Jim Catalano

The double bill of acclaimed honky-tonker Dwight Yoakam and Americana favorites Old Crow Medicine Show, who will perform at CMAC in Canandaigua on Saturday night

After a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus, The BBQ VI is returning to offer an eclectic roster of bands and DJs performing Friday and Saturday in Trumansburg.

Here and There, a touring festival that will come to Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards in LaFayette on Sunday, Aug. 14, features Courtney Barnett, Hana Vu, Faye Webster, and Snail Mail.

Americana singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale will perform at the 2022 GrassRoots Festival at 6 p.m. Friday, July 22, where he’ll once again perform on the Grandstand stage with Donna the Buffalo.

After a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus, the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance returns in full flight July 21-24 with four days of music on four stages at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds.

Held July 17-20 at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds, the longtime site of the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance (returning July 21-24), GrassRoots Culture Camp offers an immersive, intimate setting featuring an array of music and dance workshops led by local, regional, and national artists

Also: Chilling with the NYChillharmonic, looking ahead to Gullah music, and Jeff’s picks for Sunday.

Organ Fairchild performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way, Rochester.

The surging delta variant may have forced Dinosaur Jr. to cancel the first leg of its fall tour. But it hasn’t stopped the band’s bassist Lou Barlow...