Concerts on the Waterfront

2026 Sunday Summer Concert Series

The Sackets Harbor Historical Society is excited to announce that the 2026 Concerts on the Waterfront series will kick-off on Sunday, June 28, and run through Sunday, Sept 6. Each of the free concerts is held on a Sunday, from 3 to 5 pm, at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield, located at 504 West Main Street.

The Historical Society has released the tentative schedule for its 11 concerts for this year:

  • June 28: The Sacci Band (Big Band)
  • July 5: Syracuse University Brass Ensemble*
  • July 12: The Brighton Beat (Funk)*
  • July 19: Atlas (80s Party Music)
  • July 26: The Joey Stempien Big Band* (Jazz)
  • Aug 2: The Large Flowerheads (60s Classic Rock)
  • Aug 9: Lilly & the Loud Music Company (Pop, Rock, Country, Soul Fusion)
  • Aug 16: Ruby Shooz (50s and 60s Music)
  • Aug 23: David Cedeno & His Latin Orchestra* (Big Band)
  • Aug 30: 10th Mountain Division Army Band
  • Sept 6: Maria DeSantis Orchestra (Big Band)

*These concerts are made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the St. Lawrence County Arts Council.

All the concerts are free and open to the public. They’re held outdoors, so remember to pack your picnic blanket or lawn chairs.

In case of bad weather, the concerts will be moved to the Parish Center at St. Andrew’s Church, which is located at the corner of East Main and Woolsey Streets. The Historical Society will announce if a concert’s being moved on its Facebook page on the afternoon of the concert.

For more information, please visit the Sackets Harbor Historical Society’s website or Facebook page. You can also find highlights and entire performances from previous years’ Concerts on the Waterfront series on the Historical Society’s YouTube channel. We hope to see you at some, or ALL, of the concerts this summer!

*The concerts marked with an asterisk are made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and administered by the St. Lawrence County Arts Council.