I smell winter coming...

• The Jerry Douglas Band with Maura O’Connell and John Oates @ The Egg, Albany
• Flame @ The Linda, Albany
• The Figgs‘ release party with Scientific Maps, Kitty @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
• Gwar with Job for a Cowboy and the Red Chord @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
• Mirk & the New Familiars with Flakjacket, Eric Margan & the Red Lions, more @ Red Square, Albany
• Mother Fletcher with Disposable Rocket Band @ Basilica Industria, Hudson

• Phil Drum @ Virgil’s House, Saratoga Springs (FREE)
• Matthew Loiacono @ Wallabee’s Jazz Bar, Glens Falls
• “Sinatra Christmas” with the Joey Thomas Big Band @ The Egg, Albany
• The Lustre Kings @ Tess’ Lark Tavern, Albany
• Danielle Gaudin & Friends @ Revolution Hall, Troy
• Nowell Sing We Clear @ St. John’s Lutheran Church, Altamont
• The Figgs @ The Putnam Den, Saratoga
• Heavenly Echoes Gospel Singers with Duryee AME Zion Church Men’s Chorus, Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church Men’s Chorus @ the Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy
• David Allan Coe @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
• The Wholesale Klezmer Band @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
• David Mallett @ The Linda, Albany
• “Mountain Snow and Misteltoe” with Chris Shaw and Bridget Ball @ The Egg, Albany (also Sunday afternoon)

• Tom Winslow @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
• Chris Rush @ The Linda, Albany
• The Derek Trucks Band with Shannon McNally @ The Egg, Albany
• Hot Tuna @ the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock
• The Trans-Siberian Orchestra @ the Times Union Center, Albany

• Seth Rogovoy presents his multimedia performance, Bob Dylan’s Mystical Midrash, a journey through the hidden, mystical journey of the famed rock poet, @ the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, 3pm (FREE)
• TakenforGiven Professional skateboarder and artist Kris Markovich displays his work at gallery NINEFOURLEX with a host of local artists and music by dj cocobutterskins. 94 Lexington Avenue, Albany.
• Jim Gaffigan @ the Palace Theatre, Albany
• ZviDance: Zoom, a dance work-in-progress that explores virtural communities @ MASS MoCA, 8pm

• Dona Ann McAdams photography exhibit “Some Women” @ the Opalka Gallery at the Sage College of Albany (through Wednesday, December 16.) Here’s the Nippertown review.
• Ceramists Thaddeus Powers, Meg Oliver, Kyla Toomey and Stacey Esslinger @ Tom Myott Gallery, Glens Falls (through December 23) Here’s the Nippertown review.
• Don Johnson (sculpture) and Joe Concra and Denise Orzo (paintings) @ Surprenant Art & Design, Kingston (through 12/20)
• “Holiday Small Works,” curated by glass artist Isabella Raven @ The Eclipse Mill Gallery in North Adams
• Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield is featuring “SMALL WORKS: Art + Object,” a small works show of affordable art and “PAPER -or- POTTERY­ -not- PLASTIC,” a group show of 100 paper and ceramic plates. (works are also available online)
• John Foxx: The Quiet Man @ BCB Art, Hudson. Continues through December 19.
• Lives of the Hudson, Type A: Barrier, Nicole Eisenman @ The Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga. (Here’s the Nippertown review.)

Yes, but first a small nap...

• Art Night Schenectady @ various locations, Schenectady (FREE)
• The Meat Puppets with Complicated Shirt @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
• The Felice Brothers with Willy Mason @ Pearl Street, Northampton, Mass.
• Aspect Ratio @ the Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes (FREE)
• The Sophisticates @ Tess’ Lark Tavern, Albany
• Tracy Bonham @ the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock
• Peter Yarrow @ the Colonial Theater, Pittsfield
• Frank Sinatra, Jr. @ the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy
• Rick DellaRatta @ the Van Dyck, Schenectady
• Rob Skane @ Positively Fourth Street, Troy

• Uncle Rock‘s CD release party for “Express Your Elf” @ the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock
• Danielle Gaudin‘s CD release party for “You Started It” @ TJ’s Flightline Pub, Schenectady
• “The Surreal Housewives of Woodstock” featuring Jules Shear and Ed Sanders @ Alchemy, Woodstock
• Metric with Band of Skulls @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
• The Brian Goss Band‘s CD release party @ the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock
• Solid Smoke @ The Linda, Albany
• Laura Boggs‘ CD release party for “Murder Ballads and Lies” with Tom McWatters @ the Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes (FREE)
• The Jeremy Kittel World Band @ Old Songs, Voorheesville
• Ray Mason‘s CD release party for “Like Bugs Chewing on Paper” @ Emack & Bolio’s, Albany (FREE)
• Who’s Bad @ Revolution Hall, Troy
• Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes with Fool’s Gold, Local Natives @ Pearl Street, Northampton, Mass.

• “Drum” @ the Palace Theatre, Albany
• The Brian Patneaude Trio @ Justin’s, Albany
• Shtreiml @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
• Livingston Taylor @ the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy

• Art Night Schenectady @ various locations, Schenectady (FREE)
• Art Night Schenectady means free admission to the Schenectady Museum! Current exhibit: All Aboard! The Power of Locomotives.
• “The Yes Men Fix the World” with Yes Men Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno @ the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington
• Opening reception for “Holiday Small Works,” curated by glass artist Isabella Raven @ The Eclipse Mill Gallery in North Adams 6-8pm

• Jimmy Fallon with Wayne Federman @ The Egg, Albany
• PEZ sale! PEZ sale! PEZ sale! @ Hollywood Video, Rensselaer.
• Whiskers Animal Benevolent League Annual Auction for the Animals @ Best Western Sovereign Hotel, Guilderland. 5-9pm
• Gazette Holiday Parade: a staple since 1969, this year’s theme is Schenectady County’s Bicentennial. Downtown Schenectady, 5pm
• Robert Schimmel @ Proctors, Schenectady
• Artist reception for Two Shows, One Reception, One Dinner @ Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, featuring a small works show of affordable art and “PAPER -or- POTTERY­ -not- PLASTIC,” a group show of 100 paper and ceramic plates. The accompanying dinner, a benefit for St. Stephen’s Table, is sold out.

• 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Albany Mummies @ Albany Institute of History and Art, 1-4pm

• Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition @ Hudson Valley Community College Teaching Gallery in Troy featuring Milt Connors, Tara Fracalossi, Kyra Garrigue, Richard Garrison, William Jaeger, Thomas Lail, Andrew Lynn, Jean O’Malley, Ryan Parr, Gail V. Roberts, Linda Ryder and Ann Wolf. Through December 12.
• A Show of Heads, a group show featuring the work of more than two dozen artists that offers a jaw-dropping array of interpretations of portraiture. @ The Limner Gallery in Hudson. Through November 28.
• G.C. Haymes: Collected Works @ Yates Gallery, Siena College. Through December 11.
• John Foxx: The Quiet Man @ BCB Art, Hudson. Continues through December 19.
• Nest featuring works by Adrienne Gale, C. Ryder Cooley, Rosamond Purcell and Kate Barber @ MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams. Continues through November 22.
• Barbara Nessim’s The Model Project, an exhibit of ethereal collages, has been extended through November 28 at The Sienna Gallery in Lenox.
• Redux @ Posie Kviat Gallery in Hudson is a group show featuring highlights of their exhibits since they opened early this summer. Through November 30.
• In conjunction with the Hudson River Quadricentennial celebrations, the University Art Museum @ UAlbany is showing Uncharted, a group exhibition that “considers the potentialities and perils of navigating unfamiliar waters” featuring work by Radcliffe Bailey, Olaf Breuning, Anna Conway, Mark Essen, Adam Frelin, Valerie Hegarty, David Herbert, Emre Hüner, Matt Leines, and Cameron Martin. Through December 13.
• Lives of the Hudson, Type A: Barrier, Nicole Eisenman @ The Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga

• WEXT benefit concert with Super 400, Sean Rowe, Eric Margan & the Red Lions, Sarah Pedinotti @ WMHT-TV Studios, North Greenbush
• Diana Jones @ the Hudson Opera House, Hudson
• Soulive with JJ Grey & Mofro @ Revolution Hall, Troy
• Jeremy James CD release party with Almost Awake @ Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes
• Farmer Jason @ The Linda, Albany (FREE)
• Jason Ringenberg @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
• The Julian Lage Group @ the Van Dyck, Schenectady
• The Lustre Kings @ Tess’ Lark Tavern, Albany
• Chris Dukes CD release party @ Jillian’s, Albany
• Bella’s Bartok with Evan Randall @ the Spotty Dog, Hudson
• Daniel Nester book publication party @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
• Amanda McBroom with Michele Brourman @ Barrington Stage II, Pittsfield, Mass. (also Saturday)
  The Gene Ludwig Trio @ A Place for Jazz, Schenectady
• Yarn with Cabinet @ Red Square, Albany
• The Industrial Jazz Group @ Time & Space Limited, Hudson

• Robert Earl Keen with Todd Snider, Bruce Robison @ Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy
• Playing for Change @ The Egg, Albany
• Dar Williams with the Nields @ The Egg, Albany
• Kleztory @ St. Rose College’s Massry Center for the Arts, Albany
• Type O Negative with Destrophy, Seventh Void, Purifier @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
• The Wiyos @ Unison Theater, New Paltz
• The Lost Radio Rounders @ the Jonesville Store, Clifton Park
• Tony Fletcher reads from his new book, “All Hopped Up and Ready to Go: Music From the Streets of New York 1927-77″ @ the Spotty Dog, Hudson (FREE)
• The Ben Miller/Matt Weston Duo with the Andy Crespo/Jefferson Pitcher Duo, Sam Sowydra, Cruudeuces @ Upstate Artists Guild, Albany
• Cardiac Noose @ Humpy’s, Colonie
• Vicki Genfan with KJ Denhert @ Bearsville Theater, Woodstock
• Autism Awareness benefit featuring Stony Creek Band with the Audiostars, Dirt Cheap @ the Roaring Brook Ranch, Lake George

• Go Home (featuring Charlie Hunter) with the Big Dig @ Red Square, Albany
• The Brian Patneaude Quartet @ Justin’s, Albany
• Pierce Pettis @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs
• Dethklok and Mastodon with Converge, High on Fire @ Washington Avenue Armory, Albany
• Keb’ Mo’ with Kristina Train @ The Egg, Albany
• A Tribute to Joni Mitchell @ Tinker St. Cinema, Woodstock
• Local Harvest Festival featuring Ashley Pond, Sgt. Dunbar & the Hobo Banned, Railbird and Arm Fee @ Washington Park Lakehouse, Albany

• Zombie Film Feast II @ The Linda (through Sunday)
• The Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcase @ Bearsville Theater, Woodstock (also Sunday)
• The Capital Region Guitar Show @ Knights of Columbus Hall, Saratoga Springs (also Saturday)
• Williamstown Film Festival @ various locations, Williamstown, Mass. (thru Sunday)
• FilmColumbia Film Festival @ Crandall Theatre, Chatham (through Sunday)
• Photographer Sue Clark: Valley of Dolls @ Saratoga Springs Visitor Center, artist reception: 1-4pm Saturday
• Leimay Company: Butoh Dance @ National Museum of Dance, Saratoga, Saturday, 7-8pm

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

Here’s Michael Janairo’s museum and gallery listing from the Times Union.

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

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2
Ramblin Jug Stompers CD release party @ The Linda, Albany
First Friday arts walk @ various locations, Albany (FREE)
Home Video @ Jason’s Upstairs Bar, Hudson
Ghostface Killah @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park
Beppe Gambetta @ Old Songs, Voorheesville
Jerry Seinfeld @ the Palace Theatre, Albany
They Might Be Giants @ The Egg, Albany (also Saturday)
Patty Larkin and Lucy Kaplansky @ The Eighth Step, Schenectady
Mark Tolstrup & Dale Haskell CD release party @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3
Hudson Arts Walk, various location, Hudson (FREE)
“A Taste of Madison” with the Ashley Pond Band, the Red Haired Strangers, more @ Madison Ave., Albany (FREE)
Richard Lainhart, Mary Jane Leach, more @ the Brick Elephant, Valley Falls
The Harvest Festival @ Berkshire Botanical Gardens, Stockbridge, Mass.
Solid Smoke @ the Ale House, Troy
Native American Festival @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs (also Sunday)
Mother Fletcher CD release party @ Jason’s Upstairs Bar, Hudson
Leah Siegel @ MASS MoCA, North Adams, Mass.
Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain @ The Egg, Albany
Richie Havens with Meg Hutchinson @ the Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, Mass.
King Wilkie and the M Shanghai String Band @ The Linda, Albany
The Viking CD release party @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
Jared Funari CD release party @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany
Tern Rounders‘ Moonlight Jamboree @ the Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes
Jordan, Monster Machismo, Zona Mexicana and Beware! The Other Head of Science @ Ground Zero at RPI, Troy

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4
The Brian Patneaude Quartet @ Justin’s, Albany
Peter Rowan and Tony Rice with Tony Trischka @ The Egg, Albany
Brad Vickers & His Vestopolitans @ Alchemy, Woodstock
Dinosaur Jr. with Lou Barlow & the Missingmen @ Northern Lights, Clifton Park