Quality events for this weekend

Friday March 4

First Friday Albany: Arts, culture, music, food, and more all around albany.

Discofunk Happy Hour at The Low Beat: Soul, disco, funk.

Yankee Holler, Hidden Cabins, John Pinder & Crookedtoe, and Andrew Wheeler at The Low Beat: Stick around after happy hour for roots music night.

Illusions of Mind and Space at The Brakes: Featuring works by Kate Wolford and music from Brandon Powers-Green of Immaculate Heart.

Potty Mouth, Slowshine, Better Pills at The Treehouse: Outsider-rock-gaze-alt-indie jams.

Jaguar Pyramids, Yung Gutted, Yung Mayne, Opaque Body at Ground Zero: Rap/dj/bass at RPI’s DIY space.

Chris Maxwell at BSP: Release show for Arkansas Summer.

Exhuman Presents Afterlight at Fuze Box: Goth night!

Saturday March 5

Voter Registration show at The Low Beat: The Low Beat running a brunch menu, getting people registered to vote, and music from Trumastr, David Normal, Hill Haints, Ritz Carlton, Bare Mattress, and Hammer Hawk.

DJ Boomie at BSP: “Spring Love Dance Party.

Neko Case at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall: Singer/songwriter.

Elsphinx, Winter Kickball, and Slowpace At Pauly’s Hotel: Fun mixed bill show.

DJ Ephraim Asili at The Half Moon: Hudson dance party.

Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn at St Rose: “An Evening with…

The Love Movement at Lucas Confectionery: Trumastr playing everyones favorite and guilty pleasure love songs.

Rocks Anniversary Leather Party at Rocks: Another insane looking night.

Sunday March 6

Knotted at Takk House: This weeks sponsor. A wedding show for people who aren’t into the standard wedding fare.

Blackfast, Goblet, Gone Without, and Necroptic Engorgement at Fuze Box: Metal/thrash/crossover show.

All weekend

Ice Skating at the Capitol: Last weekend!

Albacon: “Albacon is a gathering […] pretty much anything Geek related”.

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 small centrally located theater.

Farmer’s Markets: Troy, Delmar, and Saratoga on Saturday, and Schenectady and Saratoga on Sunday.