Quality events for this weekend
Friday January 05
TGIF Yoga at Heartspace: Community class, In both Albany and Troy.
First Friday Albany: Arts, culture, music, food, and more all around Albany.’
Flying Rob & Friends at Savoy: Folk/rock/blues.
SoDown, Wax Future, DJ Reddi at Parish Public House: Electronic/funk.
Planned Parenthood Benefit Concert at The Low Beat: Featuring A Judgmental Swarm Of Bees, Odd Body, NPK, Lost Giant, and more.
Exhumanity Presents: Miauhaus VI at Fuze: Goth night!
Josh Gondelman at Comedy Works Saratoga: Stand up.
Saturday January 06
Enjoy Troy Day Ceremony & Party at River Street Pub: Featuring performances by Kenny Hohman & Lori Friday of Super 400.
Anders Parker & Cloud Badge, Two Dark Birds, Wygalator at BSP: Folk/rock/alt.
Beethoven’s Fifth at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall: Play the hits!
Hazytones, Yoma, Greasefire, Grimer at The Low Beat: Rock/post-rock/etc.
Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band at The Egg: Jazz/blues/rock and roll.
Sink or Swim, Feral Meryl, Mike Moak at Pauly’s: Acoustic/pop/punk.
Josh Gondelman at Comedy Works Saratoga: Stand up.
Sunday January 07
Black Label Society at Upstate Concert Hall: Shred metal.
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, independent movies at a small centrally located theater.
Farmer’s Markets: Troy, Delmar, and Saratoga on Saturday, and Schenectady and Saratoga on Sunday.