Events in Albany August




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Sat Aug 1 10:30am
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Andris Nelsons & Joshua Bell - Open Rehearsal: Bruch Scottish Fantasy
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sat Aug 1 11:00am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Sat Aug 1 2:00pm
Tanglewood Learning Institute: February 1933
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sat Aug 1 6:30pm
Dan Soder
Funny Bone Comedy Club  •  Albany, NY
Sat Aug 1 7:00pm
Brit Floyd
Albany Med Health System at SPAC  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Sat Aug 1 7:30pm
Painted Pony Rodeo
Painted Pony Arena  •  Lake Luzerne, NY
Sat Aug 1 8:00pm
Boston Symphony Orchestra: The Marriage of Figaro
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sat Aug 1 8:00pm
The Garcia Project - Tribute to Jerry Garcia
Bearsville Theater  •  Woodstock, NY
Sat Aug 1 9:15pm
Dan Soder
Funny Bone Comedy Club  •  Albany, NY
Sun Aug 2 10:30am
Tanglewood Learning Institute For Families
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sun Aug 2 11:00am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Sun Aug 2 2:30pm
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Andris Nelsons & Joshua Bell - Bruch Scottish Fantasy
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sun Aug 2 6:30pm
Adam Carolla
Funny Bone Comedy Club  •  Albany, NY
Sun Aug 2 7:00pm
Oliver Hazard
Colony  •  Woodstock, NY
Sun Aug 2 8:00pm
Anthony Roth Costanzo
The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center  •  Great Barrington, MA
Mon Aug 3 3:30am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Mon Aug 3 8:00pm
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Tue Aug 4 3:30am
Tri-City ValleyCats vs. Quebec Capitales
Joseph L. Bruno Stadium  •  Troy, NY
Tue Aug 4 3:30am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Tue Aug 4 8:00pm
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Keith Lockhart - Tanglewood on Parade Evening Concert
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Tue Aug 4 8:00pm
Franz Ferdinand
Empire Live  •  Albany, NY
Wed Aug 5 3:30am
Tri-City ValleyCats vs. Quebec Capitales
Joseph L. Bruno Stadium  •  Troy, NY
Wed Aug 5 11:00am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Wed Aug 5 1:30pm
Tanglewood Learning Institute Open Workshop
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Wed Aug 5 7:30pm
Painted Pony Rodeo
Painted Pony Arena  •  Lake Luzerne, NY
Wed Aug 5 8:00pm
Hollywood Undead
Empire Live  •  Albany, NY
Thu Aug 6 3:30am
Tri-City ValleyCats vs. Quebec Capitales
Joseph L. Bruno Stadium  •  Troy, NY
Thu Aug 6 11:00am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Thu Aug 6 2:00pm
Painted Pony Rodeo
Painted Pony Arena  •  Lake Luzerne, NY
Thu Aug 6 7:00pm
Mammoth - Band
Empire Live  •  Albany, NY
Thu Aug 6 8:00pm
Yo-Yo Ma & BSO Cellists
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Thu Aug 6 8:00pm
Drake Bell
Empire Underground  •  Albany, NY
Fri Aug 7 3:30am
Tri-City ValleyCats vs. Windy City Thunderbolts
Joseph L. Bruno Stadium  •  Troy, NY
Fri Aug 7 10:30am
Tanglewood Learning Institute: Art and the Rule of Law
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Fri Aug 7 11:00am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Fri Aug 7 7:00pm
Nonpoint
Empire Live  •  Albany, NY
Fri Aug 7 7:30pm
Painted Pony Rodeo
Painted Pony Arena  •  Lake Luzerne, NY
Fri Aug 7 8:00pm
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Yo-Yo Ma & Renaud Capucon - Brahms & Faure
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Fri Aug 7 8:00pm
Moondance - Van Morrison Tribute
Infinity Hall  •  Norfolk, CT
Fri Aug 7 8:00pm
Brit Floyd
Ulster Performing Arts Center  •  Kingston, NY
Fri Aug 7 8:00pm
Adrian Belew
Bearsville Theater  •  Woodstock, NY
Fri Aug 7 8:00pm
Maddy O'Neal
Empire Underground  •  Albany, NY
Sat Aug 8 3:30am
Tri-City ValleyCats vs. Windy City Thunderbolts
Joseph L. Bruno Stadium  •  Troy, NY
Sat Aug 8 10:30am
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Yo-Yo Ma - Tavener, Kalhor & Golijov (Open Rehearsal)
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sat Aug 8 11:00am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Sat Aug 8 2:00pm
Tanglewood Learning Institute: Marcos Balter Pan & Claire Chase
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sat Aug 8 7:00pm
Big Thief
Mass MoCa  •  North Adams, MA
Sat Aug 8 7:30pm
Painted Pony Rodeo
Painted Pony Arena  •  Lake Luzerne, NY
Sat Aug 8 8:00pm
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Yo-Yo Ma & Aoife O'Donovan - The Many Voices of American Music
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sat Aug 8 8:00pm
Neal Francis
Bearsville Theater  •  Woodstock, NY
Sat Aug 8 8:00pm
Joan Osborne
Assembly Kingston  •  Kingston, NY
Sat Aug 8 8:00pm
Martin Lawrence
M&T Bank Center  •  Schenectady, NY
Sun Aug 9 3:30am
Tri-City ValleyCats vs. Windy City Thunderbolts
Joseph L. Bruno Stadium  •  Troy, NY
Sun Aug 9 10:30am
Tanglewood Learning Institute: A Whale of a Tale
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sun Aug 9 11:00am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Sun Aug 9 2:30pm
Yo-Yo Ma, Karen Ouzounian & Christine Lee
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sun Aug 9 7:00pm
Tanglewood Learning Institute: TMC Silent Film Project
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sun Aug 9 9:00pm
Tanglewood Learning Institute: TMC Silent Film Project
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Mon Aug 10 3:30am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Mon Aug 10 8:00pm
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Tue Aug 11 3:30am
Tri-City ValleyCats vs. Sussex County Miners
Joseph L. Bruno Stadium  •  Troy, NY
Tue Aug 11 3:30am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Tue Aug 11 7:00pm
Ilana Glazer
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall  •  Troy, NY
Tue Aug 11 7:00pm
Hugh Jackman With The Boston Pops
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Tue Aug 11 8:00pm
Dashboard Confessional
Empire Live  •  Albany, NY
Wed Aug 12 3:30am
Tri-City ValleyCats vs. Sussex County Miners
Joseph L. Bruno Stadium  •  Troy, NY
Wed Aug 12 11:00am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Wed Aug 12 1:30pm
Tanglewood Learning Institute Open Workshop
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Wed Aug 12 6:30pm
Autumn Lies Buried
Empire Underground  •  Albany, NY
Wed Aug 12 7:30pm
Painted Pony Rodeo
Painted Pony Arena  •  Lake Luzerne, NY
Wed Aug 12 8:00pm
Tanglewood Learning Institute: Adam Tendler - Inheritances
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Thu Aug 13 3:30am
Tri-City ValleyCats vs. Sussex County Miners
Joseph L. Bruno Stadium  •  Troy, NY
Thu Aug 13 11:00am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Thu Aug 13 2:00pm
Painted Pony Rodeo
Painted Pony Arena  •  Lake Luzerne, NY
Thu Aug 13 4:00pm
Tanglewood Learning Institute: The Art of Conducting - Marin Alsop
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Thu Aug 13 7:00pm
Peter Antoniou
Funny Bone Comedy Club  •  Albany, NY
Thu Aug 13 8:00pm
Tanglewood Recital Series: Laurie Anderson Amelia
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Thu Aug 13 8:00pm
Toadies & Local H
Empire Live  •  Albany, NY
Fri Aug 14 10:30am
Tanglewood Learning Institute: Art and the Rule of Law
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Fri Aug 14 11:00am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Fri Aug 14 7:00pm
Gabriel Rutledge
Funny Bone Comedy Club  •  Albany, NY
Fri Aug 14 7:30pm
Painted Pony Rodeo
Painted Pony Arena  •  Lake Luzerne, NY
Fri Aug 14 7:30pm
Josh Groban
Albany Med Health System at SPAC  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Fri Aug 14 8:00pm
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Anna Handler - Copland Appalachian Spring, Beethoven Symphony No. 7 & Copeland
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Fri Aug 14 8:00pm
North Mississippi Allstars
Bearsville Theater  •  Woodstock, NY
Fri Aug 14 8:00pm
Guster
Hart Theatre At The Egg  •  Albany, NY
Sat Aug 15 10:30am
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra: Marin Alsop & Ray Chen - Open Rehearsal: Bruch & Mahler Symphony No. 5
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sat Aug 15 11:00am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Sat Aug 15 2:00pm
Tanglewood Learning Institute Spotlight Series: Laurie Anderson
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sat Aug 15 6:30pm
Gabriel Rutledge
Funny Bone Comedy Club  •  Albany, NY
Sat Aug 15 7:30pm
Painted Pony Rodeo
Painted Pony Arena  •  Lake Luzerne, NY
Sat Aug 15 8:00pm
Boston Pops: Keith Lockhart - Maestro of the Movies: A Tribute to John Williams
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sat Aug 15 9:15pm
Gabriel Rutledge
Funny Bone Comedy Club  •  Albany, NY
Sun Aug 16 11:00am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Sun Aug 16 12:00pm
Tanglewood Learning Institute: Lou Reed Drone
Studio E at Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sun Aug 16 2:30pm
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra: Marin Alsop & Ray Chen - Bruch & Mahler Symphony No. 5
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA
Sun Aug 16 8:00pm
Matteo Mancuso
Bearsville Theater  •  Woodstock, NY
Mon Aug 17 3:30am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Tue Aug 18 3:30am
Saratoga Horse Racing
Saratoga Race Course  •  Saratoga Springs, NY
Tue Aug 18 7:00pm
Brandi Carlile
Tanglewood  •  Lenox, MA


Events in Albany August 2026 schedule

August in Albany is packed with exciting events spanning music, comedy, sports, and live performances at top venues like the Palace Theatre, Empire Live, Empire Underground, and the Funny Bone Comedy Club. Throughout the month, concert enthusiasts can look forward to performances by popular bands such as Franz Ferdinand on August 4th, The Killers of Kill Tony on August 22nd, and Guster on August 14th, each showcasing their latest hits. Music lovers will also enjoy rock acts like Mammoth Band and Toadies & Local H, as well as metal fans tuning into Black Label Society on August 25th.

Comedy fans have a packed schedule with stand-up performances from comedians like Jeff Dye on August 21st and 22nd, Big Jay Oakerson from August 28th to 29th, along with Gabriel Rutledge’s shows on August 14th and 15th. The Funny Bone Comedy Club hosts a variety of acts, including Adam Carolla on August 2nd, Dan Soder on August 1st, and Peter Antoniou on August 13th.

Sports enthusiasts can catch the UAlbany Great Danes football games against New Hampshire Wildcats on August 28th at Bob Ford Field, with multiple matches scheduled early morning, offering a unique experience for fans.

Additionally, there are several smaller, high-energy performances such as Maddy O'Neal at Empire Underground on August 7th and The Murder Junkies on August 27th, providing diverse entertainment options throughout the month.

Whether you're into music, comedy, or sports, Albany’s August events promise something for everyone, making it an exciting month to visit and experience the vibrant local scene.