Quality events for this weekend

Friday July 27

Troy Night Out: Arts, music, food, drinks and more around Troy.

Coffee & Cream at SMCo.: : Ice cream floats & affogatos for all.

Dark Honey, Summer Legs, Viewpoints, Girl Blue at Chrome: Pop/indie/emo/alt/rock.

Long Con, Sun Flo’er, DB Cooper at Pauly’s: Grind/hardcore.

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

Saturday July 28

Dope Jams Open-Air Party in the Catskills: Fourth annual.

Polly Float at Post Contemporary Woodside: Dance party raising money for a worthy cause.

Mordwolf, GirthControl, 9VotesShort at The Low Beat: Rock/punk/metal.

Hungry Jack, LAD, Forest Park at Pauly’s: Metal/rock.

Throwback Dance Party at Fuze: Best of the 80s, 90s, and 00s.

Sunday July 29

Lame, But Pyrite, Your Brain on Drugs at The Low Beat: Punk/garage/hardcore.

The Thirds, Ignis, stillwaterspecs at Pauly’s: Indie/punk/folk.

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 movies at a small centrally located theater.

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