Cooperstown Summer Music Festival

Festival artistic director Linda Chesis saw Cooperstown as an ideal location for a music festival. The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival began with three events in 1999, and has since offered the region more than 150 performances, from classical to contemporary, jazz to bluegrass, and cabaret to kids’ concerts.

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15thJul, 2026

WindSync: Reverberations

Acclaimed wind quintet WindSync performs works by Boulanger and three of her students, Carter, Glass, and Mozart, in a program of dazzling chamber music with imaginative arrangements by WindSync’s own Kara LaMoure.

Google Maps location iconCooperstown, NY 13326

Wednesday, Jul 15th 2026

Starts at 7:00PM EDT

$15 - $210 USD
21stJul, 2026

Caroga Arts Ensemble: Eddie Barbash & KASA Quartet

Saxophonist Eddie Barbash and KASA Quartet from the Caroga Arts Ensemble unite for a vibrant evening of jazz and strings. From Ellington to Debussy to Orbison, this joyful program blends improvisation, swing, and timeless melody f ...

Google Maps location iconCooperstown, NY 13326

Tuesday, Jul 21st 2026

Starts at 7:00PM EDT

$15 - $210 USD
29thJul, 2026

The Sebastians: Over the Alps

Early music ensemble The Sebastians traces the rise of the Italian virtuosic style as it swept north across the Alps with works by Castello, Corelli, Vivaldi, Biber, Froberger, Handel, and Bach.

Google Maps location iconCooperstown, NY 13326

Wednesday, Jul 29th 2026

Starts at 7:00PM EDT

$15 - $210 USD
4thAug, 2026

The Westerlies: Paradise

Grammy-nominated brass quartet The Westerlies defies category, blending jazz, classical, chamber music, and Americana into a sound entirely their own. In Paradise, they turn to the rich tradition of American hymns and folk music a ...

Google Maps location iconCooperstown, NY 13326

Tuesday, Aug 4th 2026

Starts at 7:00PM EDT

$15 - $210 USD
12thAug, 2026

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper

Grammy-winning fiddler Michael Cleveland, a twelve-time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year and recipient of the NEA’s National Heritage Fellowship, brings his powerhouse band Flamekeeper to Cooperstown for a night of blazing, traditio ...

Google Maps location iconCooperstown, NY 13326

Wednesday, Aug 12th 2026

Starts at 7:00PM EDT

$15 - $210 USD
17thAug, 2026

Ying Quartet with Flutist Linda Chesis

Grammy-winning Ying Quartet returns to CSMF, joined by Artistic Director Linda Chesis. The program includes Dvořák's "American" Quartet and works by Franz Joseph Haydn and David Ludwig.

Google Maps location iconCooperstown, NY 13326

Monday, Aug 17th 2026

Starts at 7:00PM EDT

$15 - $210 USD