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It is now July 2020, the fifth month with minimal, if any, live music performances throughout New York State, let alone the country. Our venues are not yet open, but as the threat of COVID-19 decreases, parts of New York will enter Phase 4…

After being banned from SPAC for three years, the Grateful Dead returned on Tuesday, June 28, 1988 for one final outing at the famed Saratoga Springs venue. This being their first show since the release of 1987's In the Dark and the Top 10…

On June 26, 1995, Phish performed for the third time (and second as a headliner) at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Phish's 1995 Summer Tour was into full swing by this point with the final 11 shows in the Northeast, four of which were in…

Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Absolutely Live Entertainment and Caffè Lena have announced the first ever "Freihofer's Jazz Fest Stay Home Sessions" to take place June 26 -28 at 8 p.m. est. The series will feature pre produced videos…

Opera Saratoga has launched a new series of online programming called OPERA SARATOGA: CONNECT!. This comes in response to the recent limitations placed on many in the music industry from the Coronavirus Pandemic. Moving away from the…

As we enter June, the fourth month where live music performances are postponed until it is deemed safe to have mass gatherings due to COVID-19, we take a look at the music venues across the state that are closed for now, but in the coming…

Review and photos by Jenn March It’s not every day you get an education and a show in one sitting, much less for free. But Saratoga Performing Arts Center is full of surprises — that’s because they love their proud little city. That…

Alanis Morissette has announced a 2020 tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of her album Jagged Little Pill.  Fellow '90s classmates set to join the tour are Garbage and Liz Phair. With a kick-off June 1 in Portland, OR, the tour is set…

Jason Aldean played Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Thursday, September 5th to a solid crowd of country lovers of all ages. His return to upstate NY was greeted enthusiastically by fans who loved his top pop-country song of the summer…

For one of SPAC's final concerts of the season, the Outlaw Music Festival brought a full afternoon and evening of music and vendors to the park. This year's Outlaw Music Festival tour began in Maine back in June and has featured a…