
- CDPHP "Family Night" every Friday - Children and families can enjoy free Stewart's ice cream, strolling magicians, face painting and more before Friday evening performances.
- The Sage Colleges "Date Night" every Thursday - Wine tastings, entertainment and other pre-performance attractions.
- Children's Workshops on the Lawn, every Friday at 7 p.m.- These fun, educational programs presented by Orchestra musicians are designed to introduce children to the joys of music and foster greater understanding of the works they will hear on stage. Workshops take place on the apron in front of the Amphitheatre.
- Celebration of an Artist, AUG 15 -- SPAC celebrates the arts by inviting professional and amateur visual artists to demonstrate their artistic skills on SPAC's lawn beginning at 6 p.m. Participating artists who arrive with an easel and stool will receive free lawn admission for themselves and a guest for the Orchestra performance.
- Tchaikovsky Spectacular, AUG 18 -- Approximately 60 colonial re-enactors create "living history" military encampments on SPAC's lawn. The re-enactors, who fire live cannons at the conclusion of the Orchestra's performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, dress in period costume and offer demonstrations and discussion on life during the French & Indian and Revolutionary Wars.