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.
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.
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Wednesday, Jul 15th 2026
Starts at 7:00PM EDT
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 ...
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Tuesday, Jul 21st 2026
Starts at 7:00PM EDT
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.
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Wednesday, Jul 29th 2026
Starts at 7:00PM EDT
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 ...
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Tuesday, Aug 4th 2026
Starts at 7:00PM EDT
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 ...
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Wednesday, Aug 12th 2026
Starts at 7:00PM EDT
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.
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Monday, Aug 17th 2026
Starts at 7:00PM EDT