9/16/15: Today’s Top Tips: Wednesday

MUSIC: Fishbone @ the Hollow Bar + Kitchen, Albany. For more than 35 years Angelo Moore, John Norwood Fisher and Dirty Walter A. Kibby III have been at the helm of the high-energy LA ska-punk band… and they’re still at it, God bless ’em. With Detroit punk-funk-metal trio Downtown Brown. 9pm. $22.

MUSIC: Hamell On Trial @ the Low Beat, Albany. He’s back for the second assault of his three Wednesday night happy hour residency. Reports from last week found him in stellar form, cranking out at least a half dozen new songs, as well as some old, rarely heard nuggets during his marathon two-hour show. 6pm.

MUSIC: Lucius @ the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. Led by the mirror-image vocalists-keyboardists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, the compelling Brooklyn-based alt-pop band rides into town in support of their latest album, Wildewoman. 8pm. $20.

MUSIC/ART: September in the City Art Fair @ Tricentennial Park, Albany. The weekly outdoor lunchtime exhibition of Local 518 artists and craftspersons features live music by Boxed Hemmond, the guitar-strumming duo of Nick & Pedro. 11:30am-2pm. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert schedule…

MUSIC: Empire State Plaza 50th Anniversary Party @ Empire State Plaza, Albany. Free birthday cake, farmers market, fireworks and music by the Shadows of the ’60s, Grand Central Station, the Schmooze, the Electric City Chorus and more. 12noon-8pm. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete schedule of bands…

MUSIC: The Deadbeats @ the Low Beat, Albany. If it’s Wednesday, it must be the Deadbeats… 10pm.