Quality events for this weekend

Friday May 19

TGIF Yoga at Heartspace: Community class, In both Albany and Troy.

ill.Gates, Levitation Jones, Evac Protocol at River St Pub: Part of the Raging on the River series.

Sean Rowe at The Hangar: Sold out.

Kimono Dragons, Rechorduroys at Dinosaur BBQ: Surf/alt rock.

Cretin Hop at Fuze: Rock and roll/punk/new wave dance party.

Saturday May 20

Smorgasburg Upstate at the Hutton Brickyards: Opening weekend.

Freedom Fest at Upstate Concert Hall: Featuring Ramallah (Playing Blood For Blood Classics), Terror, 100 Demons, All Out War, Death Before Dishonor, Rude Awakening, Gods Hate, Concrete, Laid 2 Rest, Purgatory, Jagged Visions, and Zero Hour.

Michael Bisio Accortet at The Sanctuary for Independent Media: Celebrating 30+ years.

Real Estate at BSP: With Pelican Movement.

Emo Night at Fuze Box: Scream sing all those songs you used to be embarassed about loving.

Sunday May 21

Smorgasburg Upstate at the Hutton Brickyards: Opening weekend.

Iron Chic, After The Fall, Mikey Erg, Sink or Swim at Pauly’s: Punk/pop/etc.

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.