Guide for summer fun in the Capital Region
Music and theater of all types at all varieties of venues
[...] we all know that this weekend will bring the heat and, hopefully, some sun as well.
[...] if you are able to do even a portion of the events listed below, you'll be having more fun this summer than your friends.
SUMMER ONLY CONCERT VENUES AND FESTIVALS
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs http://www.spac.org
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Aug. 2-19
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at SPAC, Aug. 6-22
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs http://www.spac.org
Freihofer's Jazz Festival, June 24-25
[...] Eye Blind, July 1
Straight No Chaser and Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, July 19
Goo Goo Dolls, Aug. 20
Matchbox Twenty and The Counting Crows, Aug. 25
TANGLEWOOD CLASSICAL SERIES
Tanglewood Music Center Brass Extravaganza, July 2
Festival of Contemporary Music, Aug. 10-14
Boston Symphony Orchestra, July 7-Aug.
James Taylor with his All-Star Band, July 3-4
Arturo O'Farrill Quintet, July 1
Escher String Quartet, July 2
Chiara String Quartet, July 9
Bill Charlap Trio, July 15
Jasper String Quartet, July 23
Karl Berger and the Creative Music Studio, Sept. 2
Mount Lebanon Shaker Village and Darrow School, 110 Darrow Road, New Lebanon; https://tannery-pond-concerts.myshopify.com
The Fischer Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College; http://fishercenter.bard.edu
Bard Music Festival Concerts, Aug. 11-20
Film Series, July 27-Aug.
Catskill Jazz Factory Spiegeltent, July 13-Aug.
Tireless: A Tap Dance Experience Curated By Michelle Dorrance, June 28-July 2
Glass Animals with special guest Little Dragon, July 29
ADIRONDACK THEATRE FESTIVAL
"Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat," June 21-July 1
BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP
"Children of a Lesser God," the Fitzpatrick Main Stage, June 22-July 22
"The Music Man," the Colonial Theatre, July 6-Aug.
"Edward Albee's At Hom