Worth the Drive
Bigger destinations a little further out — kept off the main calendar so they don't crowd the local rooms, but with their own calendars right here. Worth the gas for the right show.
SPAC — Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Springs, ~1.5 hours north. Summer home of the Philadelphia Orchestra and NYC Ballet, plus big Live Nation concerts. 16 upcoming shows.
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Bethel, ~1.25 hours southwest — the actual 1969 Woodstock festival site. Major touring acts all summer, plus a '60s museum. 7 upcoming shows.
The Falcon
Marlboro, ~45 minutes south. A riverside room with donation-based shows nearly nightly — jazz, blues, funk, roots and jam-scene royalty. 14 upcoming shows.
Fisher Center at Bard
Annandale-on-Hudson, ~30 minutes north. Gehry's landmark hall — SummerScape, the Bard Music Festival, and a summer Spiegeltent of folk, jazz and roots. 0 upcoming shows.
Bardavon 1869 Opera House
Poughkeepsie, ~40 minutes south. One of the country's oldest working theaters — concerts, touring shows and MET opera broadcasts, run by the same folks as UPAC. 5 upcoming shows.