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JULY - AU GUST SUNDAY, AUGUST 14TH Toby Keith, SPAC MONDAY, AUGUST 15TH Counting Crows and Rob Thomas, SPAC
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH Upbeat on the Roof: Heavenly Echoes
Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery – Skidmore College 7PM
The Heavenly Echoes are a Southern soul-style gospel group, founded more than fifty years ago by the late Deacon James Edmonds of the Sweet Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in Albany. They perform as a nine-member group backed by guitar, bass, and drums. The Heavenly Echoes regularly bring their authentic, heartfelt style of gospel music to churches throughout the Capital Region, as well as to festivals and cultural events across the state.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26TH Upbeat on the Roof: Random 33
Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery – Skidmore College 7PM
Random 33 is a trio that began in 1998 as a small club band doing covers, instrumental, and improvised music. The group features Carl Landa on piano and synthesizer, Scott Morehouse on drums, and Sam Morrison on saxophone. Landa, a musician and composer, is the Music Director of the Dance Department. He plays piano, synthesizer, percussion, and hammered dulcimer, and has composed scores for dance, video, film, and television. Morehouse is a New York City-based drummer for session,
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live, and dance accompanist since 1999. In 2016 he will be recording with the duo Tanky Bell and accompanying the Alvin Ailey Dance Company. Morrison is a tenor saxophonist, flutist, and composer who lived and played in New York City for years and now resides in the Catskills. He is most well known for being a member of the last Miles Davis Group, and has played with many additional bands and artists.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH Final Stretch Music Festival Weekend 7PM-11PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27TH The $1.25 Million Travers
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH Blink 182, SPAC
Saratoga Race Course, 2667 Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs
This is Saratoga’s biggest race – the one you don’t want to miss – the 147th running of the Travers Stakes, the “Mid-Summer Derby” for three-yearolds at a mile and a quarter. First Post-time is 11:45AM and Gates are open at 7AM $1,250,000 Purse. 1 ¼ (Dirt); 3YO; Grade: I
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28TH Florida Georgia Line, SPAC SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD Woodward Day
Saratoga Race Course, 267 Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs The historic Woodward highlights Saturday’s card. The 62nd Running of the Woodward anchors an outstanding day of racing on the final Saturday of the meet. $600,000 Purse; 1 1/8 (Dirt); 3&UP; Grade: I
Zac Brown Band, SPAC
Downtown Saratoga Springs comes alive once more on closing weekend of the Saratoga Race Course. Bands of all genres populate downtown
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH
Closing Day of Saratoga Race Course
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH Heart, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and Cheap Trick, SPAC FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH Saratoga Wine and Food Festival Saratoga Performing arts Center, Saratoga Springs
The Saratoga Wine & Food Festival is a three-day destination event located in worldclass Saratoga Springs, New York. Quickly becoming known as the most original and exciting Wine and Food Festival north of New York City, Saratoga Wine & Food Festival provides over 250 premiere wine and food exhibitors, invitation-only, along with one of a kind seminars. Proceeds from the Saratoga Wine and Food Festival benefit the Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s children’s education program. For more information visit www.spac. org
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH Bryan Adams, SPAC
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