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Saratoga Jazz Festival presented by GE Vernova – Saturday

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

Join us at the 48th Annual Saratoga Jazz Festival! 2 days, 2 stages and 22 electrifying artists from jazz to roots, funk, blues, pop, indie and beyond. Kick off summer with good times and great vibes– enjoy craft beer, tasty eats, a fine arts fair, family fun and more! On sale now at spac.org

$85.

Saratoga Jazz Festival presented by GE Vernova – Sunday

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

Join us at the 48th Annual Saratoga Jazz Festival! 2 days, 2 stages and 22 electrifying artists from jazz to roots, funk, blues, pop, indie and beyond. Kick off summer with good times and great vibes– enjoy craft beer, tasty eats, a fine arts fair, family fun and more! On sale now at spac.org

$85.

New York City Ballet’s 2025 Season at SPAC

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

New York City Ballet returns for its 59th season at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, July 9-12, with iconic classics and an exciting new work. Experience the full-length story ballet Coppélia, which held its world premiere at SPAC in 1974; Jerome Robbins’ spirited In G Major; George Balanchine’s masterpiece Stravinsky Violin Concerto; and Justin Peck’s newest […]

$33

Tchaikovsky Spectacular

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

Philadelphia Orchestra Guest Conductor Marin Alsop returns to SPAC for the first time since 2017 leading the orchestra in a dazzling evening of Tchaikovsky featuring the 1812 Overture with live cannon fire and a brilliant fireworks display. Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Cellist Hai-Ye Ni performs Tchaikovsky’s beautiful and elegant Variations on a Rococo Theme, inspired by […]

The Planets

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

One of the foremost conductors of our time, Marin Alsop, leads Gustav Holst’s iconic The Planets, a work that has inspired generations of sci-fi film composers, featuring the ferocity of “Mars, the Bringer of War”, the high-spirited “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity,” and the ghostly suspense of “Neptune, the Mystic.” Holst’s exciting, cosmic score features […]

The Planets

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

One of the foremost conductors of our time, Marin Alsop, leads Gustav Holst’s iconic The Planets, a work that has inspired generations of sci-fi film composers, featuring the ferocity of “Mars, the Bringer of War”, the high-spirited “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity,” and the ghostly suspense of “Neptune, the Mystic.” Holst’s exciting, cosmic score features […]

The Planets

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

The program is bookended by the music of another American icon, George Gershwin. The evening begins with his rousing Cuban Overture, inspired by a trip to Havana and combining traditional Cuban rhythms with Gershwin’s original themes. The program closes with Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F Major featuring American pianist Clayton Stephenson. At just 26 years […]

The Planets

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

One of the foremost conductors of our time, Marin Alsop, leads Gustav Holst’s iconic The Planets, a work that has inspired generations of sci-fi film composers, featuring the ferocity of “Mars, the Bringer of War”, the high-spirited “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity,” and the ghostly suspense of “Neptune, the Mystic.” Holst’s exciting, cosmic score features […]

Gershwin & Bernstein

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

The program is bookended by the music of another American icon, George Gershwin. The evening begins with his rousing Cuban Overture, inspired by a trip to Havana and combining traditional Cuban rhythms with Gershwin’s original themes.The program closes with Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F Major featuring American pianist Clayton Stephenson. At just 26 years old, […]

Laufey: A Night at the Symphony with The Philadelphia Orchestra

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

GRAMMY-winning jazz singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Laufey brings a spell-binding sonic journey performing alongside The Philadelphia Orchestra for her new “Night at the Symphony” program. Last summer, Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) made her SPAC debut at our Saratoga Jazz Festival. Now, the “Gen Z It Girl” (The New York Times) will return to the SPAC […]

Laufey: A Night at the Symphony with The Philadelphia Orchestra

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

GRAMMY-winning jazz singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Laufey brings a spell-binding sonic journey performing alongside The Philadelphia Orchestra for her new “Night at the Symphony” program. Last summer, Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) made her SPAC debut at our Saratoga Jazz Festival. Now, the “Gen Z It Girl” (The New York Times) will return to the SPAC […]

Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff & Still

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States

Philadelphia Orchestra Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin returns to Saratoga to lead two unique programs that can only be heard at SPAC. The program opens with the suite from Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird. One of the most beloved ballets of all time, The Firebird was originally written by a then relatively unknown Stravinsky for […]