Downtown Albany
About
Downtown Albany’s free, all-ages music festival, PearlPalooza, returns Saturday, September 13 from 12:00 PM–7:00 PM, presented by Albany Mechanical, Common Roots Brewing, Mr. Good Vybz, and Curaleaf. The festival is co-produced by 102.7 FM WEQX, Sugar Productions, and the Downtown Albany Business Improvement District (BID).
PearlPalooza 2025 will feature performances by Rubblebucket, Dave Gutter, The Happy Fits, Ky McClinton Band and Sugar Productions DJs as well as a variety of high-quality food, art, and handmade good vendors, all just steps away from some of downtown Albany’s finest dining, retail, and entertainment establishments. Guests 21 and older who present a valid photo ID can also enjoy a huge variety of craft beer and other beverage offerings from Common Roots Brewing, the official craft beer of PearlPalooza.
YogaPalooza, the Capital Region's only one-day street-wide mass yoga event, takes place at 11:00 AM, just before the music kicks off.
Music Lineup
Rubblebucket
5:30 PM | Rubblebucket’s seeds were sown when Kalmia Traver and Alex Toth, the group’s front persons, co-writers and co-producers, first began a friendship as jazz students at the University of Vermont. Soon after, they formed Rubblebucket, using the project to delve into pop, funk, dance and psychedelia; performances have spanned Bonnaroo to Glastonbury to their self-curated Dream Picnic Festival, and they’ve collaborated with kindred genre-blenders including Arcade Fire and Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears. Their latest full-length LP ‘Year of the Banana’ is perhaps their deepest and grooviest work yet. It speaks to the power of transforming and adapting relationships in a time when the world needs it most.
Dave Gutter
3:45 PM
The Happy Fits
2:15 PM
Ky McClinton Band
1:00 PM
Parking
$8 event parking is available at ParkAlbany's Riverfront, Quackenbush, and Green-Hudson Garages, just a few blocks from the action! Find more at downtownalbany.org/parking.
Sponsorship and vending applications for PearlPalooza and YogaPalooza have now close. To explore opportunities at other events organized by the Downtown Albany BID, go to downtownalbany.org/vendors and downtownalbany.org/sponsorships.
Sponsors
Albany Mechanical Services | Presenting Sponsor
Common Roots Brewing | Official Craft Beer
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Official Cannabis Sponsors
PearlPalooza 2025 is sponsored by Albany Mechanical, Common Roots Brewing, Mr. Good Vybz, Curaleaf, Global Partners, Metroland Now, MVP Health Care, ParkAlbany, Silver Cannabis Company, Avelo Airlines, CDTA, Hampton Inn & Suites, Renaissance Hotel, the City of Albany, The Hollow Bar + Kitchen, The Hot Yoga Spot, The Skinny Pancake, NeoVista Fresh Market, Jack's Deli, KiddieQ Daycare Center, and War Cannon Spirits. The festival is produced by the Downtown Albany BID, in association with WEQX and Sugar Productions. Common Roots is the official craft beer of PearlPalooza.
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