Road trips
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. 45 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. 19 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. 39 upcoming shows.