Quality events for this weekend

Friday September 19

Bad Scene Forever Fest at the Icehouse: Violent Sons, lovechild, Aviator, Placeholder, Trife Life, Trenchfoot, Space Camp, Slowshine, and Throat Culture.

Garage Bands at the Albany Public Library: With Hammer Hawk and Hill Haints.

Those Darlins, Palm, Florist at BSP Kingston: Rock and roll from Nashville.

Basilicascope Film Fest: Straight to Hell Returns.

Cretin Hop at Fuze Box: Rock and roll dance party.

Saturday September 20

LarkFEST: Yep.

Bad Scene Forever Fest at the Icehouse: Sorority Noise, Born Without Bones, Save Ends, Scout, Haverford, and City Limits.

Basilicascope Film Fest: Walker and Repo Man.

Uncle Sam GP at Prospect Park: Bike race in Troy. Spectate or race!

Sunday September 21

Bad Scene Forever Fest at the Icehouse: The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die, Young English, Told Slant, LVL UP, Crying, and John Galm.

Uncle Sam GP at Prospect Park: Bike race in Troy. Spectate or race!

Brunch at the Low Beat: Sixth so far, and the best looking menu to boot.

All Weekend

Troy Restaurant Week: Try something new for cheap.

Art Omi: The sculpture fields are always awesome.

Day trip to MASS MoCA: Pretty drive and a great museum. Also, FreshGrass festival

The NYS Museum: Bunch of great exhibits and it’s right in your backyard.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Guardians of the Galaxy at the Madison Theater: Only five bucks!

Farmer’s Markets: Troy, Delmar, and Saratoga on Saturday, and Schenectady and Saratoga on Sunday.