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RESTAURANTS
Downtown Schenectady features more than 50 restaurants and eateries that offer everything from quick take-out to elegant fine dining and feature cuisines from around the globe.
Browse our shops, restaurants, services, lodging, attractions, transportation & parking.
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Opens July 1
Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 10am
FREE Movies
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Thursdays, 9:30am-1:30pm
Outside Around City Hall
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Sundays, 10am-2pm
Outside Around City Hall
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Enjoy this festive marketplace with weekly entertainment and more than 70 regional vendors.
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Music & Entertainment
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Mike Thomas
June 30, 7pm
The GetDown
July 1, 9pm
Joe Nacco
July 2, 9pm
HOEDOWN Concert Series
Moonshine Junkies
July 6, 6-9pm
Grand Central Trio
June 29, 6:30-9:30pm
Claude Christopher
June 30, 7pm
Keith Pray Big Band
July 5, 8pm
Erin Harkes
June 30, 7-10pm
Completely Different
July 1, 7-10pm
Check Out All of
Downtown Schenectady's
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The Downtown Dish
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This week, we present a quick and easy dessert to enjoy at your 4th of July celebration.
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| Schenectady County SummerNight |
Save the Date!
July 15, 5-10pm
Downtown Schenectady
Schenectady County's 11th Annual Summer Bash on State Street is filled with live music, great food, games and entertainment. SummerNight features a variety of family-friendly entertainment and performances presented at locations throughout downtown including bands, street performers, a giant sand sculpture, and great food. Headlining this year's event is Grammy nominated '90s band
Gin Blossoms, known for such hits at
Hey Jealousy, Found Out About You, and
Allison Road.
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| Jazz on Jay Concert Series |
 June 30, Noon-1:30pm
Jay Street Marketplace
This week, Jazz on Jay features the
Adam Siegel Quartet. This free outdoor jazz series takes place Thursday afternoons through September 1 on the Jay Street Marketplace (with a rain location at Robb Alley inside Proctors). Grab lunch at one of our great downtown
eateries and work in a bit of
shopping before or after the concert!
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2016 Best Tasting Drinking Water Competition
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 June 30, 11am-1pm
Schenectady Farmers Market
Schenectady City Hall
Will the City of Schenectady retain its current title for the best tasting drinking water in Schenectady County? Local municipalities in the county will do battle to determine who has the best tasting drinking water for 2016. The winner will go on to the regional competition in Albany and, if successful, the State finals at the New York State Fair in Syracuse. Come down and vote for your favorite! More...
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| Schenectady Smiles Photo Contest |
 Enter Through July 27
Show your community pride by submitting up to five photos featuring the City of Schenectady in each of the following five categories: Category #1 - Diversity, Category #2 - Community Vitality, Category #3 - Natural Environment, Category #4 - Architecture/Urban Design, Category #5 - Businesses & Organizations. Submit via The Daily Gazette's website.
Winners will be chosen by a committee of community judges. There will also be an online voting component for the general public to vote for the People's Choice Awards. A Schenectady Smiles Awards Ceremony and Pep Rally will take place on August 17 at Schenectady City Hall. Rules & category explanations.
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On The Stage
Education
Center -
CD Release: Rose of Roscrea - Russell has appeared on the David Letterman show multiple times and his songs have appeared in a dozen movies and television series.
YOL - July 1-2, 7:30pm 
GE Theatre - A story told through a mix between a new form of circus and theatre, YOL explores what our beliefs say about us and the possibility of returning to a childlike wonder about the world around us.
On The Screen
GE Theatre - Based upon an unpublished novella by Jane Austin, Love & Friendship focuses upon the deliciously devious machin
ations of Lady Susan Vernon, an intelligent, beautiful and flirtatious widow.
GE Theatre - After the death of her husband, Marnie relocates to Los Angeles in order to be closer to her daughter, Lori.
GE Theatre - Sexts, Lies, and Carlos Danger! Watch the wildest political meltdown in recent history as it unfolds. It's 2013 and Anthony Weiner -- still reeling from the sex scandal that ended his political career two years earlier -- is back in the spotlight.
FREE
Summer Family Movie: A local scientist is regarded as a failure
until
he invents a machine that causes food to fall from the
sky. And that's when his real troubles begin.
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July 3, 2pm
907 State Street
John Gearing, author of "Schenectady Genesis, Vol 2: Evolution, 1760-1798," outlines patriot and Tory family allegiances in the Mohawk Valley.
Cell Phone Walking Tours in Downtown 
Take a self-guided tour of the
Stockade Historic District, New York State's first designated Historic District, and hear unique stories about the architecture and people who helped shape Schenectady's 350+ year history.
Explore the
Erie Canal through 14 mobile audio stops. Discover the history and innovation that made the canal possible and how this technology impacted the lives of Schenectady residents.
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| 2016 Visitor & Dining Guides |
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| miSci (museum of innovation & science) |
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Museum Hours: Mon-Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 12-5pm
International Asteroid Day
Come to miSci for a fun-filled day all about asteroids! Tour the galleries, see a planetarium show, and participate in space-themed hands on activities. Great for all ages!
Meet a 22-foot-long T-Rex, tremble at a growling pair of dueling dinos, watch a dinosaur soar above you, and view a full nest of eggs ready to hatch. Discover 10 animatronic dinosaur throughout the museum. Learn all about these prehistoric creatures in the dino dig site, fossil rubbing stations, and other hands on discovery areas.
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| Schenectady County Public Library Notes |
99 Clinton Street
Monday - Thursday: 9am - 8pm
Friday - Saturday: 9am - 5pm
Sunday: 1 - 5pm
Mark Your Calendar!
July 9, 10am-4pm 
An Artist Gallery will be set up to meet artists, buy their books, and have them signed. Stations will be available for crafts and drawing, along with a lively discussion with cartoonist Dave Roman. Come dressed as your favorite comic book character!
600 Union Street
Through July: Sci-Fi, mysteries, graphic novels - Half price.
All proceeds support Schenectady County Public Library
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