Quality events for this weekend

Friday August 17

Body Shine at Fuze Box: All night dance party.

TGIF Yoga at Heartspace: Community class, In both Albany and Troy.

Kevin Downey Jr from America’s Got Talent at The Comedy Works: Shows all weekend long.

Drag Me To The Disco at The Bradley: Drag show and silent disco.

Kimono Dragons, Tsunamibots, Surfer R Cool at Pauly’s Hotel: An evening of surf rock.

Pop Culture Provocateurs’ Burlesque Revue at Fuze Box: Burlesque show.

Saturday August 18

Palace Theatre Community Block Party: Food trucks, vendors, music, and more.

Homebrew Competition at Fort Orange Brewing: See how your homebrew stacks up.

Albany Brawl Stars vs Worcester Roller Derby at Albany Cap Center: Roller derby bout.

The F.U.’s, Male Patterns, Human Ignorance at Pauly’s: Hardcore/punk.

A Little Help From Our Friends 2 at Fuze Box: Rave for a good cause.

Sunday August 19

Really Really Free Market #5 at Albany Social Justice Center: Everything is free!

The Purple Punktuation at The Low Beat: Rap show.

Green Knuckle Material, RICH 81, High Fashion Normalize at Paulys: Rock/reggae/rap.

3 The Hard Way at Savoy: Three DJs, $3 beers.

All weekend

Altamont Fair: Nothing more summer than a fair.

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.

Farmer’s Markets: Troy, Delmar, and Saratoga on Saturday, and Schenectady and Saratoga on Sunday.