Live Music & More: May 5—11, 2026

TUES 5/5

Storytelling Open Mic Featuring Nancy Marie Payne | Caffè Lena 

Girl Named Top | Cohoes Music Hall

Fleshwater & Julie (w/ Midrift) | Empire Live 

An Evening with John Legend – A Night of Songs & Stories | Mainstage at Proctors 

VCR Vortex – From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) & El Mariachi (1992) | No Fun

WED 5/6

Pop a Pastie | Context Collective Troy

Women Are Making Music – A Showcase Celebrating Women In Music | The Eleven 

Kings of Thrash (w/ Gravel, Dee Calhoun, Kakos, Last Pharaoh, The Antarctican) | Empire Underground 

Lady Bunny: Don’t Bring the Kids | Funny Bone 

Secret Chiefs 3 | No Fun 

The 518 Happy Hour | Nine Pin

CeCe Winans | Palace Albany 

Paul Gilbert WROC World Tour wsg/ Greg Koch | Putnam Place 

Melissa Etheridge | Troy Music Hall

THURS 5/7

Make Your Own Ceramic Wall Vase | Context Collective Troy 

Bright Series: Cristina Vane | Caffè Lena

Open Karaoke & Music Listening Party | Son of Egg

NUXX / Ronnie Stone / Bloodx3 | No Fun

Happy Hour with Todd Nelson’s Jazz Americana at The Eleven | The Eleven 

Lark Hall & The Lark Street BID present Champagne on Lark | Lark Hall 

2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition | Tang

FRI 5/8

All The Colors – The Gender Prism Examined | The Arts Center of The Capitol Region 

Folk Heritage Series: Eric Andersen Acoustic Duo with Steve Addabbo | Caffè Lena

Grunge Night | Cohoes Music Hall 

The Egg Presents: Colin James, Matt Andersen, & Terra Lightfoot | The Egg

Greg Morton | Funny Bone 

30 & Up | Fuze Box 

The Silos | Hangar on The Hudson 

Tulip Fest Pre Party at The Eleven with Nickopotamus | The Eleven

Tulip Fest Pre Party with The Deadbeats | Lark Hall 

Dropdead (w/ Life Abuse, Chaserbait, Cheap Heat) | No Fun

The STARS Tour featuring Anne Wilson | Palace Albany

Rainbow Full of Sound & Dead Zep | Putnam Place 

Knorrwood – Over the Shire & Far Away | Waterhole Music Lounge

SAT 5/9

Little Folks Series with Joe Jencks |Caffè Lena 

Joe Jencks with opener Artur Wachala | Caffè Lena

Earth, Wind and Fire Tribute Band | Cohoes Music Hall 

Light Eaters | Collar Works 

Tulip Fest Afterparty with Hilltop | Lark Hall

Greg Morton | Funny Bone 

Girls Night Out | Fuze Box 

Joe Pernice | Hangar on The Hudson

Tulip Fest Afterparty with The Eleven with Oobleck | Lark Hall 

Good Karma Studio – Arial Yoga Class | Putnam Place 

Eastbound Jesus Album Release Party w/ Forest Station | Putnam Place 

Family Saturday: Stories in Fabric | Tang

SUN 5/10

Skidmore Songwriters | Caffè Lena 

Mothers Day Pottery Brunch  | Context Collective Troy 

The Egg Presents: Iron & Wine | The Egg

Iron & Wine (w/ Improvement Movement) | Hart Theatre at The Egg

Susan Rice | Funny Bone 

Mother's Day Paint & Sip Benefit with Laura Leigh | Lark Hall

Craft and Sip Suncatchers | Nine Pin

Mutts Gone Nuts - Unleashed! | Troy Music Hall 

Sicard Hollow | UNIHOG

MON 5/11

Super Dark Mondays | Desperate Annies

Family Tree Mondays at Putnam Place | Putnam Place 

Martini Mondays | The Lark HiFi