About ArtsCal.org

The Capital Region has great arts events, but no website lists them all. So we built one. No ads, here to serve the community.

Who runs it

ArtsCal.org is built and run by David Payette, who lives in Waterford, in the Capital Region. David got tired of finding out about a great show the day after it happened, so he built the calendar he wanted. He paints too, and some of the paintings on this site are his own. It is a small independent project based in New York.

How it works

Listings are collected automatically from venues' own public calendars, and we fix mistakes when people tell us about them. Short event descriptions are drafted by an AI model (Claude, from Anthropic) using the venue's own text, so check the venue's page for the final word. Page introductions and the paintings at the top of pages are also made with AI help. You swipe to sort what looks good, and get a calendar with just your picks. It is free to use. We do not sell tickets. Details change, so use each event's link to the venue for the latest.

Curious what is listed and what is not? Read how we choose events. Are you an artist or venue? See information for artists and venues.

Public feeds

Upcoming events (the next 90 days) are also published as plain files that need no account: events.json (schema), a public calendar file, events.ics, and llms.txt for language models. They are rebuilt several times a day. The page version is upcoming events, with a page for each later month.

Say hello

We would love to hear what to fix or add. Send feedback or visit the contact page.