Venues around Central New York

Earlville Opera House

Earlville

1892 opera house presenting roots, folk and regional acts on the Madison–Chenango line.

Kirkland Art Center

Clinton

Exhibits, workshops and a small-room concert series in Clinton.

Munson

Utica

Museum of art, school and performing-arts hall — film series, concerts and the summer Lunch & Listen chamber programs.

NBT Bank Arena at the Utica Memorial Auditorium

Utica

The Aud — Utica Comets hockey, arena concerts and family shows.

Players of Utica

Utica

Community theater company staging plays, musicals and comedy nights.

Concerts and community arts programming in a converted village church.

Galleries, classes and the summer Monday-evening concert series plus Piano Thursdays.

Restored 1928 theater with its original Möller pipe organ — films, concerts and live series. Season resumes in the fall.

Listening-room shows and songwriter nights; named acts resume in late August after the summer break.

The Stanley Theatre

Utica

Utica's 1928 movie palace — touring Broadway, concerts and comedy under the Mexican-baroque ceiling. Season resumes in the fall.

Old Forge's Adirondack arts center — galleries, workshops and performances year-round.

Listening room with a deep blues, roots and songwriter calendar — most nights at 7.

Onondaga Lake shed for national summer tours; exact times and prices live on Ticketmaster.

Landmark Theatre

SyracuseWorth the drive

Syracuse's 1928 Loew's movie palace — touring Broadway and headline concerts.

Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Saratoga SpringsWorth the drive

Summer home of headline tours, the Philadelphia Orchestra and NYC Ballet — about 90 minutes east.

Tribute acts and national tours about an hour west.

Syracuse club stage for touring and regional acts.

Farm brewery with weekend live-music lineups, announced mainly on its Facebook events.

Harbor Point bar and grill with a steady calendar of local bands.

Turin Road estate restaurant booking dinner-hour live music.

North Genesee Street Italian-American restaurant from the family behind the old Chesterfield's on Bleecker Street, with a weekday happy hour twice a day.

North Genesee Street steakhouse with a weekday happy hour and a bar that stays open past the dining room.

Neighborhood pub; home of the free first-Wednesday traditional Irish session.

Pre-show Italian dining near the Capitol with live-music evenings.

Taproom with regular Friday–Saturday evening live music; calendar fills about two weeks out.

Oneida Lake waterfront bar — sunsets and summer bands.

Live music in the taproom of Boonville's Hulbert House, an inn of roughly two centuries' standing.

Clinton Road sports pub, open since the late 1970s, with trivia every Tuesday.

Restaurant and bar outside Oneida, open since 1940, with a summer live-music schedule and happy hour six days a week.

BBQ and ale house that books bands regularly.

Italian-American restaurant in the Valley View Golf Course clubhouse, with a weekday happy hour.

Saranac 1888 Biergarten (F.X. Matt Brewery)

Utica

The 1888 brewery's outdoor courtyard biergarten — ten taps, a full bar and lawn games at 830 Varick Street. The brewery says it isn't hosting its Saranac Thursdays series at present; one-off shows are announced on social media.

Estate winery and bistro with weekend patio music in season.

Lager-focused farm brewery with roughly 20 taps and regular live music.

Belgian-style farmstead brewery with a summer outdoor concert series.

Syracuse brewery whose Loading Dock series is a steady pipeline of local bands.

The Showroom and Event Center headliners plus free lounge acts most weekends at Tin Rooster, Turquoise Tiger and The Gig.

Harness racing, tribute shows and Party on the Terrace summer nights.

Erie Canal harbor park — canal-season events and the city's waterfront gatherings.

Home of the Boonville–Oneida County Fair and seasonal events.

Tuesday-evening Concerts on the Green through the summer.

City park field hosting Rome's summer community events.

Downtown Rome green used for city concerts and gatherings.

Summer concerts on the green, including the Citizens' Band series.

Utica Zoo

Utica

Wild Summer Nights Thursday-evening concerts, plus year-round family events.

Wednesday-evening summer band concerts by the beach, July through late August.

Orchard campus with a summer concert series in the apple rows.

Public lectures, concerts, exhibits and arts events across the Colgate campus.

Whitesboro's library — programs, clubs and community events.

Hamilton's village library — family programs and community events.

Rome's public library — kids', teen and adult programs.

Clinton's village library with weekly programs for all ages.

Kids' programs, talks and clubs; closed Wednesdays.

Downtown 1904 landmark — talks, kids' programs and community events most weeks.