Quality events for this weekend

Friday April 3

First Friday Albany: Arts and culture event every month. Galleries, bars, restaurants and music venues will all have something special going on.

DISCOFUNK at The Low Beat: First Friday happy hour.

First Friday at Albany Institute of History & Art: Free to the public for First Friday.

Graham Tichy Band at Albany Elks Lodge #49: Show up early and get your swing dance lesson in.

Exhuman at Fuze Box: Goth night!

Gutterlife at Bogies: With This Is Home, The Sky Above, and The Hotel View.

Raging on the River at River St Pub: With Antiserum, Run DMT, and Dubloadz.

2015 Mohawk Hudson Regional Invitational at Albany Center Gallery: “The work of three inspiring local artists”.

Saturday April 4

Kung Fu and Twiddle at Upstate Concert Hall: New-funk. With Mister F.

Yarn at The Linda: Part of the American Roots Series.

Upper Hudson Valley NanoFest at The Hollow: Beer from nano-breweries. That’s even smaller than micro.

Driven at Troy Boys and Girls Club: With Jake “The Snake” and WWE Diva Ashley Massaro.

April Improv Mash-Up at The Low Beat: Featuring Dollars to Donuts, Sorry Not Sorry and the student team.

Revocation at Trickshot Billiards: With Parasitic Extirpation, Foaming At The Mouth, Incontinence, TYRANIZE, Inhumatus, Abhorrent Aggression, and Skeptic.

Sunday April 5

Easter Egg Hunt at HWFC: So cute.

All weekend

Art Omi: The sculpture fields are awesome.

Day trip to MASS MoCA: Pretty drive and a great museum.

The NYS Museum: Bunch of great exhibits and it’s right in your backyard. Check out this years CANstruction exhibit.

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Focus, Kingsman: The Secret Service, and Chappie at the Madison Theater: Only five bucks!

Movies at The Spectrum: First run, independent movies at a locally owned theater.

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