Adirondacks & Lake George this week: Little Lies: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, The Naghash Ensemble and more

Three nights, three Saratoga Springs shows: Armenian new music at Universal Preservation Hall, then a Fleetwood Mac tribute and Saving Abel at Putnam Place.

It's a short week on the region's calendar, with three shows listed for Nov. 2–8, and all three are in Saratoga Springs from Thursday to Saturday. That makes planning easy. If you live up the Northway, one drive down covers a whole weekend.

Thursday, Nov. 5 — The Naghash Ensemble, Universal Preservation Hall, 7:30 p.m. The most unusual booking of the week, in a 700-capacity hall (tickets).

Friday, Nov. 6 — Little Lies: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, Putnam Place, 8 p.m. (tickets)

Saturday, Nov. 7 — Saving Abel, Putnam Place, 8 p.m. (tickets)

Thursday is the one to circle. The Naghash Ensemble of Armenia is led by Armenian American composer John Hodian, and the group's music sets ancient poetry to contemporary composition. The Saratoga date is part of Proctors Collaborative's 2026–27 Passport Series. The ensemble is returning to North America this fall after US tours in 2023 and 2025, and the run takes it on to San Antonio a few days later. A Thursday-night seat at Universal Preservation Hall is about as close as most people in the region will get to hearing it.

One drive down the Northway covers the whole weekend.

Putnam Place handles the rest of the weekend, and it's a 400-capacity room, so both nights should feel full. Friday's Little Lies set is a Fleetwood Mac tribute. Saturday brings Saving Abel, the hard-rock band whose debut album came out in 2008, touring this fall on a run of club dates.

A note on the calendar: November is a quiet stretch around the lake, and the week's listings reflect that. Three shows isn't a lot, but they're three very different nights: an Armenian ensemble in a concert hall, a tribute band for singing along, and a rock show with the volume up.

Make a night of it with dinner downtown before Thursday's show, and keep Saturday open if you still want something loud.

Sources: The Naghash Ensemble of Armenia brings ancient poetry and contemporary music to Saratoga Springs (I LOVE NY) (iloveny.com); John Hodian (Armenian Mirror-Spectator) (mirrorspectator.com); The Naghash Ensemble – Musical Evenings, 11/8/2026 (Musical Bridges) (musicalbridges.org); The Naghash Ensemble of Armenia 2026 (Proctors Collaborative) (secure.proctorscollaborative.org); Saving Abel - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)