Live Music & More: Oct. 20—26, 2026

TUES 10/20

Music on the Lawn | Albany Institute of History and Art

VCR Vortex - VHS Night - Suspiria (1977) / Deep Red (1975) | No Fun

Collective Soul (w/ Plush) | Palace Theatre

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (w/ Abraham Alexander) | Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Trombone Shorty | Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

WED 10/21

He Is Legend (w/ In Angles, Excide, Gozer, Banshee) | Empire Underground

All Them Witches- 21 Shows/ 21 Days (w/ Emma Ruth Rundle- Solo Performance) | Empire Live

Bruiser and Bicycle (w/ Wiring, Fib, Empathy Bean) | No Fun

Trapt: The Then Til Now Tour w/ Sygnal to Noise | Putnam Place

THURS 10/22

Bob & Sarah Amos | Caffè Lena

Stephen King’s Carrie: The Musical | The Cohoes Music Hall

DJ & Beer Pong Night: DJ Dental Work w/ Spotlight Performance by Big Lettuce | No Fun

Kevin McKrell | The Eleven

Skeleton Crewe | Putnam Place

Local Love | Whiskey Pickle

FRI 10/23

Reese Fulmer & The Carriage House Band (sold out) | Caffè Lena

The Time for / Denial Is Over | Context Collective

Stephen King’s Carrie: The Musical | The Cohoes Music Hall

Los Lobos | The Egg

Deveria (w/ Outta My Head, Cratos, Cause of Death, End of Man) | Empire Underground

Built to Spill | Empire Live

Bad Bunny & Friends Night w/ Djboyboy | Fuze Box

Nocturnne | The Eleven

Monster Prom with Shannon Tehya & Keegan James | Lark Hall

Bearly Dead: Grateful Dead Tribute | Putnam Place

Constellating Wonder | SPAC

Friday Fresh | Whiskey Pickle

SAT 10/24

Reese Fulmer & The Carriage House Band (sold out) | Caffè Lena

The 4th Ooky Spooky Musical Showcase | Capital Region Music Hub

Stephen King’s Carrie: The Musical | The Cohoes Music Hall

New York’s Illest: Capital Region Breaking Championship | The Egg

The Erotics - Halloween Bash (w/ Horror Business, Brother T & The Boys, 3db) | Empire Underground

Quadeca (w/ Derby) | Empire Live

October’s Very Own Drake Night w/ TGIF & ayojurgs | Fuze Box

Happy Hour with Monkey & The Crowbar | The Eleven

Driftwood w/s/g The Mallett Brothers | Lark Hall

Band Olympics 2: Brydhouse 8-Year Anniversary Celebration Show | No Fun

Tret Fure | The Addy at Proctors

The Warped Tour Band w/ All the Blink Things and Fake Out Boy | Putnam Place 

Masquerave: Carnival Nocturne | Universal Preservation Hall

SUN 10/25

Aleksi Campagne | Caffè Lena

Stephen King’s Carrie: The Musical | The Cohoes Music Hall

Texas Hippie Coalition (w/ VaterSon) | Empire Underground

Luna featuring Simon Ellijah | Mount Ida Preservation Hall

Saratoga Voices - One Land, Many Voices | Universal Preservation Hall

ESYO: Grounded in Story | Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Open Decks | Whiskey Pickle

MON 10/26

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (w/ The Kids of Albany) | Palace Theatre

Beauty School Dropout | Empire Underground

The Ninth Annual Super Dark Halloween Prom (w/ Sugar Eater, Gratitude, River Rat) | Desperate Annie’s

Family Tree | Putnam Place

TUES 10/27

Chris Mcnally | Caffè Lena

Holywatr - Deo Gratias Tour (w/ Mercury) | Empire Underground

midrift./ senior living/ sunbloc | No Fun