Festivals in New York

From Randall's Island in the heart of Manhattan to the vineyards of the Finger Lakes, New York State is home to two festival scenes in constant dialogue. In the city, Governors Ball rolls out its pop, indie and hip-hop headliners each spring — a genre born right here, in the blocks of the Bronx, before it took over the world. Upstate, the tempo shifts: in Rochester, the Rochester Jazz Festival turns downtown into a maze of clubs and open-air stages, one of the continent's great jazz gatherings.

The higher you climb into the hills, the deeper the music's roots run. In the Catskills, the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival gathers banjos and harmony singing under the Oak Hill stars, while above the lakes in Trumansburg the Grassroots Finger Lakes Festival blends folk, world and dance across four summer days. Closer to the state's center, Syracuse's New York State Blues Festival keeps the delta's electric flame burning. FestT calculates your FestiScore — how well a lineup matches your favorite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date.