Things are really heating up. Make sure you get out and enjoy all the events the area has to offer! Summertime is short but it sure is sweet.
Tuesday
Tribute Tuesdays at The Ridge!
Some of the area’s most talented women will come together at our place to celebrate pop music’s female icons! Don’t miss over 20 women vocalists and 20+ supporting musicians bringing a huge variety of great pop songs written, performed and/or made famous by some of the greatest women musicians of all time.
We’ll cover songs by 30 artists from Tracy Chapman to Billy Eilish, Joni Mitchell to Bonnie Raitt, Cyndi Lauper to Sheryl Crow and everything in between. Bring the favorite women in your life (and guys too) for what will be undoubtedly one of the most powerful shows of the season!
Wednesday
Head out to Heid’s!
Harmonic Dirt Duo is a CNY musical collaboration led by Mike Gridley and Susan Coleman. Their music draws from American folk and roots music, literature, history, and personal experiences. They have released four albums featuring original songs influenced by folk-rock, Neil Young, and alt-country styles.
Thursday
LITTLE FEAT TO HEADLINE THE ADMISSION-FREE 2024 NEW YORK STATE BLUES FESTIVAL
The New York State Blues Festival is excited to announce that blues rock legends, Little Feat, will be headlining this year’s festival with a Saturday night June 15 performance at NYS Fairgrounds’ Chevy Court (Syracuse). Blues royalty Shemekia Copeland and guitar master Matt Schofield, will add to the day’s big fun, as well as several great local area artists.
This 3-day FREE festival (June 13 – 15), will also feature Los Angeles based group, The Record Company in the Friday June 14 closer spot, along with support from rising star Mathias Lattin. Chicago blues journeymen Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials, as well as Canada’s, Bywater Call, and the wonderful Hanna PK (whose musical journey includes Korea, Louisiana and Rochester) will get things rolling with Thursday night June 13 performances.
Rounding out the long running festival’s (est.1992) jam packed line-up will be sets from local blues veterans Tom Townsley Band and Matt Tarbell’s Built For Comfort along with Cinnamon Jones, The Shylocks, and Rattlesnake Trio.
Side stage acoustic acts will keep things rolling during main stage changeovers, and will include performances by Colin Aberdeen and Tim Herron. Additional acts will soon be added.
For complete schedule https://www.nysbluesfest.com/schedule/.
A variety of food vendors will be onsite and wine & beer will be sold. Retail & craft vendors will also be set up, market style, for fest-goers.
The festival is FREE to attend, with all ages welcomed. Parking in the Fairground’s Brown Lot is available for $10 per car and $5 per motorcycle. ADA parking is in the Emerald Lot. Proceeds from the parking fees help to offset expenses including keeping the New York State Blues Festival admission-free. Lawn chairs are welcomed.
The annual 3-day New York State Blues Festival celebrates the far reaching influence that this genre has had on modern music by bringing together a complimentary line-up of diverse acts from across the country and beyond.
“The mission of the New York State Rhythm and Blues Festival, Inc. is to preserve, protect and promote blues music/culture. This is achieved through education programs, community events and workshops culminating with the production of a FREE outdoor festival uniting our diverse citizenry in a celebration of American blues-based music.”
New York State Blues Festival is made possible through grants from Onondaga County, The Trust for Cultural Resources of Onondaga County, New York State Council on the Arts, CNY Arts along with support from Visit Syracuse and several businesses.
Main Stage
Thursday June 13
4pm – GATE OPENS***
5:30 – 6:45pm – HANNA PK
7:15pm – 8:30pm – BYWATER CALL
9:00pm – 10:30pm – LIL’ ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS
Friday June 14
3:00pm – GATE OPENS***
4pm – 5pm – THE SHYLOCKS
5:30pm – 6:45pm – MATT TARBELL’S BUILT FOR COMFORT
7:15pm – 8:30pm – MATHIAS LATTIN
9:00pm – 10:30pm – THE RECORD COMPANY
Saturday June 15
11:00am – GATE OPENS***
12:00 – 12:40pm – BLUES IGNITION
1pm – 1:40pm – RATTLESNAKE TRIO
2:10pm – 3pm – CINNAMON JONES
3:30pm – 4:30pm – TOM TOWNSLEY BAND
5pm – 6:15pm – MATT SCHOFIELD
6:45pm – 8:00pm – SHEMEKIA COPELAND
8:30pm – 10:30pm – LITTLE FEAT
Side Stage
Thursday June 13
4:30pm & 6:45pm – MIRA GRIMM
Friday June 14
5pm & 6:45pm – COLIN ABERDEEN
Saturday June 15
1:40pm & 3pm – TIM HERRON
4:30pm & 6:15pm – DANIELLE MIRAGLIA
2024 New York State Blues Festival is an admission-free 3 day event featuring national, regional and local blues and blues related acts.
Poster art by Sadie May’s Art & Design
Friday
Friday, June 14th from 7 to 10pm Music on the Mall on State Street (bandshell across from Moondog’s Lounge) in the heart of downtown Auburn with The Frank White Experience, a live band tribute to the “Notorious B.I.G.” . This is a FREE concert. The street will be closed to traffic and Open Container is waived. Please patron the many nearby local restaurants, bars, and breweries who will be offering food and drink specials all night long!
Music on the Mall is brought to you by the City of Auburn Parks and Recreation and Auburn Downtown BID.
Saturday
It’s almost time! We will all meet behind the Cazenovia Library and the parade will step off at 11:30 sharp! Come alone, bring friends, bring a float (if you do that, please notify us ahead of time so we are prepared!) and march down Albany Street all the way to Lorenzo with us to show our Pride Support!
The festival will begin as soon as we get to Lorenzo! Dozens of vendors, lots of food trucks (think Lobster, Korean, Greek, Grilled PB & J’s, desserts and more!!!), DJ Spirit Posse coming in from Ithaca, all hosted by our one and only Beauty Starlet, ANITA BUFFEM!
Come walk with us, talk with us, play with us, love with us! The Amy Bradstreet Award will be given out, and we will spend the day creating an atmosphere of love, inclusion, diversity and acceptance! Can’t wait to see you all there!
Keep the party going! We’ll see you back at the Caz Farm Brewery after the festivities!
Pride Fest 12-4pm, Lorenzo State Historic Site
MCBC After Party 4-9pm, Caz Farm Brewery
Sunday
The Yard is throwing a proper Father’s Day celebration, complete with craft beer, yard games, shopping and, of course, a “classic dad” cookout!
Open Mic 3- 5 pm
All menu items will be served from the Cafe Jarosz food truck, which is located in the Back Yard Market area at The Yard!
Take dad to see Los Blancos at the Middle Ages Loading Dock 4PM – 7PM.