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Music grows here in all directions. Sit on the grass for a summer concert, take in free chamber music at a college, or climb the stairs of a local barn to hear stellar singer/songwriters perform in a hayloft. Check our calendar for upcoming concerts.

Mass MoCA brings national and international musicians year-round and North Adams fills up for Wilco’s bi-annual Solid Sound Festival, Bang on a Can’s contemporary music and FreshGrass’s boundary-pushing bluegrass.
During the semester, Williams College holds recitals and performances from Indian classical music to original blues opera, and Bennington college hosts a global contemporary concert series.
Stages from Bennington College to the Clark Art Institute to Hancock Shaker Village draw in music from around the globe, from Venezuelan percussion to chamber music.

Music

The Clark Art Institute

Williamstown Cultural District

With a permanent collection of Impressionist art, 19th-century artists and decorative arts across more than five centuries, the Clark Art Institute has become respected across the world.

MASS MoCA

Downtown North Adams

Since its Building 6 opened in the summer of 2017, Mass MoCA has become one of the world’s largest contemporary art museums, with vast galleries and indoor and outdoor stages.

Solid Sound Festival

MASS MoCA

Wilco takes over Mass MoCA with this festival curated by the band and showcasing bandmembers new work, emerging bands, art and comedy.

Mass MoCA jam

Lickety Split at MASS MoCA

Enjoy coffee or breakfast while listening to some impromptu tunes at this weekly Saturday morning gathering.

Williams College music

Williams College

The college music department hosts a series of free concerts in the spring and fall semesters with faculty and visiting performers from across the country and across the world.

Tanglewood

Lenox

Symphony on the lawn, with crystal and silver picnics.

Driftwood Soldier

Common Folk

May 19, 2019 5:00 PM - May 19, 2019 7:00 PM

Growling and crooning, muttering about lost love, brimstone, and the glorious view from the underside of a rusty world-order, Owen holds the rhythm on mandolin and foot percussion. Bobby takes the opportunity to stretch bass notes into lyrical vines that vibrate somewhere north of your liver and flower unexpectedly at night. Joining forces in Philly […]

Anonymous Club- Live

TOURISTS

May 19, 2019 8:00 PM - May 19, 2019 9:30 PM

Join us on Sunday for an acoustic set from Anonymous Club in The Airport Rooms. Their sound is a perfect match for our intimate space…and our collection of cocktails.

Common Folk presents Nate Massari

Bright Ideas Brewing

May 21, 2019 6:00 PM - May 21, 2019 7:00 PM

Nate Massari is a visual artist and songwriter who has performed with a small number of bands in Berkshire county, notably his ongoing experimental project called Lenoir, which remains open to revolving collaborators. Nate’s solo performances consist of acoustic renditions of songs from this project, which draw from his influence on his influences from alt-rock, […]

An Afternoon of Conversation and Song with Annie Lennox

May 25, 2019 4:00 PM - May 25, 2019 6:00 PM

NOTE: This event has sold out, but you may contact the box office to have your name added to the waitlist: 413-662-2111 To launch her exhibition, Annie Lennox: ‘Now I Let You Go…’, and to kick off a day-long celebration of MASS MoCA’s 20-year anniversary on May 25th, Lennox will share stories and perform songs […]

Music at the Museum

Bennington Museum

May 26, 2019 2:00 PM

The very popular “Music at the Museum” series continues at the Bennington Museum with Honoring Beethoven. Now in its fourth year, the concerts presented in Music at the Museum are as diverse as the Museum’s collection. This concert is free and open to the public thanks to the support of Alison Nowak and Robert Cane. Reservations are […]

Shaker Barn Music: The Suitcase Junket

Hancock Shaker Village

May 26, 2019 7:30 PM - May 26, 2019 10:00 PM

Fun and crazy, Matt Lorenz is a one-man band whose signature sound is a mash-up of mountain ballads, original rock anthems, blues manifestos, and dance-hall festivity. It’s also magnificent songwriting, played on instruments built from broken bottles, gas cans, shoes, saw blades, and more. Named to Spotify’s Best of Folk & Americana and Blues & […]

Califone Living Room Show

May 30, 2019 8:00 PM - May 30, 2019 10:00 PM

At this intimate Living Room show, Califone will perform their unique blend of indie rock with shades of experimental music and early folk.

Bombino

MASS MoCA

June 15, 2019 8:00 PM - June 15, 2019 11:00 PM

The masterful North African desert blues guitarist comes to MASS MoCA.

Solid Sound Festival 2019

June 28 10:00 AM - June 30, 2019 11:00 PM

Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival returns to MASS MoCA this summer on June 28-30, 2019. Join us for a weekend of music, comedy, art and more at the largest contemporary art museum in the US. Full lineup TBA. 3 day passes are available now and include $20 museum fee that allows guests access to the entire […]