The Concert Archive for the Capital Region

Month August 1968

Rowan & Martin / The Irish Rovers / Irwin C. Watson / David Madden @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 31, 1968)

Comedy Duo Gives Show At SPAC

by Marilyn Nason, The Post-Star, September 3, 1968

Rowan and Martin’s “Comedy Concert” at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, drawing 7,000 Saturday night and 4,000 Sunday afternoon, brought the first risque material to the …

Bill Cosby / Jack Wilson Trio / O.C. Smith @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 30, 1968)

Bill Cosby ‘Greatest’ In SPAC Performance

by Marilyn Nason, The Post-Star, August 31, 1968

What can be said about Bill Cosby but that he is the greatest? In damp cold last night at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, he kept …

The Bee Gees / The Main Attraction @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 29, 1968)

SPAC Show Considered Mediocre

by Bruce Husten, The Times Record, August 30, 1968

There was little to rave about at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center last night. The featured attraction was The Bee Gees, and at best their performance was …

The Bee Gees / The Main Attraction @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 29, 1968)

5,000 Endure Cold Weather To Hear Colorful Bee Gees

by Marilyn Nason, The Post-Star, August 30, 1968

The sound was loud and amplified, the garb outlandish and the hair long, yet the Bee Gees were a personable, delightful, talented …

Pete Seeger / Bernice Reagon @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 20, 1968)

Program of Folk Music Delights SPAC Audience

by Marilyn Nason, The Post-Star, August 21, 1968

When 4,500 adults and young people start singing and clapping their hands to American folk songs, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center really comes alive. …

Simon & Garfunkel @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 19, 1968)

Simon and Garfunkel Draw 16,000 to SPAC

by Marilyn Nason, The Post-Star, August 20, 1968

‘Marvelous Voices’

An all-time high of over 16,000 turned out for the fantastic concert of Simon and Garfunkel last night at the Saratoga Performing …

Simon & Garfunkel @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 19, 1968)

Record Set

The Bennington Banner, August 20, 1968

Upwards of 17,000 persons Monday night attended the Simon and Garfunkel concert at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. It was an all-time SPAC attendance record. Traffic was clogged for miles and …

Simon & Garfunkel @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 19, 1968)

16,000 Hear Garfunkel and Simon Sing

by Peg Breen, The Glens Falls Times, August 20, 1968

The more than 16,000 Simon and Garfunkel fans who packed the Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s amphitheatre last night and made the vast lawn space …

Simon & Garfunkel @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 19, 1968)

Simon and Garfunkel Attract 16,200 To SPAC

by Edward Frank, The Troy Record, August 20, 1968

Record Crowd

A record-breaking crowd of some 16,200 people saw, heard, and wildly applauded Simon and Garfunkel at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center …

Ravi Shankar @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 7, 1968)

Ravi Shankar, Saratoga

by Carol Richards, The Ithaca Journal, August 8, 1968

Even when you’re one of 3,000 listeners, an evening with Ravi Shankar is a very personal experience.

The renowned sitar player and a host of other musicians …

Ravi Shankar @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 6, 1968)

Shankar Concert Emphasizes Music as Universal Language

by Marilyn Nason, The Post-Star, August 8, 1968

Music as universal language was the predominant factor in initial reaction to Ravi Shankar and his Festival From India in concert Tuesday night at …

Diana Ross and the Supremes / Stevie Wonder / Shorty Long @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 5, 1968)

Supremes Entertain 11,000 With Performance At SPAC

by Marilyn Nason, The Post-Star, August 6, 1968

For the 11,000—of every—age noisily crowding Saratoga Performing Arts Center last night, Diana Ross and the Supremes offered a highly professional, entertaining show. But …

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