live music

Both bands played SPAC three days apart this year.

It had been three years since the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train rolled through the Capital Region. It made three stops; Mechanicville, Saratoga Springs, and Fort Edward. The first was Mechanicville on a rainy Sunday night. This is where I enjoyed the festive holiday train. They are traveling across the country to 106 stops. At each stop, they play live music and collect donations for the local food banks. Country Artist Lindsay Ell was the musical entertainment and she was awesome. The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train also presented the Mechanicville Community Center with a check for $3500 to help restock the food bank. Even though the weather wasn't ideal, a couple of hundred families joined the fun.

With their two shows at Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Friday and Saturday night, Dave Matthews Band will notch a huge milestone in Upstate music history.

Summer at the Plaza is fully underway with a summerlong lineup of food trucks, fun fitness classes, and free lunchtime concerts at Albany's Empire State Plaza.

It seems as if more and more restaurants are experiencing a resurgence after the pandemic. There is one restaurant and bar in Halfmoon that has been around for more than three decades and is entering into a new era.

Nestled on the corner of Lark Street and Hudson Avenue in downtown Albany is one of the city's most beautiful and enduring buildings that has been repurposed as a live concert venue.