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This year’s Caffe Lena @ SPAC Festival features five bands exploring roots, global, bluegrass, pop, and indie-folk music. And it’s free! Saturday at SPAC.
MON 9/29 | Open Mic | Caffè Lena GUTS / G.O.L.E.M. / Death Cult Pharmaceutical | Desperate Annies BYO Vinyl Night + All Day Happy Hour | No Fun |
TUES 9/30 | Darrell Scott | Caffè Lena Tropical Fuck Storm (w/ More TBA) | Hangar on the Hudson |
WED 10/1 | Poetry Open Mic Featuring Bertha Rogers | Caffè Lenaktroy Finger Eleven (w/ Alien Ant Farm, BRKN Love) | Empire Live Caity Gallagher | The Eleven Wednesday Nite Swing and Blues Dance | Lark Hall Open Mic and Talent Show | No Fun |
THURS 10/2 | Taylor Ashton | Caffè Lena Open Karaoke & Music Listening Party | Son of Egg |
FRI 10/3 | Global Voices Series: Hasan Isakkut | Caffè Lena The Garcia Project - 518 Homecoming Show | Cohoes Music Hall First Friday w/ Oobleck | The Eleven United We Dance – The Ultimate Rave Experience | Empire Live Randy Feltface | Funny Bone Annie in the Water | Lark Hall Toad the Wet Sprocket | Palace Theatre Mystic Bowie’s Talking Dreads | Putnum Place |
SAT 10/4 | Playwright’s Jam | Caffè Lena Listen to the Music: The Doobie Brothers Tribute | Cohoes Music Hall Archers w/ Nerv, Of Virtue, Dead Eyes | Empire Underground David Lucas | Funny Bone Femininomenon "Taylor Swift Edition" | Lark Hall Shakedown Citi | Lark Hall Taína Asili’s Fever Pitch | Sanctuary for Independent Media Caffe Lena Takeover | SPAC |
SUN 10/5 | Tupelo Honey | Cohoes Music Hall Upstate Punk Rock Flea Market | Empire Live Tie Dye Workshop | Lark Hall Black Violin – Full Circle Tour | Palace Theatre |
GET YOUR EVENT ON THE LIST 🎸
Our rolling deadline is the Saturday before your event!

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