First Night Saratoga Venues

First Night Signature Sponsor

01. City Center 02A. Saratoga Hilton Gallery 02B. Saratoga Hilton Broadway Room 03. Temple Sinai 04. Saratoga Springs Post Office 05. Adirondack Trust Company 06. Saratoga City Music Hall 07. Hampton Inn 08. NYS Military Museum (the Armory) 09A. Lake Avenue Elementary Gym #1 09B. Lake Avenue Elementary Gym #2 09C. Lake Avenue Elementary Auditorium 10. St. Paul's Lutheran Church 11. Presbyterian New England Congregational Church Hall 11A. Batcheller Mansion Inn Bed and Breakfast 12. First Baptist Church 13. The Children's Museum at Saratoga 14. Saratoga Springs Public Library 15. Café Lena 16. Key Bank 17. Winter Wonder Wagon to Beekman St. 18. Beekman Street Arts District 19. Feast Gallery 20. Congress Park Carousel 21. Saratoga Visitors Center 22. Outerzone 23A. The Saratoga Co. Arts Council Gallery 23B. The Saratoga Co. Arts Council Dee Sarno Theater 24. NBT Bank 25. St. Peter's Church 26. St. Peter's Parish Center 27. Hilton Garden Inn 28A. National Museum of Dance Studio 1- rear bldg 28B. National Museum of Dance Studio 2 - rear bldg 29. The Spa Little Theater 30A. Saratoga State Park Administration Bldg Lobby 30B. Saratoga State Park Administration Bldg Mtg Rm 31. Saratoga Automobile Museum 32. YMCA West Ave. Branch 33A. Saratoga Springs HS Auditorium 33B. Saratoga Springs HS Large Gym 33C. Saratoga Springs HS Small Gym 33D. Saratoga Springs HS Small Auditorium

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FIRST NIGHT OPENING CEREMONY -- 5:30 pm
Join us for a gala opening celebration on Broadway at 5:30pm at the City Center. Local dignitaries kick-off an evening to be remembered! First Night is pleased to welcome the Albany Academy Cadet Corps as part of the Opening Ceremonies prior to the USO Show in the City Center.

U.S. Army Laser Shot game---rear of the City Center---6 pm-11:30 pm—free!

GE’s “Imagination Board” Interactive Event
Display your New Year’s resolution on GE’s “Imagination” board! All First Night revelers are invited to
participate in this interactive activity hosted by First Night Saratoga’s signature sponsor, GE. (all evening, outside Adirondack Trust Company on Broadway) Free hot chocolate from 5 - 8pm and a free glowstick courtesy of GE!

WATCH FOR POPULAR FIRST NIGHT WINDOW PERFORMANCES ALL ALONG BROADWAY!
Experience a “sidewalk cultural cocktail” as you stroll from venue to venue. All of Broadway becomes a stage as merchants’ windows host a variety of entertainment throughout the evening. Click here for descriptions of participating First Night window performers!!

• Crafter’s Gallery - 427 Broadway - “Great Landscapes” oil on canvas paintings
• Celtic Treasures- 456 Broadway -Irish art window display
•  SPA Fine Art - 376 Broadway - Music by Phil Kline and Kimberly Moore, plus S. Smulka artwork ---capturing the elusive quality of natural light---this impressive work will be nestled in a sloft and peaceful surround, inspired by the pale blues, luminescent yellows, and soothing movement present in VanGogh’s “Starry Starry Night”.
• Menges and Curtis Pharmacy - 472 Broadway - Beautiful, bright, glittering stars illuminating a lovely vintage nativity scene.
• Clothes Line - 486 Broadway -Jenn Guay and Sierra Starr Monroe
• 80 West Boutique -510 Broadway - Mikki Bakken
• Lifestyles - 436 Broadway - Holly Huebner and Holly McCormack
• Hidden Gardens - 35 Maple Ave, behind City Hall, incredible sculpture garden!!
• Saratoga Mystique - 516 Broadway - 18 pc. swing orchestra, plus café, hors d’oeuvres. (Admission fee---call 701-0308 for info)
• Nikita - 508 Broadway - classical guitarist

SARATOGA STATE PARK
The State Park will play host to a myriad of activities to bring in the new year!  There are three performance sites in this area and plenty of parking---with acts from 6 til 10---a mini-First Night in the park!  Stay all evening, or hop on the shuttle buses that will stop all night until after the fireworks downtown at midnight!

UP UP AND AWAY!!!  Well, not exactly, but you’ll get the idea---Windrifter hot air ballooning in Saratoga style!  This illuminated balloon will be tethered in the Spa State Park right in the midst of some of First Night’s most exciting performance venues between 7 and 9 pm!  Be sure to hop on the CDTA shuttle buses that will be running to these park venues all evening---just follow the balloon!  OR, park in one of the park’s venues vast parking lots early in the evening, catch the acts there, and take the shuttle bus to downtown venues, then shuttle back to your car following the midnight fireworks.

BEEKMAN STREET ACTIVITIES!
Beekman Street—Saratoga Springs’ newest and most chic art district, in the heart of the city’s west side! The city’s answer to Soho and Martha’s Vineyard rolled into just a few blocks, and loaded with history, quaint shops, galleries, and eateries. Your First Night experience is incomplete if you don’t visit the fastest-growing revitalized neighborhood in the Spa City!

The First Night “Winter Wonder Wagon” will transport revelers from the Broadway area to Beekman St. and back again, making continuous rounds all throughout the evening!  Pick up your ride at the corner of Federal and Congress Sts., in front of the National Grid building, and experience Saratoga’s own wonderful “West Side story”! A variety of eclectic shops and galleries open with refreshments, entertainment and demonstrations until 10 pm.

• Feast Gallery & Meeting Space—Corner of Grand and Beekman
  December 5th - January 31st
  ARGOS: Artist Resource Guild Of Saratoga Members Exhibition
  Opening Reception December 5th & January 2nd, 5pm - 8pm---also
  Bethlehem Strings---String quartet on 12/31, 7,8,9,pm
• Textile Studio at the corner of Grand and Beekman-featuring weaving demonstrations and serving hot wassail and holiday cookies
• The Beekman Street Artists Coop (79 Beekman) will be open with music and a juried show with local artists.  6pm  t0 10pm
• Rena’s Fine Flowers (51 Ash St.) Corner of Ash and Beekman - snacks and refreshments along with art viewing, ‘til 10 pm 
• 70 Beekman St. Fine Art Gallery Piano music by Ian Nolan, 7 & 9 pm, plus art exhibit
• Mimosa (70-C Beekman St.) Refreshments served til 10 pm—plus "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"  pottery by Wayne Smith - paintings by Trudi Smith

FIREWORKS AT MIDNIGHT!!! Our dazzling midnight display by Alonzo Fireworks will be in Congress Park! While the park itself cannot be entered during First Night, the best viewing will be on peripheral streets around that area and particularly in a blocked off reserved parking lot on Spring Street across from the Carousel.

Largest Venues and Easiest Seating
The following is a list of our larger venues which may
be easier to get into, as more parking is available:

First Baptist Church - 45 Washington Street
Saratoga City Center - 522 Broadway
Lake Avenue Elementary School - 126 Lake Avenue
NYS Military Museum - 61 Lake Avenue
St. Peter’s Church - 241 Broadway
Spa Little Theatre - 19 Roosevelt Drive

Also easier access because of off-Broadway location:

St. Paul’s Church - 149 Lake Avenue
National Museum of Dance - 99 South Broadway
Hilton Garden Inn - 125 S. Broadway
Saratoga Springs High School - 1 Blue Streak Blvd.
YMCA of Saratoga - Saratoga Springs Branch - 290 West Avenue
Spa Little Theatre - 19 Roosevelt Drive
State Park Administration Building - Roosevelt Drive
Auto Museum - 110 Avenue of the Pines

A huge "THANK YOU" to the hundreds of First Night Saratoga Volunteers, without whose commitment and support, First Night would not be possible.