Michael Bourada: IMPOSSIBLE at The Port Theatre | November 6, 2026

Michael Bourada brings his IMPOSSIBLE magic and mentalism show to The Port Theatre in Cornwall on November 6. An 80-minute, all-ages performance from a Penn & Teller: Fool Us alumnus with more than two decades of touring behind him. Tickets $28.13–$63.83.
INTERFACE: Cognitive Science at EMPAC | November 12, 2026

Choreographer Heidi Latsky and RPI cognitive scientist Brett Fajen meet at EMPAC’s Studio 2 on November 12 for a free 60-minute conversation on movement, perception, and the documentary Living in the Grey.
It’s A 2000’s Party at Empire Live | October 31, 2026

It’s A 2000’s (Halloween) Party brings a night of nonstop 2000s and 2010s DJ throwbacks to Empire Live in Albany on Saturday, October 31, 2026. Tickets are on sale now.
Quantum at EMPAC | September 10, 2026

Composer Rucyl Mills and IBM quantum physicist Chris Lirakis explore the intersection of art and science at EMPAC in Troy for Quantum, the inaugural Interface series event. Free admission; 6 to 7 p.m. on September 10.
Grand Central Station Band 50th Anniversary Party at Frog Alley Brewing | September 20, 2026

Grand Central Station Band celebrates its 50th anniversary with an outdoor party at Frog Alley Brewing in Schenectady on September 20, 2026. Show is 21+, rain or shine.
Mark Winters at Mohawk Place | October 15, 2026

Mark Winters spent his career calculating how objects move through air: the physics of lift, the engineering of thrust. Then he picked up a guitar for his wedding anniversary and discovered what he was actually supposed to be doing. The Good Vibes Highway Tour, 107 dates into a cross-continental run, makes its first-ever stop in […]
Annie-B Parson and Alla Kovgan / Big Dance Theater: The Oath at MASS MoCA | January 11, 2027

Annie-B Parson and Alla Kovgan’s The Oath — a 23-minute, 8K dance film about the human impulse to move together — screens at MASS MoCA in North Adams on January 11, 2027. Big Dance Theater’s work has toured Penn Station, Amsterdam, and Montréal; its Berkshires stop is the next chapter.
The Machine at Penn’s Peak | December 26, 2026

For a Pink Floyd tribute band to sustain itself for nearly four decades, you need to offer something a streaming playlist cannot. The Machine does — with collective improvisation, theatrical staging, and elaborate lighting that have earned comparisons to Floyd’s own productions across different eras. On Saturday, December 26, the New York quartet brings their […]
Cheyenne Jackson at Universal Preservation Hall | October 16, 2026

Cheyenne Jackson brings the Mid Life Torso Tour to Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs on Friday, October 16, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. The Grammy- and Emmy-nominated Broadway and concert performer plays a musical memoir spanning Sinatra to Chappell Roan.
The Residents at Electric City | October 8, 2026

The Residents play Electric City in Buffalo on Thursday, Oct. 8. The anonymous art collective brings over fifty years of experimental music and theatrical performance to western New York.