Rev up summer — rain or shine
Full slate of music, theater options to fill your dance card
With the simply crazy weather we’ve experienced so far this spring, there is no guessing what the summer has in store. But whether drought or flood, the regional arts organizations have promised a full slate of options that should fill your dance card on any given night between now and Labor Day weekend. Although it’s impossible to be completely comprehensive, we’ve done our best. So, use this list to rev up your summer planning.
SUMMER-ONLY FESTIVALS & VENUES
Bard Summerscape
Bard College, Annandale-onhudson fishercenter.bard.edu Espressivo, June 3 Isadore String Quartet, June 10
“Illinois,” June 23-July 2 Trio Seoul, June 24 “Henry VIII,” July 21-30 “Vaughan Williams: Becoming an English Composer,” Aug. 4
“Between Two Worlds: London and Berlin,” Aug. 5
“The Symphony and Composing for the Stage,” Aug. 5
“Heirs and Rebels: British Art Songs,” Aug. 6
“Entente Cordiale: Britain and France,” Aug. 6
“London Calling! Fun in Cockaigne,” Aug. 6
“Music for Parish, Home and School: Part 1,” Aug. 10
“Music for Parish, Home and School: Part 2,” Aug. 11
“The Lark Ascending: British Music for Small Orchestra,” Aug. 11
“The Islands and the Continent,” Aug. 12
“A New Elizabethan Age,” Aug. 12
“Vaughan Williams’ Legacy,” Aug. 13
“Vaughan Williams and Shakespeare: Sir John in
Love,” Aug. 13
Caroga Lake Music Festival
Sherman Park, Caroga Lake (unless otherwise noted) Carogaarts.org; 518-832-2041 Saunderfest, July 1 Tommy V Live, July 15 The Gibson Brothers, July
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CLMF Artists, July 20 Caroga Arts Collective Gala: “Fly Me to the Moon” with Tony Desare, July 21 Baha Men, July 22 CLMF on Tour: SVAN, July 23
Rich with Caroga Arts
Ensemble, July 26
CLMF on Tour: Little Falls, July 27
Caroga Arts & Utica Dance: “27 Steps,” July 28 Almost Queen, July 29 CLMF on Tour: Peck Lake, July 30
Caroga Arts & Utica Dance: “27 Steps,” July 30
Laufey with Caroga Arts Ensemble, Aug. 2
CLMF on Tour: Johnstown Midsummer Concert Series, Aug. 3
Musical Kaleidoscope: A Tribute to Jonah Poplove, Aug. 4
“Dime-a-dance” with Kyle Athayde Dance Party, Aug .4
Kids Carousel Concert: Warp Trio, Aug. 5 Sherman’s Jazzfest, Aug. 5 CLMF on Tour: The Barge Concert, Aug. 6
Concerts by Candlelight: An Evening on Encores, Aug. 9
CLMF on Tour: The Glove, Aug. 10 Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, Aug. 11
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Judy Collins with Caroga Arts Ensemble, Aug. 12
CLMF on Tour: Lorenzo State Historic Site, Aug. 13
CLMF on Tour: Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, Aug. 15
Grace Kelly Quartet, Aug. 16
CLMF on Tour: The Arkell Museum, Aug. 17
The Coda: A Chamber Music Round-robin, Aug. 18
The War & Treaty, Aug. 19
CLMF on Tour: Brunch Concert, Aug. 20
CLMF on Tour: Caroga Museum, Aug. 20
The Ultimates, Sept. 2 Fiesta Caroga: Alex Torres & His Latin Kings, Sept. 15
Cooperstown Summer Music Festival
Otesaga Resort Hotel, Cooperstown cooperstownmusicfest.org Harry Allen’s All Star New York Saxophone Band, Aug. 1
Nuevo Tango: JP Jofre, bandoneon and Tommy Mesa, cello, Aug. 8
Caroga Arts Ensemble: A String Serenade, Aug. 15 All-bach, Aug. 22 Borromeo String Quartet with Linda Chesis, flute, Aug. 29
Glimmerglass Festival
7300 Route 80, Cooperstown glimmerglass.org; 607-5472255
“La Boheme,” July 7-19 “Candide,” July 8-20 “Romeo & Juliette,” July 15-Aug. 19
“Rinaldo,” July 28-Aug. 17
“The Rip Van Winkles,” Aug. 7-18
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs
spac.org; 518-584-9330
Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Center
“From Classic to Modern,” June 11
“Great Quintets,” June 18
“From Vienna to Paris,” July 16
The Miró String Quartet, July 23
“Spanish Journey,” Aug. 13
“New Classics,” Aug. 20
New York City Ballet spac.org; 518-584-9330
“‘NYCB On and Off Stage,’ July 18
“SPAC Premieres” July 19-20
“Peck & Copeland,” July 20, July 22
“Swan Lake, Fancy Free & Firebird,” July 21-22
Saratoga Jazz Festival spac.org; 518-584-9330
Snarky Puppy, Angelique Kidjo, Cory Wong Tower of Power, Chucho Valdes Quartet and Cindy Blackman Santana Band: June 25
Bonnie Raitt, Pat Metheny Side-eye, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Hiromi Sonicwonder: June 26
Philadelphia Orchestra spac.org; 518-584-9330
“Festive Fireworks,” Aug. 2
“Schubert’s ‘Great’ Symphony,” Aug. 3
Pink Martini & the
Philadelphia Orchestra featuring China Forbes, Aug. 4
“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” in Concert, Aug. 5
“Beethoven’s Seventh,” Aug. 9
An Evening with Audra Mcdonald, Aug. 10
“Rachmaninoff at 150,” Aug. 11
“Rite of Spring & Blessed Earth,” Aug. 12
“The Four Seasons” with Gil Shaham, Aug. 16
Yo-yo Ma Plays Dvořák, Aug. 17
“Earth: An HD Odyssey,” Aug. 18
“Jurassic Park in Concert,” Aug. 19
Live Nation Entertainment
spac.org; 518-584-9330
TLC, Shaggy, En Vogue and Sean Kingston, June 16
Dead & Company, June 17-18
Tedeschi Trucks Band, July 1
Tears for Fears, July 2 Big Time Rush, July 3 Counting Crows with Dashboard Confessional, July 5
An Evening with Goose, July 7
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds & Garbage,
July 8
Kidz Bop, July 9 Dave Matthews Band, July 14-15
Jason Aldean, July 16 Gov’t Mule, July 28 Matchbox Twenty, July 30
Foreigner, Aug. 1 The Chicks World Tour, Aug. 6
Goo Goo Dolls, Aug. 8 Zac Brown Band, Aug. 13
Brit Floyd, Aug. 22 Pentatonix, Aug. 23 Eric Church, Aug. 24 Guns N’ Roses, Sept. 1 Noah Kahan, Sept. 2 ZZ Top & Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sept. 8
Outlaw Music Festival, Sept. 15
Killer Queen, Sept. 16
Tannery Pond Concerts
Mount Lebanon Shaker Village and Darrow School, 110 Darrow Road, New Lebanon capitalregionclassical.org Balourdet Quartet Tannery Pond, June 3 Boris Giltburg, July 1 Karim Sulayman, Timothy Long and Wheelock Whitney, July 8
Marmen Quartet, Aug. 12
Stephen Waarts and Albert Cano Smit, Aug. 26
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