“We Have Survived. Now We Get To Be Free.” That’s the tagline Kesha hung on her 2026 Freedom Tour, and it lands differently coming from a pop star who spent the middle of the last decade fighting to release music at all. On Tuesday, August 18, she brings that hard-won celebration to SPAC — a global run she’s billed as a party built on survival and radical joy.
About Kesha
Kesha broke through at the turn of the 2010s with a string of inescapable singles — “TiK ToK,” “We R Who We R,” the Pitbull collaboration “Timber” — that made her one of the defining voices of party-pop’s streaming-era pivot. Then came the long, public legal fight with producer Dr. Luke that froze her career for years. The Freedom Tour is the other side of that story: her first outing since extracting herself from RCA and Kemosabe Records in late 2023 and launching her own imprint, Kesha Records.
The tour supports “(Period),” her 2026 album whose opening track is, fittingly, called “Freedom.” This isn’t an “Animal”-era nostalgia lap — though those songs will absolutely be in the set — so much as a statement of creative autonomy from an artist who fought for the right to make one. Joining her in Saratoga are Chromeo, the Montreal electro-funk duo who’ve turned slick synth-funk into a two-decade career, and Erika Jayne in the opening slot.
Venue Info
SPAC — the Saratoga Performing Arts Center — needs no introduction in the Capital Region. The open-air amphitheater tucked into Saratoga Spa State Park is the summer anchor of upstate New York’s concert calendar, and a warm August night on that lawn is one of the best deals in live music up here. Pack in early, give yourself time for the walk from the lots, and stake out a spot before the gates fill. For the rest of the season’s slate, the Capital Region calendar runs deep.
Tickets & Pricing
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Kesha headlines SPAC on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, with Chromeo and Erika Jayne. Showtime is 7:00 PM. Get Tickets