Today’s Top Tips for Live Music (October 9, 2021)

Best bet: Lady A / Carly Pearce / Niko Moon / Tenille Arts @ Times Union Center, Albany.

Lady A headlines the first show at the TUC since Covid (not counting the AJR show that was moved there from the Palace). Note all three openers come in with their own legitimate credentials. Big night of country music on Pearl Street. (7:00)

Other Top Tips

• “Diggin Roots Festival” (Day Two) @ Magic Forest Farm, Coeymans Hollow. (12:00)
• “Americana BBQ” with Rip & the Sleepy Hollow Boys / Bunkhouse Boys @ Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. (12:00)
• “O+ Festival” (Day Two) @ various locations, Kingston. (3:30)
• Downswing / Degrader / Before I Had Wings / Bungler / Somewhere to Call Home @ Empire Live, Albany. (6:30)
• Marty Wendell @ Argyle Brewing, Cambridge. (7:00)
• Zan and the Winter Folk @ Albany Distilling Company, Albany. (7:00)
• “Midnight Ramble” with Joan Osborne @ Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock. (8:00)
• Jackie Venson @ The Linda, Albany. (8:00)
• Maswick and Brown @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs. (8:00)
• “Crooked Piece of Time – The Songs of John Prine” @ The Colony, Woodstock. (8:00)
• Dennis Most and the Instigators / The Va Va Voodoos / 10:01 @ Pauly’s Hotel, Albany. (8:00)
• Vemilo / Connie Danger @ Avalon Lounge, Catskill. (8:30)
• Out of the Box @ 9 Maple, Saratoga Springs. (9:00)

For additional listings, see our Calendar. Is there a gig (original music) missing? Email us at [email protected].