About

Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Albany’s free, all-ages music festival,ÌýPearlPalooza, returns Saturday, September 13 from 12:00 PM–7:00 PM, presented byÌý,Ìý,Ìý, andÌý. The festival is co-produced byÌý,ÌýÌýand theÌýÓ£ÌÒÊÓƵ Albany Business Improvement District (BID).

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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.

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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.

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Music Lineup

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Rubblebucket

5:30 PM |ÌýRubblebucket’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.Ìý

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Dave Gutter

3:45 PM

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The Happy Fits

2:15 PM

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Ky McClinton Band

1:00 PM

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Sponsors

PearlPalooza 2025Ìýis sponsored byÌý,Ìý,Ìý,Ìý,Ìý,Ìý,Ìý,Ìý,Ìý,Ìý,Ìý,Ìý,ÌýÌý,Ìý,Ìý,Ìý,Ìý, andÌý. The festival is produced by theÌýÓ£ÌÒÊÓƵ Albany BID,Ìýin association withÌýÌýandÌý.ÌýÌýis the official craft beer of PearlPalooza.Ìý

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Parking

$8Ìýevent parking is available atÌý's Riverfront,ÌýQuackenbush, and Green-Hudson Garages, just a few blocks from the action! Find more atÌýdowntownalbany.org/parking.ÌýÌý

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Sponsorship and vending applications for PearlPalooza and YogaPalooza have now close. To explore opportunities at other events organized by the Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Albany BID, go to downtownalbany.org/vendors andÌýdowntownalbany.org/sponsorships.

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