Quality events for this weekend
Friday October 20
Ulrika Spacek, Holy Wave, Sun Natives at No Fun: Indie/fuzz/post-punk.
Codefendants at Empire Underground: Fat Mike from NOFX’s genre-fluid music collective.
Les Claypool at The Palace: Funk-metal.
Goodies at City Beer Hall: 2000s hip-hop night.
Saturday October 21
1UpState at Albany Capital Center: Video game development expo.
Constant Smiles, Sky Furrows, p.g. Six at No Fun: Post-punk/darkwave/psych.
Evil Empire, Hard Luck Souls, Dance Cancer at Empire Underground: RATM tribute.
Estatic Dance at NWR: Dance party with DJ Denada & DJ Choddy after the Albany Mystics Fair.
K-pop night at Fuze Box: Halloween edition.
Damn Tall Buildings at The Linda: Bluegrass.
Wet Hop Harvest Festival at Indian Ladder Farms: Food, music, and beer.
The Furious Bongos play Zappa at The Linda: Zappa tribute.
Deep Dark Beats at Whiskey Pickle: Techno/tech house/deep tech.
Sunday October 22
Suicide Silence, Chelsea Grin, I Am, Peeling Flesh at Empire Live: Deathcore.
Queen Size Swap at The Hangar on the Hudson: Plus positive clothing swap.
Mike Trash from The Erotics at Fuze Box: Remembering Jamie Hill.
All weekend
Classes at Honest Weight Food Co-Op: Free and low-cost community classes, events, and services.
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.
Movies at Madison Theater: Albany’s only dine-in theater showing first-run films.
Take a Hike: You live in an amazing area for hiking. Touch grass!
Farmer’s Markets: Troy, Delmar, and Saratoga on Saturday, and Schenectady, Colonie, and Saratoga on Sunday.
Did I miss something? Please let me know!
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