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Visit Downtown Schenectady
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Downtown Schenectady has a wide variety of service businesses including banking, health & beauty, office, automotive, transportation, churches, daycare, financial services & much, much more. We're at your service!
Browse Downtown Schenectady's shops, restaurants, services, lodging, cultural attractions, transportation and parking.
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Come shop for flowers, produce, bakes goods and much more from a variety of local vendors.
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Sundays, 10am - 2pm
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A festive marketplace with more than 70 vendors who produce everything they sell.
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Music & Entertainment
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Thursday
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Indie Rock Night, 9pm
Saturday: DJ Yosh, 9pm
Alyssa Yeager
September 25, 6:30pm
September 24, 7pm
Capital Zen
September 25, 9pm
High Peaks Band
September 26, 9pm
Running the River
September 25, 6-8pm
Lila & The Obsessions
September 25, 9pm
90's Dance Party
September 26, 10:30pm
Steve Oill & Dan Hickey
September 25, 5-8pm
Erin Harkes
September 24, 7-10pm
Brian Patneaude
September 25, 7-10pm
Pig Roast!
September 24, 6:30pm
Wishbone Ash
September 25, 7 & 9pm
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Show
September 26, 8:30pm
Check Out All of
Downtown Schenectady's
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The Downtown Dish
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With downtown now boasting so many restaurants featuring a variety of flavors, we are highlighting recipes showcasing some of this cuisine.This week:
For a great Baked Potato Pizza
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A Busy Saturday Ahead!
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55th Annual Stockade Walkabout
September 26, 11am-5pm
Stockade Historic District
Tour seven private homes dating from 1792 to a "newer" home built in 1900. Enjoy entertainment and new exhibits at Schenectady County Historical Society, plus a look at interiors of neighborhood churches.
September 26, 6-10:30pm
Liberty-Broadway Parking Lot
Presented by Schenectady County. Four incredible bands compete for cash prizes and the opener position at next year's Battle of the Bands & SummerNight events.
** Broadway will be closed between Liberty and Union Streets**
 Cage Wars 32
September 26, 8pm
Schenectady Armory, 125 Washington Avenue
We are back at it for one last hoorahhh! Come support local kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) amateurs as they showcase their talents at CAGE WARS.
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| 4th Annual Wing Walk |
 October 3, Noon-5pm
Next Saturday!
Around Downtown
Get your tickets early for this popular event. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold!
This year the
Wing Walk moves to a Saturday afternoon with expanded hours! Come taste amazing chicken wing recipes at participating downtown restaurants and vote for your favorite. Enjoy great specials and entertainment during and after the Walk!
Presented by the
DSIC
and
Schenectady County Visitors Agency
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| A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder |
 Through September 26
Mainstage at Proctors
The uproarious story of Monty Navarro, an heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession by - you guessed it - eliminating the eight pesky relatives who stand in his way. Getting away with murder can be so much fun...and there's no better proof than the knock-'em-dead hit show that's earned unanimous raves and won the 2014 Tony Award® for BEST MUSICAL.
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| Death of a Salesman |
 September 25-27
Fenimore Gallery at Proctors
Presented by the Classic Theater Guild. Arthur Miller's
Death of a Salesman portrays Willy Loman in a crisis. He's about to lose his job, he can't pay his bills, and his sons Biff and Happy don't respect him and can't seem to live up to their potential. He wonders what went wrong and how he can make things up to his family.
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On The Stage
GE Theatre - Acoustic singer-songwriter David Roth introduces in concert his new CD
So Far, So Good.
Underground - Featuring Nick Vatterott, who's comedy has been called high-energy, improvisational, unconventional, outside the box...but most of all hilarious
On The Screen
GE Theatre - You've played it on your kitchen table, you've quoted it to your friends...now do it in a group with us! We love CLUE! The most famous, quotable cult classic film ever based on a board game (sorry Battleship) is now IT CAME FROM SCHENECTADY's first "QUOTE-A-LONG."
16 ACRES - The Rebuilding of Ground Zero - September 24, 7pm
GE Theatre - Film presentation of the dramatic inside story of the monumental collision of interests at Ground Zero in the decade after 9/11.
On the Waterfront - September 28, 2:30, 5 & 7:30pm
GE Theatre - Released in 1954, an ex-boxer fights the corrupt union boss his lawyer brother works for.
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128 Jay Street
September 26, 1-2:30pm
September 27, 12-1:30pm
September 27, 1pm
510 Union Street
Symposium style lecture: Decorating a entrance door area
Sundays through October 27, 10am-2pm
The Market is held along the Jay Street Marketplace in the heart of downtown.
Cell Phone Walking Tours in Downtown
 Take a self-guided tour of the Stockade Historic District and hear unique stories about the architecture and people who helped shape Schenectady's 350+ year history. Also, e
xplore the
Erie Canal
through 14 mobile audio stops. Discover the history and innovation that made the canal possible and how it affected Schenectady residents.
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| Hometown Heroes Banners Walking Tour |
 Through November 11
Downtown Schenectady
Take a stroll around beautiful Downtown Schenectady and view 43
Hometown Heroes banners honoring Schenectady military men and women.
Pick up a copy of the
Hometown Heroes
banner map and bios of many of the honorees at the DSIC office, 143 State Street, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. More...
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| miSci (museum of innovation & science) |
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Museum Hours: Mon-Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 12-5pm
September 27, 10am - 12 noon
Sensory friendly experience for families to
visit the museum with a loved one with autism. Visual support will be available at the museum to help participants enjoy the exhibits.
Join other museum visitors in this out-of-this-world experience! See what it's like to do experiments in space and take home a souvenir from your experience.Space is limited. Purchase tickets in advance at 518-382-7890 x237 or when you arrive at miSci (if space is available).
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| Schenectady County Public Library Notes |
 Central Library
99 Clinton Street
Monday - Thursday: 9am - 8pm
Friday - Saturday: 9am - 5pm
Sunday: 1 - 5pm
600 Union Street
Through September: All non-fiction, half price
Next Saturday!
October 3, 9am-4pm
October 4, 1-3pm
Central Library:
Most books $1, paperback 3/$1, Romance 2/$1, children's books $0.25 & $0.50. Sunday bag sale $2.
In conjunction with the Edgar Allen Poe open house, the Whitney seeks original spooky poems for the first ever poetry contest. One winner per category. Prizes will include a gift certificate to the Whitney Book Corner. All entries must be postmarked no later than October 10th.
All proceeds support Schenectady County Public Library
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