Events Calendar
Current Events
Click here for ongoing events.Galen Pittman Jazz Quartet
Stissing Center
July 17, 2025 :
7PM
The Galen Pittman Quartet performs standards primarily from the American song book but with a modern perspective, reinterpreting the original song structures and the melody. The Quartet focuses on a deep exploration of sound heavily influenced by the great masters from both the jazz and classical worlds..
Contact: 518 771 3339
Location: 2950 Church St, Pine Plains, NY 12567
Kelli O'Hara and Sutton Foster: One Night Only
Tanglewood
July 18, 2025 :
8PM
inspired by the 1962 CBS special “Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall”— a tribute to The Great White Way and beyond. Together with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops, Sutton and Kelli pay homage to icons of stage and screen Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett who teamed up for that memorable concert.
Contact: 617.266.1200
Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed Lenox MA 01240
Late Mozart
Aston Magna Festival
July 19, 2025 :
3PM
Adagio and Fugue, G Minor Viola Quintet, Clarinet Quintet
Daniel Stepner and Julie Leven, violins;
Anne Black and Laura Jeppesen, violas;
Jacques Lee Wood, cello;
Thomas Carroll, basset horn.
Daniel Stepner and Julie Leven, violins;
Anne Black and Laura Jeppesen, violas;
Jacques Lee Wood, cello;
Thomas Carroll, basset horn.
Contact: 888.492.1283
Location: Saint James Place, Great Barrington MA 01230
Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
July 23, 2025 :
8PM
Rosanne Cash is a composer and singer-songwriter who has earned 4 Grammy Awards and 14 Grammy nominations, among numerous other accolades for songwriting and sound recordings. John Leventhal is a six-time Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for William Bell, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Sarah Jarosz, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright III and many others.
Contact: 413-528-0100
Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street Great Barrington, MA 01230
Millbrook Horse Trials
July 24, 2025 – July 27, 2025 :
A recognized United States Eventing Association Event is an important part of a long equestrian tradition. Recognized among the region's most prestigious annual sporting events, it attracts world-class competitors from throughout the United States...
Contact: info@millbrookhorsetrials.com
Location: Coole Park Farm 1031 Bangall Amenia Road Millbrook NY 12545
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with María Duenas
Tanglewood
July 25, 2025 :
8PM
J.S. BACH Air, from Orchestral Suite No. 3
MAHLER Adagio from Symphony No. 10
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
MAHLER Adagio from Symphony No. 10
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Contact: 617.266.1200
Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed Lenox MA 01240
Paul Reiser
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
July 25, 2025 – July 25, 2025 :
8pm
Comedian, actor, television writer, author and musician Paul Reiser is one of Hollywood’s most prolific creatives. Voted by Comedy Central as one of the Top 100 Comedians of All Time.
Contact: 413-528-0100
Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street Great Barrington, MA 01230
Guster & the Mountain Goats
MASSMoCA
July 26, 2025 :
7PM
Courtyard D stage lights up this summer with a night of rock 'n roll. Hear why Boston.com says rock group Guster is “back in a big way,” and Pitchfork declares that “Few working artists have accumulated a richer body of lore than the Mountain Goats,” at this unmissable summer show.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Mahler Symphony No. 1 and John Williams Piano Concerto with Emanuel Ax
Tanglewood
July 26, 2025 :
8PM
John WILLIAMS Piano Concerto (world premiere)
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
Contact: 617.266.1200
Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed Lenox MA 01240
From Castello to Canzano
Aston Magna Festival
July 26, 2025 :
3PM
Baroque Chamber Music – Into the 21st Century!
Peter Sykes, Director, harpsichord;
Daniel Stepner, Rafa Prendergast, baroque violins;
Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba and viola;
Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello;
Kelsey Burnham, traverso.
Peter Sykes, Director, harpsichord;
Daniel Stepner, Rafa Prendergast, baroque violins;
Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba and viola;
Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello;
Kelsey Burnham, traverso.
Contact: 888.492.1283
Location: Saint James Place, Great Barrington MA 01230
Emmylou Harris & Graham Nash
Tanglewood
July 29, 2025 :
7PM
Two of popular music's most beloved icons, share the stage for A Very Special Evening. Both artists first performed at Tanglewood in 1975 and will bring their respective complete shows to the historic venue this summer.
Contact: 617.266.1200
Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed Lenox MA 01240
Comedian Gary Gulman
Mahaiwe Peforming Arts Center
July 31, 2025 :
8PM
Gulman is one of the most popular touring comics, selling out theaters around the country including the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City. Gary's current tour “Misfit: A Gary Gulman Stand Up & Book Tour” features material based on his book, but not a repeat of the book.
Contact: 413.528.0100
Location: 14 Castle Street. Great Barrington MA 01230
Gary Gulman: Misfit Stand Up Tour
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
July 31, 2025 :
8PM
Over 25 years in comedy, Gary Gulman has established himself as an eminent performer and peerless writer. Gary’s current tour “Misfit: A Gary Gulman Stand Up & Book Tour” features material based on his book, but not a repeat of the book.
Contact: 413-528-0100
Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street Great Barrington, MA 01230
Fiddlers Four
Aston Magna
August 2, 2025 :
3:00PM – 5:00PM
Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”and music by Purcell, Pachelbel, Legrenzi, and Telemann.
Daniel Stepner, Director; Gerald Elias, Julia Glenn, Cynthia Roberts, Daniel Stepner, baroque violins;Laura Jeppesen, baroque viola; Jennifer Morsches, baroque cello; Anne Trout, bass; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Catherine Liddell, theorbo.
Daniel Stepner, Director; Gerald Elias, Julia Glenn, Cynthia Roberts, Daniel Stepner, baroque violins;Laura Jeppesen, baroque viola; Jennifer Morsches, baroque cello; Anne Trout, bass; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Catherine Liddell, theorbo.
Contact: 888-492-1283
Location: Saint James Place at 352 Main Street, Great Barrington.
Matt Friend Live!
Barrington Stage Company
August 3, 2025 :
8PM
TikTok’s king of impressions brings his fast-paced, star-studded comedy to Mr. Finn’s! Matt Friend’s uncanny voices and razor-sharp timing will have you roaring — one night only, and sure to sell out.
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: Mr. Finn’s Cabaret | The Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center 36 Linden Street Pittsfield.
Silent FIlm Comedy
Stissing Center
August 3, 2025 :
3:00 PM
The New York Theatre Organ Society proudly presents a celebration of silent film and live music. A special screening of the 1928 classic Speedy, starring the legendary Harold Lloyd.
Contact: 518 771 3339
Location: 2950 Church Street Pine Plains NY 12567
New Off-Broadway Musical
Stissing Center
August 9, 2025 :
8PM
Franz Kafka may never have intended for his name to be an adjective, but nonetheless the new musical comedy Kafkaesque! celebrates his body of work by layering the predicaments of most of Kafka’s stories onto one contemporary American family.
Contact: 518 771 3339
Location: 2950 Church Street Pine Plains NY 12567
An Evening with Galactic
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
August 9, 2025 :
8PM
Featuring Jelly Joseph. Galactic has been a powerhouse of New Orleans music, fusing funk, jazz, rock, and soul into a sound that’s unmistakably their own. In recent years, Galactic has been touring and recording with dynamic vocalist Jelly Joseph, whose soulful, commanding voice adds a powerful new dimension to their sound.
Contact: 413-528-0100
Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230
Chef's Harvest Culinary Event & Farmers Market
Stissing Center
August 17, 2025 :
12PM
Hudson Valley Magazine’s Chefs’ Harvest Culinary Event and Farmers Market is a celebration of the farms and farmers that shape our community. In a town with deep agricultural roots, this gathering brings together some of the region’s most respected chefs, preparing seasonal dishes alongside local wines and spirits.
Contact: (518) 771 3339
Location: 2950 Church St, Pine Plains, NY 12567
Benji Kaplan
Stissing Center
August 21, 2025 :
7:00PM
Benji Kaplan effortlessly crafts his brand of Neo-Classical Brazilian-infused music that meets late Romantic-inspired compositions. A quirky crooner who adorns his voice with lush voicings and harmonies from his nylon string guitar.
Contact: (518) 771 3339
Location: 2950 Church Street Pine Plains NY 12567
Keith Lockhart 30th Anniversary Celebration
Tanglewood
August 22, 2025 :
8PM
Celebrate the joy, connection, and unforgettable moments Keith has brought to our orchestra and our community since 1995, with special guests, including Lynn Ahrens, Jason Danieley, Ben Folds, Mandy Gonzalez, Guster, Bernadette Peters, John Pizzerelli, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Time for Three.
Contact: 617.266.1200
Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed Lenox MA 01240
Emily Skinner | Broadway, Her Way!
Barrington Stage Company
August 24, 2025 – August 25, 2025 :
8PM
Experience this “true Broadway Great” in her special solo cabaret celebration. a dazzling evening filled with glorious music by landmark composers such as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, Kander and Ebb, Sondheim, Gershwin, Kern, and Berlin as well as the theater’s hottest up-and-comers!
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: Mr. Finn’s Cabaret | The Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center 36 Linden Street Pittsfield.
Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!
Tanglewood
August 28, 2025 :
7PM
NPR’s oddly informative news quiz program is again live at Tanglewood. The Peabody Award-winning series offers a fast-paced, irreverent look at the week’s news, hosted by Peter Sagal along with judge and score-keeper Bill Kurtis.
Contact: 617.266.1200
Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed Lenox MA 01240
Bonnie Raitt
Tanglewood
August 31, 2025 :
7PM
With special guest Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-A-Whirl Band.
Contact: 617.266.1200
Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed Lenox MA 01240
John Legend
Tanglewood
September 5, 2025 :
7PM
Backed by his full band, Legend's “Get Lifted 20th Anniversary World Tour” will showcase a set list celebrating the entirety of Get Lifted, which garnered eight nominations and won three Grammy Awards at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards.
Contact: 617.266.1200
Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed Lenox MA 01240
Annual FUNraiser
Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens
September 13, 2025 :
5PM – 8PM
Join us for our largest fundraising event of the year!
A concert on the grounds of the Bryan Memorial Town Hall, featuring rhythm & blues music by Personal Touch.
A concert on the grounds of the Bryan Memorial Town Hall, featuring rhythm & blues music by Personal Touch.
Location: The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, One Green Hill Road, Washington Depot, CT 06794
Fresh Grass North Adams
MASSMoCA
September 19, 2025 – September 21, 2025 :
7PM
A family-friendly festival with the best in bluegrass and roots music filling the fields, courtyards, and galleries. World premieres, emerging artist competitions, farm-fresh food, local brews and pop-up jam sessions.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
The Power of Words: Authors & Activism
WIT Literary Festival
September 25, 2025 – September 28, 2025 :
A celebration of writers, their work, and the vital role they play in society. By bringing writers and readers together for an unforgettable weekend of timely conversations, the WIT Literary Festival reflects the belief that a rich culture of free expression is essential to a thriving democracy.
Contact: hwilken@authorsguildfoundation.org
Location: Around Lenox and Great Barrington
Hudson Jazz Festival
Hudson Hall
October 3, 2025 – October 5, 2025 :
Curated by creative producer Cat Henry and hosted by jazz media personality Keanna Faircloth, the festival invites audiences to experience fall in the Hudson Valley with a dynamic lineup of jazz’s most exciting rising stars—including Joel Ross, Julius Rodriguez, Caity Gyorgy, and BIGYUKI—in one of the region’s most beautiful and walkable small towns.
Location: Hudson Hall and Venues around Hudson
Ongoing Events
Click here for current events.James Turrell: Into the Light
MASS MoCA
July 12, 2020 – December 31, 2025 :
In James Turrell’s hands, light is more than simply a source of illumination: it is a discrete, physical object. His sculptures and architectural interventions elevate our experience and perception of light and space.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Amy Podmore | Audience
MASSMoCA
October 1, 2024 – November 30, 2025 :
Amy Podmore is propelled by an interest in surrealist strategies of transformation and the line between stillness and motion in sculpture.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Like Magic
MASSMoCA
October 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025 :
Like Magic brings together artists who employ technologies of magic to resist systems that attempt to surveil and control people’s lives and stories, often because of their race, ability, sexuality, gender identity, indigeneity, or immigration status.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Illustrators of Light
Norman Rockwell Museum
November 23, 2024 – January 4, 2026 :
Rockwell, Wyeth, and Parrish from the Edison. A rare series of early twentieth century lighting advertisements by Norman Rockwell and fellow Golden Age illustrators.created for Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of the General Electric Company.
Contact: 413.931.2221
Location: 9 Route 183 Stockbridge MA 01262
Mariel Capanna: Giornata
Clark Museum
February 15, 2025 – January 25, 2026 :
Mariel Capanna (b. 1988, Philadelphia, where she lives and works) plays what she calls “games of remembering” as a way of reckoning with loss. Working from home videos and family slideshow, the artist races to record fleeting memory images in oil paint. Opening lecture on 2/15 and special event on 5/17.
Contact: 413.458.2303
Location: 225 South Street. Williamstown MA 01267.
The Capricorn Dream Sound Machine Dance Parties
Wassaic Project
May 7, 2025 – October 25, 2025 :
The Capricorn Dream Sound Machine is back this summer for a series of super fun and fabulous dance parties at the Luther Barn!
Contact: 847.840.8302
Location: Maxon Mills 37 Furnace Bank Road Wassaic, NY 12592
Modeling Women: Female Models and Artists
Chesterwood
May 14, 2025 – October 31, 2025 :
10AM – 5PM
The exhibit celebrates the important role of French’s female models, alongside the works of Evelyn Beatrice Longman and Margaret French Cresson, two artists who were active at Chesterwood. Sculptures and paintings—many never before exhibited—to explore themes of collaboration and mentorship.
Contact: 413.298.3579 | chesterwood@savingplaces.org
Location: 4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge, MA 01262
So It Goes
Wassaic Project
May 17, 2025 – September 13, 2025 :
Curated by our Co-Directors and Director of Artistic Programming, the exhibition features 43 emerging artists responding to the refrain of Slaughterhouse-Five through works that are playful, surreal, and deeply felt.
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 17, 4-6PM
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 17, 4-6PM
Contact: 847.840.8302
Location: Maxon Mills 37 Furnace Bank Road Wassaic, NY 12592
Just a Dream
MASSMoCA
May 24, 2025 – April 5, 2026 :
Vincent Valdez bears witness to the world around him, chronicling America at the margins. Just a Dream… is the artist’s first major museum survey including work from over twenty years across all media.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Camelot
Barrington Stage
June 25, 2025 – July 19, 2025 :
Come along on a journey into the captivating realm of noble knights, mystical lands and the legendary King Arthur in the musical crown jewel of Broadway's Golden Age.
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: Boyd-Quinson Stage 30 Union Street Pittsfield MA 01201
The Spiegletent
Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard
June 27, 2025 – August 16, 2025 :
Various
The spectacular Spiegeltent returns to SummerScape, offering sumptuous summer weekends of dazzling performances, drinks, and dancing.
Contact: 845.758.7900
Location: 60 Manor Avenue Annandale-On-Hudson NY 12504
Fuzzy
Barrington Stage
July 8, 2025 – July 27, 2025 :
WORLD PREMIERE
Discover a little musical about all the big things. Deeply felt and genuinely charming, this whimsical tale pulls at the heartstrings.
Discover a little musical about all the big things. Deeply felt and genuinely charming, this whimsical tale pulls at the heartstrings.
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: St Germaine Stage 36 Linden Street Pittsfield, MA 01201
Madam Mozart, The Lacrimosa
Great Barrington Public Theater
July 10, 2025 – July 27, 2025 :
Constanze Mozart, wife of the great composer, struggles mightily in the wake of his too-early death in 1791 — to feed her children, to survive her own shattering grief, and to secure her husband's astonishing musical legacy by completing his great unfinished masterwork, the Requiem in D Minor.
Contact: 413.372.1980
Location: Liebowitz Black Box Theatre Daniel Arts Center Great Barrington MA 01230
Reverie Realms
Standard Space
July 12, 2025 – August 17, 2025 :
A new solo exhibition by Hungarian multidisciplinary artist Peter Fulop.
Opening Saturday, July 12th from 4:30-6:30PM followed by a musical performance by Skull Tower 4E.
Opening Saturday, July 12th from 4:30-6:30PM followed by a musical performance by Skull Tower 4E.
Contact: 917.627.3261
Location: 147 Main Street. Sharon. CT 06069
Joan: A New Play
Barrington Stage
July 31, 2025 – August 17, 2025 :
REGIONAL PREMIERE
Go behind the curtain with the queen of stand-up comedy. This new play gives you a no-holds-barred look at the life of the legendary Joan Rivers.
Go behind the curtain with the queen of stand-up comedy. This new play gives you a no-holds-barred look at the life of the legendary Joan Rivers.
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: Boyd-Quinson Stage 30 Union Street Pittsfield MA 01201
The Best Medicine
Great Barrington Public Theater
August 1, 2025 – August 17, 2025 :
Rachel’s a free spirit in a long-term marriage. That ‘in sickness and in health’ vow is a distant memory, but when her husband gets a progressive, incurable disease she’s thrust into the job she’s least suited for: self-sacrificing caregiver.
Contact: 413.372.1980
Location: McConnell Theatre Daniel Arts Center Great Barrington MA 01230
Bard Music Festival
Fisher Center
August 8, 2025 – August 17, 2025 :
Various
The spectacular Spiegeltent returns to SummerScape, offering sumptuous summer weekends of dazzling performances, drinks, and dancing.
Contact: 845.758.7900
Location: 60 Manor Avenue Annandale-On-Hudson NY 12504
King James
Barrington Stage
August 12, 2025 – August 31, 2025 :
Get a courtside seat for the acclaimed slam-dunk comedy from Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph about friendship, fandom, and basketball royalty.
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: St Germaine Stage 36 Linden Street Pittsfield, MA 01201