MUSIC
Rock the Block Concert Series — Back Beat and Marc Macri perform. 6 p.m., Canal Square, 72 Remsen St., Cohoes. Free.
Upbeat on the Roof — Psychadelic folk band Swamp Baby performs. 7 p.m., Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, North Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Free. Information: 580-8080 or tang.skidmore.edu.
Butch Trucks and the Freight Train Band — Longtime Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks keeps the group’s music going. 8 p.m., The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany. Tickets: $29.50. Information: 473-1845 or www.theegg.org.
Boston Symphony Orchestra — Andris Nelsons conducts the orchestra through works by Mozart and Mahler, with special guest Jonathan Biss. 8 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox, Mass. Tickets: $11-$101. Information: www.bso.org.
John Savage Quartet — 9 p.m., 9 Maple Avenue, 9 Maple Ave., Saratoga Springs. Information: www.9mapleave.com.
Kitchen Jazz — 7 p.m., Arthur’s Market, 35 North Ferry St., Schenectady. Information: 382-1938.
Mike Dimin and Judd Staley — 7 p.m., Athos, 1814 Western Ave., Albany. Information: 608-6400.
Way Down Wanderers — 7 p.m., Caffé Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs. Information: 225-0882 or www.caffelena.org.
Rich Thomas — 7:30 p.m., Carney’s Tavern, 17 Main St., Ballston Lake. Information: 280-7959.
Harvey Kaiser Trio — 8 p.m., Castle Street Café, 19 Castle St., Great Barrington, Mass. Information: 413-528-5244.
Dub is a Weapon — 9 p.m., Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia St., Hudson. Information: 828-4800 or helsinkihudson.com.
Music and Dancing with Randy Loren — 5 p.m., Dolce Vita, 1727 State St., Schenectady. Information: 357-3324.
Jay Maloney & Friends — 7 p.m., Emack and Bolio’s, 366 Delaware Ave., Albany. Information: 512-5100.
The Kings of Nothing, Eastern Electric, Shrapnel Warning, The Rescott Renegade and Head of Hydrus — 6:30 p.m., Fuze Box, 12 Central Ave., Albany. Information: 703-8937.
Rick Bolton & Jeff Walton — 5 p.m., Gaffney’s, 16 Caroline St., Saratoga Springs. Information: 587-7359.
The Switch — 9 p.m., Gaffney’s, 16 Caroline St., Saratoga Springs. Information: 587-7359.
Maria Zemantauski — 8 p.m., Ginger Man, 234 Western Ave., Albany. Information: 427-5963.
Paul Borello & Michael Roach — 6:30 p.m., Grappa ’72, 818 Central Ave., Albany. Information: 482-7200.
Two Cow Garage, Hot Cousin — 8 p.m., The Low Beat, 335 Central Ave., Albany. Information: 432-6572.
Doug Dales and Steve Sachar — 7 p.m., Moon & River Café, 115 South Ferry St., Schenectady. Information: 377-5100.
Mark Kleinhaut — 6 p.m., One Caroline Street, 1 Caroline St., Saratoga Springs. Information: 587-2026.
Holly & Evan — 9 p.m., One Caroline Street, 1 Caroline St., Saratoga Springs. Information: 587-2026.
Big Medicine — 9 p.m., The Parting Glass, 40 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs. Information: 583-1916.
Azzaam Hameed — 7 p.m., Panza’s, 510 NY Route 9P, Saratoga Springs. Information: 584-6882.
A Nautical Mile, Peter Annello — 8 p.m., Pauly’s Hotel, 337 Central Ave., Albany. Information: paulyshotel.com.
Colleen Pratt & Peg Delaney — 7 p.m., Provence, Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany. Information: 689-7777.
Funky Dawgs Brass Band — 9:30 p.m., Putnam Den, 63A Putnam St., Saratoga Springs. Information: 584-8066.
Brian Kane Acoustic — 6 p.m., Rustic Barn Pub, 150 Spiegeltown Road, Troy. Information: 235-5858.
Eric DiVito Trio — 9 p.m., Speakeasy 518, 42 Howard St., Albany. Information: 449-2332.
Keith Pray’s Soul Jazz Revival — 7 p.m., Spillin’ the Beans, 13 Third St., Troy. Information: 268-1028.
Carla Metz & Larry Acumto — 7 p.m., Stockade Inn, 1 North Church St., Schenectady. Information: 346-3400.
A-Boogie — 8 p.m., Upstate Concert Hall, 1208 New York Route 146, Clifton Park. Information: 371-0012 or upstateconcerthall.com.
Rob Aronstein — 6:30 p.m., Wishing Well Restaurant, 745 Saratoga Road, Wilton. Information: 584-7640.
Hamilton Street Jazz Duo — 6:30 p.m., Yono’s, 25 Chapel St., Albany. Information: 436-7747.
THEATRE
A Night with Janis Joplin — A tribute to one of rock music’s iconic female singers. Capital Repertory Theatre, 111 North Pearl St., Albany. Information: 445-7469 or www.capitalrep.org.
Chicago — Park Playhouse’s production of a Broadway classic. Washington Park, Albany. Tickets: reserved seats $16-$24, lawn seats free. Information: www.parkplayhouse.com.
Cyrano — Classic comedy presented by Saratoga Shakespeare Company. Congress Park, Saratoga Springs. Free. Information: www.saratogashakespeare.com.
Into the Woods — Stephen Sondheim’s musical. Mac-Haydn Theatre, 1925 NY-203, Chatham. Tickets: adults $34, children under 12 $14. Information: 392-9292 or www.machaydntheatre.org.
Love, Loss and What I Wore — Nora and Delia Ephron’s play featuring 28 hilarious and poignant vignettes about life’s journeys for different women. 8 p.m., Curtain Call Theatre, 210 Old Loudon Road, Latham. Tickets: $24. Information: 877-7529 or www.curtaincalltheatre.com.
COMEDY
Paul Bond — 8:30 p.m., The Comedy Works, 388 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Information: 275-6897 or thecomedyworks.com.
John Morgan — 7:30 p.m., The Funny Bone, Crossgates Mall, Guilderland. Information: 313-7484 or albany.funnybone.com.
DANCE
New York City Ballet — Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs. Information: www.spac.org.
Art Omi — “Miracle and Monstah: Dance Omi Alumni Concert.” 8 p.m., Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, 2980 Route 66, Chatham. Tickets: general admission $30, PS21 members $25, students $15. Information: 392-6121 or www.ps21chatham.org.
