No April Fools', this weekend is full of April fun! It is First Friday, so hop on the Capital City Trolley to get from downtown Albany attractions, to Lark Street restaurants, to special events at venues such as Nine Pin Cider. It is also opening weekend for "Shakespeare in Love" at theREP! Plus, Saturday also kicks off Lark Street Restaurant Week. Keep reading for a full list of free and frugal events for April 5 - April 7.
Friday, April 5
9th Annual Capital Region CANstruction: If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It
Location: New York State Museum
Address: Empire State Plaza, 3023 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Price: Free
Weekday Tours of the New York State Capitol
Location: New York State Capitol
Address: Washington Ave and State St, Albany, NY 12242
Time: 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM
Price: Free
USS SLATER Tour
Location: USS Slater DE766
Address: 1 Quay St, Intersection of Broadway & Quay Street, Albany, NY 12202
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Price: Adults/$9; Seniors/8; Children 6-14/7; Children 5 and under/Free
Artist Talk & Reception - Art Installation Series: "All Mine" by Juan Hinojosa
Location: Mandeville Gallery at Union College
Address: Union College, 807 Union St., Schenectady, NY 12308
Time: 12:55 PM to 1:45 PM
Price: Free and open to the public
Coffee and Conversation: Mark Twain Erupts!
Location: Bethlehem Public Library
Address: 451 Delaware Ave, Delmar, NY 12054
Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Happy Hour at Warehouse Grill & BBQ
Location: Warehouse Grill & BBQ
Address: 219 Wolf Rd., Albany, NY 12205
Time: 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Nine Pin's First Friday - April
Presented By: Albany Barn, Inc.
Location: Nine Pin Ciderworks, LLC
Address: 929 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207
Time: 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Price: Free
Happy Hour at the Tavern
Location: The Tavern
Address: 660 Albany-Shaker Rd, Albany, NY 12211
Time: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Price: Free
Happy Hour
Location: MezzaNotte
Address: 2026 Western Ave, Albany, NY 12203
Time: 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Friday Night Wine Tastings
Location: Capital Wine Albany
Address: 348 State Street, Albany, NY 12210
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Price: Free tasting!
Wheels of Change: Cars & Culture of the 1960s Exhibit Opening
Location: Saratoga Automobile Museum
Address: 110 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Price: $10
Lenten Fish Fridays at the Hall
Location: Capital District Irish American Association
Address: 375 Ontario St., Albany, NY 12206
Time: 6:00 PM
Museum After Dark (MAD) Tour: Facts and Folly
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Price: $10 members, $12 non-members.
Live Music Every Friday & Saturday Night at Emack & Bolio's!
Location: Emack & Bolio's
Address: 366 Delaware Ave, Albany, NY 12209
Time: 7:00 PM
Jim Malcolm in Concert
Location: Old Songs Community Art Center
Address: 37 South Main Street, Voorheesville, NY 12186
Time: 7:30 PM
Major American Novelist T.C. Boyle and Memoirist Mark Berger: Making Sense of the Sixties
Presented By: NYS Writers Institute
Location: Page Hall, University at Albany, Downtown Campus
Address: 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
Time: 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Price: Free
St. Catherine's Center for Children's Kickin' It for the Kids
Presented By: St. Catherine's Center for Children
Location: Graney's Stout
Address: 904 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207
Time: 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Price: $5
Wikoff Student Gallery - Collaborative Reception: “Pictures at an Exhibition” with Organist Stefan Kießling
Location: Wikoff Student Gallery at Union College
Address: Union College, 807 Union St., Schenectady, NY 12308
Time: 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Price: Free and open to the public.
Paul Reiser Headlines The Egg
Location: The Egg
Address: Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12203
Time: 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Price: $25 - $45
Shakespeare in Love
Location: Capital Repertory Theatre
Address: 111 N. Pearl St., Albany, NY 12207
Time: 8:00 PM
Price: Tickets starting at $27
Saturday, April 6
Lark Street Restaurant Week
Presented By: Lark Street BID
Location: Various restaurants on Lark Street
Address: 194 Lark Street, Albany, NY 12210
Price: $20.19
Healthy Dog Expo
Location: Desmond Hotel Albany
Address: 660 Albany-Shaker Rd, Albany, NY 12211
Time: 7:45 AM to 5:30 PM
Price: $19.95 book signing and half day exhibitor pass
9th Annual Capital Region CANstruction: If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It
Location: New York State Museum
Address: Empire State Plaza, 3023 Cultural Education Center , Albany, NY 12230
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Price: Free
Dr. Jeremy Begbie: Classical Music Performance and Lecture
Location: Cathedral of All Saints
Address: 62 S. Swan Street, Albany, NY 12210
Time: 9:20 AM to 1:30 PM
Price: $20 General Admission $15 for students
USS SLATER Tour
Location: USS Slater DE766
Address: 1 Quay St, Intersection of Broadway & Quay Street, Albany, NY 12202
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Price: Adults/$9; Seniors/8; Children 6-14/7; Children 5 and under/Free
Saturday Tours of the New York State Capitol
Location: New York State Capitol
Address: Washington Ave and State St, Albany, NY 12242
Time: 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM
Price: Free! Registration required.
Game of Thrones Brunch
Location: City Beer Hall
Address: 42 Howard St., Albany, NY 12207
Time: 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Price: Free
Kids Club
Location: Colonie Center Mall
Address: 131 Colonie Center, Albany, NY 12205
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Price: Free! Reservations required
New York State Education Tours
Location: The Education Building of the State of New York
Address: Front Steps, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY
Time: 12:30 PM & 2:30 PM
Price: FREE
Cradle of the Union: Albany History Uncovered
Location: New York State Library, 7th floor Librarians Room
Address: 222 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Price: Free
UAlbany Women's Lacrosse vs. New Hampshire Wildcats
Presented By: UAlbany Athletics
Location: Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
Address: 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222
Time: 1:00 PM
Shakespeare in Love
Location: Capital Repertory Theatre
Address: 111 N. Pearl St., Albany, NY 12207
Time: 3:00PM/8:00 PM
Price: Tickets starting at $27
Albany Distilling Tours
Location: Albany Distilling Co., Inc.
Address: 75 Livingston Ave., Albany, NY 12207
Time: 3:00 PM
Jamestown Jackals at Albany Patroons
Presented By: Albany Patroons
Location: Washington Avenue Armory
Address: 195 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210
Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Price: Adult $15; Child $5
Live Music Every Friday & Saturday Night at Emack & Bolio's!
Location: Emack & Bolio's
Address: 366 Delaware Ave, Albany, NY 12209
Time: 7:00 PM
Grand Illusions with Jeffrey Jene
Location: The Cue Theatre
Address: First United Methodist Church (Fellowship Hall), 428 Kenwood Ave, Delmar, NY
Time: 7:30 PM
Price: $10 per person
90s Night!
Location: City Beer Hall
Address: 42 Howard St., Albany, NY 12207
Time: 11:00 PM
Price: No cover
Sunday, April 7
Lark Street Restaurant Week
Presented By: Lark Street BID
Location: Various restaurants on Lark Street
Address: 194 Lark Street, Albany, NY 12210
Price: $20.19
9th Annual Capital Region CANstruction: If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It
Location: New York State Museum
Address: Empire State Plaza, 3023 Cultural Education Center , Albany, NY 12230
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Price: Free
USS SLATER Tour
Location: USS Slater DE766
Address: 1 Quay St, Intersection of Broadway & Quay Street, Albany, NY 12202
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Price: Adults/$9; Seniors/8; Children 6-14/7; Children 5 and under/Free
Game of Thrones Brunch
Location: City Beer Hall
Address: 42 Howard St., Albany, NY 12207
Time: 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Price: Free
Baby got, Brunch - Sundays at Lost & Found
Location: Lost & Found Bar & Kitchen
Address: 942 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207
Time: 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Reel Seafood Sunday Brunch
Location: Reel Seafood Company
Address: 195 Wolf Rd, Albany, NY 12205
Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Sunday
Time: 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
2nd Annual Pet Adoption Event
Location: Fuccillo Nissan of Latham
Address: 976 New Loudon Rd, Latham, NY 12110
Time: 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Price: FREE
Sunny Sundays
Location: Dudley Observatory at miSci - Museum of Innovation and Science
Address: 15 Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady, NY 12308
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Price: miSci admission ($12 adult, $10 ages 65+), FREE for miSci members
Shakespeare in Love
Location: Capital Repertory Theatre
Address: 111 N. Pearl St., Albany, NY 12207
Time: 2:00PM
Price: Tickets starting at $27
Ground and Elevate Kundalini Class
Presented By: Lark Street Yoga
Address: 351 Hudson Avenue, Albany, Albany, NY 12210
Time: 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Price: $25
New York Court Kings at Albany Patroons
Presented By: Albany Patroons
Location: Washington Avenue Armory
Address: 195 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210
Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Price: Adult $15; Child $5
Rainbow Fish
Location: The Egg
Address: Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223
Time: 3:00 PM
Price: $15, Adult when when accompanied by child
Sunday Night Blues Jam
Location: McGeary's Irish Pub
Address: 4 Clinton Square, Albany, NY 12207
Time: 7:30 PM – 12:00 AM
Price: Free
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Presented By: Albany Symphony Orchestra
Location: Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Address: 30 Second Street, Troy, NY 12180
Time: 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Ongoing
University Art Museum Spring Exhibitions
From: : February 1, 2019 - April 6, 2019
Location: University at Albany Art Museum
Address: 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222
Time: Tuesday 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM pm; Wednesday through Friday, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Saturday 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Price: Free
In Place of Now
From: February 23, 2019 – April 13, 2019
Location: Opalka Gallery Sage College of Albany
Address: 140 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208
Time: Tuesdays - Fridays 12 - 7pm; Saturdays: 12 - 4pm
Price: Free
Butterflies & Blooms
From: February 26, 2019 - April 14, 2019
Location: Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci)
Address: 15 Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady, NY 12308
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM, on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Price: Museum admission $12 (13+); $10 (65+); $8 (3-12)
Photos with the Easter Bunny
From: March 23, 2019 - April 21, 2019
Location: Colonie Center Mall
Address: 131 Colonie Center, Albany, NY 12205
Time: 11AM - 9PM, Monday - Saturday; 11AM - 6PM, Sunday
Unique Perspectives: Artists of the Capital Region
From: March 1, 2019 - April 28, 2019
Presented By: Discover Albany Visitors Center
Address: 25 Quackenbush Square, Albany, NY 12207
Time: M-F: 9:00am-3:00pm (beginning in April, 9:00am-4:00pm); Sat: 10:00am-3:00pm; Sun: 11:00am-3:00pm
Price: Free admission
Art for All
From: October 20, 2018 – May 11, 2019
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM, every Sunday
Price: Free with museum admission and always free for museum members
Enterprising Waters: New York's Erie Canal
From: September 14, 2017 - May 12, 2019
Location: New York State Museum
Address: Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230
Time: 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Daily
Price: Free
Shape and Shadow: The Sculpture of Larry Kagan
From: January 2019 – June 9, 2019
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave, Albany
Time: Sunday, Noon - 5PM; Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10AM - 5PM; Thursday, 10AM - 8PM
Price: Adults: $10, Seniors: $8 Students: $8, Children 6–12: $6, Children under 6: Free
"A Decolonial Atlas: Strategies in Contemporary Art of the Americas"
From: January 19, 2019 - June 16, 2019
Location: Mandeville Gallery at Union College
Address: Union College, 807 Union St, Nott Memorial, 2nd Floor, Schenectady, NY 12308
Time: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Price: Free and open to the public
Bejeweled and Bedazzled: Jewelry and Personal Adornment
From: January 26, 2019 - July 28, 2019
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave, Albany
Time: Sunday, Noon - 5PM; Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10AM - 5PM; Thursday, 10AM - 8PM
Price: Adults: $10, Seniors: $8 Students: $8, Children 6–12: $6, Children under 6: Free
Heavy Metal: Cast Iron Stoves of the Capital Region
From: December 15, 2018 - August 18, 2019
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave, Albany
Time: Sunday, Noon - 5PM; Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10AM - 5PM; Thursday, 10AM - 8PM
Price: Adults: $10, Seniors: $8 Students: $8, Children 6–12: $6, Children under 6: Free
People of New York Exhibition
From: March 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Location: New York State Capitol
Address: Washington Ave and State St, Albany, NY 12242
Time: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Price: FREE
A Small Fort, Which Our People Call Fort Orange
From: May 5, 2018 - January 1, 2020
Location: New York State Museum
Address: 222 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230
Time: 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
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
Hudson River School
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210
Time: Sunday, Noon - 5PM; Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10AM - 5PM; Thursday, 10AM - 8PM
Price: Members: Free, Adults: $10, Seniors: $8, Students: $8 (must present ID), Children 6–12: $6, Children under 6: 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: Sunday, Noon - 5PM; Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10AM - 5PM; Thursday, 10AM - 8PM
Price: Members: Free, Adults: $10, Seniors: $8, Students: $8 (must present ID), Children 6–12: $6, Children under 6: Free
Ancient Egypt
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave Albany, NY 12210
Time: Sunday, Noon - 5PM; Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10AM - 5PM; Thursday, 10AM - 8PM
Price: Members: Free, Adults: $10, Seniors: $8, Students: $8 (must present ID), Children 6–12: $6, Children under 6: Free
Ice Ages
Location: New York State Museum
Address: Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230
Time: Daily (except Mondays), 9:30AM-5:00PM
Nineteenth-Century American Sculpture
Location: Albany Institute of History & Art
Address: 125 Washington Ave Albany, NY 12210
Time: Sunday, Noon - 5PM; Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10AM - 5PM; Thursday, 10AM - 8PM
Price: Members: Free, Adults: $10, Seniors: $8, Students: $8 (must present ID), Children 6–12: $6, Children under 6: Free
Whole New Ballgame Exhibit
Location: National Baseball Hall of Fame
Address: 25 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326
Recurrence: Recurring daily
For these and other events, check out our event calendar here.
