Yeah, we all know it’s Superbowl Weekend. But you don’t have tickets, do you? So get out and party somewhere else. Here are some suggestions:

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Positive Mental Trip CD release party with Sugarproof, Synewave @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
Jo Henley CD release party @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
One esmikO with Elmwood @ the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock
“Gospel Gala” @ the Palace Theatre, Albany (FREE)
Minus the Bear with Phantogram, Maps & Atlases @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
Barrence Whitfield & the Monkey Hips with the Kyghts of Fuzz @ Positively Fourth Street, Troy
Eric Margan & the Red Lions with Zgress @ College of St. Rose‘s Jack’s Place, Albany
Lynch with Perfect Thyroid @ Jillian’s, Albany
Dana Fuchs @ the Van Dyck, Schenectady UPDATE: This show has been postponed.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6
Israfel CD release party with the Viking, Crashing Funerals, Ashes of Atrocity, Dryheave @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
The Lost Radio Rounders @ the East Greenbush Community Library, East Greenbush (FREE)
“Ladies Sing the Blues” @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
The Youngers @ the Ale House, Troy
The Frank Vignola Quintet @ The Egg, Albany
Randy Brecker @ the Van Dyck, Schenectady
Mandy Patinkin and Patti Lupone @ Proctors, Schenectady
Who’s Bad? @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
Rick Rourke & Lost Wages with Denny Dwyer, Out of Control @ TJ’s Flightline Pub, Glenville

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7
Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Mass.
James Keelaghan @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs