Show Detective – Weekend Shows – June 9th – June 11th

Show Detective

June 9^th, 2023

Toosii & Friends f/ Sexyy Red & Sugarhill Ddot, The Palace Theatre, Albany, 8pm

Myers Annual Dance Concert, Proctors Theatre, Scenectady, 7:30pm

Original classical and contemporary choreography by 9 creative artists from the Myers staff and Darlene Myers . Celebrate the future dancers of tomorrow and enjoy appearances from Northeast Ballet Co.

Deveria, Empire Underground, Albany, 7pm

(w/The Phoenix and the Raven, The Antrarctican, Untamed, Infinite Sin)

Sing Along(Live Band Emo and Pop Punk Karaoke) – Empire Live, Albany, 8pm

Retro Pride Prom, Fuze Box, 9pm-2am

Show some 80s level EXTRA with us at the Retro Prom for Pride!

Dj Queen Beatz will be spinning some of your favorite jams from the 80s while we dance our LGBTQIA+ butts off.

Chris Sanders and Jenna Sue, Rustic Barn Pub, Troy, 7pm – 10pm

Chris Sanders is a singer/songwriter playing country, rock, and other covers as well as some originals…. paired up with Jenna Sue this duo is a local favorite!

RENT, Lark Hall, Albany, 8pm

CDAI Productions presents our immersive version of RENT. DOORS OPEN 45 min prior to showtime

Based on Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 opera, La Bohéme, RENT is a rock opera with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson that tells the story of a group of impoverished, young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan’s East Village. Set in the thriving days of the bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of the HIV/AIDS crisis.

The CDAI’s production of RENT will be staged in a completely immersive environment, where the actors will move in and around the audience.The show taking place in a live bar and concert space, rather than a traditional theatrical stage, highlights the shows innovative, bohemian energy and invites the audience to be a part of the “us” in the shows famous line, “There’s only us.”

DJ Kamikaze, Putnam Place, Saratoga Springs, 9:30pm-2am

Come on down and dance the night away with DJ Kamikaze throwing down the beats into the late hours.

Reggie Harris with Pat Wictor, Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, 8pm-10pm

The collaborative duo of Reggie Harris and Pat Wictor blend folk, jazz & blues from their vast personal original and traditional repertoires

Reggie Harris and Pat Wictor take the stage to create celebrations of music, friendship and joy. Their performances bring together the very best in folk, contemporary, jazz and the blues, with an ease that comes from years of honing their craft. Blending together songs from their vast personal original and traditional repertoires, Harris and Wictor display seamless musical dexterity and a deep level of selfless collaboration that consistently brings audiences to their feet in unrestrained joy.

Reggie Harris, a 2021 Folk Alliance International Spirit of Folk and W. E. B. Du Bois Legacy Award winner is a passionate songwriter, activist, recording artist who averages 250 plus performances, concerts and lectures per year at arts centers, universities, schools, music festivals and diverse places of worship throughout the U.S, Canada, and Europe. A performer of 40 plus years, his contributions to the legacy of the music of Underground Railroad and the Modern Civil Rights Movement have deepened and advanced the national dialogue on history, education and race. Harris is a founding artist/educator in the John F. Kennedy Center’s Changing Education Through the Arts and Co-President of the Living Legacy Project. His most recent albums, Ready to Go and On Solid Ground ranked #5 and #2 on the US Folk DJ charts in 2018 and 2021 respectively.

Brooklyn-based Venezuela-born singer/songwriter Pat Wictor mixes unusual combinations of ideas and experiences into a seamless whole. Grounded in rural blues and gospel traditions, Wictor’s lean, poetic songs and expressive guitar playing are seasoned with jazz, pop, improvisational surprise, philosophy and social commentary. His latest project, FLARE, is a meditation on political division in America, which WFUV’s John Platt called “brilliant,” and reached #1 on the Folk-DJ charts in 2022.

The joy and spontaneity of their performances displays both artistry and skill as they invite their audience into a boundless and unrestrained exploration of the songs they love. Their friendship is as evident, real and transformative as their music.

Scotia / DJ Trumastr, No Fun, Troy, 8pm – 11pm

Kurt Allan Band, Pauly’s Hotel, Albany, 8pm

Schleigho 30th Anniversary Tour(w/ Vertices), Parish Public House, Albany

The Coverups, Lake George Beach Club, Lake George

Rock City Junction, Unihog, Hoosick Falls

Rina Sawayama, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA

Coral Moons, The Foundry, West Stockbridge, MA

Teachers Do Standup, Funny Bone, Albany

The Peoples Band, Monopole, Plattsburgh

June 10^th, 2023

Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show – Carmen Lagala, Proctors Theatre, 8pm

Carmen Lagala will headline Proctors Pretty Much The Best Comedy Show on Saturday, June 10! The kind of comic you’d have a wild late-night conversation with, Carmen’s darkly frolicsome humor leaves no topic off-limits. Carmen is a formerly shy small-town collegiate hall-of-fame athlete who has spent the last 8 of her 11 years performing in New York City. You may have seen her doing clean material on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, on Comedy Central, or being absolutely filthy at New York Comedy Club. Catch her clips on Instagram @carmstagrams.

GoGo Gone Dark Prince Tribute Show, Fuze Box, Albany, 8pm-2am

The Twilight Market After Party, Come see the performers doing a tribute to Prince, Dueling dark DJ’s with gogo dancers for your entertainment. What more could you want?

Jimmy Dore, Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes, 8pm-9:30pm

The Jimmy Dore Show is a comedy lifeline for people on the left and right (but definitely NOT the center) who are sick of bought politicians and gaslighting corporate journalists manufacturing consent for wars. A certified YouTube sensation, The Jimmy Dore Show boasts over 530 million views and over ONE MILLION subscribers.

10:01, Rustic Barn Pub, Troy, 8pm-11pm

Original Music and some tasty covers!

RENT, Lark Hall, Albany, 2pm, 8pm

CDAI Productions presents our immersive version of RENT. DOORS OPEN 45 min prior to showtime

Clear Mind, Ohzhe, reaLation, Hayley Stafford & more…, Putnam Place, Saratoga Springs, 7:30pm-12am

Clear-Mind is a Hip Hop artist hailing from Albany, NY. Proficient and confident in his craft, Clear-MInd wants to show and prove that he is capable of standing with those who came before him. Honoring the raw Hip Hop artform with passion and wisdom, he makes it his priority to make not only quality Hip Hop music but TIMELESS Hip Hop music. When it is all said and done, Clear-MInd wants to be aligned with the greatest, and to give people something and someone to believe in. “Clear-MInd is for the people”.

Website: www.facebook.com/kvngclear

Songwriter Ohzhe brings his charisma and versatility to the stage with his ability to connect to his audience through relatability and vulnerability. Coming from Upstate NY, Ohzhe looks to inspire his city with his perspective, lyrics and lifestyle.The Albany native rapper with southern roots is marking his territory in the rap game with powerful lyrics, a diverse flow, and confidence that is undeniable. From being Eddie award nominated as best HipHop artist in his city, to creating opportunities for the youth Ohzhe stands true to his goal, to inspire the world and push forward the culture.

Website: www.ohzhe.net

Hayley Stafford is a Folk acoustic Singer/Songwriter from Saratoga Springs, New York.

Website: https://instagram.com/hayley.moonbeam

reaLation was born from two separate ideas. First, the songs the band writes seem to focus on real world problems, issues and concerns. They try to shed light on subject areas that were either taboo or ignored in the past, or issues that have yet to come to the surface. In simple terms, true reality. Second, the band feels one of the most important facets of human existence is the ability to relate to one another and the environment and society everyone exists in. The songs that have truly turned them on the most are the ones they really related to. There have been songs that they have been able to relate to right away and others that have taken an experience or life circumstance to create the connection. It is from this that the term reaLation. was created and they feel it truly reflects what they are accomplishing as artists.

Website: www.realationmusic.com

Born in Schenectady, NY, the sound that ALMIGHTYRAZA brings fits in the spectrum of Indie-Rock all the way to Modern Hip-Hop. He is most popular for his collaboration tracks like “Ghost” with MSMASH & “Same Shit” with Ruby Richh , as well as his singles “So Sad” and “Bed Talk”.

Ani is an upcoming artist from NYC. The focus of his artistry is to make music with vibe that’s fun and catchy. His music is meant for the world and he plans on bringing those vibes to this event for y’all to enjoy!

Website: https://linktr.ee/ani.boyy

An Evening with Kate Taylor, Caffe Lena, 8pm-10pm

Singer/songwriter Kate Taylor makes a triumphant return with a seasoned, lived-in, bluesy voice, marking her renewed embrace of music-making

If you haven’t heard much from Kate Taylor in the last half century, it’s because she gave up the rock life nearly as quickly as she started it, moving to Martha’s Vineyard where she married and raised her two children. They spent summers living in a tepee, later made jewelry from quahog shells and dug for scallops to earn a living, and lived a life out of the public eye. The spark for this album was ignited at Kate’s 70th birthday party when her agent brought up the fact that the key players who appeared on 1971’s Sister Kate, including music veteran Peter Asher, are still around and very active. Asher liked the idea and Kate was instantly on board, writing the title track and assembling a group of songs complemented by her bluesy, lived-in voice. Brother James commented: “For Kate to be doing this with Peter, and that both of them have this life experience that brings them back together, it’s really a moving thing. I think it’s so great that Kate will have this next iteration, you know, this next chance for people to hear her and pick up on her.”

Kate Taylor’s return from a long hiatus of making music and touring “basks in a radiant glow that finds Taylor as effusive and excited as a teen releasing a first record” according to American Songwriter. The opening track of her latest release Why Wait! – years after debut Sister Kate – is a funkified take on the Beatles’ “Good Day Sunshine,” a fitting decree for a new era of making music. She shouts out “Good morning, world!” which seem both a re-awakening, and a luminous proclamation that Taylor has returned. Rolling Stone notes: “Fifty years ago, James Taylor’s sister released her debut album, then promptly vanished from the scene. Now, decades after she traded rock stardom for life in a teepee, Kate Taylor is back.”

!!! (Chk Chk Chk) with Planetarium Party, SOLD OUT JOIN WAITLIST!, No Fun, Troy, 7pm-11pm

!!! (Chk Chk Chk), https://chkchkchk.bandcamp.com

Combining punk abandon and tightly-coiled dance music has always been bonded into the band’s DNA. It’s this core plus their growth and mastery of songwriting that has seen them outlive the mid-2000s ‘indie/dance punk’ tag and has allowed them to consistently grow lyrically and sonically from album to album. As If is their most transcendent collection of songs yet. “Each album we’ve made has gotten closer and closer to our live set and this, we’re proud to say, is the closest we’ve come yet. We were heavily influenced by current dance music — Nina Kraviz, Moodymann, Paranoid London, Rrose and Delroy Edwards were frequently referenced — and philosophically by the early ’90s house records we love on labels like Trax and Dancemania and by artists like Romanthony and Green Velvet. Those records sound great because they’re fairly raw attempts to use the technology of the time to ape the New York and Philly disco records that those producers loved. We figured, if those old house records sound like they do because the artists manipulated disco samples with MPCs, why couldn’t we just sample ourselves and manipulate the tracks with Ableton Live? The more raw it came out the better it felt, not only because that’s what excited us about those old records, but because it felt more punk, which always feels good.”

Planetarium Party (Gemini Szn)

Mystic disco astrologically themed dance party to warm up and wind down the evening!Sample the Cat, Pauly’s Hotel, Albany, 7pm

Karl Bertrand, Slidin’ Dirty, Troy

The Schmooze, Lake George Beach Club, Lake George

HyGear, Local HardRock Favs – Hoosick Falls

Do Standup, Funny Bone, Albany

Donna Tritico Band, Nanola, Malta, NY

Matt Schwarz, Indian Ladder Farms, Altamont

DJ NICK PAPAGIORGIO, Rivers Casino, Schenectady

Off The Record, Stable Gate Winery, Castleton-On-Hudson

Tinyus Smallus, Monopole, Plattsburgh

June 11^th, 2023

River Street Festival 2023, River Street, Troy, 11am–5pm

From Classic to Modern, SPAC, Saratoga Springs, 3pm

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Inclusivity In Kink, Fuze Box, Albany, 3:30pm-6pm

Come On over to Fuze Box after the Pride Parade and hang out with us as we discuss the best practices for including differently-abled peoples in our private practices and community as a whole.

Resist will be pumping tunes for the pride after party and we will be on the back patio for and out door class!

Second Sunday Bluegrass Jam, Rustic Barn Pub, Troy, 5:30pm-8:30pm

The Last Bluegrass Jam of there season. We are closed on Sunday in July and August. We start back the second Sunday in September! have a great summer!

RENT, Lark Hall, Albany, 3pm

CDAI Productions presents our immersive version of RENT. DOORS OPEN 45 min prior to showtime

HOMEGROWN! Regional Songwriters You Need to Know, Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, 7pm-9pm

Homegrown is a new series presenting three local songwriters, curated and presented by Saratoga’s own Rick Bolton.

Rick Bolton has a well-known track record of spotting talent early. This series will showcase the best emerging and established songwriters who frequent Caffè Lena’s “Best of the Capital Region” Open Mic Night. This edition features Gabby Hammond, Henry Phalen and Paul Brotchman. Come listen to these talented artists show their stuff!

Surprise Chef (Australia) / Alanna Royale, No Fun, Troy, 7pm-11pm

Surprise Chef, https://surprisechef.bandcamp.com

Surprise Chef’s music is based on evoking mood; their vivid arrangements utilize time and space to build soundscapes that invite the listener into their world. The quintet’s distinct sound pulls from 70s film scores, the funkier side of jazz, and the samples that form the foundation of hip hop. They push the boundaries of instrumental soul and funk with their own approach honed by countless hours in the studio, studying the masters, and perhaps most importantly, the ‘tyranny of distance’ that dictates a unique perspective to their music.

Alanna Royale, https://alannaroyale.bandcamp.com/

Alanna Royale makes classic-minded R&B and soul music for the modern age. It’s a sound rooted in big melodies, blasts of brass, percussive punch, and old-school grooves, with songs that shine a light not only on frontwoman Alanna’s larger-than-life voice, but her songwriting chops, too.

Mikaela Davis, Avalon Lounge, Catskill