The Beat

Wednesday, July 29 at 7:00pm at Christ Episcopal Church

Cooperstown, N.Y. (July 7, 2026) - The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival continues its 28th season with Over the Alps, a concert by The Sebastians, on Wednesday, July 29 at 7 PM at Christ Episcopal Church, Cooperstown.

Over the Alps traces a musical journey that begins in seventeenth-century Venice with Dario Castello, whose experimental sonatas helped pioneer the dramatic "stylus fantasticus," and Girolamo Frescobaldi's virtuosic toccatas.

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM at Fenimore Farm and Country Village

Cooperstown, N.Y. - The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival presents the Caroga Arts Ensemble in a concert featuring saxophonist Eddie Barbash and the KASA Quartet on Tuesday, July 21 at 7 PM at Fenimore Farm and Country Village, Cooperstown, NY.

Norwich, N.Y. — The Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) and the Chenango County Historian’s Office—along with collaborators C.S Miller Books, Colorscape Chenango, Commerce Chenango, Live Event NY, and the Otselic Valley Fishing & Heritage Association—are hosting the “America’s Potluck & Turtle Island Festival” from 4–8 p.m. on July 5 at the Chenango County Fairgrounds.

Wednesday, July 15 at 7:00 PM at Fenimore Farm and Country Village

Cooperstown, NY (June 24, 2026) - The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival opens its 28th season with WindSync in Reverberations on Wednesday, July 15 at 7 PM at Fenimore Farm and Country Village, Cooperstown, NY.

WindSync brings its acclaimed wind quintet artistry to a program tracing a living musical lineage from Nadia Boulanger through two of her students, Elliott Carter and Philip Glass. The program opens with Boulanger's “Three Pieces,” here arranged for wind quintet by WindSync's own bassoonist, Kara LaMoure, followed by Carter's Woodwind Quintet and Glass's “Etude No. 17.” …

Exhibition Opening Reception: Friday, July 3 from 6-9PM
Live Event: Thursday, July 16 at 6:30PM

Binghamton, NY – Broome County Arts Council (BCAC) is pleased to announce The America 250 Project, July 2026 at Art Path Gallery, 223 State Street in Binghamton.

New Exhibition Opens Thursday, June 25, 2026

Utica, N.Y. — Visions of Utica: The City in Oils by Paul Parker, 1952-1968, a new exhibit at Oneida County History Center, opens Thursday, June 25, 2026. This show, on loan and in collaboration with the Paul Parker Utica Trust, features iconic scenes of Utica’s past from artist Paul Parker, former chair of the Art Department at Hamilton College. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, June 25, from 5:00-7:00 pm at 1608 Genesee Street, Utica.

Norwich, N.Y. – The Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) is collaborating with Commerce Chenango this season to host the annual Summer Barn Party from 5–7 p.m. on June 25 at 43 Rexford St. An evening of fun, food, and friends in celebration of the museum, this year’s festivities are inspired by the newest Community Gallery exhibit: “Chenango County’s ‘Better Half’—The Life and Works of Randy Glasbergen.” Live Event NY returns as the event’s premium sponsor, with festivities specially designed to reflect the evening’s theme.

Norwich, N.Y. — The Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) and the Chenango County Historian’s Office are proud to be collaborating on this summer’s “America’s Potluck & Turtle Island” Festival, part of the local commemorations of America 250, a national initiative centered around the 250^th anniversary of the founding of the United States. These two organizations, along with collaborators the Chenango County Agricultural Society, Colorscape Chenango, Commerce Chenango, Live Event NY, and the Otstelic Valley Fishing & Heritage Association, invite all interested community members to assist in the planning and coordination of this dynamic community event.

Saturday, June 13^th 5:00 – 8:00 PM

Harpursville, NY – Animal Adventure Park will host its biggest party of the Summer this Saturday, as Drafts With Giraffes takes over the park from 5-8pm. Guests will be able to stop and sample craft beer, cider & seltzers at dozens of different stations around the park, representing dozens of selections, with emphasis on NYS craft brewers & cider makers. The park is fully open and animal exhibits are accessible during the event.