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Free Area events Aug 6 to Aug 11 (partial list)

August 3, 2019Schenectady Today0 Comments

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Aug 4 (Sun)

  • Spring/Summer Location — Outside Schenectady Greenmarket – around City Hall from 10 am to 2 pm. Music, food, vendors and more.
  • Thornetta Davis, “Detroit’s Queen of the Blues,” is slated to perform, along with special guest wsgTas Cru and his band of Tortured Souls. . Davis has sung alongside Bonnie Raitt, Kid Rock, Bob Seeger and many others. performing at Music Haven in Sch’dy Central Park  –– rain location is a Proctors  7 pm
  • Heard (World Music) performing at 7 pm at Freedom Park in Scotia on the Mohawk Ave. Bring lawn chairs.
  • Moriah Formica performing at the Performing Arts at the Common (14 Clifton Commons)  7 pm – bring lawn chairs

Aug 6 (Tues)

  • “Grinch” Free Kids Movies at the Bow-Tie Cinemas at 10 am
  • Sammus & Nitty Scott performing at Freedom Square at 35 Fifth Ave. in N. Troy. 5-8 pm (Music, Food & Art Activities)
  • Schenectady Today In & Around the Capital Region Filming – 10 to 11 am in the ADDY Theatre at Proctors. Great Guests – Performances by The Forever Young Trio and the Scottish Bagpipers — all in person. Plenty of audience seating
  • Aug 6-24 “Newsies” (Disney Musical) (Tues thru Sat) 7:30 pm at the Park Playhouse in Washington Park, Albany
  • Hallerfau (Blues)  performing at Cooks Park in Colonie at 6:30 pm Bring a lawn chair

Aug 7 (Wed)

  • “Grinch” Free Kids Movies at the Bow-Tie Cinemas at 10 am
  • Skeeter Creek (country) performing at 7 pm at Freedom Park in Scotia on the Mohawk Ave. Bring lawn chairs.
  • The Puppet People’s Wizard of Oz performing at the Performing Arts at the Common (14 Clifton Commons)  7 pm – bring lawn chairs
  • Jim Gaudet & the Railroad Boys performing (Bluegrass) at Lake George ARTs Project – Shepard Park at 7:00 pm
  • Kiss the Sky Tribute – World’s Greatest Tribute to Jimi Hendrix with Soul Sky Performing at Rockin’ on the River – Riverfront Park, Downtown Troy from 5-8:30 pm Rain or Shine
  • NYS Food Festival with Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot from 11 am to 9 pm – NYS Capitol Plaza

Aug 8 (Thurs)

  • Joe Finn Trio +1 performing at Jazz On Jay from noon to 1:30 pm. Sch’dy
  • Audiostars performing at the Concerts at the Crossings at 580 Albany Shaker Road in Loudonville from 6-8 pm
  • Rocket Man Show (Elton John Tribute) performing at Rock the Block – Canal Square, 72 Remsen St. Cohoes from 6:30 to 8:30 pm – bring a lawn chair
  • Sirsy performing at Ballston Spa’s Concerts in the park at Wiswall Park in Downtown Ballston Spa 6-8 pm

Aug 9 (Fri)

  • A Broadway Cabaret presented by the School of Performing arts at Proctors  at Music Haven in Sch’dy Central Park  –– rain location is a Proctors  7 pm
  • Peace Mountain Festival starts at 6 pm. Mohawk Harmony’s Mark V; Carmen & Life’s Guilty Pleasures; Lisa Lambert “Joni Like”, Doug Dales Jazz Duo and at 10 pm Peace Mountain Boys Jam.  1986 Crawford Road. Rotterdam

Aug 10 (Sat)

  • Peace Mountain Festival starts at 11 am – Buttercups, Swept away, Kenny Kimball, Pearl, Sister Harmony, Next Chapter, Catfish Don, Dale Caron Open Jam Circle, Rockin’ Johnny, Saucy Pots, Rock & Spirted Music and Peace Mountain Boys Jam.  1986
    Crawford Road, Rotterdam
  • Niskayuna Farmers’ Market at the Niskayuna Co-op Market from 8:30 to 11:30 am.
  • Dead Ahead NY (Grateful Dead Tribute band) performing at 7 pm at Freedom Park in Scotia on the Mohawk Ave. Bring lawn chairs.
  • Sch’dy Symphony Orchestra at Music Haven in Sch’dy Central Park –– rain location is a Niskayuna High School  7 pm – Selections from Hamilton, A Star is Born, Disney’s Frozen, Star Wars and more.
  • Georgia Satellites performing at the Mohawk Harbor Amphitheater starting at 6 pm (near Casino)
  • Skip Murphy and his Merry Pranksters – American Rock performing 7 to 9:30 pm – Riverlink Summer Concert Series at Riverlink Park, Amsterdam.

Aug 11 (Sun)

  • Spring/Summer Location — Outside Schenectady Greenmarket – around City Hall from 10 am to 2 pm. Music, food, vendors and more.
  • Cimarrón brings Colombian Joropo from the plains of the Orinoco River. The band will perform with Sten & Maria Z. performing at Music Haven in Sch’dy Central Park  –– rain location is a Niskayuna High School  7 pm
  • Big Fez & the Surfmatics performing at 7 pm at Freedom Park in Scotia on the Mohawk Ave. Bring lawn chairs.
  • Grit-N-Whiskey performing at the Performing Arts at the Common (14 Clifton Commons)  7 pm – bring lawn chairs

Exhibitions:

  • Through August – One Man Show – Vince Forte at Niskayuna Senior Center at 2682 Aqueduct Rd. Sch’dy.
  • Through Nov. 3 – 22nd Annual North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show (NBOSS 2019) 48-66 Main St. North Bennington VT.
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