Live-music venues worth the trip in Saratoga Springs, New York

The 1966 amphitheater in Saratoga Spa State Park, home to the Philadelphia Orchestra in August and to Grateful Dead, Phish, and Dave Matthews Band lore the rest of the summer.

An 1871 church turned 700-seat in-the-round hall, reopened in 2020 and booked by Proctors with a mix of rock, jazz, and legacy acts.

A small listening room open since 1960 that bills itself the longest continuously operating folk music venue in the United States, where Bob Dylan played in 1961 and touring roots artists still play weekly.

The rebuilt Putnam Den, a 400-cap downtown club with a big video wall that books punk, jam, and country tours on Saratoga’s Putnam Street.