Quality events for this weekend
Friday July 3
Albany First Friday: Art, culture, etc., all around town.
Disco Funk at The Low Beat: Happy hour music for your soul.
Letta Getta Down at The Machine: First Friday tunes and art.
Men On Art at 40 Broadway: Art show and dance jam.
Psymon Spine, Immaculate Heart, Belle-Skinner, Shakusky at World Citizen Party House: Killer lineup at a fun house show!
Exhuman at Fuze Box: Goth night!
Moon Worship, Inch, and CJ Champagne at The Low Beat: Rock jams.
Nineties Thump at The Hollow: Featuring DJ Trumastr.
Blade Runner Noodle Night at Basilica Hudson: Self-explanatory.
Movie at the Airport at MASS MoCA: Watch Top Gun in the most fitting setting.
Rockin on the River at Troy Riverfront Park: With Eastbound Jesus.
Saturday 🇺🇸 July 4 🇺🇸
80s Night at Fuze Box: Dance off those dogs and burgers.
Built4BBQ Star Spangled Bonanza at The Low Beat and Pauly’s: Two venues, a bunch of bands.
Cookout at The Cheese Travler: Part of their summer cookout series.
Sunday July 5
CATCH takes the Hudson at Basilica Hudson: “Catch is the Brooklyn-based, Obie award-winning, hydra-headed, series of performance events”.
All weekend
Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA: Wilco’s festival.
Art Omi: The sculpture fields are awesome.
Day trip to MASS MoCA: Pretty drive and a great museum.
The NYS Museum: Bunch of great exhibits and it’s right in your backyard.
Second-run movies at the Madison Theater: Only five bucks!
Movies at The Spectrum: First run, independent movies at a locally owned theater.
Farmer’s Markets: Troy, Delmar, and Saratoga on Saturday, and Schenectady and Saratoga on Sunday.