Weekend Roundup

There’s holiday music in the air. And plenty of other great music, too. Come on out, and check in out. Here are some of our recommendations:

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18
Ramblin Jug Stompers @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
John Pizzarelli @ the Maihaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Mass.
Blue Factory @ Tess’ Lark Tavern, Albany
The Lee Shaw Trio @ the Stockade Inn, Schenectady (FREE)
Matt Durfee, Black Mounatin Symphony @ the Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes (FREE)
The McKrells @ the Parting Glass, Saratoga Springs
Blackcat Elliot, the Blisterz, the Statues of Liberty, the Velmas @ Savannah’s, Albany
Happy Traum, John Sebastian, Larry Campbell, Amy Helm, more @ the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19
Railbird, Sean Rowe, Amanda Rogers @ the Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes
My Fair Planet @ the Blue Water Bistro, Coxsackie
The Zucchini Brothers @ The Egg, Albany
Michael Jerling @ the Jonesville Store, Clifton Park (FREE)
Donna the Buffalo @ the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock
Magpie, Kim & Reggie Harris @ the Eighth Step @ Proctors, Schenectady
Eileen Ivers @ the Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, Mass.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20
The Burns Sisters @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
The McKrells @ the Spa Little Theatre, Saratoga Springs
The Brian Patneaude Quartet @ Justin’s, Albany