See The Canalboys LIVE
The Canalboys record episodes weekly either in studio or on the road. We tour Upstate, New York City, and Canada presenting our shows, and having Q&A’a with our audience.
Come for a fun-filled night to be in the audience. The show is about one hour, so if you have a limited attention span, you should be able to make it through.
Prepare to be amazed, amused, and educated. Join us as we navigate the intriguing twists and turns along the Erie Canal. This isn't just any history lesson; it's a captivating voyage waiting for you to explore.
And if you are a venue, the Canalboys are better than a live musical act - we rarely get noise complaints!!! We get nice crowds, and we promote our shows drawing traffic to your venue, Bars. Hotels. Breweries, cideries. We will do Weddings, bar mitzvahs as requested.
We don’t do elementary schools or church socials — we are for “mature audiences only”.
If you are interested in having the Canalboys at your venue, please call Terry Morris (315) 200-2821 or admin@canalboys.com.
Tickets will be available at our site.
Upcoming Events
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TBD - Syracuse
07.21 7:00-8:00PM
The Erie Canal transformed New York into the commercial heart of a young nation, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic and opening the West to settlement. But prosperity built on waterways could not wash away the bitter divisions of slavery. In 1851, the streets of Syracuse erupted when abolitionists and citizens stormed a federal courthouse to free Jerry McHenry, a fugitive slave seized under the notorious Fugitive Slave Act. The Jerry Rescue became a defiant symbol — proof that not every New Yorker would bow to unjust law.
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Hotel Wolfe Island Wolfe Island, Ontario Canada.
8.08.2026 1:00-2:00PM
When the Erie Canal opened in 1825, it struck like an economic thunderbolt across the border, pulling trade away from the St. Lawrence River and threatening Kingston's very reason for existence. For decades, Kingston had thrived as the gateway to the interior of British North America — but suddenly, American goods and ambitions were bypassing Canada entirely. The canal didn't fire a single shot, yet it reshaped the commercial and political destiny of the Great Lakes region, leaving Kingston scrambling to compete. It was a quiet economic war, and Canada was losing.
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McSorley's Old Ale House, New York NY
TBD
Raise a glass at McSorley's — the oldest ale house in New York City — as we toast the audacious ditch that built an empire. When the Erie Canal opened in 1825, it transformed a scrappy young city into the commercial capital of the world, flooding Manhattan with trade, immigrants, and ambition. Every barrel of wheat, every bolt of cloth, every hopeful immigrant pouring through this city's ports owed something to Clinton's Folly — the 363-mile gamble that paid off beyond anyone's wildest dreams. New York didn't just grow because of the canal; New York became New York because of it.