Melissa Etheridge and Indigo Girls needed no frills or bombast, as they brought musicianship, timeless songs, and their sense of humor to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center as part of their co-headlining “Yes We Are” tour.

Review by Cheryl Bielli / Photos by Tom Bielli for NYS Music

Melissa Etheridge at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 31, 2025) – photo by Tom Bielli for NYS Music

The theme of family recurred, ironically enough, before “Born Under a Bad Sign,” where Etheridge talked about performing at SPAC in 1988 and how a couple attending the concert had “started following me around like The Grateful Dead.”

“Every time I played, this family came to see me in the Northeast… and it became kind of a strange road family.”

– Cheryl Bielli for NYS Music