Forthcoming weirdness through Halloween!
Weirdo CNY is cranking up for the (Truly) Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Music both acoustic and cranium-pounding, drag, burlesque, clownery!
And I KNOW I don’t have it all. Comment or contact me if you have something to add to the list!
9/26 — Lou Santacroce and Frank Bianco at The Tramontane Cafe ($5 and cafe purchase, doors @6pm).
9/26 — Slum Lord, Verevaen, and others at Nail Creek Pub ($15, doors @4pm).
9/27 — Utica DIY — ThornsInTheMouthOfGod, fridayinoctober and Send Flowers at The Uptown Theatre ($10, tunes @5pm).
9/27 — Sapphic and Sip at Savicki’s Farm Market ($10 per person, 1–3pm)
9/30 — Ron Klopfanstein’s Media Monday live taping event at The Tramontane Cafe (@3–5pm).
10/2 — Home Visitor, Average Joey, and The Old 13 String Bandits at The Tramontane Cafe ($10 and cafe purchase, music @7pm).
10/3 — UCHC Presents: Pure Bliss, Dawg Pound, Cold Kiss, Rights Abuse and Spawn Trap at the Herkimer Polish Community Home ($15, doors @6pm).
10/7 — Ron Klopfanstein’s Media Monday live taping event at The Tramontane Cafe (@3–5pm).
10/8 — Utica Poets Society at The Tramontane Cafe ($3 and cafe purchase, doors @6pm).
10/9 — Adriana Primadonna’s debut single release party at The Tramontane Cafe (cafe purchase, show @7pm).
10/9 — Utica Hardcore: Mosh Night III: Brick By Brick, Monarch, Townsquare Execution and Verevaen at the Herkimer Polish Community Home ($10, tunes @7pm).
10/9 — Reed Astory at King Pin Lanes in Rome (@9pm-midnight).
10/9–11 — Second Annual Utica Tattoo and Art Expo at the Delta Hotel By Marriott (11am-11pm each day)
10/10 — The Other Side presents Fringe Fest with music performances by John Marsh, Milly of the Valley, TOS Jam and friends and No, My Mommy!at The Other Side, 2011 Genessee St., Utica (@11am-4pm).
10/10 — Dungeons & Drag-Ons at 40 Kellogg Rd., New Hartford ($5 suggested donation, @1–5pm).
10/10 — Home Visitor and Robert Sarazin Blake at The Tramontane Cafe ($20 and cafe purchase, music @6pm).
10/10 — Bleeding Hearts Burlesque presents Villains Burlesque Variety Show featuring Jaynie Jezebel at 16 Stone Brewpub ($20, doors @7:30pm).
10/10 — NYHC: Brick By Brick, Townsquare Execution, Tears of God and Monarch at Crowbar Arcade, Binghamton ($15, tunes @8pm).
10/10 — Scream Queens: Monster Mayhem 2026 hosted by Makenzie Taylor and Lilly Bola at The Uptown Theatre ($10 presale, $15 day of show @8pm.)
10/10 — Seraph Brass at Wellin Hall, Shambach Center, Hamilton College (tickets $15 and up for non-Hamilton student, @7:30pm).
10/11 — Sunday Night Open Mic Showcase (Tram of the Damned) at The Tramontane Cafe (performers must sign up in advance, $5 and cafe purchase, doors @5pm).
10/14 — Ron Klopfanstein’s Media Monday live taping event at The Tramontane Cafe (@3–5pm).
10/15 — Lady’s Night at Grit & Glam Thursdays hosted by Ladie SeanZia featuring The Goblins (RJ, Carly, Ajax), Evie Lucien, and Shamr Silver at Rocks, 77 Central Ave. Albany (@10:30pm)
10/16 — The Rainbow Alliance of HCCC presents Halloween Drag Extravaganza hosted by Electra Qute and Makenzie Taylor at HCCC auditorium (free for students, otherwise $10 or $5 if you bring nonperishable food items or new or used coats, gloves or hats, show @7pm).
10/16 — Vamp Dance Party at 16 Stone Brewpub (@7pm-midnight)
10/16 — Reed Astory with Home Visitor at Gerber’s 1933 Tavern (9pm-11pm).
10/17 — Drag Brunch hosted by Makenzie Taylor at Pioneer Cafe, Utica University ($10 [free for UU students], @noon)
10/17 — Utica DIY — Machine Baby, Atomic Life, Take Steps and Doomsday Mechanics at The Uptown Theatre ($10, tunes @6:30pm)
10/17 — Arrow Productions: Tassels & Terror hosted by Cleo Qupid and Ianna Rouge at The Renaissance Pub ($10 presale/$15 at the door, show @7:30pm).
10/18–21st Anniversary Uticon Comic Book Show at MVCC (Adults $5, Teens & Students $3, Kids 12 and under free, @10am-4pm).
10/21 — Ron Klopfanstein’s Media Monday live taping event at The Tramontane Cafe (@3–5pm).
10/21 — Allen Guy Wilcox poetry reading at The Inlet Public Library (6pm).
10/22 — Exhibit opening: Gesture and Space by Colleen O’Hara at Mohawk Valley Community College (1pm).
10/22 — Utica Poets Society at The Tramontane Cafe ($3 and cafe purchase, doors @6pm).
10/22 — Utica DIY — well hell, INCARI and Mountain of Woe at Herkimer Polish Club ($10, tunes @6:30).
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10/22 — Frank Bianco live at Pisano’s Pizzeria (7–9pm)
10/23 — The Moonlight Market at Frankfort Marina (5–9pm) (with performance by Home Visitor)
10/23 — opening party for Nyamuoch Nguoth exhibition: The Weight She Carries at 4 Elements Gallery, 809 Court St., Utica (5–7pm).
10/23 — Utica Hardcore Presents Mosh Night III.5 — Guano, River Rat, Rotting Youth, Kathookand Lemon Law at Clinton VFW, 49 Franklin Ave ($10, mosh @7pm).
10/23 — Annual Halloween Spooktacular Showcase at 16 Stone Brewpub (suggested $5 donation, doors at 7pm).
10/23 — Rocky Horror Picture Show at The Stanley Theatre hosted by Electra Qute ($10, 8pm).
10/24 — Haunted Hallway Bazaar at Capitol Theatre, Rome (2:30–7pm).
10/24 — Isto and Home Visitor at Wormland Syracuse (7pm).
10/24 — Movie Night: Ghostbusters at The Uptown Theatre ($7, 7:30pm).
10/25 — Draglesque & Drinks: Halloween Edition hosted by Lady SeanZie & Stella Progress at Mean Max Brew Works, Troy ($20, doors @12pm).
10/27 — Oneida County Pride Alliance presents Fabulous Fibers at Dunham Public Library (6–7:45pm).
10/28 — Ron Klopfanstein’s Media Monday live taping event at The Tramontane Cafe (@3–5pm).
10/28 — Nicolas “Cardboard” Cassidy Cardboard Art Pop-Up at The Tramontane Cafe (12:30–4:30pm).
10/29 — The Black Dahlia Murder, Townsquare Execution, Pure Bliss and Quantifier at The Song & Dance, Syracuse
10/30 — MVCC’s Annual Halloween Drag Show with special guest hosts Makenzie Taylor and Electra Qute at MVCC Alumni College Center Snack Bar (6pm).
10/30 — A Nightmare on Elm Street at Uptown Theatre, Utica ($7 or $15 with a donation, 7:30pm)
10/31 — Hotel Transvylvania at Uptown Theatre, Utica ($7 or $15 with a donation, 1pm)
10/31 — Halloween Glow Carnival with Home Visitor and Mo’ Valley Clown Alley at 16 Stone in Holland Patent NY (@7pm)
10/31 — Uptown Halloween White Noise Workshop (Zalatan, Warm Forms, PhungEye, Sylvia, Tree With a Gun, Palewave and G.A.B.) at The Uptown Theatre ($5, 8pm).
10/31 — After Dark presents Dominion: Halloween Night at the Song & Dance, Syracuse ($19.26, 8pm).
10/31 — Whorror Movies Burlesque & Drag Show at The Upper Deck, 1 West St., Gloversville ($15 with RSVP, doors @8pm).
