New Year Revelry
Saratoga rock trio The Figgs jam at the Universal Preservation Hall. Photos by Jonathon Norcross.
A line of partiers wraps around the block outside the Saratoga City Tavern on Caroline Street.
Fireworks light up the night sky over Broadway.
Photo by Stefanie Waldek.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Revelers packed downtown Saratoga Springs on New Year’s Eve for a series of live music events and parties. Highlights included a Broadway fireworks display, a headlining performance by Ben Folds at the City Center, a 3-set show by jam band Dogs in a Pile at Putnam Place, two rousing sets by latin rock group Los Sugar Kings at Caffe Lena, and the return of Saratoga natives and garage rockers The Figgs at the Universal Preservation Hall. Cantina, Night Owl, and the Saratoga City Tavern kept their respective parties going into the wee hours. Discover Saratoga, a local tourism promotion group, also hosted a livestream of the festivities from the front porch of the Saratoga Arms Hotel.