The Egg

Following six months of significant interior renovations, marking the first comprehensive improvement project since the facility opened in 1976, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center, best known as The Egg,…

Ravi Coltrane's quartet with Brandee Younger paid tribute to Alice Coltrane with a 90 minute performance. The spiritual jazz performance was primarily of compositions by Alice and her husband John Coltrane. This one set, 90 minute…

The walls of The Egg in Albany pulsed with a sense of warm nostalgia, humor, and electric reverence on Wednesday, May 7, as influential Philadelphia-based rockers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah celebrated the 20th anniversary of their…

There are concerts that entertain, and then there are nights like this—where the music feels like a thread, stitching together decades of soul and sound. Duane Betts and his band, Palmetto Motel, didn’t just take the stage on Wednesday,…

It was the kind of show that only comes around once every couple of years and if you're the casual type of fan not on a 'first name' basis with the band members involved, it could have easily slipped under your concert radar. It almost did…

Renowned children's music artist Laurie Berkner is bringing her Greatest Hits Concert to Upstate New York, with performances in Rochester on March 29 and Albany on March 30. Berkner, named the "queen of kids' music" by People…

On the evening of Friday, January 31st, snow and freezing temperatures blanketed Albany, setting the stage for an emo night at The Egg, where Soccer Mommy would headline the night. Opening the show, L'Rain, Brooklyn’s…

The Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center, known as “The Egg,” and the New York State Office of General Services (OGS) announce a transformative capital improvement project to modernize and exchange the venue.…

For the first time since 2003, Yonder Mountain String Band took the stage at The Egg on Friday, January 24. photo by Pat Rogers The jamgrass group from Colorado, now in their 27th year, is no stranger to the Capital Region, having…

Shemekia Copeland’s performance at The Egg in Albany on Saturday, January 18 was a masterclass in stage presence, powerful storytelling, and soul-stirring blues. Nominated for multiple GRAMMYs this award season, Copeland’s performance…