Celebrate the Holidays with music form Tchaikovsky's  The Nutcracker and more with the Caroga Arts Ensemble at The Glove Theatre! Friday, December 20, 2019 at 7:00pm The Glove Theatre 42 N Main St, Gloversville, NY 12078 Caroga Arts Ensemble Kyle Barrett Price, director Program: Mendelssohn: String Octet Op.20 (Mvmt I) Grieg: String Quartet No.1 (Mvmt IV) …

Happy Hour Music QuaranTalk with CLMF Artists and Seattle Symphony musicians Andy Liang and Nathan Chan! About this Event You're invited to a live virtual Happy Hour Music QuaranTalk! Thursday, April 23, 2020 - LIVE at 5:15 - 6:00 pm EST   Special Guests: Andy Liang, violin (CLMF '13-'20), Seattle Symphony Nathan Chan, cello (CLMF …

Happy Hour Music QuaranTalk with Canada Lake's award-winning musicians and SAUNDERSFEST Co-founders Richard, Geoff, and Rob Saunders! About this Event You're invited to a live virtual Happy Hour Music QuaranTalk! Thursday, April 30, 2020 - LIVE at 5:15 - 6:00 pm EST   Special Guests: Richard Saunders, vocal (CLMF '16-'20) Geoff Saunders, bass (CLMF '16-'20) …

Happy Hour Music QuaranTalk with long-time CLMF Artists: KASA Quartet violinist Aaron Schwartz and JHMJams founder/cellist Ken Kubota! About this Event You’re invited to a live virtual Happy Hour Music QuaranTalk! Thursday, May 7, 2020 – LIVE from 5:15 – 6:00 pm EST   Special Guests: Aaron Schwartz, violin (CLMF '12, '14-'20), KASA Quartet Ken …

Join us for a live virtual Happy Hour Music QuaranTalk with Stephanie and Alix! About this Event   As CLMF founder Kyle's sister, Stephanie has seen the festival from day one and has been a dedicated CLMF Artist for almost 10 years! Alix met Kyle when she was in 6th grade through his aunt Connie …

Caroga Arts welcomes special guests violinist Benjamin Kronk (CLMF '17-'19) & cellist Julian Müller (CLMF '13-'18)! About this Event   Julian met Kyle when they discovered their love for music and sports at Cleveland Institute of Music. Ben met Kyle in Prague, Czech Republic during a summer music festival program. Both Julian and Ben have …

Get your grill on for the 2020 Backyard Music Festival! Caroga Arts is excited to bring you the Caroga Lake Music Festival experience to YOUR backyard in celebration of Independence Day!  The Fourth of July Virtual Concert will feature a variety of world-class artists and musical selections from jazz to classical to ragtime to folk …

Tune in to our first ever Facebook Takeover Live series with Rushad Eggleston aka the "Cello Goblin"! Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 6pm EDT LIVE on the Caroga Arts Facebook Page Sponsored by Stump City Brewing LLC https://www.stumpcitybrewery.com/ Head to Stump City Brewing in Gloversville to watch the live stream outside while enjoying your favorite …

Facebook Takeover by NBC's The Voice winner Sawyer Fredericks! Join us for a live virtual show on Friday, July 17 at 5:00pm EDT on the Caroga Arts Facebook page. Sponsored by Mohawk Harvest Cooperative Market.

Teen jazz phenom Matthew Whitaker is taking over the Caroga Arts Facebook page for a live virtual show! Matthew performed two shows at the 2018 Caroga Lake Music Festival for Sherman's Revival Series and Encore! Jazz Sessions. The following year the Matthew Whitaker Quartet came back as special guest artists for the Caroga Arts Gala. …

Sought after NYC-based jazz pianist Glenn Zaleski Facebook Takeover is this Thursday, July 30 at 6pm EDT! Sponsored by Caroga Historical Association & Museum. The Glenn Zaleski Trio made its Caroga Lake Music Festival debut in 2018 at Nick Stoner Inn as part of the Encore! Jazz Sessions. The following year in 2019, Glenn joined …

Support Caroga Arts and join us for a fun day of golf at the beautiful Nick Stoner Municipal Golf Course! The Caroga Arts Golf Outing is our only onsite fundraising event in the 2020 Season. Help Caroga Arts continue its mission to reignite the Caroga Experience while enjoying a round of golf and participating in …

Book a personal concert to enjoy from your dock! We’re using boats as stages to safely bring the live intimate performance experience back to the lakes. Featuring various local musicians and musical genres, the Caroga Arts Boat Tour will visit eight lakes in the Caroga area for your outdoor live music entertainment. The Caroga Arts Boat …

We’re thrilled to present SAUNDERSFEST 2020 from our porch to yours! Featuring world acclaimed bluegrass and folk artists from across the States, the virtual Americana Music Festival will be live streamed on August 21 at 5pm EDT on the Caroga Arts YouTube channel and Facebook Page. We’re keeping the spirit of SAUNDERSFEST alive virtually so you can join …

A Musical Art Exhibition presented by Caroga Arts and the Arkell Museum October 28, 2020 at 6:00pm Caroga Arts Ensemble performs Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40 Featuring Arkell Museum's Winslow Homer collection --- Watch the live stream at 6:00pm EDT on October 28, 2020 on the Caroga Arts and Arkell Museum Facebook pages and …

Drive-Thru Caroga Tree Lighting Presented by Caroga Arts Collective Saturday, November 28, 2020 Sherman’s Park, Caroga Lake   Join us for our 2nd annual Caroga Tree Lighting on the historic grounds of Sherman’s Park! The lighting of the tree will happen at 5:00pm and goodie bags for children will be available while supplies last. This …

Holiday lights will be turned on daily between 4-9pm until early January. The Holiday decorations at Sherman's Park were made possible by generous donations made to Caroga Arts. Thank you for your support! Photo by Paul Valovic

Caroga Arts is delighted to present a virtual performance in collaboration with The Arkell Museum! Caroga Artists will perform the music along with a selection from Arkell Museum's collection of landscapes creating a dynamic musical and art exhibition. Please join us for this remarkable event! The event will be livestreamed on the Caroga Arts YouTube …

NEW AIR TIME: 6 pm ET Caroga Lake Music Festival is back for a Virtual WinterFest! Enjoy selections from The Nutcracker Suite with a CLMF twist featuring various genres and ensembles of forty musicians. Artists include Ken Kubota’s YouTube sensation JHMJams, Bluegrass Grammy winner Geoff Saunders & friends, Caroga-based KASA Quartet, Caroga Arts Ensemble and many more! To …

Your Body Is Your Strad (YBIYS) Virtual Institute focuses on the importance of awareness in enhancing functions of the real instrument – your body and mind – to help maximize musical communication and minimize injury in performance, utilizing the Feldenkrais Method. Directed by cellist and Feldenkrais Practitioner Uri Vardi and former flutist and Feldenkrais Practitioner Hagit Vardi, the YBIYS Virtual Institute is …

Peter and the Wolf  presented by Caroga Arts Collective in collaboration with Wheelerville School Re-Imagining the tale in an multifaceted performance   Caroga Arts Collective is excited to announce a virtual performance of Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” on June 10, 2021. The performance will be livestreamed on the Caroga Arts Facebook page and YouTube …

Browse a collection of items from the Sherman's Main Building! Friday, June 25 9am - 1pm Saturday, June 26 9am - 1pm Organized by Sale Daze, the Tag Sale will take place outdoors  

Celebrate Independence day at Sherman's with great music and local beer by Stump City Brewery! Opening the night will be Girl Blue, one of Capital District's emerging singer-songwriter whose first single "Fire Under Water" went viral reaching over 2.5 million plays. Based in Upstate NY, the North & South Dakotas have coined themselves as the …

CLMF at Paul Nigra Center July 23, 2021 | 6:00pm Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts: 2736 NY-30, Gloversville, NY 12078 CLMF Artists For more details, please visit pncreativeartscenter.org Following the CDC and New York State guidelines, we will continue to monitor, adapt, and communicate the guidelines to ensure a positive experience for the audience …

Join the award-winning KASA Quartet, founded at Caroga Lake Music Festival in 2016, at a Pop Up concert outside under the Marquee of the historic Glove Theatre. Presented in partnership with The Glove Theatre, enjoy the summer morning delight of multi-genre string quartet music. CLMF at The Glove's Marquee July 24, 2021 | 10:30am The …

CLMF at Stone Arabia Quilt & Artisan Show July 24, 2021 | 1:30-3:30pm The Stone Arabia Preservation Society & Battlefield: 5371 NY Rte. 10, Stone Arabia, NY CLMF Artist Quartet For more details, please visit http://www.stonearabia.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/Stone-Arabia-Preservation-Society-Battlefield-100661351371640/ Following the CDC and New York State guidelines, we will continue to monitor, adapt, and communicate the …

CLMF at Peck Lake July 24, 2021 | 5:00pm Peck Lake Marina: 180 Peck Lake Rd, Gloversville, NY 12078 CLMF Artists Tickets: Free Following the CDC and New York State guidelines, we will continue to monitor, adapt, and communicate the guidelines to ensure a positive experience for the audience and performers.

Known collectively as Hawktail, Crooked Still's fiddler Brittany Haas, Punch Brothers' bassist Paul Kowert, guitarist Jordan Tice, and mandolinist Dominick Leslie combine their monstrous compositional and instrumental forces to create the energy behind its sound. Making their CLMF debut at Sherman's this season, the instrumental bluegrass supergroup is a must see! Encore Sessions: Hawktail July …

CLMF at Pine Lake Lodge July 29, 2021 | 7:00pm Pine Lake Lodge: 1050 State Highway 10, Caroga Lake, NY 12032 (Outside of Lodge) CLMF Resident Artists Concert Sponsor: Pine Lake Lodge Tickets: Free Following the CDC and New York State guidelines, we will continue to monitor, adapt, and communicate the guidelines to ensure a …

In the first Lakeside Classics program “Roaring Back”, CLMF Resident Artists will perform George Walker’s Lyric for Strings and Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin and Strings with Seattle Symphony violinist Andy Liang - plus an appearance by saxophonist Eddie Barbash. Lakeside Classics: Roaring Back July 30, 2021 | 7:00pm Sherman's Park CLMF Resident Artists with guest …

Praised by Alison Krauss, bluegrass virtuoso Sierra Hull performs at Caroga Lake Music Festival with saxophonist Eddie Barbash and Canada Lake bassist Geoff Saunders. Gaining attention from a young age as a mandolin-playing prodigy, Sierra Hull is now a Grammy-nominated American Bluegrass singer-songwriter, mandolinist, and guitarist and a three-time reigning IBMA Mandolin Player of the …

Featured jazz musician in Disney's Oscar-winning Pixar movie "Soul" and founding member of John Batiste's Stay Human, Eddie Barbash makes his first appearance at Caroga Lake Music Festival this season! As heard on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Eddie has collaborated with renowned artists like Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, and Lenny Kravitz, and his …

CLMF at Johnstown Midsummer Concert Series August 5, 2021 | 7:00pm Charles Jenner Memorial Park: West Main St, Johnstown, NY 12095 CLMF Resident Artists Presented by Johnstown Midsummer Concert Series For more details, please visit Johnstown Midsummer Concert Series Following the CDC and New York State guidelines, we will continue to monitor, adapt, and communicate …

The “Stars and Strums” program showcases composer Jessie Montgomery’s two works Starburst and Strum, among other works.  Lakeside Classics: Stars and Strums August 6, 2021 | 7:00pm Sherman's Park CLMF Resident Artists Program to include: MONTGOMERY: Starburst MONTGOMERY: Strum Festival Sponsor: Allen Farber Tickets: *$10 Covered Pavilion Free Lawn *Tickets increase by $5 at the …

Free Kids Concerts inside Carousel at Sherman’s followed by Carousel Rides Kids Carousel Concert: Bill and Finnegan Ackerbauer August 7, 2021 | 11:00am Sherman's Carousel Bill Ackerbauer, singer-songwriter Finnegan Ackerbauer, 8 year-old rising singer-songwriter Tickets: Free (No advance reservation required)   All seating in physically distanced pods of 2, 4, and 6 people. Pods are …

The Caroga Cornhole Classic will be presented by the West Caroga Lake Association and the Caroga Arts Collective on August 7th from 4-7 PM and will mutually benefit both organizations. The Caroga Cornhole Classic will be a double-elimination tournament (2 games guaranteed) with 1st-4th place prizes. The 1st and 2nd place teams will receive a …

Blues-rock powerhouse sibling duo Jocelyn and Chris make their Caroga Lake Music Festival debut this season at Sherman's. Hailing from Fort Plain, NY, the award-winning blues-rock sibling duo has been featured on NBC's TODAY Show and at festivals across the country - Sundance, Summerfest, SXSW, and on the main stage at Mountain Jam Music Festival, …

CLMF at Caroga Museum August 8, 2021 | 3:00pm Caroga Museum: 145 London Bridge Road, Caroga Lake, NY 12032 CLMF Resident Artists Tickets: Free Ice Cream Social at Caroga Museum will precede the event at 2pm! Presented by Caroga Historical Museum For more details, please visit www.carogamuseum.org/events.php Following the CDC and New York State guidelines, …

Caroga Lake Music Festival is thrilled to make a debut at Cooperstown Summer Music Festival in 2021! Founded by Artistic Director and renowned flutist Linda Chesis in 1999, the Festival has featured artists from classical, jazz, bluegrass, and more including Midori, Hank Jones, and Mark O'Connor. CLMF at Cooperstown Music Festival "Musical Kaleidoscope" August 10, …

Celebrate Astor Piazzolla's 100th birthday with an evening of Tango music performed by Argentinian violinist Alejandro Drago and CLMF Resident Artists. From the suburbs of Buenos Aires, to the salons of the European high society, tango dance and music evolved as a unique fusion of Afro-Spanish rhythms and European styles in the melting pot of …

Free Kids Concerts inside Sherman's Pavilion followed by Carousel Rides Kids Carousel Concert : Cara Samantha August 13, 2021 | 4:00pm Sherman's Cara Samantha, vocalist Tickets: Free (No advance reservation required) Great for children 0-5 years old, but all ages are welcome!   All seating in physically distanced pods of 2, 4, and 6 people. …

A brainchild of Artistic Director Kyle Price, the featured piece “Classic Case of Double Trouble” is a composite multi-genre arrangement of famous classical double concertos by Bach, Mozart, and Vivaldi. Lakeside Classics: Classic Case of Double Trouble August 13, 2021 | 7:00pm Sherman's Park CLMF Resident Artists with guest Glenn Zaleski, piano and Tomoko Omura, …

Celebrate the Sherman's Centennial with music from its founding times! Ragtime pianist Ethan Uslan will take you back in time with popular tunes like Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" and more. Discover the rhythm of Ragtime music and imagine what life was like a hundred years ago when Sherman's was founded. A three-time winner of …

Presented by Johnson Hall State Historic Site in conjunction with New York State Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation CLMF at Johnson Hall August 15, 2021 | 3:00pm Johnson Hall: 139 Hall Ave, Johnstown, NY 12095 CLMF Resident Artists Presented by Johnson Hall Following the CDC and New York State guidelines, we will continue to monitor, …

Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "Some of the most luxuriant, sumptuously phrased jazz vocals you could hope to hear", Laurin Talese has been captivating audiences with her pure tone and poignant lyrics since childhood. A classically-trained jazz vocalist, Laurin came to Caroga Lake in Fall 2020 to immerse herself in the beauty of the …

CLMF at Nick Stoner Inn (Patio) August 19, 2021 | 7:00pm The Nick Stoner Inn: 1810 State Highway 10, Caroga Lake, NY 12032 (Outside on Patio) CLMF Resident Artists Concert Sponsor: Nick Stoner Inn Tickets: Free Following the CDC and New York State guidelines, we will continue to monitor, adapt, and communicate the guidelines to …

Join us on August 20 for the Caroga Arts Collective Silent Auction. All proceeds from the auction will go directly towards supporting the Caroga Arts Collective and its programming. This year's auction will include a diverse range of items including an L.L. Bean Breakwater ACE-TEC Stand-Up Paddleboard, a limited edition etched 5 Liter bottle of …