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Food & drink

Tavern Night at the Mabee Inn

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · 6:00 PM

Theater & dance

Menopause the Musical

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Nov 15

Music

Tommy V LIVE with chuck ayers

Frog Alley Brewing · 5:00 PM

Food & drink

Tavern Night at the Mabee Inn

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · 6:00 PM

Art & museums

Community Movie Night: The Lost City

Discover Schenectady events calendar · 7:00 PM

Free1 more date through Nov 24
Music

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon

Discover Schenectady events calendar · Through Jan 10

Theater & dance

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Schenectady Light Opera Company · Through Nov 15

Music

Sixties Spectacular

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

Quartet by Candlelight

Discover Schenectady events calendar · 7:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Family Program: Harvest's End at the Mabee Farm

Discover Schenectady events calendar · 7:00 PM

Music

Rhythm Pilots & DJ Nick Papa Giorgio

Van Slyck's at Rivers Casino & Resort · 8:00 PM

Art & museums

Open Mic Poetry

99 Clinton Street · 12:30 PM

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From Page to Ballroom: Regency Dance Class

99 Clinton Street · 12:30 PM

Music

Jupiter with mezzo Lea Desandre

Capital Region Classical (Union College concert series) · 3:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Outdoor Schenectady Greenmarket

Discover Schenectady events calendar · Through Nov 22

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Handmade Holidays Teen Grab-and-Go Kit: Felt Yeti Friends

99 Clinton Street · Through Nov 21

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Outreach - Healthy Sch'dy Families

948 State St · 10:00 AM

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Family Storytime

14 Mohawk Avenue · 10:30 AM

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Toddler Time

99 Clinton Street · 10:30 AM

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Baby Café

1036 Crane Street · 11:00 AM

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Bill Buell's "In Conversation With" Jay Street businesses

99 Clinton Street · 12:00 PM

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Let’s Go to the Post Office!

1100 N. Westcott Road · 3:00 PM

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STEAM Time: How to Catch a Turkey

14 Mohawk Avenue · 4:00 PM

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STEAM Lab

948 State Street · 4:15 PM

Sports

Union College Women's Basketball vs #3/4 Scranton

Schenectady · 6:30 PM

10 more dates through Feb 20
Art & museums

Reptile Shows at Via Aquarium

Discover Schenectady events calendar · Through Dec 18

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Imagination Stations

1100 N. Westcott Road · 10:30 AM

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Family Storytime

20 Glenridge Road · 10:30 AM

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Pre-School Full STEAM Ahead

2400 Nott Street East · 10:45 AM

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Dinosaur Bash with Bash Parties

1036 Crane Street · 2:00 PM

Art & museums

REELS at Scotia Spotlight Cinema Series

14 Mohawk Avenue · 3:00 PM

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Seeking Adventurers! D&D One-Shot Game

99 Clinton Street · 5:00 PM

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Single Breath Story Writing Workshop

99 Clinton Street · 5:30 PM

Comedy

Trauma Or, Monsters All

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

A Christmas Story

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Nov 19

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Baby Lap Time

99 Clinton Street · 10:30 AM

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Imagination Stations

133 Bull Street · 10:30 AM

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REELS

99 Clinton Street · 12:00 PM

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Cozy Crafters

133 Bull Street · 1:00 PM

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The Crafting Nest

2 Sanford Street · 1:00 PM

Art & museums

Virtual Museum Tours

2 Sanford Street · 1:00 PM

Music

The Rogues

Van Slyck's at Rivers Casino & Resort · 2:00 PM

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Build Zone

1036 Crane Street · 3:30 PM

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LEGO Club

20 Glenridge Road · 4:00 PM

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Snake Night!

99 Clinton Street · 4:30 PM

Theater & dance

Books on Broadway: 'The Notebook' Trivia Event

99 Clinton Street · 5:30 PM

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Meet the Historian

1100 N. Westcott Road · 10:00 AM

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Stay & Play

948 State Street · 10:15 AM

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Navigating the SCPL Catalog on SCPL.org and the SCPL app

20 Glenridge Road · 2:00 PM

Event

Everything Fiber Arts

2400 Nott Street East · 2:30 PM

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Teens Unplugged: DIY Door Spinners

99 Clinton Street · 4:00 PM

Art & museums

Dinosaur Dioramas

133 Bull Street · 5:00 PM

Art & museums

Spriroglyphics

1036 Crane Street · 5:30 PM

Music

Thursday Night at the Van Dyck

Discover Schenectady events calendar · 6:00 PM

Free
Art & museums

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Full Beaver Moon Walk

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · 5:00 PM

Music

Hungry Dingo Band with The Deraeled Duo

Frog Alley Brewing · 5:00 PM

Food & drink

4th Annual Empty Bowls Gala

Discover Schenectady events calendar · 7:00 PM

Sports

Union College Men's Ice Hockey vs Yale

Schenectady · 7:00 PM

14 more dates through Feb 20
Theater & dance

Jeff Boyer's Big Bubble Bonanza

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

Hit N Run & DJ Jungle Punk

Van Slyck's at Rivers Casino & Resort · 8:00 PM

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Workshop: Hooked on Blacksmithing

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · 9:00 AM

Festivals & markets

Schenectady Holiday Parade with Get Up Jack and 2096!

Frog Alley Brewing · 2:00 PM

Festivals & markets

57th Annual Holiday Parade

Discover Schenectady events calendar · 7:00 PM

Music

Scars N' Stripes and DJ Mix It up

Van Slyck's at Rivers Casino & Resort · 8:00 PM

Sports

Union College Women's Ice Hockey vs Brown

Schenectady · 3:00 PM

7 more dates through Feb 13
Music

Raphaël Feuillâtre, guitar

Capital Region Classical (Union College concert series) · 3:00 PM

Event

Tellabration 2026

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Nuts and Crackers

Universal Preservation Hall · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Sensory Friendly Day

Discover Schenectady events calendar · 10:00 AM

Music

The Protones

Van Slyck's at Rivers Casino & Resort · 2:00 PM

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Thanksgiving Eve

Van Slyck's at Rivers Casino & Resort · 7:00 PM

Music

Jason Bonham Led Zeppelin Eve

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Sports

Ellis Medicine Cardiac Classic

Central Park · 7:00 PM

Music

Big Eyed Phish with Michael Bruce

Frog Alley Brewing · 5:00 PM

Music

Country Weekends with Skeeter Creek

Van Slyck's at Rivers Casino & Resort · 8:00 PM

Music

Muscle Shoals with The North Allen Duo

Frog Alley Brewing · 5:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 12
Music

Country Weekends with In The Dust & DJ Reel

Van Slyck's at Rivers Casino & Resort · 8:00 PM

Theater & dance

The Notebook

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Dec 6

Music

Joe's Boys

Van Slyck's at Rivers Casino & Resort · 2:00 PM

Art & museums

Home Alone (1990)

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Event

Night of Lights

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · 5:30 PM

Theater & dance

Constellations

Schenectady Civic Players · Through Dec 13

Music

Guilty Pleasure & DJ Mister Mo

Van Slyck's at Rivers Casino & Resort · 8:00 PM

Music

Wannabe: Spice Girls Tribute Band

Frog Alley Brewing · 8:30 PM

Festivals & markets

Festival of Trees

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · Through Dec 27

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Workshop: Felt a Gnome

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · 10:00 AM

Music

Funk Evolution with Gianna Robustiano

Frog Alley Brewing · 5:00 PM

Food & drink

American Girl Holiday Tea Party

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · 5:30 PM

Music

Country Weekends with Big Sky Country & DJ Reel

Van Slyck's at Rivers Casino & Resort · 8:00 PM

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Micro All-Stars: Midget Wrestling!

Frog Alley Brewing · 7:00 PM

Music

Roxy and The Rollers

Van Slyck's at Rivers Casino & Resort · 2:00 PM

Food & drink

Schenectady Wine Society: Wines from the Former Soviet Union

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · 6:00 PM

Art & museums

The Apartment (1960)

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

Skeeter Creek with David Giardinelli-Oconnor

Frog Alley Brewing · 5:00 PM

Food & drink

Drink the Seasons: December

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · 5:30 PM

Festivals & markets

A Very Mabee Christmas

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · 11:00 AM

Sports

Union College Men's Basketball vs Middlebury

Schenectady · 2:00 PM

1 more date through Jan 22
Theater & dance

Northeast Ballet's Nutcracker

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Dec 13

Music

Jingle Bell SLOC

Schenectady Light Opera Company · 7:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Annual Pups & PInts Events

Frog Alley Brewing · 12:00 PM

Music

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Tru

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

The Holiday Stockade Stroll

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · Through Dec 19

Music

CBS6 Melodies of Christmas

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Dec 20

Music

It's A Jazzy Christmas

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

It's a Jazzy Christmas

Universal Preservation Hall · 7:00 PM

Music

Sullivan Fortner, jazz piano

Capital Region Classical (Union College concert series) · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Phantom Thread (2017)

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Open House Building Tours

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Festivals & markets

100th Birthday Open House

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Hell's Kitchen

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Jan 3

Music

NEW YEARS EVE WITH TOMMY V LIVE!

Frog Alley Brewing · 8:00 PM

Sports

Union College Men's Swimming & Diving vs Amherst

Schenectady · 1:00 PM

Theater & dance

Bluey's Big Play

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Jan 7

Theater & dance

Stand By Me

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Collaborative Academy Jr

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

Jeremy Denk, piano

Capital Region Classical (Union College concert series) · 3:00 PM

Theater & dance

A Chorus Line

Schenectady Light Opera Company · Through Jan 24

Event

The Nightmare Expo 2027

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Event

VIP: Nightmare Expo Ghost Adventure

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

Nicholas Phan, tenor, with pianist Myra Huang

Capital Region Classical (Union College concert series) · 3:00 PM

Art & museums

Southern Comfort (1981)

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Sports

Union College Women's Swimming & Diving vs Rensselaer

Schenectady · 4:00 PM

1 more date through Jan 29
Theater & dance

Boy Gets Girl

Schenectady Civic Players · Through Jan 31

Music

SSSO II: A Night at the Movies

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Cirque Kalabante

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

The Super Pickle

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

Evren Ozel, piano

Capital Region Classical (Union College concert series) · 3:00 PM

Music

Passport: Gili Yalo

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Camping With Henry and Tom

Schenectady Civic Players · 2:30 PM

Free
Theater & dance

Mark Twain Tonight

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

Taste of Ireland

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Sports

Union College Women's Ice Hockey vs ECAC Hockey Opening Round

Higher Seed · 10:00 AM

1 more date through Feb 26
Sports

Union College Women's Tennis vs Saint Michael's (scrimmage)

Schenectady · 2:30 PM

Music

Twilight in Concert

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

Zlata Chochieva, piano

Capital Region Classical (Union College concert series) · 3:00 PM

Sports

Union College Women's Basketball vs Liberty League First Round

Higher Seed · 10:00 AM

1 more date through Feb 26
Theater & dance

The Wiz

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Feb 28

Music

Samrat Majumder, guitar

Mont Pleasant Middle School · 7:30 PM

Art & museums

Fall in February Paint pARTy

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · 10:30 AM

Sports

Union College Men's Tennis vs NYU

Schenectady · 1:00 PM

Art & museums

Bus Trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · 7:00 AM

Event

100th Anniversary Gala

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Elmo's Got the Moves

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

SO GOOD! The Neil Diamond Experience

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

Brit Floyd 2027

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

Sonic Symphony

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

The Play That Goes Wrong

Schenectady Civic Players · Through Mar 21

Theater & dance

Company

Schenectady Light Opera Company · Through Mar 21

Theater & dance

Legally Blonde

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Mar 13

Theater & dance

Petticoats of Steel

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

Emanuel Ax, piano

Capital Region Classical (Union College concert series) · 3:00 PM

Theater & dance

Waitress

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Mar 21

Music

Beethoven Cycle: Ébène Quartet I

Capital Region Classical (Union College concert series) · 3:00 PM

2 more dates through Apr 4
Theater & dance

Cat in the Hat

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Spring Bloom Paint pARTy

Schenectady County Historical Society and Mabee Farm · 10:30 AM

Event

SLOCtennial Soiree

Schenectady Light Opera Company · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

The Wild Women of Winedale

Schenectady Civic Players · 2:30 PM

Free
Theater & dance

Mamma Mia

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Apr 11

Theater & dance

RuPaul's Drag Race

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

Passport: Yacouba Sissoko

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

SSSO IV: Resurrection

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

The Bride

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Apr 24

Music

60s Rock & Roll Revival

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Music

Geneva Lewis, violin, with pianist Joshua Mhoon

Capital Region Classical (Union College concert series) · 5:00 PM

Art & museums

Erth's Dinosaur Zoo

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Something Rotten

Schenectady Light Opera Company · Through May 16

Theater & dance

The Foreigner

Schenectady Civic Players · Through May 23

Theater & dance

Just In Time

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Jun 6

Theater & dance

The Phantom of the Opera

Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate) · Through Jul 4

On now: exhibits and runs

Coming up at Proctors Collaborative (Proctors MainStage, GE Theatre, 440 Upstate)

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