Adirondack Artists Guild presents

Artist Talk with Barry Lobdell

Sunday, June 14, 2 pm, free

Barry will share stories behind several of the photographs in the featured exhibition, Street Level, discuss how some of the images came to be, and answer questions from attendees. It’s a great opportunity to gain additional insight into the work and hear directly from the artist about his approach to street photography.

Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery, 52 Main Street, Saranac Lake

Call for Artists

Come show or sell your work at Summer Session in Onchiota

Saturday, July 11

Any and all art forms are welcome. There is no fee to setup a booth. No commission charged. Contact Echo to sign up or ask questions. echo@stationadk.com

Live music from:
Jeffery Wanzer-Dupra – new folk
Tine Hill – indie rock
Isaac Newcomb – synth pop
En-I-Am – revolutionary party music
Brunch – rock & roll explosion

The Station, 1 Kushaqua-Mud Pond Rd, Onchiota

Keene Arts presents

Soluna

Saturday, June 20, 7 pm

Come hear vibrant music-making by Rose Chancler, piano, Janice Kyle, oboe, Patricia McCarty, viola and Janine Scherline, clarinet.

Keene Arts, 10881 NYS RT 73, Keene

Downtown Artist Cellar presents

Tradesman’s Gathering Convenes North Country Skilled Workers to Address Labor Shortage and Knowledge Transfer Crisis

Wednesday, June 17, 6 – 8 pm

Artist and environmental psychologist Shawndel N. Fraser invites you to gather to start the conversation about how the trades can unify under a coherent vision about training the next generation, correcting the narrative about the trades to accurately reflect its vital importance to everything and everyone, and to consider new education about the best business practices for trades businesses including legacy planning for those looking to retire and pass on businesses and farms. 

This first meeting won’t go deep into each topic, but it could be the first of many gatherings if people show up ready to courageously dig into tough topics that may not have been discussed this way before, with various trades represented in the room.

Additional info HERE.

Downtown Artist Cellar, 410 E Main Street, Malone

We Are Instrumental and Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce invite all

We Are Instrumental Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting Celebration

Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 4 pm

We Are Instrumental, a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding access to music education and enrichment opportunities for youth across Northern New York, will celebrate the Grand Opening of their new Downtown Ticonderoga location upstairs at 94 Montcalm Street in Ticonderoga.

This celebration and ribbon cutting will take place in coordination with the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce, Ticonderoga Montcalm Street Partnership, and Town of Ticonderoga. Community members, local businesses, educators, students, and families are encouraged to attend and celebrate this exciting addition to the Downtown Business District.

More info HERE.

We Are Instrumental, 94 Montcalm Street, Ticonderoga

Adirondack Theatre Festival announces

2026 Summer Season

Adirondack Theatre Festival (ATF) is a professional not-for-profit summer theatre located in Glens Falls.  ATF strives to challenge, entertain, and nourish its audience through the development and production of new and contemporary musicals and plays. This relationship engages the community as audience members and participants in workshops, discussions, and educational programming.

Each year ATF produces a summer season of theatre using professional artists from New York City and across the country.

This season opens with 

JOB

Wednesday, June 17 – Sunday, June 28, 2026

JOB is a sleek, riveting psychological thriller that begins as a routine job evaluation—and quickly becomes something far more dangerous. As two strangers face off behind closed doors, power shifts, truths blur, and every word carries consequences. Clever, suspenseful, and unsettlingly funny, the play probes ambition, control, and the quiet violence of modern work culture, asking who really holds the power in the room—and what it costs to succeed.

Full details on the 2026 Summer Season are HERE.

Charles R. Wood Theater, 207 Glen St, Glens Falls

Plattsburgh State Art Museum presents

What Remains: Voices from the Margins of History

Saturday, June 20 – Friday, October 2, 2026

Opening reception Saturday, June 20, 4 – 7 pm

What Remains: Voices from the Margins of History invites visitors into a powerful visual archive of African American life in the Adirondack and Lake Champlain region during the early twentieth century, captured through the lens of photographer Daniel S. Brush. This exhibit illuminates individuals whose stories have often gone unrecorded, yet whose presence shaped the cultural fabric of the North Country. This is an invitation to honor the enduring legacy of those who lived, loved, and contributed meaningfully to the region — ensuring their voices are no longer at the margins, but central to our shared understanding of the past.

Reception will feature musical guest, King Solomon Hicks.

Additional details HERE.

Slatkin Study Room, John Myers Building, 101 Broad St., Plattsburgh

Wells Memorial Library presents

Nature Journaling 

Juneteenth at John Brown Farm

The North Country’s Colors of Freedom Committee presents

Juneteenth Celebrations in the North Country

Friday, June 19 to Sunday, June 21 

Three days of celebrations will be held from June 19 to June 21 to mark the 2026 national Juneteenth holiday in Clinton and Essex counties, which were hotbeds of abolitionism during a transformational time in American history. Juneteenth National Independence Day celebrates the final end of chattel slavery after the Civil War, when Union troops occupied Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865.

The three day celebration includes a jazz concert with blues guitarist Solomon Hicks in Plattsburgh, a bus tour of Underground Railroad sites including reenactors, a movie, art work, and a free family-themed fair with music, food, children’s games and the presentation of the annual Colors of Freedom Award.

Get full details on each activity HERE.

Arts Center Lake Placid presents Local Music Night

Slough Creek with The Allens

Saturday, June 20, 7 pm

Local Adirondack trio The Allens—songwriter Billy Allen, Shamin Allen (no relation), and Bill Chamberlain—are a longtime fixture in the Saranac Lake music scene. Their original songs are deeply rooted in the region, from Main Street to the Saranac River—hometown love stories “about as local as you can get” (Adirondack Daily Enterprise).

Blending close harmonies with folk-inspired storytelling, the group performs originals that reflect local places and lived experiences. Their lineup sometimes expands to include special guests, adding rich textures to the trio’s signature sound.

Tickets and more info HERE.

The Annex, Arts Center Lake Placid, 17 Algonquin Drive, Lake Placid

Potsdam Juneteenth Celebration

Saturday, June 20, 3 – 8 pm, free

The Potsdam Juneteenth celebration features brief presentations on the relevance of racial justice and Juneteenth in American history, has fun activities and a bounce house for children, a Black Is Beautiful! Fashion Show, the Electric/ChaCha Slide audience participation, and more.

The stage program includes live music with musicians K Twist FM3, Benjamin Mambou & Paul Meyers, ilovee, Odessa, and sound by Barker Productions.

Additional info HERE.

Ives Park, 3 Riverview Dr., Potsdam

(Rain Location: First Presbyterian Church, Potsdam)

The Strand Center for the Arts presents

Architectural Painting with Acrylics  

Saturday, June 20, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm

Students will learn how to draw with perspective and how to use light and dark painting techniques to give their scenes even more depth and perspective!

Register for this class and see all available classes HERE.

Strand Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff St, Plattsburg

Sacandaga Valley Arts Network (SVAN) presents

Driftwood Painting Workshop

Saturday, June 20, 10:30 am – 1 pm

Artist Michele Johnsen will facilitate a June workshop featuring her whimsical and creative ideas for driftwood, old balusters, garden decor, and walking sticks.

Contact Dianne: vicepresident@svanarts.org to pre-register by June 16.

More info HERE.

SVAC, 303 South Main Street, Northville

Waterhole presents

Dewey Dubs Summer Solstice RAVE 

Saturday, June 20, 7 pm

House, Dubstep, a lotta lasers, 3D holographics, live visuals.

All proceeds go to support Dewey Dubs this summer.

Dewey Dubs is an electronic music concert in Saranac Lake coming August 1—An afternoon of brain tickling DJ sets by local artists, tucked away in the beautiful northern woods of Dewey Mountain Recreation Center. 

Details HERE.

Waterhole Music Lounge, 48 Main St., Saranac Lake

The Sembrich presents

“When Marian Sang”—A Tribute to Music, History, and Liberty

Friday, June 19, 7 pm

The life and career of world-renowned singer Marian Anderson will be celebrated at The Sembrich in a program presented by Jillian Patricia Pirtle, CEO of the Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society in Philadelphia.

Miss Pirtle, who is a singer herself, will be joined by Dr. Pyerce Oates for a performance of “Marian’s American Spiritual Medley.” This musically curated piece explores the great importance of the American Negro Spiritual in Marian Anderson’s life, her faith and her career. Some of the highlighted songs in the arrangement include “Deep River,” “I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired” and “Sinner Please Don’t Let This Harvest Pass.”

In addition to the musical performance, Miss Pirtle will deliver excerpts from a speech that Marian Anderson gave on the struggle for equality and liberty—and unveil a selection of items from the Marian Anderson Museum, including one of the singer’s performance gowns.

Followed by a lakeside reception.

Purchase tickets HERE.

The Sembrich Museum & Grounds, 4800 Lake Shore Drive, Bolton Landing