SaratogaArtsFest offers admission discounts through March 31
Offer includes free passes for youth and military personnel!
SaratogaArtsFest is gearing up for its fifth annual citywide celebration of the arts, June 9-12, and as an early-bird incentive for arts enthusiasts of all types, festival organizers are offering a discount for the adult ARTSPASS through March 31. At the same time, festival passes for youth (ages 5-17) and military personnel can be reserved free of charge!
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| Young participants in SaratogaArstFest 2010 display their passes. Youth and military passes for SaratogaArtsFest 2011 are available for free through March 31. |
The ARTSPASS for adults and seniors is being sold online at a discount of $5, resulting in a price of $30. An ARTSPASS not only provides admission to the full range of events and cultural activities during the multifaceted arts showcase in June, including discounts at Saratoga Springs restaurants and shops during the festival, but also offers various year-round discounts at area arts organizations.
In a special effort to engage young people in the arts, and to show appreciation to members of the armed forces, the ArtsFest is offering free festival weekend passes to youth (ages 5-17) and military personnel (active or past service) through March 31.
To purchase an adult ARTSPASS or to reserve a free youth or military pass, click here.
"We've always offered free admission to children under 5 and will continue to do so. This incentive is about making access to the arts as affordable as possible to as many people as possible," said Mary Ellen O'Loughlin, executive director of SaratogaArtsFest. "Families and young people can take advantage of this incentive to explore some or all of the varied offerings of the festival, including programming specifically for young families."
Added O'Loughlin, "The free pass also enables us to extend special thanks to those who serve our country in the armed forces."
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| The SaratogaArtsFest "Paint Out" brings local artists—and sometimes their protégés—into the downtown streets to demonstrate their craft. |
Beginning April 1, military passes for the festival weekend will cost $15 and youth passes will cost $5. Students age 18 and older can purchase a pass at any time for $20.
SaratogaArtsFest 2011 will offer a wide variety of arts experiences, including music, dance, visual art, film, theatre, and literary art. The festival is designed to appeal to a wide range of audiences, from the arts aficionado to the casual arts consumer to families with young children.
A range of performances, events, and exhibits are in the works for this year's ArtsFest, and while the full schedule will be revealed in late March, a number of the festival activities have been announced. These include a Sunday jazz brunch at Saratoga National Golf Club, contemporary dance performance at SPAC, wide-ranging films presented with the Saratoga Film Forum and Skidmore College’s Tang Museum, a “paint out” by artists on downtown streets, and a performance of a newly commissioned work by dancers from New York City Ballet.
Performances and activities supported by SaratogaArtsFest programming grants will be offered by the Albany Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet, Home Made Theater, Hubbard Hall, The Children’s Museum at Saratoga, and Saratoga Chamber Players. The grants are also assisting with a performance by Opera Saratoga of The Trial of BB Wolf, a new opera in which favorite children's tunes turn topsy-turvy with plenty of surprises, and with Saratoga City Ballet’s Little Red Riding Hood.
Said Marie Glotzbach, chair of the SaratogaArtsFest board, “The festival’s programming committee has done a terrific job of bringing together an extraordinary line-up of events for this year. The program will provide wonderful opportunities both for Saratogians and for the many visitors from out of town to experience the richness of the arts in our community. Although our arts partners will provide the core of the programming, the festival will be enhanced by several exciting national-profile performances and artists as well.”