PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- There's no shortage of live performances for music and theater lovers in the city this weekend.
EMBARK Peekskill will host its first Fall Performing Arts Festival. Performances will take place at multiple locations downtown and at the Riverfront. Guest artists from New York City include a special bilingual performance of La Cucarachita Martina performed by Teatro Sea, with pop/rock music perfect for the whole family. The Bitchy Waiter will share his hilariously biting blog with adults at a post-performance cocktail hour on Saturday. Some offerings will be free. For others, tickets can be purchased individually at the door of each performance as well as online for La Cucarachita Martina. Festival passes, which include business coupons and promotions, will also be available. Go to www.EMBARKpeekskill.com for a full schedule of events.
On Saturday, The Peekskill Farmers Market will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Bank Street. Come shop for plants, baked goods, honey, maple syrup, cheeses and other locally made products.
On Saturday at 3 p.m. The Paramount Center for the Arts will present an Opera in Cinema presentation of "The Girl of Golden West". Puccinis operatic take on the Wild West is sprinkled with Hollywood glitz in this splashy production filmed live at the Netherlands Opera. The show stars Eva-Maria Westbroek as the cowgirl Minnie.
On Sunday, the Peekskill Attic Treasurers Flea Market will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Bank Street. Come search for clothes, shoes, electronics, books, video games and more.
There will be plenty of live music this weekend at venues throughout the city. At 12 Grapes Friday at 9:30 p.m. enjoy a night of classic rock & roll with Petey Hop & the Jackrabbits, featuring Jon Cobert and Geoff Hartwell. Admission is $5. On Saturday at 9:30 p.m. there will be a Remembering Woodstock show with the band Back to the Garden 1969. Admission is $15 or $10 for diners. Get $5 off admission if you dress like a hippie.
On Sunday at 5:30 p.m. enjoy the Big Band Night with Greg Westhoff's Westchester Swing Band. The cover charge is $5. At the BeanRunner Cafe on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Mary Crescenzo Band joins special guest and pianist extraordinaire Art Labriola for The Lives and Songs of Fats Waller, Harold Arlen, and Cole Porter.
On Saturday at 7:30 p.m. guitarist and songwriter Peter Calo and his band will perform. Admission for both shows is $10.
On Sunday there will be a free Artists' Appreciation Showcase with R&B artist Q Williams, vocalist Radiant "Rayn" Amar and visual artist Cassy Giacci as well as several others.
At The Peekskill Coffee House Steve Kirkman will perform on Friday with special guest Eric Peunte and on Saturday Blues Buddha will be playing blues and covers. Both shows are at 8 p.m.
On Sunday the pop group vocal group the Ya-Yas will perform at 1 p.m.
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