On Saturday, February 23, Brown’s Brewing Company celebrates its 26th anniversary in style with a party in Revolution Hall featuring performances by Eastbound Jesus and The Mallett Brothers Band. Doors open at 7 pm and music start around 8 pm. Tickets required. Cheers to independent craft beer, live music, and our great city of Troy, NY!

Join EQX on January 25th from 7 PM-9 PM as Jeff broadcasts live from King Neptune’s Ice Lounge! Warm up with Neptune’s signature winter cocktails, check out the ice sculptures and enter to win some great prizes including an overnight stay at The Holiday Inn Resort Lake George!

Stick around for the show! At 9:00 PM, Wild Adriatic presents Multipede for a FREE show!

Join Jeff and EQX on Friday, January 25th for a live broadcast from 4 PM-6 PM! We’ll be kicking off the start of the Funky Ice Festival at Adirondack Pub and Brewery, 33 Canada Street, Lake George NY 12845.

Get funky with EQX! Enter to win some great prizes, including an overnight stay at The Holiday Inn Resort, Lake George!

Saratoga’s Annual Chowderfest is one of the area’s most highly anticipated events of the year. Family-friendly, fun and utterly delicious, Chowderfest features more than 80 vendors—including Saratoga County’s best restaurants and caterers—who open their doors to the public and serve hot bowls of chowder to event goers.

Jeff will be broadcasting live from 11am-4pm in downtown Saratoga.

No tickets necessary! Taste different chowders for a $1 a cup (3 oz. serving)

Here’s how it works:
Pick up a ballot form at any participating establishment. Vote for your favorite online at www.DiscoverSaratoga.org/Vote, all voting ends at 5 PM OR vote on the ballot and drop it off at Saratoga Springs Heritage Area Visitor Center or the gallery at the The Saratoga Hilton.

Votes are tallied into 7 award categories.
See if your favorite was one of the winners by attending the Awards Ceremony, Saratoga Springs Heritage Area Visitor Center Center at 6:30 PM

Parking and transportation
No need to worry about parking. FREE shuttles will be available from Saratoga Casino Hotel and Wilton Mall. If you’d prefer to drive, check out this helpful guide to parking in downtown Saratoga Springs.

If you’d like to participate in or sponsor Chowderfest, contact Connie or call 518-584-1531.

More information to come! Learn more here: https://www.discoversaratoga.org/chowderfest/

Saratoga Chowderfest is presented by Discover Saratoga NY and DeCrescente Distributing Company

Sponsored by:
Saratoga Spring Water
Saratoga Springs City Center
Westminster Bakers
Adirondack Trust Company
Leaf Filter Gutter Protection
Saratoga Casino
Clipper Magazine
Stewart’s Shops
Wilton Mall
Residence Inn by Marriott Saratoga Springs
Saratoga TODAY Newspaper
Lia Nissan of Saratoga
Courtyard by Marriott Saratoga Springs
Amsterdam Printing
Impressions of Saratoga
M&M Digital Printing, LLC
The Hyde Collection

Grab your friends, your dance shoes, and get ready to pop the champagne because we’re going to bring the New Year in strong! Your ticket will grant you access to a fun night alongside some of the best music, food, and entertainment.

General Tickets Include:

4 Hour Open Bar
Passed hors d’oeuvres
Complimentary Glass of Champagne for Midnight Toast
Music provided by DJ John Jamz
NYE Party Favors

Fresh, fragrant wreathes and centerpieces, Treasure Chest and Serendipity- 6 large rooms of gently used items including jewelry, toys, tools, books, music, kitchen items, furniture, – homemade bake sale, silent auction, hand made pet toys, beds, and bird seed wreathes, Homemade soup and dessert Friday night and luncheon on Saturday. All proceeds go to support the charitable work that Second Congregational Church does in the community.

2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the legendary cult classic, The Big Lebowski. Join us for a ‘far out’ night of tunes, lanes & nostalgia, as That Feeling When (Brooklyn’s ultimate throwback band) performs the hits and deep cuts from The Big Lebowski soundtrack at Jupiter Hall.

Come dine like an 18th century guest….. That’s right no lights, just the flicker of candlelight, the glow of oil lamps, the roar of the fireplace, classical music, great conversation, great food and drink, all for the benefit of the Manchester Dog Park. Come join us! Reservations strongly suggested, please call 802-362-0611.

You are cordially invited to our 2018 Holiday Party, Saturday December 8th from 7pm to midnight. There will be live glass blowing, and music from the fabulous Hasty Page. We will have free refreshments, and admission is also FREE. This year we will have a special twist, 42° is having a glass blowing competition the week preceding the party. We will be asking our patrons to vote for the winner at the party, the prize is $2500, so there is a lot on the line. I will have more details on what we are calling the “ADK Throw Down” soon. Hope to see you there!

Downtown Glens Falls retailer 42 Degrees presents a brand-new glass pipe blowing competition called ADK Throwdown, set for Monday to Friday, December 3 to 7, 2018.

Each day, two glass artists will be creating new work in the 42 Degrees studio at 23 Park Street. Visitors are invited to watch the artists in action during the day at no charge.

The tournament ends with an awards ceremony and presentation of the grand prize of $2,500 to the winner during 42 Degrees’ Annual Holiday Party on Saturday, December 8, from 7 p.m. to midnight. The Holiday Party will also feature live glass blowing, live music by Hasty Page, and refreshments. Admission is free.

Participating Downtown businesses will offer a special or discount to ADK Throwdown attendees. Visitors can pick up a punch card at 42 Degrees, visit the businesses listed for a stamp, and return their stamped card to be entered into a raffle. The punch card prize is a gift basket featuring items and gift certificates from Downtown Glens Falls businesses valued at $250.

The $2,500 Grand Prize will be chosen based on a combination of factors: Votes via 42 Degrees’ Instagram (www.instagram.com/42degrees.gf), votes cast in person during the December 8 Holiday Party, and votes cast by event organizers.

Downtown Glens Falls retailer 42 Degrees presents a brand-new glass pipe blowing competition called ADK Throwdown, set for Monday to Friday, December 3 to 7, 2018. 

Each day, two glass artists will be creating new work in the 42 Degrees studio at 23 Park Street. Visitors are invited to watch the artists in action during the day at no charge. 

The tournament ends with an awards ceremony and presentation of the grand prize of $2,500 to the winner during 42 Degrees’ Annual Holiday Party on Saturday, December 8, from 7 p.m. to midnight. The Holiday Party will also feature live glass blowing, live music by Hasty Page, and refreshments. Admission is free.

Participating Downtown businesses will offer a special or discount to ADK Throwdown attendees. Visitors can pick up a punch card at 42 Degrees, visit the businesses listed for a stamp, and return their stamped card to be entered into a raffle. The punch card prize is a gift basket featuring items and gift certificates from Downtown Glens Falls businesses valued at $250.

The $2,500 Grand Prize will be chosen based on a combination of factors: Votes via 42 Degrees’ Instagram (www.instagram.com/42degrees.gf), votes cast in person during the December 8 Holiday Party, and votes cast by event organizers.

Join EQX in Downtown Glens Falls for Local Shops and Local Hops celebrating Small Business Saturday on Nov 24th. Starting with Breakfast and Bloody Mary’s at Park 26 inside The Queensbury Hotel for a Jam N Toast live broadcast with Jeff from 9am-11am. Be one of the first 50 people at Fountain Square Outfitters after 11am to receive a free local shops and local hops tote! While there, pick up a map to see where you’ll find great holiday deals and sampling from some of the area’s finest breweries! Stroll around town, find great holiday gifts, have a bite to eat then join us for Happy Hour at Downtown Social from 4pm-6pm. Enjoy live music from Megan Houde and drink specials. Finally, meet us at Mean Max Brew Works for the Local Shops and Local Hops after party with music from Safety Meeting from 7:30 -10:30. Shop Local, Drink Local, Eat Local and Listen Local! EQX will see you in Downtown Glens Falls!

Special thank you to the breweries who are donating their time and product on Small Business Saturday!

Brown”s Brewing Co. 

Champlain Cider

Adirondack Pub and Brewery

Artisanal Brew Works

Common Roots

Mean Max Brew Works

The Queensbury Hotel

Fountain Square Outfitters

Minky Mink

Northeastern Fine Jewelry

Grey Ghost

Raul’s

Downtown Social

Rock Hill Bakehouse Cafe

Rude Betty

The Acupuncture Studio

LARAC

Thank you to the amazing team at Sidekick Creative for the design of our Local Shops and Local Hops Totes, social media graphics and posters!

Enjoy Saratoga’s original Restaurant Week from November 5-11, 2018. Get a 3-Course dinner for just $20 or $30 plus tax & tip at participating Saratoga County restaurants! Start off with your choice of an appetizer or salad, then choose from a menu of delicious entrees, and top it off with a decadent dessert! Some participating restaurants are offering lunch specials for just $10 plus tax & tip. Saratoga Restaurant Week is the perfect time to get out and try new restaurants in the Saratoga County. Reservations are suggested!

Tell them about your Restaurant Week experience for the chance to win $100 worth of gift cards to Saratoga county restaurants!

For more info on resturants, booking hotels, and planning, visit:

discoversaratoga.org/restaurant-week

What started as a fun way to get rid of your pumpkins after Halloween has grown into much more!

What is Pumpkin Chunkin’?

Pumpkin Chunkin’ takes place at Adirondack Pub & Brewery each year on the first Saturday after Halloween. The event has something for the entire family: apple slingshots, pumpkin catapults (B.Y.O.P.), giant slide, bounce house, bonfires, food truck, live entertainment, music, and much more!

How do I get tickets?
There are no tickets! Pumpkin Chunkin is FREE ENTRY

What is B.Y.O.P.?
Bring Your Own Pumpkins! Don’t worry, if you don’t have a pumpkin we will have a bunch available. We will also have a ton of apples to use in the slingshots. Note: the smaller the pumpkin, the easier it is to use in the catapult (and the farther it goes!).

Is the event 21+?
Nope! Bring the kids, there’s tons for everyone to do at Pumpkin Chunkin’!

Do you allow dogs?
Because the event is outside, we will allow well-behaved leashed dogs. Please clean up after your pet and keep a close eye on them, there are flying pumpkins!!

Will you accept credit for beer and food?
Cash only please! Sorry for the inconvenience.

Where can I park?
Free Parking is available in the large Biscotti Brothers/High Peaks Distilling lot at 1 Canada Street.

Questions? Shoot them an email at: g.chanese@adkbrewery.com

THIS IS A 21+ EVENT

Dress in your best lederhosen, Frankenstein costume or both!

Bar Lineup:
Ale House
Wolff’s Biergarten
Ryan’s Wake
Franklin Alley Social Club with music by goldee dust!!!

$30
Tickets Include:
Hot dog & beer specials ~ T-Shirts (until 10/5) ~ Music

Benefits MIB Agents

MIB Agents is a nationwide 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to making it better for kids with osteosarcoma, bone cancer.

Anything that can be pressed…..will be pressed!

Nine Pin Cider is excited to host their 5th annual PRESSING PARTY. Join the Nine Pin crew as they once again press over 100 varieties of Samascott Orchards, Lindsey’s Idyllwood Orchard, and wild foraged apples LIVE into one “MONSTER” cider blend and celebrate all things pressed. This year’s party will also feature the release of the 2017 batch of The Cider Monster!

Nine Pin’s PRESSING PARTY will include hand pressed burgers from Burger 21, french pressed coffee from Electric City Roasters, body presses through massages from Albany Massage, T-Shirt pressing from Compas Life, an apple jug bench press competition sponsored by North Albany’s CrossFit Beyond, pressed quesadillas from Muddaddy Flats, tastings from Albany Distilling Company, pressed donut ice cream sliders from The Dutch Udder Craft Ice Cream, free temporary Nine Pin tattoo presses, pressed candle stacks with Collar City Candle, a pie eating contest where you can press your face into a delicious apple pie, fresh pressed mimosa bar, and more! Winner of the bench press competition (both men and women) will receive a Nine Pin gift basket and a 1 month free membership to Cross Fit Beyond. Winner of the pie eating contest will win an amazing cider gift basket as well.

Throughout the day the apple press will be running, cider will be pouring, and they will have live original music from Jay Maloney 11-1pm, Hunny Slider 1:30-3:30pm, Side Show Willie 4-6pm with 102.7 WEQX – The REAL Alternative doing a LIVE broadcast from 12-2pm.

General Admission tickets in advance are 15$ and at the door are 20$ (include a complimentary glass of cider). Cider Monster Special tickets are 30$ and are only available in advance (includes a complimentary glass of cider and a bottle of Cider Monster 2016 to go). DD tickets are 5$.

Local vendor goods will all be available for purchase at the event.

The Capital Craft Beverage Trail proudly presents the 4th annual Drink Albany, a pop-up New York State craft beverage market and tasting event. Join us on October 5th from 6-9pm on the 4th floor of the New York State Museum for the New York craft beverage experience of the year.

General Admission tickets include a souvenir sample glass and the opportunity to sample the world class libations produced right here in the Capital Region and New York State. In addition, products will be available for purchase by the can, bottle and growler to take home.

Last year’s SOLD OUT so make sure you get your tickets in advance! A limited amount of discounted Early bird tickets will be available until September 21st!

Sip away while enjoying views of the New York’s capital city. The carousel will be running from 6 to 8 pm for complimentary rides as well!

Producers will include:

Albany Distilling Company
Altamont Vineyard and Winery
Artisanal Brew Works
Brown’s Brewing Company
C.H. Evans Brewing Albany Pump Station
Chatham Brewing
Common Roots Brewing Company
Druthers Brewing Company
Fort Orange Brewing
Great Flats Brewing
Indian Ladder Farms Cidery and Brewery
Mad Jack Brewing Company
Nine Pin Cider
Olde York Farm: Distillery & Cooperage
Oligan Distilling
Racing City Brewing Company
Real McCoy Beer Co
Rip Van Winkle Brewing Company
Royal Meadery
S&S Farm Brewery
Shmaltz Brewing Company
The Beer Diviner
Wolf Hollow Brewing Company
Yesfolk Tonics

Other vendors will include:

Casks & Kegs Tours
Collar City Candle
Convergence Craft
Discover Albany
Discover Saratoga NY
The Dutch Udder Craft Ice Cream
fin – your fishmonger
Helderberg Brewery
Drink More Good
Screen Designs Inc.
Hedonic Tonic LLC

Looking forward to this amazing event!!! See you Friday, October 5th!

Over the course of three days, and across EMPAC’s four main venues and public spaces, the 10YEARS celebration will mark a decade since the building’s opening in 2008 by presenting a diverse offering of cross-disciplinary performances spanning music, dance, theater, film, and many experiential spaces in between. Five of these performances have been newly commissioned by EMPAC, were developed over the past year through the artist-in-residence program, and will make their world premiere this weekend.

In addition to the lineup of performances and installations, Saturday’s events will include a research demonstration by the Cognitive and Immersive Systems Laboratory (CISL), a talk on digital archiving strategies by EMPAC Director Johannes Goebel, and an address by Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson preceding Saturday evening’s Ambisonic performance in the Concert Hall.

Mark your calendars for Friday, October 12…Brews and Boos returns for a second year of Craft Beverage Tasting, Live Music and Terrifying Haunted Attractions!

Liberty Ridge Farm presents music from Vermont favorite Saints and Liars with special guests Honey Suckle Vine Band. Doors open at 5:30pm, music begins at 6:30. 2018 featuring 15 cideries, wineries and breweries! Save $5 with presale online tickets now through Oct 10th – Brews & Boos only – $42.

Upgrade your admission with a Combo ticket and receive access to the live music and beverage tasting area along with full access to all 6 Nightmare Attractions and Sideshow! Online combo tickets – $60.

Last year’s event was sold out! Save $5 with online tickets. Gate tickets are on a first come first serve basis, quantities are limited.

Online tickets on sale now through Oct 10th.

This is a 21+ event. No refunds will be given. Admission includes tickets for 8 beverage tastings. This is a Halloween event please expect lines and plan accordingly.

ALL GUESTS ARE REQUIRED TO PRESENT PROPER IDENTIFICATION AT THE GATE. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE AGE 21 OR 121, YOU MUST PRESENT VALID, NON-EXPIRED IDENTIFICATION. THOSE WITH IDENTIFICATION FROM OUTSIDE NEW YORK STATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO PRESENT A SECOND FORM.