New York City Ballet announced on Thursday that it was canceling its spring season because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the company plans to pay its dancers, musicians and other employees through May 31, the date the season was to have ended.

The other big question mark at the moment, in terms of the Saratoga summer, is what will happen at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)

By Terry Teachout

From Broadway to storefront theaters and nightclubs, American institutions and performers are faced with financial disaster.

The concert business shutdown is creating a credit crisis that’s choking indie promoters. The industry that emerges after will be more competitive than ever.

By Emily Witt

New York’s cultural scene has taken hits before—after 9/11, during the recession that began in 2007, after Hurricane Sandy—but its elimination for an indefinite period of time is unprecedented.

By Peggy McGlone and Geoff Edgers

Job and revenue losses are mounting daily for small and large companies alike.

By Philip Kennicott

Performing arts groups are not only cut off from an essential source of revenue — the “earned income” of ticket sales — but also from possible future revenue.

Celtic Woman, one of the first shows on Live Nation’s summer line-up at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, has cancelled its performance due to coronavirus concerns.

The group was originally scheduled to perform on Sunday, June 7. It recently announced that it would be postponing not only its SPAC show, but the entire Celtic Woman Celebration tour.

Five days after Proctors in Schenectady temporarily closed all of its venues, the area’s largest arts organization on Tuesday took another sudden, decisive action, announcing that it would be laying off 80 percent of its employees. Other area arts groups were undertaking more modest retrenchments of their own.

SCHENECTADY — Proctors announced Thursday that it’s postponing all public performances, movies and rentals at its Capital Region venues until at least April 12.

That includes Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs and the Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany.

Bob Dylan and his band will be playing the Saratoga Performing Arts Center this summer, a Monday press release announced.

Dylan, an icon of American music for decades, will be joined by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and the Hot Club of Cowtown for a Thursday, July 9 concert at the Saratoga Springs venue.

Worries over the coronavirus have spread to every sector of the economy – includes the arts.

SARATOGA SPRINGS – Saturday was opening night for Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs.

The story of converting the 1870s-era Methodist church into a performance space is a fascinating one. For the first official performance at a venue steeped in history, and full of stories to tell, it only made sense to bring in Rosanne Cash, a performer with her own rich familial history and one of the great musical storytellers of the past 30 years.

A reunion of the “Goat Rodeo” supergroup featuring Yo-Yo Ma on cello, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Edgar Meyer on bass, and Chris Thile on mandolin – along with vocalist Aoife O’Donovan – will make their Saratoga Performing Arts Center debut on Monday, Aug. 10.

When Universal Preservation Hall opens its doors Saturday and Rosanne Cash steps on to the stage for her sold-out show, a dream will come true in Saratoga Springs.

After a $13.5 million renovation project, UPH is the city’s first year-round performing arts center in more than five decades.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The garage-rock duo The Black Keys will bring their “Let’s Rock” 2020 tour to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16. Gary Clark Jr., who infuses hip-hop into blues and rock, and the British singer-songwriter Yola will open.

Backstreet’s back, alright!

The Backstreet Boys will be stopping at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center this summer as part of the group’s DNA World Tour.

Tickets for the Sept. 11 concert will go on sale this Friday (perhaps a Valentine’s Day gift for someone?), and prices range from $39 to $299.50.

Dead & Company’s summer tour will include a performance at Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Monday, Aug. 3, at 7 p.m.

SARATOGA SPRINGS (WRGB) The Miracle Pill Tour is coming to SPAC.

The Goo Goo Dolls will make a stop in Saratoga Springs Aug. 23, during their 29-date national tour.

Incubus is hitting the road this summer with their old pals 311 for a North American amphitheater run slated to kick off July 15 in Auburn, Wash., and keep them on the road through a Sept. 5 date in Noblesville, Ind. The Live Nation-produced outing will hit more than 35 cities, as the two groups tour together for the first time in two decades; Badflower will also be along for the ride.

Aug. 11 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center