem-born Palmieri went from piano to drums (at 15 he played timbales in his uncle's band) and back to piano, claiming he's "a frustrated drummer, that's why I bang on the piano." This humble innovator has been banging away over 50 years, as a musical innovator both on (his 2006 album Listen Here won the Best Latin Jazz Grammy) and off the keys (he's also on the board of directors of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, or NARAS). This Bearsville Theater show presents the legend in a rare, intimate setting. (Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks hit the stage August 5.) $30. Bearsville. (845) 679-4406. www.bearsvilletheater.com.