Upcoming Events
LifeLong Learning: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Eighty Years On
LifeLong Learning a collaboration between Colgate University's Upstate Institute and the community to provide adults with ongoing education for the enrichment of their lives in a diversity of fields.
Grateful Upstate Toodeloo
Join us for this 3rd ANNUAL FUNdraiser with... GRATEFUL UPSTATE TOODELOO. Grateful Upstate Toodeloo brings together some of the finest musicians from across Central New York and beyond to perform the music of The Grateful Dead.
Songwriters Showcase
Join us for a special evening of original songs and the stories behind them from the talented songwriters who participated in our Songwriting Workshop Series facilitated by Reyna Stagnaro.
Creative Endeavors Fall 2025
Creative Endeavors is a 6 week, interactive and project-based workshop led by creative experts and professionals. Take the next step in your creative work, develop your artistic process, hone your wellness practice, and launch a project that will help you move forward and connect with your audience.
LifeLong Learning: Artificial Intelligence: Its Uses and Limitations
LifeLong Learning a collaboration between Colgate University's Upstate Institute and the community to provide adults with ongoing education for the enrichment of their lives in a diversity of fields.
Writers Accountability Group
The Writers Accountability Group (WAG) is a free monthly opportunity for writers of all ages and genres to come together in person to offer mutual support, motivate accountability and goal-setting, participate in writing exercises, share work, and offer helpful responses to the work shared.
Saturday Jazz in Hamilton
Join us at Arts At The Palace for one of our most well-loved series, Saturday Jazz in Hamilton! This month we are excited to have special guests from jazz trombonist Melissa Gardiner’s MG3 Trio.
Hamilton Center for the Arts Fall Open House
Fall Open House and Celebration at Hamilton Center for the Arts.
Creative Endeavors Fall 2025
Creative Endeavors is a 6 week, interactive and project-based workshop led by creative experts and professionals. Take the next step in your creative work, develop your artistic process, hone your wellness practice, and launch a project that will help you move forward and connect with your audience.
LifeLong Learning: Artificial Intelligence: Its Uses and Limitations
LifeLong Learning a collaboration between Colgate University's Upstate Institute and the community to provide adults with ongoing education for the enrichment of their lives in a diversity of fields.
LifeLong Learning: Wine is Places
LifeLong Learning a collaboration between Colgate University's Upstate Institute and the community to provide adults with ongoing education for the enrichment of their lives in a diversity of fields.
Creative Endeavors Fall 2025
Creative Endeavors is a 6 week, interactive and project-based workshop led by creative experts and professionals. Take the next step in your creative work, develop your artistic process, hone your wellness practice, and launch a project that will help you move forward and connect with your audience.
Cupboard Full of Blues
Mark your calendars: Friday, November 21 @ 7pm at the Palace Theater. A night of live blues to support a great cause! Hosted by Jake Lozo Band with Special Guests. All proceeds benefit the Hamilton Food Cupboard. Bring a canned donation or simply scan the QR code onsite to give.
Chris Eves
Chris Eves is a one-man orchestra, weaving together a rich sound with live looping. Sonically sprawling, he brings together a diverse array of instruments – guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, and horns – into a layered live performance to support his powerful vocals. Featuring a diverse mix of original songs and covers spanning jam bands, pop hits, and traditional blues, Chris showcases his musical range and versatility as a one-man band.
LifeLong Learning: Publishing Sexual Aberrance in the Victorian Age
LifeLong Learning a collaboration between Colgate University's Upstate Institute and the community to provide adults with ongoing education for the enrichment of their lives in a diversity of fields.
Creative Endeavors Fall 2025
Creative Endeavors is a 6 week, interactive and project-based workshop led by creative experts and professionals. Take the next step in your creative work, develop your artistic process, hone your wellness practice, and launch a project that will help you move forward and connect with your audience.
Writers Accountability Group
The Writers Accountability Group (WAG) is a free monthly opportunity for writers of all ages and genres to come together in person to offer mutual support, motivate accountability and goal-setting, participate in writing exercises, share work, and offer helpful responses to the work shared.
Annual Winter Gala
Save the Date! On December 6, 2025, Arts at the Palace will host our Annual Winter Gala Fundraiser, an evening of celebration, community, and support for the arts. Enjoy exceptional food and drink, plus a special Artist Showcase featuring short live performances by artists from our Artist In Residence program this past year.
Creative Endeavors Fall 2025
Creative Endeavors is a 6 week, interactive and project-based workshop led by creative experts and professionals. Take the next step in your creative work, develop your artistic process, hone your wellness practice, and launch a project that will help you move forward and connect with your audience.
LifeLong Learning: Playhouse Owners and Investors during Shakespeare’s Time
LifeLong Learning a collaboration between Colgate University's Upstate Institute and the community to provide adults with ongoing education for the enrichment of their lives in a diversity of fields.
Saturday Jazz
Join us at Arts At The Palace for one of our most well-loved series, Saturday Jazz in Hamilton! Hosted by professional freelance percussionist Mark Shiner and Colgate Assistant Professor of Music Brian Stark. Each month we present unique performances with featured artists.
Blaine Holcomb and Williams Road
Let's keep the holiday spirit alive with Blaine Holcomb and Williams Road performing live at the RBQ Indoor Stage on December 26th!
Carsie Blanton
With her unique mix of humor, craft, and social critique, Blanton has amassed a small menagerie of viral hits (Rich People, Shit List, Fishin’ With You) and a dedicated fan base. In addition to fifteen years on the road with her band, her latest full-length album After the Revolution, produced by Grammy-winner Tyler Chester.
Poetry Writing Series
Poetry That Means Something: A Poetry Writing Series with Kit Boyer. Poetry should mean something and clearly and beautifully convey that meaning. This is the philosophy that guides Kit Boyer's writing workshops. Enroll in this creative writing course to learn how to write emotive, impactful pieces. Open to poets of all experience levels.
Anima Cinefest
Anima Cinefest International Animation Festival transforms the historic Hamilton Movie Theater into a global hub for animation, showcasing 14 animated films from 9 countries. The festival celebrates animation as one of the most versatile and imaginative art forms. Free & Open to the Public
Creative Endeavors Fall 2025
Creative Endeavors is a 6 week, interactive and project-based workshop led by creative experts and professionals. Take the next step in your creative work, develop your artistic process, hone your wellness practice, and launch a project that will help you move forward and connect with your audience.
Contemporaneous Performance
Colgate Department of Music presents: Contemporaneous Artists-In-Residence
Poetry Writing Series
Poetry That Means Something: A Poetry Writing Series with Kit Boyer. Poetry should mean something and clearly and beautifully convey that meaning. This is the philosophy that guides Kit Boyer's writing workshops. Enroll in this creative writing course to learn how to write emotive, impactful pieces. Open to poets of all experience levels.
Charlie Ballantine
Named as one of the top 200 living guitarists by All About Jazz Magazine and a Rising Star in the Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll, Charlie Ballantine is acclaimed as one of the finest and most versatile young guitarists on the scene today.
Creative Endeavors Fall 2025
Creative Endeavors is a 6 week, interactive and project-based workshop led by creative experts and professionals. Take the next step in your creative work, develop your artistic process, hone your wellness practice, and launch a project that will help you move forward and connect with your audience.
LifeLong Learning: Alcohol and Agriculture in Africa: Why it Matters and Potential Solutions
LifeLong Learning a collaboration between Colgate University's Upstate Institute and the community to provide adults with ongoing education for the enrichment of their lives in a diversity of fields.
Hamilton Tango Project: String Quartet Concert
Join us for the first-ever event of the Hamilton Village Tango Project. This special concert will feature a string quartet performing music from both the golden age and modern era of tango.
The Tempest-Actors From The London Stage
The Actors from the London Stage will perform William Shakespeare's The Tempest. There will be three showings from October 16-18. All will begin at 7 p.m. at the Arts at the Palace Theater. Shows are free and open to the public. Founded in 1975, Actors From The London Stage (AFTLS) is one of the oldest touring Shakespeare theatre companies in the world.
Hamilton Tango Project: String Workshop
Join us for the first-ever workshop from the Hamilton Village Tango Project. This interactive Tango workshop led by Teagan Faran & Jessie Stark invites string players of all levels - from advanced high school students to amateurs and professionals, who are curious about the musical traditions that shaped artists such as Astor Piazzolla.
Della Mae
Their live shows are foot-stomping, crowd-pleasing riots, full of the kind of high-octane instrumental skills that the band – now in its twelfth year and its third incarnation – was always intended to showcase.
- The Guardian
The Tempest-Actors From The London Stage
The Actors from the London Stage will perform William Shakespeare's The Tempest. There will be three showings from October 16-18. All will begin at 7 p.m. at the Arts at the Palace Theater. Shows are free and open to the public. Founded in 1975, Actors From The London Stage (AFTLS) is one of the oldest touring Shakespeare theatre companies in the world.
The Tempest-Actors From The London Stage
The Actors from the London Stage will perform William Shakespeare's The Tempest. There will be three showings from October 16-18. All will begin at 7 p.m. at the Arts at the Palace Theater. Shows are free and open to the public. Founded in 1975, Actors From The London Stage (AFTLS) is one of the oldest touring Shakespeare theatre companies in the world.
Poetry Writing Series
Poetry That Means Something: A Poetry Writing Series with Kit Boyer. Poetry should mean something and clearly and beautifully convey that meaning. This is the philosophy that guides Kit Boyer's writing workshops. Enroll in this creative writing course to learn how to write emotive, impactful pieces. Open to poets of all experience levels.
LifeLong Learning: Eye Health and Aging
LifeLong Learning a collaboration between Colgate University's Upstate Institute and the community to provide adults with ongoing education for the enrichment of their lives in a diversity of fields.
Poetry Writing Series
Poetry That Means Something: A Poetry Writing Series with Kit Boyer. Poetry should mean something and clearly and beautifully convey that meaning. This is the philosophy that guides Kit Boyer's writing workshops. Enroll in this creative writing course to learn how to write emotive, impactful pieces. Open to poets of all experience levels.
LifeLong Learning: The Silicon Age: Where Are We and How Did We Get Here?
LifeLong Learning a collaboration between Colgate University's Upstate Institute and the community to provide adults with ongoing education for the enrichment of their lives in a diversity of fields.
Saturday Jazz in Hamilton
Join us at Arts At The Palace for one of our most well-loved series, Saturday Jazz in Hamilton! Hosted by professional freelance percussionist Mark Shiner and Colgate Assistant Professor of Music Brian Stark. Each month we present unique performances with featured artists.
Writers Accountability Group
The Writers Accountability Group (WAG) is a free monthly opportunity for writers of all ages and genres to come together in person to offer mutual support, motivate accountability and goal-setting, participate in writing exercises, share work, and offer helpful responses to the work shared.
LifeLong Learning: The Music of Wicked and The Wizard of Oz
LifeLong Learning a collaboration between Colgate University's Upstate Institute and the community to provide adults with ongoing education for the enrichment of their lives in a diversity of fields.
Poetry Writing Series
Poetry That Means Something: A Poetry Writing Series with Kit Boyer. Poetry should mean something and clearly and beautifully convey that meaning. This is the philosophy that guides Kit Boyer's writing workshops. Enroll in this creative writing course to learn how to write emotive, impactful pieces. Open to poets of all experience levels.
Gallery Openings Reception
Earlville Opera House Arts Center Galleries are proud to present the final round of visual artist exhibitions for the 2025 season! Stop by on Saturday, September 27th, 1-3pm to see three artists and their amazing work!
LifeLong Learning: Researching the Microbiome: Bacteria as Friends and Foes
LifeLong Learning a collaboration between Colgate University's Upstate Institute and the community to provide adults with ongoing education for the enrichment of their lives in a diversity of fields.
Musefest
The 5th Anniversary Show of MUSEFEST, September 20th, from 9AM - 3PM on the Village Green. Music, Food & Entertainment.
Contra Dance - Hamilton Country Dancers
Contra dance is a lively social dance that is easy to learn and doesn't require any previous experience to participate. All dances will be taught on the spot by the caller. This event is a great way to connect with the community, make new friends, and get your body moving!
Blue Parsley Boys
The Blue Parsley Boys have been delighting audiences since 1998 with their blend of pop songs, gospel and barbershop harmonies. These eight guys singing in 4-part A Cappella harmony will warm your heart and put a big smile on your face!
Hamilton Village Quartet
Join us for this special chamber music concert, Hamilton Village Quartet. An afternoon dedicated to classical music at Arts at the Palace.
Village Art Walk
Join us for the Summer Village Art Walk, hosted by Arts at the Palace—an evening of live music, local art, and community connection in downtown Hamilton, NY.
Saturday Jazz in Hamilton
Join us at Arts At The Palace for one of our most well-loved series, Saturday Jazz in Hamilton! Hosted by professional freelance percussionist Mark Shiner and Colgate Assistant Professor of Music Brian Stark. Each month we present unique performances with featured artists.

