Weekend Roundup

OK, so you don’t have the gas money to get down to Bonnaroo. And your invitation to the Tony Awards got lost in the mail. Never fear. There’s still plenty of stuff to do and see and hear all around Nippertown this weekend.

Here are a few suggestions:

FRIDAY, JUNE 11
Tift Merritt, Jason Collett @ The Linda, Albany
Playing for Change @ Bearsville Theater, Woodstock
Sugarland, Luke Bryan, Danny Gokey @ SPAC, Saratoga Springs
Thomasina Winslow & MotherJudge with JV & the Cutters @ Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy
The Pine Leaf Boys @ the Gypsy Joynt, Great Barrington
The Tequila Mockingbirds @ Skidmore College’s Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs (Free)
Justin Friello’s CD release party @ Proctors, Schenectady
Jon Shain, the Grandsons @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
Sirsy, Brittany Robichaud & Suite 24 @ Revolution Hall, Troy
Matthew Carefully, Dennis Crommett @ the Basement, Northampton (Free)
Tom McWatters, Stephanie Niles @ Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes
Erin Harkes, Maurizio @ the Judge’s Inn, 254 Broadway, Troy

SATURDAY, JUNE 12
Ill Funk Ensemble’s CD release party @ Savannah’s, Albany
Rhythm on the Ridge Festival featuring Red Haired Strangers, Sweet Cider, Ramblin Jug Stompers, Flood Road Boys, more @ Maple Ski Ridge, Rotterdam (also Sunday)
Cassidy, Erin Harkes @ The Linda, Albany
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles @ Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson
The Reducers, Robot Monster, Graboids @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
“Moonlight Jamboree” with Tern Rounders, Patrick Porter @ Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes (Free)
David Allan Coe, Jonesville, Skeeter Creek @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
Walt Michael & Company @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
Whitman & Pantell @ the Kleinert James Arts Center, Woodstock
Duchess & the Afro Dub Rebels @ Red Square, Albany
Fairview Avenue @ the Arkell Museum, Canajoharie
Knyghts of Fuzz, the Mysteios @ the Judge’s Inn, 254 Broadway, Troy

SUNDAY, JUNE 13
Capital Pride Festival featuring Taylor Dayne, Shannon, Erin Harkes, Vesper, more @ Washington Park, Albany (Free)
The Farewell Drifters @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
The Brian Patneaude Quartet @ Justin’s, Albany
Crawdaddy @ New World Home Cooking, Saugerties
Michael Benedict @ Appletini’s Cafe, Albany