WKZE 98.1 FM - Celebrating Musical Diversity

06/16/2026

FROLIC AT THE FARM IS BACK! 🎶 Get ready for an unforgettable evening of live music and summer fun at Hardeman Orchards in Red Hook Saturday, August 8!🎺 Performances by Bayou Superjam, an Allstar group featuring Dennis Chambers, Joe Marcinek, Big Sam, Nate Edgar, Cliff Porter & more! Plus performances by Billy Keane and the Waking Dream, Bluestone Quarry, and more 👀

Insider tickets for the real fans are only $30 for the first 48 hours! 🎟️ Regular tickets are $45. All Ages Welcome! Don't wait grab your tickets before they're gone! 🎫 Tickets available now at https://theticketing.co/e/981kzefrolic

06/12/2026

You're new destination for all things Jazz is coming to KZE June 16! We've got another new show Jazz Inside/Out hosted by Brian Fores, a familiar voice already around here at KZE as your evening host and host of Dawn Patrol! Brian is bringing his vast jazz knowledge to KZE starting next week Tuesdays at 8 pm🎷🎺

06/12/2026

PIZZA PARTY, oh yeah!

Pizza party, oh yeah! dropped in to Friendsday on KZ...

06/11/2026

Discounted Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival tickets are available now through WKZE!🎫 Purchase your one-day pass through WKZE for just $85 — a $30 savings off the regular venue price. Call WKZE at (845) 758-9810 ext. 107 , Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM! ALSO KZE will be broadcasting live from Grey Fox. Come say hi to Rick and other members of the KZE team!🦊

06/10/2026

Update from Adam! He’s got his bike ready to go for the Ride for Mental Health🚴‍♂️ This beautiful Salsa Journeyer Gravel Bike was given to Adam by and we thank them and for all their support for the Ride for Mental Health happening June 27 & 28! Check them out at and sign up to be on team KZE!

06/09/2026

The Grateful Dead Hour hosted by David Gans is coming to KZE! On Monday June 15, at 11 pm following your weekly lineup of Covered in Dead and JamCast we’re ending the night with a bang! The Grateful Dead Hour is the weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band. Gans is a guitarist, songwriter, journalist, and author, who has produced the show since 1987. Tune in Monday nights at KZE! ⚡️💙🍃

06/08/2026

We are giving away tickets to the Dead of Summer Music Festival happening July 9-12 in Manchester, Vermont! You can see all your favorite jam bands and dead inspired music all weekend long or just your pick of your favorite day! Comment below with which tickets you want and we will pick our winners!⚡️And if you don't get picked this time, make sure you tune in every week to our Monday night line up stating next week for more chances to win!

06/05/2026

Saugeties lore drop on KZE Friendsday! Matt Hogan tells us about the Banshee Woman of Patch Road

06/04/2026

ICYMI, Saugerties based artist Matt Hogan played a killer set yesterday on Friendsday!

Saugerties-based artist Matt Hogan joined MK for a Friendsday set, ...