Quality events for this weekend
Friday April 20
Body Shine Vol. 24 at Fuze: All night dance party.
Eastbound Jesus, The Mallett Brothers at Putnam Place: With Phish drummer Jon Fishman joining Mallett Brothers.
Wandering Oak, Forever Autumn, Bellower, The Crimson Edge at Pauly’s: Black metal/folk/doom.
Trumaster at Lost & Found: All Pharrell night.
Pop Culture Provocateurs at Fuze: Burlesque show.
TGIF Yoga at Heartspace: Community class, In both Albany and Troy.
Saturday April 21
Record Store Day at Pint Sized: Celebrating RSD with Dogfish & Fuzz Records.
The Messthetics, SAVAK, 100andzero at BSP: Experimental/jazz/punk.
Actor|Observer, D.B. Cooper, Lemon of Choice at Pauly’s Hotel: Hardcore/punk.
The Mountain Goats at Upstate Concert Hall: Indie/folk.
POLLYDeepThaw at The Church: Dance party, featuring a benefit for North Troy’s Black Diamond Dancers.
Sunday April 22
They Might Be Giants at The Egg: All ages show.
Bully, LVL UP, Shellshag, Swither at The Linda: Presented by WCDB.
Project/Object at Cohoes Music Hall: Zappa tribute.
Tru Plays Savoy: Sunday night jams.
All weekend
Art Omi: The sculpture fields are awesome.
Day trip to MASS MoCA: Pretty drive and a great museum.
Olana State Historic Site in Hudson: Rotating weekly programs and a landscape to get lost in.
The NYS Museum: Bunch of great exhibits and it’s right in your backyard.
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.