ALBANY – Alive at Five sprung back to life while the city used the Thursday night to celebrate its LGBTQ community on June 9.
An animated crowd accentuated two energetic sets; first from opening act Youth Culture, followed by headlining act State Champs. The crowd gathered early and was whipped into a fervor off the jump, shouting out lyrics and non-stop crowd surfing up to the stage.
Youth Culture
Crowd surfing
Crowd surfing
Crowd surfing
State Champs
Tulip Queen Sam Mills
Jim Gilbert of Nippertown
Youth Culture
Youth Culture
Youth Culture
Youth Culture’s setlist
Familiar faces
State Champs
State Champs
Youth Culture
Crowd surfing
Pride Night
State Champs
Tulip Queen Sam Mills
Youth Culture
Crowd surfing
Crowd surfing
Familiar face
Fans
State Champs
State Champs
State Champs
Crowd surfing
State Champs
Young fan
Youth Culture
State Champs’ setlist
Fans
Nippertown
State Champs
State Champs
State Champs
Youth Culture
Fans
Youth Culture
Youth Culture
Jack from Two Buttons Deep and Jim from Nippertown
Crowd surfing
Youth Culture
Crowd surfing
Youth Culture
Mayor Sheehan and 2022 Tulip Queen Sam Mills
Crowd surfing
Youth Culture
Michael Hallisey is managing editor of Spotlight Newspapers.