Weekend Roundup

So much going on. So little time. Here are some suggestions for the upcoming weekend, if ya need ’em:

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1
The George Boone Blues Band @ the Van Dyck, Schenectady
“Capital Region’s Got Talent” @ Revolution Hall, Troy (FREE)
Paco Pena @ The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy
Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers @ The Egg, Albany
Skillet @ the Washington Avenue Armory, Albany

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2
Ramblin Jug Stompers CD release party @ The Linda, Albany
First Friday arts walk @ various locations, Albany (FREE)
Home Video @ Jason’s Upstairs Bar, Hudson
Ghostface Killah @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
Beppe Gambetta @ Old Songs, Voorheesville
Jerry Seinfeld @ the Palace Theatre, Albany
They Might Be Giants @ The Egg, Albany (also Saturday)
Patty Larkin and Lucy Kaplansky @ The Eighth Step, Schenectady
Mark Tolstrup & Dale Haskell CD release party @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3
Hudson Arts Walk, various location, Hudson (FREE)
“A Taste of Madison” with the Ashley Pond Band, the Red Haired Strangers, more @ Madison Ave., Albany (FREE)
Richard Lainhart, Mary Jane Leach, more @ the Brick Elephant, Valley Falls
The Harvest Festival @ Berkshire Botanical Gardens, Stockbridge, Mass.
Solid Smoke @ the Ale House, Troy
Native American Festival @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs (also Sunday)
Mother Fletcher CD release party @ Jason’s Upstairs Bar, Hudson
Leah Siegel @ MASS MoCA, North Adams, Mass.
Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain @ The Egg, Albany
Richie Havens with Meg Hutchinson @ the Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, Mass.
King Wilkie and the M Shanghai String Band @ The Linda, Albany
The Viking CD release party @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
Jared Funari CD release party @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
Tern Rounders‘ Moonlight Jamboree @ the Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes
Jordan, Monster Machismo, Zona Mexicana and Beware! The Other Head of Science @ Ground Zero at RPI, Troy

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4
The Brian Patneaude Quartet @ Justin’s, Albany
Peter Rowan and Tony Rice with Tony Trischka @ The Egg, Albany
Brad Vickers & His Vestopolitans @ Alchemy, Woodstock
Dinosaur Jr. with Lou Barlow & the Missingmen @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park