The Egg

Guitarist Pat Metheny and his band brought big hair, big sound and big talent to the Kitty Carlisle Hart stage at The Egg in Albany on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Although I was once accredited with “the biggest hair in the universe” by my…

The amazing Compagnie Hervé KOUBI will be heading to Union College in Schenectady for a two-day residency on October 16 and 17. The residency, sponsored by both the college and Albany-based venue The Egg, will include a master class,…

What do you get when you mix a flared mini-skirt with head-banging rock and bagpipe? Answer: Ally the Piper! And that’s what the audience at Albany’s The Egg got Wednesday, July 29: a weird amalgam of heavy metal and traditional Scottish…

On an emotionally complicated Mother’s Day weekend in Albany, there may not have been a more appropriate artist to close out the 78th Annual Tulip Festival than Iron & Wine. Performing to a sold-out crowd inside The Egg on May 10, Sam…

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band dug up some 1970s gold & Roots for its audience at The Egg in Albany, Sunday, April 19. After a 60-year run that has morphed from long-haired, “cosmic cowboy” beginnings in Long Beach, CA, to stints in…

In a set that leaned heavily on traditional bluegrass arrangements of Grateful Dead and Old and in the Way material, Sam Grisman Project, with special guest Peter Rowan, were a perfect match for the impeccable acoustics of The Egg’s…

Boston-based psychedelic dub-jazz collective Club d'Elf will released their new album Loon & Thrush on Friday via Royal Potato Family, and they're bringing their sprawling, trance-heavy sound to New York State four times in the weeks…

Ballet Hispánico New York steps into its 2026 Spring Tour across the United States as one of the essential storytellers of American Dance. Throughout the spring, Ballet Hispánico’s dancers will travel to stages across the United States to…

Albany showed up in full force for The Egg’s official ribbon cutting, and honestly, it was no yolk. After years of anticipation and a $19.5 million interior makeover, the city finally got a sneak peek inside its beloved, shell-shaped…

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,…