Quality events for this weekend

Friday July 15

Broken Field Runner, Slowshine, Hammerhawk, Hospital Corners, County Mike at WCPH: Super solid house show.

Cretin Hop at Fuze: Rock and roll dance party. Get weird.

Garage Bands at Albany Public Library Washington Ave: After work concert in a literal garage. With Rechorduroys and Coupons.

Kingston Night Market at Kingston Waterfront: Pop-up festival with art, wares, music, food, and more.

Saturday July 16

Art on Lark: Music, art, food and more.

Summer UnderCover Show at The Low Beat and Pauly’s: The annual cover show. Not to be missed.

Polly: Head Games at The Hangar: Dance party. Starting early.

Scandinavian Saturday at SMCo.: Get your rare coffee game going.

Thoreau Hike on Bellow’s Pipe: Get closer to Thoreau with an 11-mile hike.

Pokestop Tour in Saratoga Spa State Park: Catch them all, yo.

Mad Laughs at Madison Theater: Improv and comedy show.

The Feelies at BSP Kingston: Alt rock.

Okkervil River at Helsinki Hudson: Alt/folk rock.

Marissa Nadler, Wrekmeister Harmonies, and Muscle and Marrow at The Half Moon: Dreamy/alt/dark jams.

Sunday July 17

Summer Festival at Indian Ladder: 100th anniversary party and the grand opening of Indian Ladder Farmstead Brewery and Cidery.

Community Farm Day at Soul Fire Farm: Work the land, enjoy some food and conversation.

Wildflower Walk at Huyck Preserve: Improve your flower identification game.

Intronaut, Entheos, Moon Tooth, The Final Sleep, and Skeptic at Trickshots: Metal show.

All weekend

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.