Upcoming New York music festivals
Browse upcoming New York music festivals with New York City showcases, upstate camping, bluegrass, folk and practical planning guides.
New York festival trips range from Lower Manhattan venue-hopping to multi-day upstate campouts
The current calendar includes city showcases, bluegrass and folk weekends, and the Great Blue Heron campout in western New York. Lodging and transportation should be chosen around the actual event format, not simply the state.
Qualifying festivals in this collection
- Time Warp New York 2026 — 2026-11-20 · Duggal Greenhouse and Agger Building · Brooklyn, NY · planning guide
Two-night 21+ house and techno event in Brooklyn with overnight programming from 10 PM to 6 AM.
- The New Colossus Festival 2027 — 2027-03-09 · Lower East Side venues · New York, NY · planning guide
Six-day Lower East Side showcase festival featuring emerging artists from around the world across independent Manhattan venues.
- Old Songs Festival 2027 — 2027-06-25 · Altamont Fairgrounds · Altamont, NY · camping · planning guide
Family-friendly festival of traditional, folk, Celtic and world music with participatory workshops, dances, vendors and on-site camping.
- Great Blue Heron Music Festival 2027 — 2027-07-01 · The Heron · Sherman, NY · camping · planning guide
Four-day eclectic roots, jam, soul and world-music campout at The Heron in Sherman, New York with four stages, family programming and a deep volunteer culture.
- Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival 2027 — 2027-07-14 · Walsh Farm · Oak Hill, NY · camping · planning guide
Five-day bluegrass, newgrass and roots gathering on Walsh Farm in Oak Hill, New York with camping, workshops, late-night jams and family programming.
- Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance 2027 — 2027-07-22 · Trumansburg Fairgrounds · Trumansburg, NY · camping · planning guide
35th annual volunteer-powered roots music and dance festival at Trumansburg Fairgrounds, with primitive camping, workshops, family programming and a strong c…
Planning intelligence for this festival collection
4 events currently list camping; 2 explicitly list no onsite camping. 2 publish train, bus, ferry, transit, or shuttle language in current transport notes. 4 track at least one participation path such as vendor, volunteer, staff, media, artist, or sponsor.
Transit and shuttle signals
- The New Colossus Festival 2027 — Programming is spread across twelve independent Lower East Side venues. The organizer notes the venues are close to the F/J/M/Z trains and are easily walkabl…
- Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance 2027 — TCAT Route 21 provides a standing Ithaca–Trumansburg public-transit option. Accessible parking is limited, and the festival has used an accessible shuttle fr…
Participation paths tracked
- The New Colossus Festival 2027 — performer, volunteer, media, sponsor
- Old Songs Festival 2027 — vendor, volunteer
- Great Blue Heron Music Festival 2027 — volunteer, vendor
- Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance 2027 — volunteer, vendor
Back-to-back same-state possibilities
These are calendar pairings, not travel-time recommendations.
- Old Songs Festival 2027 → Great Blue Heron Music Festival 2027 — 4 days between published date ranges in NY.
- Great Blue Heron Music Festival 2027 → Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival 2027 — 10 days between published date ranges in NY.
- Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival 2027 → Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance 2027 — 4 days between published date ranges in NY.