Bad Religion make a stop at Empire Live in downtown Albany on Wednesday, October 25th.
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Catch Fat Mike’s new project Codefendants live in concert at Empire Underground in downtown Albany on Friday, October 20th.
PearlPalooza feat. Fishbone
Downtown Albany
Remarkable Liquids presents PearlPalooza, downtown Albany’s highly-anticipated, FREE, all-ages music festival, returns to N Pearl Street for its 14th year on Saturday, September 16 from 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM. Co-hosted by WEQX, The Downtown Albany Business Improvement District, and Sugar Productions, the event features a day of musical performances that are free and open to the public, as well as MVP Health Care Presents YogaPalooza 2023 mass yoga gathering, and high-quality local vendors – all just steps away from some of downtown Albany’s finest dining, retail, and entertainment establishments.
VENDOR APPLICATIONS DUE AUGUST 30! | PearlPalooza Vendor Application 2023
Vending at PearlPalooza is an opportunity to sell your food, merchandise, or services, and promote your company or cause in front of thousands of attendees. Please fill out the application form at the link above by the deadline to be considered. Applications must be received by August 30, 2023.
You may also download a PDF version of the application here: Printable Application. Completed physical applications may be mailed or dropped off to Downtown Albany BID, 21 Lodge Street | 1st Floor, Albany, NY, 12207.
PEARLPALOOZA 2023 SCHEDULE:
MVP Health Care presents YogaPalooza | 11:00 AM-Noon | Register here
Remarkable Liquids presents PearlPalooza (Noon-7:00PM) schedule:
- Noon | Sly Fox & The Hustlers
- 1:30 PM | The Rob Beaulieu Band
- 3:00 PM | B Chaps
- 4:15 PM | ALEXSUCKS (Dave Gutter had a scheduling conflict)
- 6:00 PM | Fishbone
LIST OF VENDORS COMING SOON!
$5 parking available at ParkAlbany‘s Riverfront, Quackenbush, and Green-Hudson Garages.
Event-related road closures and parking restrictions coming soon.
GROUND RULES: no outside alcoholic beverages, glass containers, dogs or pets (with the exception of ADA-certified service animals), recording of performances, please. Security personnel have the right to inspect any bags brought onto the premises.
Please do not attend the event if you have tested positive or display any symptoms of COVID-19, or if you have been in close contact with anyone that has tested positive in the past 5 days. COVID-19 is still a risk and attendees acknowledge that they are responsible for their own safety at the event.
Architrave ***POSTPONED***
Due to an illness in the band this show has been postponed
until further notice. In Architrave’s place will be the incredibly
talented Mike McMann The Guitar Man!
Join us at Village Garage Distillery every Wednesday
for free live music from the best local musicians!
Wednesday, August 23rd it’s Upstate NY synth-pop duo
Architrave. Architrave fuse electronic beats, new-wave roots,
warm vocals and compelling songwriting. Their sound has
recently drawn comparisons to Beach House, Grace Jones,
Laurie Anderson, New Order, Cocteau Twins, and Everything But The Girl.”
The Wailers
The legendary Wailers make their way up to Stratton Mountain to play their Labor Day Weekend Celebration on Saturday, September 2nd.
Happy Fits w/s/g Windser + Hot Freaks
Happy Fits, along with special guests Windser and Hot Freaks, make their way to the basement stage at Empire Underground in downtown Albany on Wednesday, September 20th.
Sir Chloe
On Thursday, September 7th, Sir Chloe stops by the basement stage at Empire Underground in downtown Albany for an evening of music.
Say She She
Don’t miss trio Say She She as they make their way to Lark Hall in Center Square Albany for a show on Saturday, October 14th.
Yonder Mountain String Band @ Hops & Harvest Fest ***FREE SHOW***
Due to the forecast this show has been moved indoors
to the Empire State Plaza Convention Center
located at 279 Madison Ave.
Albany, NY 12242
Featuring the Yonder Mountain String Band
With Additional Performances by Sicard Hollow and Bees in the Barn
September 13 | 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm | FREE
Crafted beers & highlights of New York State’s harvest season
Bluegrass music is currently experiencing widespread popularity among mainstream audiences but transforming the vintage sound into music that could gain popular appeal didn’t happen overnight. At 25 years old, Yonder Mountain String Band continues to exist at the forefront of the progressive bluegrass scene as undeniable innovators and pioneers of the modern jamgrass movement. Blending bluegrass with elements of rock, alternative, psychedelic and improvisational music, Yonder Mountain String Band brought their high-energy acoustic sound and light show into rock n’ roll settings with tremendous success, proving it was possible for a bluegrass band to not only exist but excel in a rock world, without drums. The inroads they made created opportunities for like-minded acoustic bands to perform at festivals, rock clubs, theaters and stadiums previously considered off-limits for string bands. Yonder Mountain’s high-energy sound, compelling original music and anything goes attitude cultivated a spirit of collaborative improvisation that continues to fuel today’s progressive bluegrass and jamgrass scenes.
It is a testament to the legacy of Yonder Mountain String Band that their original songs and unique interpretations of covers are regularly performed by next generation bands in the scene.
Yonder Mountain String Band celebrates their quarter century mark with a Grammy Nomination for their 2022 release Get Yourself Outside. Band members Adam Aijala (guitar, vocals), Ben Kaufmann (bass, vocals), Dave Johnston (banjo, vocals) and Nick Piccininni (mandolin, banjo, fiddle, vocals) co-wrote all tracks on the album over zoom sessions when Covid shut down the music touring industry. Yonder Mountain was recently honored with an induction into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame alongside friends and legends Leftover Salmon, Hot Rize, The String Cheese Incident and The Fox Theater (where they played their very first show as a band in 1998). They will celebrate this achievement with an official ceremony this summer.
Rumboat Chili w/ Gas Money Machine
The Little City Cider Co.’s Summer Concert Series continues in Bennington, Vermont on Saturday, August 12th with music from Rumboat Chili and Gas Money Machine.
Phish Flood Recovery Benefit
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Phish will play two special shows at the Broadview Stage at SPAC (Saratoga Performing Arts Center) in Saratoga Springs, New York on August 25 and 26, 2023. The concerts will benefit Vermont and Upstate New York flood recovery efforts. Communities throughout the region were inundated earlier this month with historic levels of rain and major flooding.
A short, one-day ticket request period is currently underway HERE and ends this Wednesday, July 26 at 12 pm (ET). Tickets go on sale to the general public this Saturday, July 29 at 10 am (ET). Travel packages will be available and go on sale on Friday, July 28 at 9 am (ET).
PURCHASE TICKETS TO PHISH FLOOD RECOVERY BENEFIT
A limited number of Foundation tickets will also be available that include a ticket to the show, a private pre-show performance with Phish’s Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell, access to the Foundation Lounge before and throughout the show, and special Foundation poster and merch, in addition to other amenities.
100% of net proceeds from all concert and merchandise sales will be directed to The WaterWheel Foundation’s 2023 Flood Recovery Fund, which will support the many victims and their families, area businesses, and non-profits. The Recovery Fund will support both shorter-term needs and long-term recovery and resiliency projects.
Created by Phish in 1997 to oversee the band’s various charitable activities, The Waterwheel Foundation has been harnessing the kindness of the Phish fan community to create positive change for over 25 years.
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Phish Flood Recovery Benefit
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Phish will play two special shows at the Broadview Stage at SPAC (Saratoga Performing Arts Center) in Saratoga Springs, New York on August 25 and 26, 2023. The concerts will benefit Vermont and Upstate New York flood recovery efforts. Communities throughout the region were inundated earlier this month with historic levels of rain and major flooding.
A short, one-day ticket request period is currently underway HERE and ends this Wednesday, July 26 at 12 pm (ET). Tickets go on sale to the general public this Saturday, July 29 at 10 am (ET). Travel packages will be available and go on sale on Friday, July 28 at 9 am (ET).
PURCHASE TICKETS TO PHISH FLOOD RECOVERY BENEFIT
A limited number of Foundation tickets will also be available that include a ticket to the show, a private pre-show performance with Phish’s Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell, access to the Foundation Lounge before and throughout the show, and special Foundation poster and merch, in addition to other amenities.
100% of net proceeds from all concert and merchandise sales will be directed to The WaterWheel Foundation’s 2023 Flood Recovery Fund, which will support the many victims and their families, area businesses, and non-profits. The Recovery Fund will support both shorter-term needs and long-term recovery and resiliency projects.
Created by Phish in 1997 to oversee the band’s various charitable activities, The Waterwheel Foundation has been harnessing the kindness of the Phish fan community to create positive change for over 25 years.
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tu:NER – King Crimson & Stick Men members Trey Gunn, Pat Mastelotto, & Markus Reuter
tu:NER, in its most recent incarnation, is a musical trio comprised of Trey Gunn, Markus Reuter, and Pat Mastelotto, that celebrates the music of the Double Duo era (1998 to 2003) of King Crimson, and the bands TU (Mastelotto and Gunn), KTU (Mastelotto, Gunn, and accordionist Kimmo Pohjonnen), TUNER (Mastelotto and Reuter), TUNISIA (Mastelotto and thereminist Pamelia Stickney), The ProjeKcts (featuring Gunn and Mastelotto as well as other KC members) and Stick Men (Mastelotto, Reuter and King Crimson’s stickist Tony Levin).
Catch all three at The Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls on Thursday, August 17th.
Professor Louie and The Crowmatix present: The Music of The Band
A special tribute to The Band with Professor Louie & The Crowmatix and featuring The Woodstock Horns. Professor Louie was a producer and band member of The Band in the 90’s and worked on numerous projects with The Band and their individual projects. Catch them all at The Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls on Friday, July 28th
The Head and the Heart
Don’t miss The Head and the Heart along with special guests Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors at The Egg in downtown Albany on Thursday, November 2nd.
Barns Courtney
Catch Barns Courtney when he makes a stop at Empire Live in downtown Albany on Saturday, October 14th.
Squeeze & Psychedelic Furs
Get to The Egg in downtown Albany on Thursday, September 7th for a co-headlining show with Squeeze and The Psychedelic Furs.
Vermont Flood Relief Concert feat. Saints & Liars
WE THANK OUR FIRST RESPONDERS (Londonderry, S. Londonderry, Peru, Landgrove, Weston) fire departments and Rescue Squad. They’ve worked tirelessly through the flood and cleanup, they’ve lost hydrants and need to rebuild. Now it’s time to give back.
DOORS @ 4:30PM
LIVE MUSIC INCLUDING
SAINTS & LIARS
PETE BERNHARD (The Devil Makes 3)
REED FOEHL
ERIN CASSELLS-BROWN
PETE BERNHARD (The Devil Makes 3)
REED FOEHL
ERIN CASSELLS-BROWN
special guests:
MELANIE ALANNA GLENN (Upstate)
IDA MAE SPECKER
IDA MAE SPECKER
AMAZING FOOD DONATED AND SERVED FROM
TAQUERIA EL CHEPE
NEW AMERICAN GRILL
HONEYPIE
NEW AMERICAN GRILL
HONEYPIE
Parking Map:
Red circles are bus stops. The large bus can stop in the plaza and the smaller bus can go down North Main Street to the Mill parking lot to turn around. Drop off at the park can be at Pingree Park Lane rather than in the park. Buses can circle back down to town using Landgrove road and Route 11.
Yellow areas are available for parking. There will be a volunteer in each of those areas until they fill up.
WEQX RAFFLE!
50/50
Donation Buckets!
Raffle Prizes-
$20/ arms length of tickets
$500 worth of advertising on EQX
Autographed Vinyl from–
Grace Potter, Deer Tick, Whitney, The 1975, The Struts, Silversun Pickups, Cage The Elephant, Foals, Cold War Kids, boygenius, and Beck!
Autographed drum heads from The Record Company
Autographed poster from Phish framed by Jenner Custom Framing
Concert Tickets–
ADK Fest, Les Claypool, Bully, Slothrust, Colony House, Of Montreal
1 Hour Private or group yoga class with Lela Hughes
Powder Jet Snowboard
Burton Snowboard
Burton Mine 77 Bag
Line Ski Twin Tips
Gift certificate to Phil’s Barber Shop
Jamaica Cottage Shop care package with a pair of tickets to Green Mountain Bluegrass Festival in Manchester, VT
2 free cleanings at Green Mountain Guns
Artwork from Townshend artist Kathy Cronin
$100 Orvis gift card
Round of golf for four at Equinox
Handmade canoe paddle by Cliff Desmarais
A pair of tickets to Tre’ Burt at Billsville House Concerts
Skida Snow Tour Neck Gator
$500 worth of lilacs and hydrangeas from Glebe Mountain Gardens
1/2” impact drill from RK Miles
5 @ $50 gas cards at Rawsonville Market
ALL PARKING WILL BE IN THE LONDONDERRY PLAZA WITH BUS RIDES TO THE PARK
HANDICAP PARKING IN THE PARK
Let’s raise some money and enjoy a fun night for EVERYONE!
Vermont Flood Relief concert feat. Gubbulidis
Advance ticket sales have ended – walk up tickets will be available this evening.
The plan is to start the show with Sam Luke Solo inside The Black Line Tavern
and then move the show outside for Gubbulidis! (weather permitting)
“Bands and Beats Give Back” presents an evening of music at Magic Mountain to raise funds for our local mountain communities and individual businesses and homeowners dealing with the effects of flooding–all of whom are not covered by insurance . All ticket proceeds will go to the Stratton Foundations Flood Relief for Londonderry and other mountain towns, to aid our local southern Vermont small businesses and homeowners adversely impacted by flooding. Tickets are just $20 online, $25 at the gate, so be sure to buy tickets online at least a day ahead. There will also be 50/50 raffle for one lucky winner and many other raffle winners for tons of great prizes we are collecting from local restaurants and businesses, including season passes to Magic, Bromley and Stratton; rounds of golf at Manchester Country Club, Equinox Golf Club and Stratton, and much more to raise additional funds (see below list of raffle donors)–so please come to the show and purchase raffle tickets! Raffle drawings will happen throughout the show. The headliners are the duo of Mihali Savoulidis and Zdenek Gubb (“GUBBULIDIS”) of Twiddle. DJ Joe Bell will spin tunes before and after the GUBBULIDIS set, plus Sam Luke Solo plays starting at 6pm. Joe Bell and all the musicians are donating their performances to the effort and we thank them! August 4th from 6-11pm–gates open at 5pm! (If you can’t make the show but want to support flood relief, please direct a donation to Stratton Community Foundation or Neighborhood Connections in Londonderry and note that your donation should go to mountain towns most affected by the floods in southern Vermont, such as Londonderry and Weston among others.
It will be an uplifting evening of music and support for the community! A time to relax and enjoy great music and each other’s company as we all continue the work of getting our small businesses, homes and towns back together. Children 10 and under are free. It’s a rain or shine event on the deck of the Black Line Tavern and the surrounding hill side, so bring an umbrella or rain gear if there are chances for rain. Food will be served out of “to go” windows at base lodge, near the tent and inside the tavern out of the Base Camp windows. There will be a bar on the deck as well serving draft beer, wine and seltzers in addition to the Tavern being open. Picnic tables will be up by the Black Quad Chair and under the tent. The hillside can be used for seating with the deck as SRO, no tables to accommodate the crowd and dancing. Port-a-Potties will be available around the lodge. No outside coolers, alcohol or food are allowed to be brought into the event on Magic property. No dogs for the event as well. Parking will be in lots A and B. Do not park in either adjacent condo or inn properties. Be careful on access road as deep ditches along sides of roadways remain from the flood, so use caution. Thank you for your support!
We’d like to thank Bromley Mountain and Stratton Community Foundation for partnering with us in putting on this Benefit Concert and directing fundraising to those most in need here locally.
Thank you to our honor roll of Raffle Partner Donations from our local establishments worth thousands of dollars!
Magic Mountain (Season Pass), Bromley Mountain (Season Pass), Manchester Country Club (foursome round of golf), Equinox Golf Club (2 twosome rounds of golf), Dorset Field Club (foursome of golf), Roundhouse ($50 gift certificate), Mulligan’s (3 $50 gift certificates) in Manchester. Manchester Designer Outlets, Past Time Pinball, Mountain Goat, Orvis, Haigs, Stratton Mountain Resort (season pass and a foursome round of golf), Coco Goose (2 $100 gift cards), New American Grill, Gringo Jack’s (dinner for two)…more to come!
Music of the Knights – Celebrating the works of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Elton John, & Sir Paul McCartney
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Elton John, and Sir Paul McCartney, each knighted by the Queen of England, are three of the world’s most successful songwriters. Performed by a cast of New York’s top Broadway/cabaret vocalists and the region’s most talented classical musicians, the Music of the Knights honors the lasting musical influence of these legends. Music of the Knights will have an orchestral accompaniment with Joana Genova and Taconic Music. See the whole show at SVAC in Manchester, Vermont on Friday, September 1st.
