Quality events for this weekend

Friday December 02

First Friday: Art, culture, music.

A$AP Ferg at the Upstate Concert Hall: With Playboy Carti and Rob Stone.

Burnt Hills, Beta Males, Girls of Porn at The Low Beat: Psych/rock.

Lola Kirke, Wyndham, Lilah Larson at The Half Moon: Rock/folk.

Exhuman Cold Dark Matter at Fuze: Goth night!

Saturday December 03

SMCo Holiday Sip + Shop: Check out the wares and drink some Abracadabra Coffee.

Yes! w/ Joe Hall, Cheryl Quimba, Carl Skoggard, Canyons at Opalka: Poetry.

Body Shine Vol. 8 at Fuze: Proper dance party.

Botanica with DJ Ephraim Asili at The Half Moon: Funk/disco/reggae.

Winter Craft Market in Hudson: A Hudson River Exchange X Etsy event. Get some shopping done.

Sunday December 04

Victorian Stroll in Troy: The 34th annual.

2×4, Concrete, All For Revenge, Deadbeat at Fuze Box: Metal/hardcore.

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.