The New Year’s celebrations kicked off on Tuesday with concerts and an early fireworks show.

The night will be full of live performances at downtown venues, featuring headliner and renowned musician Ben Folds at the Saratoga Springs City Center, Mystic Bowie’s Talking Dreads at Universal Preservation Hall, Los Sugar Kings at Caffe Lena, and Dogs in a Pile at Putnam Place.

The celebration will conclude with the Saratoga First Day 5K on New Year’s Day.

Schedule of Events

• City Center
• 5:00 PM – Tops of Trees on EJP
• 6:00 PM – Fireworks
• 6:15 PM – Doors open to rooms
• 6:30 – 7:30 PM – Sawyer Fredericks (Meeting Room 1)
• 6:45 – 7:20 PM – Buggy Jive (Main stage)
• 7:30 – 10:30 PM – DJ Rvmba (Meeting Room 2) (second floor)
• 7:40 – 8:20 PM – Lindsey Kraft  (Main stage)
• 7:40 – 8:40 PM – Cassandra Kubinski (& The Kubandskis) (Meeting Room 1)
• 8:30 – 10:00 PM – Ben Folds (Main stage)
• 8:50 – 9:50 PM – David J (Meeting Room 1)
• UPH
• 7:30 – 8:30 PM – The Figgs
• 8:45 – 9:45 PM – Mystic Bowie’s Talking Dreads
• Caffe Lena
• 7:00 PM – Los Sugar Kings
• 9:00 PM – Los Sugar Kings
• Putnam Place 
• 9:00 PM – Dogs in a Pile * this show is sold out
• Tickets
• December 31: Pick up and purchase tickets at UPH or the City Center from 12–6 PM.