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The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) will be making some changes to give guests a better experience at their events.

Famed singer-songwriter Don McLean will perform this June at the SaratogaArtsFest in the Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College.

Early details are out for the Inaugural Parrothead Festival happening at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds this June. Escape to the Islands, and enjoy an authentic Jimmy Buffet experience!

Good things come in threes... better things come in fours. This is the 4th festival that comes to Saratoga from the masterminds at Saratoga Festivals, LLC.

First there was Saratoga Brewfest and Oktobeerfest, then we saw the Inaugural Saratoga Beer Week (another huge success), and now along comes the 1st Annual Parrothead Festival to possibly steal the show.

For the first time in a quarter of a century, New York City Ballet dancers will perform in conjunction with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs this August for a spectacular night of performance of the highest caliber.

Forget the winter blues, I'm talking about the summertime blues! SPAC has just announced the 2012 Freihofer's Jazz Fest lineup and it's got me dreaming of warm weather and smooth music.

The July 2012 Ballet Summer Season has been announced by the Saratoga Performing Arts Center! The New York City Ballet is sure to light up the summer stage with a diverse assortment of performances over a two week period!

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SPAC Welcomes YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN, The Philadelphia Orchestra's dynamic, Music Director Designate, for three exciting evenings.

Mega-star LANG LANG, heralded by the New York Times as the "hottest artist on the classical music planet" performs Franz Liszt's fiery Piano Concerto No. 1 in commemoration of the composer's 200th birthday.

OZ with ORCHESTRA, will take audiences on a journey to the Emerald City as beloved movie classic, The Wizard of Oz is shown in its entirety on SPAC's cinema screens as The Philadelphia Orchestra performs the score live.

A stellar cast of INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED GUEST CONDUCTORS take the podium including Rafael Frübeck de Burgos...Gianandrea Noseda...Stéphane Denève... David Robertson...Cristian Macelaru...Steven Reineke and Constantine Kitsopoulos.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads ITALIAN OPERA NIGHT, featuring the classic arias and overtures of Verdi, Puccini, Rossini and other masters. Stellar operatic vocalists accompany the Orchestra for this special evening.

The world's finest GUEST SOLOISTS will display their musical genius in collaborations with the Orchestra including Yo-Yo Ma... Joshua Bell...Garrick Ohlsson...Johannes Moser... Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Arabella Steinbacher.

NEW YORK CITY BALLET dancers Tiler Peck and Chase Finlay bring a stunning, visual element to SPAC's ever-popular "Tchaikovsky Spectacular" program, performing the pas de deux from The Nutcracker and Swan Lake in conjunction with the Orchestra's performances of the works. The last time New York City Ballet dancers performed on an Orchestra program was 25 years ago.

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