It's Super Dark Monday at Desperate Annie's in Saratoga Springs, featuring live sets by Polar Identity, Grape Juice!, and The Snorts. FREE.

It's VCR Vortex VHS Night at No Fun in Troy, with a John Waters double feature of Multiple Maniacs (1970) and Polyester (1981). FREE.

Duo featuring Erin Powers, who spans Fleetwood Mac to They Might Be Giants, makes its debut at The Eleven at Lark Hall in Albany.

WEQX presents a live listening party at the Eleven at Lark Hall in Albany, NY, to celebrate the new release by The California Honeydrops.

Beats driven jam-funk outfit The Pine Boys return to The Eleven at Lark Hall in Albany for a free show on September 13.

Second Saturday Flea at the Shirt Factory: Monthly flea market featuring multiple dealers with collectibles, antiques, vintage, repurposed and hand made items. Always something new and unexpected, plus the shops of the Shirt Factory.

The Albany Twilight Market by Osteal Blossoms is a rotating vendor market with an emphasis on strange, dark, alt, unique, and unusual.

Rob Fleming of Rhoseway is the main attraction at a special free Deer Tick pre-show party happy hour at The Eleven in Albany.