Downtown Schenectady will be site of live music and movies | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY – As some traditional Schenectady events have shifted this summer, a new series combining live music and movies is slated to kick off next month.
Called Downtown Schenectady Starlight Cinema, it will take place each Wednesday in August in front of Schenectady City Hall. Each night will feature a live performance by Running the River or The E-Block Band, followed by the screening of a recently released movie.
It’s presented by the Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation (DSIC) and Schenectady County.
“The idea is we have more and more people coming to downtown right now and … we wanted to have some type of entertainment option for them to stay in downtown a little bit longer,” said Amy Sonder, the promotions coordinator at DSIC. “We also wanted to give our residents who are here all the time something exciting to do because everyone, as we’ve seen, [is]
Schenectady County SummerNight scrubbed again this year | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY – Schenectady County SummerNight is a no-go this year.
It’s the second year in a row the event hasn’t been held because of the pandemic. The block party started 16 years ago and is typically held sometime in mid-July, drawing upwards of 20,000 people to downtown Schenectady for an evening of live music, food and family-friendly activities.
The event has grown over the years to feature not only local bands but also national acts on several stages, as well as a kids zone and a Schenectady County Battle of the Bands.