Bethel Woods
Now through September 13 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel
The 1969 Woodstock Festival site has Darius Rucker (June 11), James Taylor (June 11), Joe Bonamassa (June 26), Wynona Judd and Melissa Etheridge (June 28), Paul Simon (July 3), Santana and the Doobie Brothers (July 4), Tim McGraw (July 9), Buju Banton and Stephen Marley (July 12), Toto, Christopher Cross, and the Romantics (July 15) Billy Strings (July 31-August 1), Brandi Carlisle (August 16), Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration (August 30), Alabama Shakes (September 4), John Fogarty and Steve Winwood (September 13), and more.
Opus 40
June 5-September 5 at Opus 40 in Saugerties
The outdoor sculpture park has been upping its event game in recent years. This summer starts with a screening of the film of Sonny Rollins’s 1986 concert at the spot (June 5) and continues with Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca (July 5), the Big Takeover (July 18), Emily King (July 25), the Rock the Quarry Music Festival with Cindy Cashdollar, Gail Ann Dorsey, and more (July 31), Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars (August 8), the Euphonia Balkan and Brass Festival (August 22), and Chicha Libre (August 30).
Happy Together Tour
June 16 the at MJN Convention Center in Poughkeepsie
This feel-good oldies revue rolls in with the Association (“Cherish,” “Windy,” “Never My Love”), the Troggs (“Wild Thing,” “Love is All Around”), Chicago singer Jason Scheff, the Union Gap’s Gary Puckett (“Young Girl,” “Woman”), the Fortunes (“You’ve Got Your Troubles”), singer Ron Dante of the Archies and the Turtles (“Sugar Sugar,” “Happy Together”), the Vogues (“Five O’clock World,” “You’re The One,” “Turn Around Look at Me”), and the Cowsills (“Hair,” “Indian Lake”).
Hudson River Music Festival
June 21 at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson
Launched by Pete and Toshi Seeger as the Clearwater Festival, the rechristened, ecology-and-music-themed family happening features Jesse Welles; Warren Haynes, Grahame Lesh and Daniel Donato; Margo Price; Chaparelle; David Amram; Toshi Reagon; Snacktime; Cimafunk; the Ebony Hillbillies; the Guthrie Family Singers; Tom Chapin and the Chapin Sisters; and Lizzie No. Kids activities, food, and crafts add to the fun.
Bard Spiegeltent
June 26-August 15 at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson
The Spiegeltent is back with music, cabaret, drag, comedy, and more. New York band Underground System kicks it off (June 26), followed by “SNL’s” James Austin Johnson (June 27), the Fretliners (July 2), the Tray Wellington Band (July 3), Martha Redbone (July 10), comic Chanel Ali (July 17), Samora Pinderhughes (July 18), performance artists Adrienne Truscott and Le Gateau Chocolat (July 24), comedian Jacqueline Novak (July 25), the American Patchwork Quartet (July 31), and Justin Vivian Bond (August 7-9), among others.
Old Songs
June 26-28 at Altamont Fairgrounds in Altamont
This roots-centered musicale boasts Holly Near, Guy Davis, Darol Anger and Bruce Molsky, Garnet Rogers, Crys Matthews, Jake Blunt Band, Trout Fishing in America, Cantrip Windborne, Joe Jencks, Christine Lavin, Andrew Wells-Oberger, Reggie Harris, James Keelaghan, the Vox Hunters, Wild Asparagus, Medusa, Lutchinha, Skye Consort and Emma Bjorling, Connie Kaldor, Marie Ni Chathasaigh and Chris Newman, Magpie, Tret Fure, and lots more. Camping is encouraged.
Rolling Stone Stateside Festival
July 4 at Hutton Brickyards in Kingston
A newcomer for 2026 is this one-day, high-end blowout on the west bank of the Hudson curated by Rolling Stone magazine. Headlined by hitmaking singer-songwriter Noah Kahan, it also presents Gigi Perez, Sydney Rose, Arcy Drive, Bo Staloch, Bebe Stockwell, Devon Gilfillian, Derby, Hudson Ingram, Calder Allen, and Michaela Anne across two stages. The “festival experience” further presents food, beverages, and more.
Bucolic Valley
August 22 at the West Kortright Center in East Meredith
Likewise new to the fest-scape this year is this psychedelic rock outing in Delaware County. Topping the bill are the dynamic Queens-based garage unit the Mystery Lights, who are complimented by L Windows, Kid Bess and the Magic Ring, Gracie Gray, self-described “vaudeville grunge” band Uncleshake, Pleasure Dome, and Düül Suns. The event will feature a full day of music, colorful psychedelic visuals, and offerings from hand-picked local vendors.
Mass MoCA
Now through September 3 at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts
Wilco’s semiannual Solid Sound festival is sold out, but there’s still plenty on offer this year at the Berkshires contemporary art center: Laura Downes (July 18), Lucy Dacus (July 23), Bang on a Can’s LOUD Weekend (July 30-August 1), Big Thief (August 8), Roomful of Teeth (August 21), Madison Cunningham (September 25), comedian Jay Jurden (August 29), and others.
Dromfest ’26
September 4-6 at various venues in Catskill
Although it’s only in its fourth year, Dromedary Records’ indie rock convergence is already one of the top such festivals in the Northeast—and it’s bigger, still centered in its throughout the village of Catskill. “The headliners are Come, Wussy, and Dumptruck,” says Dromedary chief Al Crisafulli. “Other newsworthy bands are Nice Strong Arm, Monsterland, Antietam, Barbara Manning, Hypnolovewheel, Doug GIllard, Sleepyhead, Karen Schoemer’s August band, Moviola, and a few other cool surprises.”
This article appears in June 2026.
