This is CNY

4 days ago | thisiscny.com | Katrina Tulloch

It’s finally summer festival season in and around Syracuse, those magical five months where the sounds of live music and the scent of fresh cooking fill the streets around Central New York. We’ve put together a list of all the major festivals in the greater Syracuse area, from musical events to cultural celebrations and even a big video game convention. Know of something we missed? Email Katrina Tulloch at [email protected].

5 days ago | thisiscny.com | Katrina Tulloch

Hey, look at that. We finally made it to June. We’re also cruising through a strong start to the summer concert season. Country superstar Luke Bryan will play the Empower Amp on Thursday, then folk-rock darlings The Avett Brothers return to Beak & Skiff for a two-night run on Friday and Saturday. And we’ll be treated to some of the best Syracuse food events of the season this weekend, from St. Sophia’s Greek Cultural Festival to the Taste of Syracuse (with Steven Page headlining) downtown.

5 days ago | thisiscny.com | Rick Moriarty

Syracuse, N.Y. – When a startup’s business takes off, it has to do a lot of recruiting really fast. And that’s just what Syracuse startup Hidden Level has been doing over the last four years. The company, which makes systems that help the government, the military and private customers detect hard-to-see aerial drones, has grown its workforce five-fold since 2021.

1 week ago | thisiscny.com | Brent Axe

Syracuse, N.Y. — Dave Matthews Band wasn’t ready to let the holiday weekend go. The recent inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame led off the 2025 concert season at the Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview in Syracuse on Tuesday night with an old school jam. If you wore out the Sony Discman playing “Under the Table and Dreaming” and “Crash” back in the day, this was the show for you. DMB delivered a buffet of its most beloved songs on Tuesday night.

1 week ago | thisiscny.com | Marie Morelli

Steve Gorczynski, M&T Bank’s Central New York regional president, began his career as an accountant auditing the loan portfolios of distressed banks. He recalls interviewing a loan officer who had made a bad loan, asking, in effect: What were you thinking? “What you can’t see from a file is the other side of the equation,” the loan officer told him. “You haven’t known the owner for 15 years. You haven’t seen how he’s operated in up cycles and down cycles.