Quality events for this weekend

Friday April 15

Pound House Live at Madison Theater: Comedy show featuring DJ Douggpoint and Brent Weinbach.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Living Room Show in Troy: Sold out.

Wu Tsang and boychild: “Moved by the Motion” at EMPAC: “Performance collaboration.

Painted Zeros, IzzyTrue, Better Pills, and Whiner at River St Pub: Indie, alt, pop show.

The Pessimists, Sem Hastro, Girth Control, and Johnny & The Marshalls at Pauly’s: Punk/hardcore/rock and roll.

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

Cult Classics Burlesque at The Hangar: Greatest hits show.

Marco Benevento and Mikaela Davis at BSP: Jammy/indie/psych.

Downtown Albany Restaurant Week: Final day.

Creed Bratton at The Low Beat: Sold out.

Saturday April 16

Scandinavian Saturday at SMCo.: Try super rare coffee from da Matteo Roastery in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Electric City Couture in Saratoga: Two day runway/fashion show.

Parquet Courts and Soda at BSP: Sold out.

Polly in Troy: Outsider dance party. Don’t miss it.

Drink Beer, Help Animals at McGeary’s: Dance party to benefit MHHS.

Between the Buried and Me and August Burns Red at Upstate Concert Hall: Metal/core/prog.

Worms of the Earth and Wychdoktor at Fuze: Goth night.

Earth Day in the Pine Bush: Pine Bush cleanup party.

Yoga for ANYONE at Collar City Athletics: Yoga for a good cause.

Hudson Valley Hops at Albany Institute: Local beer festival.

Debo Band at MASS MoCA: Afro-pop.

Broiler Room at Terra: Disco/funk/pop.

Sunday April 17

Electric City Couture in Saratoga: Two day runway/fashion show.

Albany Earth Day Expo at Washington Park Lake House: A bike ride, expo, and more.

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 small centrally located theater.

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