With Dead & Company’s show at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY approaching on Tuesday, June 18th—exactly 36 years to the day from the first Grateful Dead SPAC show—we wanted to take a look back at the Dead’s short but eventful history of four shows in Saratoga Springs, all of which featured band’s “80’s lineup” of lead guitarist/vocalist Jerry Garcia, rhythm guitarist/vocalist Bob Weir, bassist Phil Lesh, keyboardist Brent Mydland, and drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart.

Headliner Chris Young performs, with Chris Janson opening performer, for LiveNation’s first concert of the season at SPAC, in Saratoga Springs on Saturday, May 24, 2019.

Country artist Chris Young performs on Saturday night at Saratoga Performing Arts Center during the first concert of the 2019 season.

Scenes from 168th Albany Law School Union University Commencement at SPAC in Saratoga Springs on Friday, May 24, 2019. The commencement speaker was Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and the State of NY Hon. Janet DiFiore.

Albany Medical College held its commencement ceremonies Thursday afternoon at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs.

7:30 p.m. Saturday. $25.75 and up. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 108 Avenue of The Pines, Saratoga Springs. 518-584-9330. spac.org.

As of Tuesday, there are 33 special events or concerts scheduled this year – the most ever. That presents more challenges for the police charged with keeping concertgoers safe - the State Park Police.

Cardi B has postponed her concerts at the St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview and Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

LiveNation said in an announcement that the concerts were being postponed due to “circumstances beyond her control.” Cardi B was scheduled to perform at the Amp on Saturday, May 25, and at SPAC on Sunday, May 26. The “Femme It Forward” tour includes special guests Teyana Taylor, City Girls, and Nicole Bus opening the show.

Scenes from Skidmore College’s 108th Commencement at SPAC in Saratoga Springs on Saturday, May 18, 2019. Honorary degree Doctor of Letters were given to former Yankee manager Joe Torre and Alan Lightman. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Rapper Cardi B’s concert scheduled for Sunday at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center has been postponed until Friday, Sept. 6, according to an announcement from promoter Live Nation.

The announcement said that “Due to circumstances beyond her control, Cardi B will be not be appearing” at SPAC on Sunday and the previous night at St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview in Syracuse. The latter show has been rescheduled for Sept. 7.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Skidmore College will celebrate its 108th Commencement at Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Sat. May 18. SPAC gates open at 8 a.m. and the commencement exercises are expected to begin at 10:40 a.m.

The Capital Region is in the midst of mortar board and academic robe season as area colleges and universities hold their graduation ceremonies. Over the weekend, the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, College of Saint Rose, Sage Colleges, SUNY Adirondack and Siena College held ceremonies. Click through the slideshow of images from commencement 2019.

Alt-rockers Blink-182 and rapper Lil Wayne, with special guest Neck Deep, will play the Saratoga Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Monday, July 1.

SARATOGA SPRINGS - State Park Police will simulate an active shooter scenario for training purposes on Wednesday and Thursday at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The training will focus on coordination and emergency response during the scenarios.

Live Nation Urban has launched a multi-format series of all-female curated lineups spotlighting the entertainment industry’s most creative and accomplished visionaries, with confirmed events coming to Harvard University, Broccoli City Festival in the Washington, D.C. market, The Pavilion At Music Factory in Dallas, Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles and others this year.

Date: May 26, 2019

Cardi B, Teyana Taylor, City Girls, Nicole Bus

Location: Saratoga Performing Arts Center - Saratoga Springs, NY

Tickets on sale now https://concerts1.livenation.com/event/00005672DFBA77D4

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) and Caffè Lena are jazzing up Saratoga’s second annual Freihofer’s Jazz Festival Friday. The two have teamed up to host a pair of intimate performances by 14-time Grammy nominee, composer and pianist Fred Hersch. The special performances, entitled “An Evening with Fred Hersch: 50 Years After The Stonewall Riots,” will take place at Caffè Lena on Friday, June 28 at 6:30pm and 8:30pm, respectively, and will pay homage to the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City, which sparked the modern gay liberation and LGBTQ rights movements in the United States. The award-winning composer will perform both originals and jazz standards, in addition to speaking about how the Stonewall Riots affected him and his development as one of jazz’s most formidable and original pianists.

Susan Zirinsky, the new president and senior executive producer of CBS News, will be the featured speaker at Union College’s 225^th Commencement.

More than 500 students in the Class of 2019 will receive degrees during the ceremony, scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday, June 16, on Hull Plaza.

The Philadelphia Orchestra has added two new conductors to its roster.

Erina Yashima has been appointed the orchestra’s assistant conductor, and Lina Gonzalez-Granados conducting fellow.

Both are 32 years old, both trained as pianists as well as conductors, and both take up their posts in September with concert dates yet to be announced.

Yashima will succeed Kensho Watanabe, whose term ends with the 2018-19 season.