Readers Poll ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Best Movie Theater

1. Spectrum 8 Theaters

2. Regal Colonie Center Stadium 13

3. Bow Tie Cinemas Movieland

 

Best Museum

1. New York State Museum

2. Albany Institute of History & Art

3. MASS MoCA

 

Best Art Gallery

1. Marketplace Gallery

2. Upstate Artists Guild

3. Albany Institute of History & Art

 

Best Live Theater Venue

1. Proctors

2. Capital Repertory Theater

3. Palace Theatre

 

Best Local Visual Artist

1. Mike Feurstein

2. Samson Contompasis

3. Radical!

 

Best Local Author

1. William Kennedy

2. Vincent Zandri

3. KC Orcutt

 

Best Local Performing Arts Organization

1. Saratoga Performing Arts Center

2. Capital Repertory Theatre

3. Proctors

 

Best Children’s Arts Programming

1. Steamer No. 10 Theatre

2. Capital Area Productions

3. The Egg

 

Best Local Filmmaker

1. Mike Feurstein

2. Matthew Warren

3. Best Bytes Media

 

Best Local Poet

1. Mary Panza

2. R.M. Engelhardt

3. KC Orcutt

 

Best Karaoke

1. Oh Bar

2. Bourbon Street Bar & Grill

3. Bombers

 

Best Live Music Venue

1. Valentine’s

2. Northern Lights

3. Saratoga Performing Arts Center

 

Best Open Mic

1. McGeary’s

2. Muddy Cup

3. Caffe Lena

 

Best Local Solo Musician

1. Erin Harkes

2. Sean Rowe

3. (TIE) Chris Dukes, Matthew Carefully

 

Best Local Rock Band

1. Skeletons in the Piano

2. Erin Harkes Band

3. Sirsy

 

Best Local Indie-Rock Band

1. Sirsy

2. Phantogram

3. Skeletons in the Piano

 

Best Local Blues/R&B Band

1. Bent Rail Blues Band

2. Ernie Williams

3. Solid Smoke

 

Best Local Punk Band

1. Dead Aces

2. Hijinx

3. Nixon’s Spirit

 

Best Local Country Band

1. Skeeter Creek

2. The Hillbilly Horns

3. Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys

 

Best Local Jazz Band

1. Brian Patneaude

2. (TIE) Keith Pray, Tequila Mockinbirds, Michael Newman Trio

 

Best Local Hip-Hop Artist

1. Oddy Gato

2. Sinister

3. Rick Whispers

 

Best Local Hardcore Band

1. Black John Wayne

2. Brick by Brick

3. Born Low

 

Best Local Cover Band

1. Yellowdog

2. Right Coast Soul

3. The Refrigerators

 

Best Local Metal Band

1. Armour Column

2. (TIE) The Viking, Black John Wayne

 

Best Local Club DJ

1. DJ Trumaster

2. Deep Children

3. Dave Barna

 

Best Dance Club/Dance Night

1. Fuze Box

2. Jillian’s

3. Vapor

 

Comments

[peter pashoukos]

It's actually, The Tequila Mockingbirds :)