• Troy Night Out arts walk @ various locations, Troy (FREE)
• Zs with Little Women @ EMPAC at RPI, Troy
• “Tribute to Nick Brignola” with Lee Shaw, Brian Patneaude, David Calarco, more @ the Van Dyck, Schenectady
• Skid Row (minus Sebastian Bach) with Repression @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
• The Mighty Diamonds with the Yellow Wall Dub Squad @ Bearsville Theater, Woodstock
• Ethel playing live soundtrack to “La Nave de los Monstruos” @ MASS MoCA, North Adams
• Patrick Ball‘s “The Flame of Love” @ Old Songs, Voorheesville
• Rhonda Vincent & the Rage @ Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy
• Richard Julian with We Are Jeneric @ The Linda, Albany
• Bing Bamboo Room Burlesque with “Rocky Horror Picture Show” @ Savannah’s, Albany
• Chamber Music of John Cage @ Bard College

• Railbird with Skeletons in the Piano @ Putnam Den, Saratoga Springs
• Sgt. Dunbar & the Hobo Banned with Beware! The Other Head of Science, Sea of Trees @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
• Ten Year Vamp @ Jillian’s, Albany
• Ernie Williams @ Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes
• moe. @ Washington Avenue Armory, Albany

• Shawn Colvin with Dean Batstone @ Bearsville Theater, Woodstock
• Guy Clark with Elizabeth Cook @ The Egg, Albany
• Herb Alpert and Lani Hall @ Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy

• Troy Night Out means opening receptions for Christina Stott @ Artcentric Gift Gallery, Robert Moylan @ Clement Art Gallery and a group show @ Martinez Gallery (Friday)
• ArtBeat: “Tracks” & “Nest” @ North Adams, Mass.(all weekend)
• ArtBeat: Abstracts and Frogs @ The Berkshire Museum (all weekend, closes Sunday)
• Opening reception: The Dog Show: When the Model Barks @ Spencertown Academy Art Center (Sunday)
• 38th Annual Festival of Nations @ Empire State Plaza Convention Center (Sunday)
• The Williamstown Film Festival continues all weekend.
• The Thriller dance-off has apparently been nixed, but the Saratoga Fall Festival has activities planned all weekend.
• Here’s the Nippertown Halloween roundup: Pretty scary, eh kids?

Here’s Seth Rogovoy’s weekend picks from Berkshire Living.

Here’s All Over Albany’s weekend event listings and ideas.

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