Month October 2025
Fans were celebrating 30 years of Straight Jacket, if you can believe it, at Empire Live on October 4. A stacked lineup including Fury of Five, Brick by Brick, Shutdown, Violent by Design, and Passed …
“Oak Pop,” held in the yard of the Oakwood Community Center, featured performances by Connor Armbruster, Great Mutations, Electric Turtle, Nathan Meltz and the House of Tomorrow, Pony in the Pancake, Rabid …
Mustard’s Retreat performed the most intimate show possible to a veteran and appreciative audience at The Addy at Proctors in Schenectady.…
Among the entertainment for October’s First Friday in Albany was Natalie Santini of Little Saints at the Fort Orange General Store and Oobleck at The Eleven.…
Oobleck brought their heavy horn funk to The Eleven for a free show.…
Annie in the Water returned to Albany after two years, playing Lark Hall in support of their latest EP, “Migration.” Brooklyn’s Escaper leaned into the improvisation in their opening set.…
Mystic Bowie and the Talking Dreads / Dr. Jah and the Love Prophets @ Putnam Place (October 3, 2025)
Mystic Bowie brought his reggae-infused tribute to the Talking Heads with his band, Talking Dreads, at Putnam Place in Saratoga Springs on October 3. Who else but our own Dr. Jah and the Love Prophets could open such a …
Rising alto sax star Sarah Hanahan played SUNY Schenectady’s Carl B. Taylor Auditorium and quieted any doubters with a two-set repertoire that spanned styles and jazz eras. The quartet comprised of Hanahan, Caelan Cardello on piano, Matt Dwonszyk on bass, …
The Albany crowd at the Palace Theatre was transported back to the ’90s and ’00s by headliners Toad the Wet Sprocket on their “Good Intentions” tour. Openers KT Tunstall and Vertical Horizon ensured the enthusiasm level was high …
BEATrio is Antonio Sánchez on drums, Béla Fleck on banjo, and Edmar Castañeda on harp. On October 2, they brought their live show in support of their debut album to a thrilled Saratoga audience at Universal Preservation Hall, earning …
Columbus, Ohio’s DANA brought their “Clean Living” tour to Troy, while Philadelphia’s Evil Sword launched their own fall tour here as well. Local favorites Grief Group and Bloodx3 rounded out this bill from Super Dark Collective.…
Canadian rockers Finger Eleven headlined at Empire Live on October 1, supporting their soon-to-be-released new album “Last Night on Earth.” Fellow Canadian alternative rockers BRKN LOVE and California’s Alien Ant Farm provided support.…