Event Venue · Saratoga Springs

Saratoga Performing Arts Center

About

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is an outdoor amphitheater at 108 Avenue of the Pines in Saratoga Spa State Park. It opened in 1966, and 2026 was its 60th anniversary season.

It is the summer home of New York City Ballet and The Philadelphia Orchestra, along with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival. Live Nation books pop and rock concerts on other nights, and the covered amphitheater is backed by a large picnic lawn.

What to know

It opened in 1966.
The main stage holds up to 25,000 people.
Children often get in free on the lawn for classical performances.
It is a nonprofit with an education program.

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