After 58 years of existence as a band, Chicago still relishes playing the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.


Review and Photos by Tom Bielli for NYS Music

Chicago at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 10, 2025) – photo by Tom Bielli for NYS Music

Original member and trumpet player Lee Loughnane reminisced about the band’s early days playing clubs in the Chicago area, explaining that club owners wanted them to only play covers of popular songs and threatened to fire them if they played their own original music. 

– Tom Bielli for NYS Music


Photos by Stan Hudy for the Daily Gazette


Photos by Maggie Aulman for Metroland Now