Here's a curated, chronological list of most of the big concerts happening around Central and Western New York and the Finger Lakes region in December, including a look ahead into the winter season and 2023!
Be sure to check in with the venues to purchase tickets, or for updates on each show.
Dec. 1, The Cadillac 3, The L, Horseheads
Dec. 1, The Platters: Very Merry Christmas Show, Turning Stone Showroom, Verona
Dec. 1, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Blue Cross Arena, Rochester
Dec. 1, Janet Batch and the Four-Bangers, Abilene Bar & Lounge, Rochester Canceled!
Dec. 1, Colt Ford, Del Lago Resort, Waterloo
Dec. 2, Mile Twelve, May Memorial Society, Syracuse
Dec. 2, Adam Ezra Group, 443 Social Club, Syracuse
Dec. 2, Steel Panther: Claws and Paws Holiday Party, Del Lago Resort, Waterloo
Dec. 2, LeAnn Rimes “Joy: The Holiday Tour”, Turning Stone Showroom, Verona CANCELED!!
Dec. 2, Mile Twelve, May Memorial Society, Syracuse
Dec. 2, Kidd G, The L, Horseheads
Dec. 3, Low Lily, Oswego Music Hall, Oswego
Dec. 3, Driftwood, Buffalo Iron Works, Buffalo
Dec. 3, Mersive, Town Ballroom, Buffalo
Dec. 3, Patterson Hood, Center for the Arts, Homer
Dec. 3, King Squiddy and Sethlapods, Lost Horizon, Syracuse
Dec. 3, Saving Abel, Turning Stone Showroom, Verona
Dec. 3-4, Vanessa Collier, 443 Social Club, Syracuse (SOLD OUT!)
Dec. 4, A Christmas Show with Maggie and Cassie MacDonald, 6 on the Square, Oxford
Dec. 5, Bill Kirchen's Honky Tonk Holiday, Lovin' Cup, Rochester
Dec. 6, Chris Duarte, Abilene Bar and Lounge, Rochester
Dec. 7, The Beach Boys with John Stamos and the Holiday Vibrations Orchestra, OnCenter Crouse Hinds Theater, Syracuse
Dec. 7, Thievery Corporation, Town Ballroom, Buffalo
Dec. 7, Chris Duarte, 443 Social Club, Syracuse
Dec. 7, Indigo Girls, State Theatre, Ithaca
Dec. 8, Celtic Women, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo
Dec. 8, Nikki Glaser, Del Lago Resort, Waterloo
Dec. 8, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, Landmark Theatre, Syracuse
Dec. 9, Blackberry Smoke, State Theatre, Ithaca
Dec. 9, Grand Funk Railroad, Del Lago Resort, Waterloo
Dec. 9, Veronica Lewis, 443 Social Club, Syracuse
Dec. 9, Junexa, Lost Horizon, Syracuse
Dec. 9, David Bromberg, Center for the Arts, Homer
Dec. 10, Clockmen, Fuzzrod, and Massive Blowout, The Bug Jar, Rochester
Dec. 10, Saliva, The L, Horseheads
Dec. 10, Luminaire: Christmas! Turning Stone Showroom, Verona
Dec. 10, Lindsey Stirling, Del Lago Resort, Waterloo
Dec. 10, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Westcott Theater, Syracuse
Dec. 10, Veronica Lewis, Abilene Bar and Lounge, Rochester
Dec. 11, Irish Christmas in America, Earlville Opera House, Earlville
Dec. 12, Soweto Gospel Choir, Corning Museum of Glass
Dec. 15, Lita Ford, Touch of Texas, Binghamton
Dec. 16, Sirsy Unplugged, 443 Social Club, Syracuse
Dec. 16, Angela Perley, Abilene Bar and Lounge, Rochester
Dec. 16, Giovannie and the Hired Guns, Lost Horizon, Syracuse
Dec. 16, Suzanne Vega, Center for the Arts, Homer
Dec. 16, Almost Queen, The Stanley Theatre, Utica
Dec. 16, moe., Buffalo Iron Works, Buffalo
Dec. 17, Blue Star Radiation, Westcott Theater, Syracuse
Dec. 17, Bobby Henrie and the Goners’ Rockabilly Christmas Bash, Abilene Bar and Lounge, Rochester
Dec. 17, Aaron Tippin, The L, Horseheads
Dec. 17, Bela Fleck and Punch Brothers, UB Center for the Arts, Buffalo
Dec. 17, Almost Queen, Kodak Center, Rochester
Dec. 17, Cro-Mags and Necrostalker, The Bug Jar, Rochester
Dec. 17, Lita Ford, Del Lago Resort, Waterloo
Dec. 17, Kenny G “Holiday and Hits” tour, Forum Theatre, Binghamton
Dec. 17, Blue Star Radiation, Westcott Theater, Syracuse
Dec. 18, Delaney Brothers Bluegrass Christmas, Center for the Arts, Homer
Dec. 18, The Burns Sisters, 6 on the Square, Oxford
Dec. 22, Celtic Women: “A Christmas Symphony”, Del Lago Resort, Waterloo
Dec. 22, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Dec. 17, Sulaco, Inertia, and Babayaga, The Bug Jar, Rochester
Dec. 27, Tony Orlando, Turning Stone Showroom, Verona
Dec. 28, Trampled by Turtles with Langhorne Slim, State Theatre, Ithaca
Dec. 30, Mike Powell, 443 Social Club, Syracuse
Dec. 30, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, The Club at Water St., Rochester
Dec. 30, Zac Brown Tribute Band, Turning Stone Showroom, Verona
Dec. 30-31, Driftwood, The Range, Ithaca
Dec. 30-31, Jimkata and The Comb Down, Deep Dive Ithaca
Dec. 31, Andy Frasco, Town Ballroom, Buffalo
Dec. 31, Goo Goo Dolls, Seneca Niagara Resort and Casino, Niagara Falls
Dec. 31, Stephen Phillips, Funk N Waffles, Syracuse
Dec. 31, Hairball, Del Lago Resort, Waterloo
2023
Jan. 6, Emorfik, Westcott Theater, Syracuse
Jan. 7, Lez Zeppelin, Turning Stone Showroom, Verona
Jan. 12, Greensky Bluegrass, Town Ballroom, Buffalo
Jan. 13, Brian Regan, Oncenter Crouse Hinds Theater, Syracuse
Jan. 14, Howie Mandel, Del Lago Resort, Waterloo
Jan. 14, Peter Mulvey, Oswego Music Hall, Oswego
Jan. 14, Travis Denning, Touch of Texas, Binghamton
Jan. 15, Greensky Bluegrass, The Stanley Theatre, Utica
Jan. 20, Max Creek, Westcott Theater, Syracuse
Jan. 23-24, Albert Lee, 443 Social Club, Syracuse
Jan. 24, BoomBox, Buffalo Iron Works, Buffalo
Jan. 26, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Center for the Arts, Homer
Jan. 27, Chris Young, Turning Stone Event Center, Verona
Jan. 27, Greg Townson, Abilene Bar and Lounge, Rochester
Jan. 27, Twiddle, State Theatre, Ithaca
Jan. 28, The Brothers Blue, Oswego Music Hall, Oswego
Jan. 29, Jon Spencer & The HITmakers, The Bug Jar, Rochester
Jan. 31, Spafford, Buffalo Iron Works, Buffalo
Feb. 1, Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime, Westcott Theater, Syracuse
Feb. 4, Get The Led Out, Stanley Theatre, Utica
Feb. 4, Angel Olsen, Asbury Hall, Buffalo
Feb. 5, Get the Led Out, Town Ballroom, Buffalo
Feb. 10, Alter Bridge, Del Lago Resort, Waterloo
Feb. 11, Sawyer Fredericks, Oswego Music Hall, Oswego
Feb. 15, Natalie McMaster, UB Center for the Arts, Buffalo
Feb. 15, Alan Doyle, Town Ballroom, Buffalo
Feb. 16, Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience, Westcott Theater, Syracuse
Feb. 17, Flogging Molly, Main Street Armory, Rochester
Feb. 19, Tab Benoit and JD Simo, Hangar Theatre, Ithaca
Feb. 23, That 1 Guy, Westcott Theater, Syracuse
Feb. 24, Gin Blossoms, Del Lago Resort, Waterloo
Feb. 25, Raul Midon, Corning Museum of Glass
Feb. 25, The McKrells, Oswego Music Hall, Oswego
Feb. 25, The National Reserve, Funk N Waffles, Syracuse
Feb. 26, Badflower, Westcott Theater, Syracuse
Feb. 28, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, State Theatre, Ithaca
March 1, Regina Spektor, State Theatre, Ithaca
March 1, Skillet, Main Street Armory, Rochester
March 1, Flogging Molly and Anti-Flag, Landmark Theatre, Syracuse
March 2, Cremona Quartet, Bailey Hall, Cornell University Ithaca
March 3, Sunny War, Funk N Waffles, Syracuse
March 4, The Wood Brothers, State Theatre, Ithaca
March 5, DakhaBrakha, State Theatre, Ithaca
March 8, Vanessa Carlton, Center for the Arts, Homer
March 9, Nikki Glaser, State Theatre, Ithaca
March 10, Canadian Brass, Corning Museum of Glass
March 10-11, Driftwood, Funk N Waffles, Syracuse
March 11, Guy Davis, Oswego Music Hall, Oswego
March 11, America, Kodak Center, Rochester
March 12, Dogs in a Pile, Buffalo Iron Works
March 13, Wishbone Ash, Sportsmens Tavern, Buffalo
March 14, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, MVP Arena, Albany
March 16, Journey and Toto, KeyBank Center, Buffalo
March 16, Dervish, The Smith Opera House, Geneva
March 23, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, KeyBank Center, Buffalo
March 23, Amadou and Mariam, Bailey Hall, Cornell University Ithaca
March 23, Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen, Landmark Theatre, Syracuse
March 25, Reggie Harris and Greg Greenway, Oswego Music Hall, Oswego
March 25, Blake Shelton, KeyBank Center, Buffalo
March 28, Christian McBride’s New Jawn, The Smith Opera House, Geneva
March 31, Scott Bradlee’s Post-Modern Jukebox, Turning Stone Showroom, Verona
April 4, Tennis, Center for the Arts, Homer
April 6, Snarky Puppy, Bailey Hall, Cornell University Ithaca
April 14, Old Dominion, Palace Theatre, Albany
April 15, Fozzy, Lost Horizon, Syracuse
April 15, Jonathan Byrd, Oswego Music Hall, Oswego
April 16, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Abilene Bar & Lounge, Rochester
April 17, Little Feat, Oncenter Crouse Hinds Theater, Syracuse
April 27, Hot Tuna, The Smith Opera House, Geneva
April 28, Marlon Wayans, Del Lago Resort, Waterloo
April 29, The Burns Sisters Band, Oswego Music Hall, Oswego
May 5, Belle and Sebastian, State Theatre, Ithaca
May 13, Travis Knapp and Annie Sumi, Oswego Music Hall, Oswego
May 14, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Bailey Hall, Cornell University Ithaca
May 18, Cody Johnson, Upstate Medical Arena at OnCenter
May 19-20, The Avett Brothers, Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards, LaFayette
May 20, Donna the Buffalo, Center for the Arts, Homer
June 8, Thomas Rhett, MVP Arena, Albany
June 13, John Mellencamp, Palace Theatre, Albany
June 14, John Mellencamp, Landmark Theatre, Syracuse
June 16, John Mellencamp, Shea’s Performing Arts Center, Buffalo
July 6, Thomas Rhett, KeyBank Center, Buffalo
July 8, Shania Twain, St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse
July 9, Kane Brown, CMAC, Canandaigua
July 13, Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles, CMAC, Canandaigua
July 28, Foreigner and Loverboy, Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center
July 29, matchbox twenty, St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse
Aug. 1, matchbox twenty, Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center
Aug. 19, Parker McCollum, St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse
Sept. 2, Foreigner and Loverboy, St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse
Sept. 26, Eric Johnson, Center for the Arts, Homer