Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival

SPAC is collecting videos from fans about why they love the Saratoga Jazz Festival. Go to the link below and tell them why you love the Jazz Fest, a favorite memory, how long you’ve been going to the festival, who you are looking forward to and why, anything! They are creating the ultimate video mash-up that we will play on the new video screens at the festival this year.

For more information go to:

http://www.spac.org/jazzfest/videopage.php

Online ticket sales to the general public will begin on Monday, March 12 at 10 a.m. at spac.org.

Ticket prices are:

                              Adult           Child under 12
                              -----------     --------------
    Saturday Amphiteatre      $65 – $80*      $40 – $65*
    Saturday Lawn             $55             Free
    Sunday Ampitheatre        $50 – $70*      $35 – $55*
    Sunday Lawn               $55             Free
    Two-Day Pass^ Ampitheatre $95 – $140*     $65 – $110*
    Two-Day Pass^ Lawn        $90             Free

    * Price varies with seating section
    ^ Two-Day discount expires 5/1/2012

If you are a SPAC member you don’t have to wait until Monday; you can buy your tickets now!

The entire 2012 festival lineup has been announced! See our 2012 lineup for all of the details.

Festival producer Danny Melnick has explained the rationale behind this year’s Gazebo lineup:

All of the artists on the Gazebo stage have been there within the past 8 years and we brought them back for our first ever “Encore Series” as a “thank you” as so many festival fans have asked us to ‘bring back’ some of the great gazebo artists we’ve showcased at the festival.

Unfortunately for Jazz Festival fans, Sarah Morrow got a really nice offer to perform at a private event in Ohio hosted by Whoopi Goldberg and can’t make the festival.

As always, you check our 2012 Lineup Page to see all of the artists confirmed so far.

Maceo Parker will play Saturday June 30th. Maceo has played the festival twice before, most recently in 2000.

As always, you check our 2012 Lineup Page to see all of the artists confirmed so far.

Pedrito Martinez will perform Sunday July 1st. You may remember Pedrito from his Gazebo stage performance in 2011.

As always, you check our 2012 Lineup Page to see all of the artists confirmed so far.

Two more artists have been announced: Esperanza Spalding on Saturday, and The Trio of Oz featuring Omar Hakim and Rachel Z on Sunday. Both are festival veterans: Esperanza performed on the Gazebo Stage in 2007 and The Trio of Oz performed at the 2010 festival.

As always, you check our 2012 Lineup Page to see all of the artists confirmed so far.

Mario Abney will perform Saturday June 30th on both the Main Stage and the Gazebo Stage, as he did in 2010!

Trombone Shorty is performing at the Festival on Sunday. This weekend he is in New York City, and today he’s playing at the Giant’s game! This could be a great chance to check out a festival performer in advance.

Trombone Shorty will be performing the National Anthem and at half-time of the New York Giants’ NFC Wild Card Playoff Game vs. the Atlanta Falcons on January 8, 2012 at 1:00 PM ET. The Anthem and the game will be broadcast live nationally on the Fox network. Half-time will feature the full band of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue.

– The Official Announcement on Trombone Shorty’s Website

Michel Camilo will be performing Saturday June 30th with conguero Giovanni Hidalgo and bassist Charles Flores.

As always, you check our 2012 Lineup Page to see all of the artists confirmed so far.