Real Good for FREE: The Final Stretch Music Festival, 9/1-2/12

Yes, they’re rounding the far bend and heading for home…

The Saratoga racing season is rapidly coming to a close, and to help send it off, the streets of downtown Saratoga Springs will be full of free music on Saturday and Sunday evenings from 7-11pm.

Here’s a schedule of who’s playing where and when at the 2012 Final Stretch Music Festival this weekend:

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Ellsworth Jones Place: The GTO’s (7, 8:15, 9:15 & 10:15pm)
Collamer Parking Lot: The Chris O’Leary Band (7, 8:30 & 9:45pm)
Adirondack Trust Drive-Thru: Low ‘N Lonesome (7, 8, 9:15 & 10:15pm)
Post office: Solid Smoke (7, 8:30 & 9:45pm)
Caroline Street: Super 8 Six (7 & 9:30pm)
Division Street: Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius & Heard (7, 8:15 & 9:45pm)
Ben & Jerry’s: They Might Be Gypsies (7, 8, 9 & 10pm)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Ellsworth Jones Place: The Resonators (7 & 9:30pm)
Collamer Parking Lot: George Fletcher’s Foldin’ Money (7, 8:30 & 9:45pm)
Adirondack Trust Drive-Thru: 2 Broads With Allota Sound (7, 8, 9:15 & 10:15pm)
Post office: Solid Smoke (7, 8:30 & 9:45pm)
Caroline Street: Super 8 Six (7 & 9:30pm)
Division Street: Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius & Heard (7, 8:15 & 9:45pm)
Ben & Jerry’s: They Might Be Gypsies (7, 8, 9 & 10pm)

ADDITIONAL REAL GOOD FOR FREE EVENTS:

September in the City Art Fair @ Tricentennial Park, Albany (Wednesdays in September)
Deciphering Songs @ Fuzz Records, Albany (select Thursdays thru September 13)
Fridays at the Lake @ Shepard Park, Lake George (Fridays thru September 7)
Music at Sunset @ Greenport Town Park, Hudson (Fridays thru August 31)
Upbeat On the Roof @ Skidmore College’s Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs (Fridays thru August 31)
Canal Square Summer Concerts @ Canal Square, Cohoes (Fridays thru August 31)
Garage Bands in the Garage @ Albany Public Library, Albany (select Fridays thru September 21)
The Summer Sounds of Salem @ the Train Depot Green, Salem, (Saturdays thru September 1)
Powers Park Concert Series @ Powers Park, Troy (Saturdays in July and August)
Downtown Albany JazzFest Competition @ various locations, Albany, Friday, September 8
Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival @ Riverfront Park, Albany, Saturday, September 8
Local Legends Live @ Empire State Plaza, Albany, Saturday, September 8
PearlPalooza @ North Pearl Street, Albany, Saturday, September 22
Hannaford Hispanic Heritage Celebration @ Empire State Plaza, Albany, Saturday, September 22
The Heavy @ the Palace Theatre, Albany, Thursday, September 27