Quality events for this weekend
Friday October 14
Troyasia Night Market at 4th St: Downtown Troy’s Asian night market.
Night of the Living Dead at Madison Theater: With opening lecture from David Schmid.
Fusion at Albany Barn: Anti-gala to celebrate art and industry.
Candlelight Walking Tours in Schenectady: Check out the Stockade after dark.
Jouska, The Spirit of Violence, Lake Pleasant at The Low Beat: Gaze/rock/alt.
The Grape and The Grain with Stellar Young at BSP: Early bird album release show.
Big Mean Sound Machine at The Hollow: Afro-beat/funk party.
Beetlelesque at The Hangar: A Burlesque tribute to Beetlejuice.
Saturday October 15
Fall Foliage Festival at Saratoga & North Creek Railway: Train ride through the foliage to their fall festival.
NEDA Walk at Colonie Town Park: A walk in support of mental health.
Drink Albany in Quackenbush Square: Yet another excuse to drink!
The Fleshtones and Off The Record at The Hangar: Album release party.
Pennywise at Upstate Concert Hall: Punk it up.
Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn at The Sanctuary for Independent Media: “engaged conversation about the world, this historical (or hysterical) moment”.
Long Live The Goat, Charmboy, Hammer Hawk at Pauly’s: Alt/indie/rock.
Zach Sherwin at Proctors: Part of the Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show series.
Benjamin Clementine at MASS MoCA: “London-based singer-poet, pianist, and composer”.
Sunday October 16
Fall Foliage Festival at Saratoga & North Creek Railway: Train ride through the foliage to their fall festival.
Fall Foliage Festival at Mabee Farm: It’s fall.
Blue October and Danny Malone at Upstate Concert Hall: Alt-rock.
Still Corners and Elijah at BSP: Dream/synth/indie/pop.
Full Moon Night Hike at Hyuck Preserve: Check out the trail after dusk.
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.
