Events in Glens Falls today

Big Empty is set for another appearance at Bandstand Brew Works.

Hosted by Josh LaMay, this long-running open mic at Rock Hill Bakehouse in Glens Falls offers a family-friendly night of live, local music. Signups are first come, first served, and each participant has up to two songs or ten minutes on the Little Big Stage. An upright acoustic piano is available, small amps may be brought if desired, and mp3 backing tracks can be played through the sound system with advance notice to the host. The kitchen stays open later during events. The gathering is open to performers and listeners and embraces a diverse community. Please avoid excessive profanity and explicit sexual themes, and note that hate speech is not tolerated.

Experience Jason Irwin in a solo acoustic performance, with food and drinks available to enjoy during the show.

Karaoke takes center stage at King's Tavern with bright lights, an energized atmosphere, and a stage ready for memorable performances. A catalog of more than 56,000 songs spans everything from timeless ballads to the newest hits, making it easy to find the perfect track whether you lean pop, rock, rap, or anything in between. Newcomers and seasoned singers alike are welcome, with an easygoing vibe that celebrates every performance and keeps the spotlight on fun.

The Saratoga Farmers’ Market and Yoga Mandali host free community yoga at High Rock Park, with sessions held beside the Governor Spring pavilion. Certified instructor Himanee Gupta leads gentle, all-level classes that combine movement, breath, and mindfulness, drawing on Kripalu yoga along with restorative elements, chakra awareness, and reiki. Set amid fresh food and nature, each practice is intended to leave participants grounded, refreshed, and energized. Attendance is free, and donations are appreciated. Registration is available through Yoga Mandali or in person. Classes run only if the weather cooperates, and they will be canceled in the event of rain or other inclement conditions.

Buyers and sellers of farm related goods come together at Walker's Farm, Home, & Tack for a tailgate-style marketplace. Bring animals such as chickens, ducks, piglets, goats, and sheep. Local specialties like maple syrup, soaps, and honey are welcome, along with supplies and light equipment. This is a direct sale event rather than an auction, and there are no vendor fees. For details, contact Karen at 518-639-5223 or karen@walkersfarmhomeandtack.com. Please do not bring cats, dogs, kittens, puppies, or any sick animals.

This one-day introductory blacksmithing workshop focuses on essential skills from forge to anvil. Learn how to build and manage a coal forge fire to reach the right working heat, then practice hammer control at the anvil with techniques such as drawing out, creating tapers, hot cutting, upsetting, bending, and forming curls. Participants leave with the confidence to work independently on simple blacksmithing projects inspired by ideas provided by the instructor.

Designed for women and anyone who identifies as a woman, this immersive welding workshop is led by a female instructor. The session blends demonstrations with guided, hands-on practice to build confidence in fundamental metal fabrication skills. Participants are shown how to use a range of equipment safely and effectively, then choose scrap metal to create a sculpture of their own design. Instruction covers heating, bending and cutting with an oxy acetylene torch, cutting with a plasma cutter, and MIG welding.

Experience a free music festival at Rogers Memorial Park in Bolton Landing, NY, set against the backdrop of Lake George. Enjoy live performances on the Main Stage and Side Stage, with food and drink vendors available throughout the park. The lineup features Sarah Pierson on the Main Stage, Twofold on the Side Stage, No Clue on the Main Stage, a street side set by Ernie Sites, and the Margo Macero Band.

Get professional photos of your pet while helping local animals. This monthly portrait event benefits the Animal Protective Foundation. All pets are welcome, and handlers are asked to keep them leashed or in carriers. Each attendee receives one free digital file, with extra downloads and 8x10 prints available for $5 each. Walk-ins are welcome, and booking ahead is recommended.

An overnight camping retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York honors Mabon, the Fall Equinox festival that highlights balance between light and dark and the turning toward the harvest season. Across two days, participants share three vegetarian meals and choose from a variety of activities centered on creativity, reflection, and community. Set up camp, gather for an opening circle, craft blooming pumpkins to bring home, enjoy a seasonal feast, lift voices in a song circle with drums and harmonium, and close the evening beside a Mabon bonfire. The following morning features breakfast, a tea ceremony, a closing circle, and lunch. The gathering takes place at a private home in Knoll Spring Park in a calm neighborhood setting surrounded by trees and wildlife. It is a camping experience with access to a bathroom, a kitchen, and clean drinking water. The retreat runs in any weather, with adjustments made as needed and some activities moving indoors if conditions require. All meals are included, and you can opt in or out of any activity. A discount of $35 is available for those who bring an item from the potluck wish list. A limited number of tents may be borrowed with prior coordination. This event welcomes women, including trans women, ages 13 and up, and anyone under 18 must attend with a parent. Space is limited to 12 participants, and registration is required.

Mostly Modern Festival’s FAB5, featuring a string quartet with percussion, leads an upbeat, hands-on music experience created for children and families. The program focuses on food, farming, and gardening, encouraging young participants to listen closely, experiment, and make music alongside professional performers. Admission is free with a suggested donation. Children will explore the voices of the string family through interactive demonstrations, try rhythm activities, and enjoy playful show-and-tell moments with the instruments. A guided visit to the garden links the sounds they create to the plants and surroundings. The event concludes with a playful picnic of sounds, bringing together produce, herbs, natural elements, and instruments in a spirited celebration of place and music. Blending art, nature, food, and performance, this immersive experience invites kids to discover the farm in a new way.

Discover haunted-themed tours in Saratoga offered on a recurring schedule.

At The Strand Theatre Hudson Falls, WailOn presents a high-energy salute to the trailblazers of outlaw country, honoring Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams Jr., and more. The lead vocalist captures the spirit and tone of these legends, and the band locks into the feel of the originals, moving from rowdy honky-tonk numbers to tender ballads with ease. It evokes a time when country music felt raw and real. The set leans on cornerstone favorites such as Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way, Family Tradition, Mama Tried, Luckenbach, Texas, All My Rowdy Friends, and Folsom Prison Blues, among others, creating a show that welcomes newcomers and satisfies longtime fans alike. Tickets are $20 for balcony seating and $25 for floor seating.

Registration is open for the first-ever iRun Saratoga Half Marathon at Congress Park in Saratoga Springs. Early-bird entry is $69 before the price increases to $89.

Kingpin's Alley Family Fun Center hosts the 4th annual Adam Sweeney Memorial Scholarship Tournament, honoring Adam Sweeney and supporting his memorial scholarship. The entry fee is $40. Bowlers compete in four games, changing pairs after each game. Handicap is 90 percent of 220, capped at 25 pins per game. Optional side pots will be available. One in five participants advances to bracket finals and earns a cash payout. Reservations are accepted by phone through KPA or in person, and walk-in entries are permitted.

Announced by the Glens Falls Kiwanis Club, this all-Jeep show and festival puts kids in charge of choosing the winner. Children earn ducks during the festivities and use them to vote for their favorite rig, and the Jeep with the most ducks takes the prize. Admission is free, with more information to come.

Explore the fundamentals of darkroom printing as you turn your developed film into your first black and white prints. This session welcomes beginners with no prior experience. Please bring 35mm black and white negatives and RC photo paper. All other chemicals and equipment are provided. If the group session does not fit your schedule, private lessons are available.

Chris Smither delivers songs shaped by decades of craft, pairing lean, unhurried fingerpicking with amplified foot percussion and a voice that blends rough edges with sweetness. His lyrics unfold like stories, landing small, affecting blows while offering a gentle, knowing hand through each verse. Over more than sixty years of writing, he opens up subjects like politics, awareness, renewal, family, vulnerability, and surrender with steady confidence, humility, humor, and a clear view of what lies ahead, yet never giving in to gloom. Recent highlights include his screen debut in the short film The Singers, the Oscar winner for Best Live Action Short Film, which is available to stream on Netflix.

Explore the Champlain Canal from a fresh vantage point during a guided paddling outing that moves at an easy pace on calm water. These monthly sessions highlight the area’s scenery, history, and ecology while experienced staff provide on-water support. The program welcomes participants of all abilities and supplies kayaks for everyone. A limited number of adaptive kayaks, available in both single and tandem configurations by reservation during registration, offer added stability and support with adjustable seating, outriggers, a paddle pedestal that allows one-handed paddling and helps reduce arm strain, and lightweight paddles. The launch area features an accessible kayak launch to promote safe, steady entry into the water. Participation is free through support from the NYS Canal Corporation’s On the Canals program. Advance registration is required and capacity is limited.

A high-energy trivia night at Kings Tavern features seven rounds packed with brainy fun and lively twists. Tackle general knowledge, sharpen your eyes in a picture round, and dive into a weekly themed miscellaneous set where surprises are the norm. Loosen up for a music segment with a karaoke streak, then take on history and geography before testing pop culture savvy in entertainment. Everything leads to a timed final showdown built around a single multi-answer question worth big points. Play solo or as a team, and remember that a bigger group can bring more brainpower. Top teams earn prizes, most likely a gift card, free drinks, or swag from distributors.

People of all ages are welcome to stop in and create at their own pace, whether continuing a personal piece or exploring a rotating featured activity. The focus changes from week to week, encouraging discovery of new crafts and opportunities to share personal artwork. The experience centers on expression and collaboration with others, rather than aiming for a flawless finished piece.

Take part in a small, closed-cohort, nine‑week online series devoted to opening and activating the chakras for self‑healing. Guided by Nini Gridley, MS Ed, BFRP, a Professional Level Kripalu Yoga Teacher, the journey follows the liberating current and draws on The Sevenfold Journey by Anodea Judith and Selene Vega to support steady, personal transformation. Each session focuses on a distinct stage of the path. The series opens with an introduction, then moves week by week through grounding and survival, sensuality and change, personal power and will, love and relationships, communication and creativity, vision and the third eye, and spiritual connection and thought, and closes with a celebratory integration. Participants explore the subtle energy system, expand awareness, and ease energetic blocks at a comfortable pace. Expect a supportive small‑group setting, focused time on one chakra each week, and practical ways to weave this work into everyday life. It does not include physical postures, so no prior yoga experience is needed. Those who are unsure may contact the studio to attend only the introductory session. Advance registration is required. The full series costs $395 and includes the text. Yoga teachers may earn 40 Yoga Alliance continuing education hours. Nini shares this work through her private practice, Full Spectrum Healing, and serves on the founding faculty and as Certification Program Coordinator for Sacred Centers, the chakra training program developed by Anodea Judith, PhD, whose writings inform her work with adults and children.

The Saratoga Farmers’ Market and Yoga Mandali host free community yoga classes at the south end of the market in High Rock Park, led by certified instructor Himanee Gupta. These gentle, all-level sessions blend movement, breath, and mindfulness, drawing from Kripalu yoga, rejuvenating practices, chakra awareness, and reiki. Surrounded by fresh food, nature, and community, participants can expect to leave feeling grounded, refreshed, and energized. Attendance is free, and donations are welcome. Registration is available through Yoga Mandali or on-site. Classes are weather dependent and will be canceled in the event of rain or other inclement conditions.