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Vibe Check: Saratoga New Year's Eve

A podcast launch, a bar-opening, and a Latin jam band double-feature rounded out the last day of 2024 in the Spa City.

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Saratoga Living After Hours
Jan 04, 2025
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The New Year’s Eve fireworks, as seen from Saratoga Arms (Photo by Morgan Campbell)

It wasn’t yet the new year, but at around 5pm on December 31, I figured I’d turn over a new leaf. Rather than make myself angry driving around Downtown for 20 minutes looking for a parallel parking spot, I decided to park in the Saratoga Springs City Center garage for the first time ever. New year, new me.

To find out if the money I paid to park was worth it, why I didn’t stay out past 10pm, what the scene was like at the brand-new bar Booker and Bangtail, and whether or not Ben Folds played “Bitches Ain’t Shit,” read on.

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