Quality events for this weekend

Friday July 17

Royal Blood at Upstate Concert Hall: With Northern Faces.

Quilt, Shana Falana, Bare Mattress, and Bye at The Treehouse: Alt jams.

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

Polly at River St Pub: Summertime sports edition dance party.

Jack Walls: “Paintings, Et Cetera” at Basilica Hudson: “Performance. Art. Reading. Screening. Truck Pizza.”

Garage Bands at Albany Public Library: With Moon Worship, lastdayshining, and Yoma.

Last Good Tooth, Zachary Cale, Wes Buckley, Alexander Turnquist: Americana/folk/alt/etc.

Saturday July 18

Roxxi Tarts 1920’s Burlesque Speakeasy Revue at The Low Beat: Burlesque. 1920s theme.

Uptown Swingat BSP Kingston: Swing, jazz, dance.

Sunday July 19

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.

Second-run movies 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.