Today’s Top Tips for Live Music (August 21, 2021)

Best bet: Brandi Carlile / Mavis Staples @ Tanglewood, Lenox. – Note, this show is being postponed to a date TBD in 2022.

Brandi Carlile is, simply put, one of the best singer-songwriter, alt-country, americana whatever-else-label-you-need performers out there. 82-year-old living legend Mavis Staples opens the show. This is the Tanglewood show you’ve been waiting for. (7:00)

Also playing Nippertown today:

• Sean Rowe / Belle-Skinner @ Hillview Farm, Greenwich. (4:00)
• Journeyman: A Tribute to Eric Clapton @ Mohawk Harbor Amphitheater, Schenectady. (5:00)
• A benefit for Frank Palangi and family featuring Motel6 / The Va Va Voodoos / Project: Racecar / Rob Guerrin @ Pauly’s Hotel, Albany. (6:00)
• Super Dark Days: Copernicus Club / Turf ‘n’ Turf / Kaydeross @ Rare Form, Troy. (6:00)
• Chasing Denver @ Saratoga Winery, Saratoga Springs. (7:00)
• Big Eyed Phish @ Frog Alley, Schenectady. (7:00)
• Crazy Swedes @ Round Lake Auditorium, Round Lake. (7:00)
• Michael Franti & Spearhead / Of Good Nature @ Palace Theatre, Albany. (8:00) – this show has been canceled
• Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles @ The Hangar on the Hudson, Troy. (8:00)
• Kal David and Lauri Bono present “Rhinestone Revisited” @ Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. (8:00)
• Pine Cats @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs. (8:00)

For additional live music listings, please check out our Events Calendar

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