Live music in Glens Falls, NY

Experience karaoke at The Saratoga City Tavern in a lively setting with a ready stage and bright lights. Choose from a library of more than 56,000 songs spanning classic ballads, niche deep cuts, and the latest hits. Whether brand new to the mic or a practiced performer, sing solo or team up with friends and take the spotlight with everything from power ballads to rapid-fire rap.

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Hosted by Josh LaMay, this long-running open mic at Rock Hill Bakehouse in Glens Falls offers a family-friendly night of live, local music. Signups are first come, first served, and each participant has up to two songs or ten minutes on the Little Big Stage. An upright acoustic piano is available, small amps may be brought if desired, and mp3 backing tracks can be played through the sound system with advance notice to the host. The kitchen stays open later during events. The gathering is open to performers and listeners and embraces a diverse community. Please avoid excessive profanity and explicit sexual themes, and note that hate speech is not tolerated.

Experience Jason Irwin in a solo acoustic performance, with food and drinks available to enjoy during the show.

Karaoke takes center stage at King's Tavern with bright lights, an energized atmosphere, and a stage ready for memorable performances. A catalog of more than 56,000 songs spans everything from timeless ballads to the newest hits, making it easy to find the perfect track whether you lean pop, rock, rap, or anything in between. Newcomers and seasoned singers alike are welcome, with an easygoing vibe that celebrates every performance and keeps the spotlight on fun.

Experience a free music festival at Rogers Memorial Park in Bolton Landing, NY, set against the backdrop of Lake George. Enjoy live performances on the Main Stage and Side Stage, with food and drink vendors available throughout the park. The lineup features Sarah Pierson on the Main Stage, Twofold on the Side Stage, No Clue on the Main Stage, a street side set by Ernie Sites, and the Margo Macero Band.

Mostly Modern Festival’s FAB5, featuring a string quartet with percussion, leads an upbeat, hands-on music experience created for children and families. The program focuses on food, farming, and gardening, encouraging young participants to listen closely, experiment, and make music alongside professional performers. Admission is free with a suggested donation. Children will explore the voices of the string family through interactive demonstrations, try rhythm activities, and enjoy playful show-and-tell moments with the instruments. A guided visit to the garden links the sounds they create to the plants and surroundings. The event concludes with a playful picnic of sounds, bringing together produce, herbs, natural elements, and instruments in a spirited celebration of place and music. Blending art, nature, food, and performance, this immersive experience invites kids to discover the farm in a new way.

At The Strand Theatre Hudson Falls, WailOn presents a high-energy salute to the trailblazers of outlaw country, honoring Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams Jr., and more. The lead vocalist captures the spirit and tone of these legends, and the band locks into the feel of the originals, moving from rowdy honky-tonk numbers to tender ballads with ease. It evokes a time when country music felt raw and real. The set leans on cornerstone favorites such as Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way, Family Tradition, Mama Tried, Luckenbach, Texas, All My Rowdy Friends, and Folsom Prison Blues, among others, creating a show that welcomes newcomers and satisfies longtime fans alike. Tickets are $20 for balcony seating and $25 for floor seating.

Chris Smither delivers songs shaped by decades of craft, pairing lean, unhurried fingerpicking with amplified foot percussion and a voice that blends rough edges with sweetness. His lyrics unfold like stories, landing small, affecting blows while offering a gentle, knowing hand through each verse. Over more than sixty years of writing, he opens up subjects like politics, awareness, renewal, family, vulnerability, and surrender with steady confidence, humility, humor, and a clear view of what lies ahead, yet never giving in to gloom. Recent highlights include his screen debut in the short film The Singers, the Oscar winner for Best Live Action Short Film, which is available to stream on Netflix.