SPAC

On Saturday, September 12, Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) will begin their "SPAC @ Home: Concert Series" with world-renowned violinist and Grammy Award-winner Joshua Bell and classical pianist, Peter Dugan. The event will be held…

Two years after releasing Tommy and just ahead of the release of Who's Next, UK rock stalwarts The Who performed at Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center on Monday, August 2, 1971. The show would serve as The Who's only performance…

A Screening of ‘Mavis 80, A Newport Folk Revival’ was announced by "Caffè Lena @ SPAC." The screening will take place on the SPAC (Saratoga Performing Arts Center) grounds on July 31, 2020 at 8PM EST in Saratoga Springs, NY. The…

It was 26 years ago today that Phish headlined for the first time at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Two years prior, the Vermont group had opened for Santana at SPAC, one of the few opening slots Phish would perform in their career. …

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…