It wouldn't be Spring without a few April showers, so pack an umbrella & explore Albany County this weekend! This weekend features the end of the Lark Street BID's Restaurant Week and the start of the Downtown Albany BID's Restaurant Week, so indulge in a delicious three-course meal! If you are in the mood for a little theater, catch Park Playhouse's rendition of Little Shop of Horrors or theRep's Blithe Spirit. Or, head down to the Times Union Center and cheer on the Albany Empire for the team's Inaugural Game! For more ideas, check out our full list of Free & Frugal events below!
Friday, April 13
Lark Street Restaurant Week
Presented By: Lark Street BID
Location: Lark Street, Albany, NY 12210
Price: $20.18 or less
Happy Hour
Location: The Tavern
Address: 660 Albany-Shaker Rd, Albany, NY 12211
Time: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Price: Free
Polish Night
Location: Polish Community Center
Address: 225 Washington Ave Ext, Albany, NY 12205
Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Price: $4.00 - $13
Free Wine Tasting
Location: Capital Wine and Spirits
Address: 348 State Street, Albany, NY 12210
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:45 PM
Price: Free
Little Shop of Horrors
Presented By: Park Playhouse
Location: Cohoes Music Hall
Address: 58 Remsen Street, 58 Remsen Street, Cohoes, NY 12047
Time: Doors 7:00 PM/Show 8:00 PM
Price: $15 - $25
Live Music Every Friday & Saturday Night!
Location: Emack & Bolio's
Address: 366 Delaware Ave, Albany, NY 12209
Time: 7:00 PM
Film Screening: A MASTER BUILDER
Presented By: NYS Writers Institute
Location: University at Albany Downtown Campus
Address: 135 Western Avenue, Page Hall, Albany, NY 12203
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:10 PM
Price: Free
Blithe Spirit
Location: Capital Repertory Theatre
Address: 111 N. Pearl St., Albany, NY 12207
Time: 8:00 PM
Price: Tickets starting at $20
Storytime Time with Ethan Ullman
Recurring monthly on the 2nd Friday
Location: Mop & Bucket Improv Theater Co.
Address: 10 N Jay St, Schenectady, NY 12305
Time: 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Price: $6 - $10
Saturday, April 14
Lark Street Restaurant Week
Presented By: Lark Street BID
Location: Lark Street, Albany, NY 12210
Price: $20.18 or less
Downtown Albany Restaurant Week 2018
Presented by: Downtown Albany BID
Location: Downtown Albany
Price: $25
Mindful Mile & Fight Hunger 5k
Location: University at Albany
Address: 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222
Time: 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Price: $5-$25
WWAARC Craft/Vendor Fair
Location: WWAARC
Address: 334 Krumkill Road, Slingerlands, NY 12159
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Price: Free
Guided Tour of the New York State Capitol Building
Location: New York State Capitol
Address: Washington Ave and State St, Albany, NY 12242
Time: 11 AM and 1 PM
Price: Free! Registration required.
New York State Education Tours
Recurring monthly on the 2nd Saturday
Location: The Education Building of the State of New York
Address: Front Steps, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY
Time: 12:30 p.m. & 2:30 p.m.
Price: FREE
Brewery Tours at C.H. Evans Brewing Company
Location: C H Evans Brewing Co. at the Albany Pump Station
Address: 19 Quackenbush Sq, Albany, NY 12207
Time: 1:00 PM
Little Shop of Horrors
Presented By: Park Playhouse
Location: Cohoes Music Hall
Address: 58 Remsen Street, 58 Remsen Street, Cohoes, NY 12047
Time: Doors 1:00 PM/Show 2:00 PM
Price: $15 - $25
Blithe Spirit
Location: Capital Repertory Theatre
Address: 111 N. Pearl St., Albany, NY 12207
Time: 3:00 PM/8:00 PM
Price: Tickets starting at $20
Albany Distilling Tours
Location: Albany Distilling Co., Inc.
Address: 75 Livingston Ave., Albany, NY 12207
Time: 3:00 PM
Little Shop of Horrors
Presented By: Park Playhouse
Location: Cohoes Music Hall
Address: 58 Remsen Street, 58 Remsen Street, Cohoes, NY 12047
Time: Doors 7:00 PM/Show 8:00 PM
Price: $15 - $25
Live Music Every Friday & Saturday Night!
Location: Emack & Bolio's
Address: 366 Delaware Ave, Albany, NY 12209
Time: 7:00 PM
Albany Empire VS Philadelphia Soul
Location: Times Union Center (TUC)
Address: 51 S Pearl St, Albany, NY 12207
Time: 7:00 PM
Price: Tickets starting at $10
The Opera Project
Location: University at Albany
Address: 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222
Time: 7:30 pm
Price: $5-$10
The Last Revel
Location: The Hollow Bar + Kitchen
Address: 79 North Pearl St., Albany, NY 12207
Time: 8:00 PM
Sunday, April 15
Delmar Dash (5M)
Location: Hudson Mohawk Road Runners Club
Address: 332 Kenwood Ave, Delmar, NY 12054
Time: 9:00 AM
Albany's Urban Orchard
Presented By: Nine Pin Ciderworks, LLC
Location: Washington Park
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sunday Jazz Brunch
Location: Wolf's 1-11
Address: 111 Wolf Road, Albany, NY 12205
Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Reel Seafood Sunday Brunch
Location: Reel Seafood Company
Address: 195 Wolf Rd, Albany, NY 12205
Time: 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Little Shop of Horrors
Presented By: Park Playhouse
Location: Cohoes Music Hall
Address: 58 Remsen Street, 58 Remsen Street, Cohoes, NY 12047
Time: Doors 1:00 PM/Show 2:00 PM
Price: $15 - $25
Blithe Spirit
Location: Capital Repertory Theatre
Address: 111 N. Pearl St., Albany, NY 12207
Time: 2:00 PM
Price: Tickets starting at $20
“Messaging, Media, and Motherhood: Political Strategies of the NY Suffrage Campaign”
Location: New York State Museum
Address: Empire State Plaza, 222 Madison Avenue, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230
Time: 2:00 PM
Price: FREE
Youth Movements Festival: Ballet on the Blue Danube
Location: University at Albany
Address: 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222
Time: 3:00 PM
Price: $4-$12
Mother GOOSE! New York Theatre Ballet
Location: The Egg
Address: Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223
Time: 3:00 PM
Price: $18, Adult in free when accompanied by a child
Sunday Night Blues Jam
Location: McGeary's Irish Pub
Address: 4 Clinton Square, Albany, NY 12207
Time: 7:30 PM – Midnight
Price: Free
Amy Helm
Location: The Hollow Bar + Kitchen
Address: 79 North Pearl St., Albany, NY 12207
Time: 8:00 PM
Price: $16
Ongoing
Discover Butterflies
From: February 17, 2018 - April 22, 2018
Location: Museum of Innovation and Science
Address: 15 Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady, NY 12308
Price: Free with museum admission
Perspectives: By Capital Region Artists
From: March 2, 2018 - April 27, 2018
Presented By: Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region
Location: Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center
Address: 25 Quackenbush Sq , Albany, NY 12207
Time: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM; Saturday 10:00 AM-3:00 PM; Sunday 11:00 AM-3:00 PM
Price: Free Admission!
Colonie Art League - Juried Art Show
From: April 9, 2018 - May 4, 2018
Presented By: Colonie Art League
Location: Pruyn House
Address: 207 Old Niskayuna Road, Latham, NY 12110
Time: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Price: Free
Inside Edison's House of Magic: 125 Years of Innovation at GE
From: February 1, 2018 - May 6, 2018
Location: Museum of Innovation and Science
Address: 15 Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady, NY 12308
Votes For Women: Celebrating New York's Suffrage Centennial
From: November 4, 2017 - May 13, 2018
Location: New York State Museum
Address: Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230
Time: Daily (except Mondays), 9:30AM - 5:30PM
Well-Dressed in Victorian Albany
From: October 7, 2017 - May 20, 2018
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210
Time: Daily
Gifts from Our Grandfather
From: April 2, 2018 - May 31, 2018
Location: American Italian Heritage Museum & Cultural Center
Address: 1227 Central Ave., Albany, NY 12205
Price: Museum admission
Life on the Canal Then... by Artists Now
From: February 1, 2018 - May 31, 2018
Location: Mabee Farm Historic Site
Address: 1100 Main St, Rotterdam Junction, NY 12150
USS SLATER Galley
From: April 4, 2018 - November 25, 2018
Location: USS Slater DE766
Address: 1 Quay St, Intersection of Broadway & Quay Street, Albany, NY 12202
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Price: $9 for Adults, $8 for Seniors, and $7 for Children 6-14.
A Spirit of Sacrifice: New York State in The First World War
From: February 1, 2018 - June 3, 2018
Location: New York State Museum
Address: Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230
Time: Daily
Along the Eastern Road: Hiroshige's Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
From: March 14, 2018 - June 10, 2018
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210
Time: Daily
Exhibition: "Probability & Uncertainty"
From: January 13, 2018 - June 17, 2018
Location: Union College- Mandeville Gallery
Address: 807 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308
Time: Daily, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Price: Free and Open to the Public
Paintings of Addy®: Dahl Taylor's Original Illustrations for American Girl
From: January 26, 2018 - June 17, 2018
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210
Time: Regular Museum Hours
Upon the Ground, Below the Water
From: March 24, 2018 – September 3, 2018
Location: Albany International Airport (ALB)
Address: 737 Albany-Shaker Rd., Albany, NY 12211
In Harm's Way: Community responses to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee
From: February 1, 2018 - October 1, 2018
Location: Mabee Farm Historic Site
Address: 1100 Main St, Rotterdam Junction, NY 12150
Thomas Cole's Paper Trail
From: January 19, 2018 - October 25, 2018
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210
Time: Regular Museum Hours
Fellow Citizen: Aaron Burr
From: January 17, 2018 - December 31, 2018 (Daily)
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210
Time: Regular Museum Hours
Hudson River School
From: January 17, 2018 - December 31, 2018 (Daily)
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210
Time: Regular Museum Hours
Ice Ages
From: January 3, 2017 - February 28, 2019
Location: New York State Museum
Address: Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230
Time: Daily (except Mondays), 9:30AM-5:00PM
The Glory Can Never Fade: The Legacy of the Harlem Hellfighters
From: April 6, 2018 - February 28, 2019
Location: New York State Capitol
Address: Washington Ave and State St, Albany, NY 12242
Price: Free
The Wedding of the Waters: Erie Canal and the Underground Railroad
Location: Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence
Address: 194 Livingston Ave., Albany, NY 12210
Time: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Price: $10 adults/$8 seniors/$5 children 5-12, children under 5 are free
Traders and Culture: Colonial Albany and the Formation of American Identity
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave. Albany, NY 12210
Time: Wednesday-Saturday, 10:00AM-5:00PM; Sunday, 12:00PM-5:00PM
Ancient Egypt
Recurring Daily
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave Albany, NY 12210
Time: Thursday, 10:00AM - 8:00PM; Friday – Sunday, 10:00AM - 5:00PM
For these and other events, check out our event calendar here.
