Quality events for this weekend
Friday May 5
Grawlixes, Unknown Liberty, the Microbes, Mirrored Hell at No Fun: Hardcore/punk.
Joe P at Empire Underground: Indie/alternative.
Christopher Tignor, Earthen Sea, Connor Armbruster at Avalon Lounge: Experimental.
Start Making Sense at Putnam Place: The Talking Heads tribute. With Atlassian.
Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light at Lark Hall: Bluegrass/Americana.
Bootleg Karaoke at Pint Sized: Anything on Youtube is fair game.
Saturday May 6
The Vintage Roundup at 946 Broadway: 50+ vintage and antique vendors.
Planetarium Party at No Fun: Taurus Szn dance party. Featuring DJ Trumastr.
Botanica at Half Moon Hudson: With M.Geddes Gengras, Tall Matt, Ephraim Asili.
Party101 at Empire Live: Throwback jams.
Primal Disco at Avalon Lounge: With DJ Neva, Michael V, and Scotia.
Skate Meetup at Endure Skatepark: All ages event.
Afrobeat Night at Lark Hall: With Baba Yako, Kofiama and DJ Obie1.
Girl Blue, Reese Fulmer & the Carriage House Band, Jimi W at The Hangar on the Hudson: Indie/pop.
Sunday May 7
Extinction AD, Goblet, Breathless By Dawn, Mira, x5x1x8x at Empire Underground: Metal/hardcore.
All weekend
Classes at Honest Weight Food Co-Op: Free and low-cost community classes, events, and services.
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.
Movies at Madison Theater: Albany’s only dine-in theater showing first-run films.
Farmer’s Markets: Troy, Delmar, and Saratoga on Saturday, and Schenectady and Saratoga on Sunday.
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