Quality events for this weekend

Friday April 22

Revival Revival and Tequila Sunrise at River St Pub: CCR and classic rock covers.

Saturday April 23

The Half Moon Market at Washington Park Lake House: This weeks sponsor. Indie craft market featuring regional makers, as well as food and beverages from great local institutions.

24-hour Drone: Experiments in Sound and Music at Basilica Hudson: All things drone. Massive lineup.

2016 Albany Band Olympics at The Low Beat: Pick your name out of a hat, make a band, play a show.

Tigers Jaw, New Madrid, Kyle & The Pity Party at BSP Kingston: Post-hardcore indie-pop-rock-emo-etc.

Game of Thrones Burlesque at The Hangar: “You Wear Nothing, Jon Snow!

Bare Mattress, Basement Beers, Mr. Pink, County Mike at The Treehouse: Two touring bands with solid local support.

DJ Rally, Sime Gezus, Ozymandias at River St Pub: Back2Back party.

Chris Lamberth at Proctors: Part of the Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show series.

Sunday April 24

The Half Moon Market at Washington Park Lake House: This weeks sponsor. Indie craft market featuring regional makers, as well as food and beverages from great local institutions.

24-hour Drone: Experiments in Sound and Music at Basilica Hudson: All things drone. Massive lineup.

The Loom, Bear Grass, Neighborhood of Make Believe at The Low Beat: Indie rock and beyond.

Entombed With Exmortus at Trickshots: Metal.

Sean Rowe at Helsinki Hudson: With The Sea The Sea.

All weekend

Albany Wordfest: Poetry events all weekend as Wordfest wraps up.

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.