Quality events for this weekend
Friday August 25
TGIF Yoga at Heartspace: Community class, In both Albany and Troy.
Troy Night Out: Arts, music, food, drinks and more around Troy.
Garage Bands at APL: Bands in a literal garage. Featuring Front Business and Sun Natives.
Coffee & Cream at SMCo.: Ice cream floats and affogatos.
Zex, Rotten UK, Cinderblock, Executor, Capitle, Neutron Rats, Male Patterns, New Life, Prison, and Mystery Girl at Pauly’s: Loud Punk Records turns 10!
Desolated, Recon, Downswing, Easy Money, Purgatory at Fuze Box: Hardcore show.
Shana Falana, Oshwa, Bye at Half Moon Hudson: Art-pop/alternative/indie.
Huichica East 2017 in Pine Plains: Music, food, and wine mini-festival.
Saturday August 26
Body Shine Sweet 16 at Fuze Box: House/disco/etc dance party.
Arts & Crafts Festival at Mabee Farm: “bringing together the very best of the Capital Region’s handcrafted goods”.
Waterfall Wonders Hike at Mount Greylock: Learn about the waterfalls at Mount Greylock.
Silencio at BSP: A David Lynch tribute party.
Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show: Casey James Salengo:
Casey James Salengo at Proctors: Part of the Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show series.
Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show: Casey James Salengo | Proctors – Schenectady, New York:
The Orange, Slyboots, Kimono Dragons at The Low Beat: Power-pop/rock/surf rock.
The Sea The Sea, Girl Blue at The Hollow: Folk/pop/singer-songwriter.
Huichica East 2017 in Pine Plains: Music, food, and wine mini-festival.
Sunday August 27
Trail Running Festival at Thatcher Park: Offering 5 race distances.
All weekend
Haley Josephs at Basilica Hudson: Opening for artist Haley Josephs.
Dutchess County Fair: Running for over 170 years.
An Evening with Queen White by Martine Syms at EMPAC: Augmented-reality installation.
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.
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.