Williamstown Theatre Festival
'62 Center for Theatre and Dance
From June through August, WTF brings Tony award winning actors and veterans of television and film to perform in a series of plays, comedies, dramas, musicals, classics and new work.
Theatre
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.
Williams College ’62 Center
Williams College
The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance summer home of the Williamstown Theatre Festival hosts theater and dance performances year-round while the college is in session.
WordxWord
WordxWord
Spoken word poets run mentoring programs and writing workshops in Berkshire schools and hold events year-round, from National Poetry Month to an annual week-long summer festival in Pittsfield.
Oldcastle Theatre Company
Oldcastle Theatre Company
Barrington Stage Company
Barrington Stage
Twenty miles south in Pittsfield, Barrington Stage Company fills two stages from June to August and with musicals, comedy and drama, including new works.
Berkshire Theatre Group
Berkshire Theatre Group
With stages in Pittsfield and Stockbridge, the Berkshires’ oldest theatre company is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2018.
Shakespeare & Company
Shakespeare & Co.
Founded in 1977, Lenox’s well-established troupe performs Shakespearean classics, contemporary works, adaptations of Edith Wharton’s short stories and more from May to September.
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.
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 plus family-friendly events.
Bang on a Can Marathon
Bang on a Can
June 14, 2020 3:00 PM
LIVE ONLINE! Six hours of uncompromisingly adventurous, searching music, including 10 brand new works commissioned especially for the day – 10 radically innovative composers premiering 10 mind-blowing new works played by 10 unstoppable virtuosi. Plus a lot of other incredible stuff. “We are all sheltering in place, just like you. But we really need to […]
Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend
MASS MoCA
July 31 10:00 AM - August 2, 2020 6:00 PM
Bang on a Can’s one-of-kind music festival is not to be missed.
Car Seat Headrest
MASS MoCA
September 4, 2020 8:00 PM
On the heels of a blowout 2019 Hunter Center appearance, Car Seat Headrest returns to a favorite venue for a residency followed by a one-of-a-kind preview concert.
Party in the Park
North Adams
Annual summer concert series that is free and open the public.
BarN
Concert Venue
An intimate setting for acoustic music.
HiLo North Adams
HiLo North Adams is a music and comedy venue with a bar located in a revitalized building in downtown North Adams.
Dance
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Since Ted Shawn established a revolutionary company for men on a mountaintop more than 85 years ago, Jacob’s Pillow has become a force in the international world of dance. …
Williams College ’62 Center
Williams College
The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance summer home of the Williamstown Theatre Festival hosts theater and dance performances year-round while the college is in session.
They Stood Shaking…
Hancock Shaker Village YouTube
May 28, 2020 5:30 PM
One-time-only rebroadcast of choreographer Reggie Wilson’s mesmerizing dance performed in the Round Stone Barn.
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
An ever-growing online collection of dance videos filmed at Jacob’s Pillow from the 1930s to today is available free to all.
Film
Life Itself
Images Online
May 23 - May 28, 2020
“If you aren’t moved by Life Itself, you ought to have your heart examined.” — Washington Post
The Painter and the Thief
Images Online
May 23 - May 28, 2020
A documentary about an artist, her art, and the thief who stole her paintings.
New French Shorts
Images Online
May 29 - June 4, 2020
Enjoy 7 short films while also supporting our local theater
Images Cinema
Williamstown
Images Cinema is a year-round community film house, showing contemporary movies, documentaries, art and international films and more.
Family Programs
Rock On!
Pittsfield
Explore rock, blues, and jazz with a great faculty. All levels welcome from Beginners to Advanced players.
Starlight Stage Youth Theater
Williamstown
Since being founded in 1976, hundreds of young people from the Berkshire County, southern Vermont and eastern New York state area have participated in the programs.
Classes & Workshops
Assets for Artists
Assets for Artists, a project of Mass MoCA, helps artists in many disciplines to find and build financial and business resources and supports artists in moving to the area. Resources can include a matched savings grant program for individual artists, professional development workshops and one-on-one coaching, a residency program at Mass MoCA and more.
FreshGrass Festival
Mass MoCA
FreshGrass is rich in both traditional and cutting-edge bluegrass, presented in a wide array of venues tucked appropriately into a 19th-century factory turned 21st-century museum.
Rock On!
Pittsfield
Explore rock, blues, and jazz with a great faculty. All levels welcome from Beginners to Advanced players.
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Since Ted Shawn established a revolutionary company for men on a mountaintop more than 85 years ago, Jacob’s Pillow has become a force in the international world of dance. …
Starlight Stage Youth Theater
Williamstown
Since being founded in 1976, hundreds of young people from the Berkshire County, southern Vermont and eastern New York state area have participated in the programs.
Sonatina Piano Camps
Bennington, VT
Immersive piano camps for adults and children of all level. 10- and 5-day piano camps for adults and 4 week piano camps for children in the summer.
Berkshire Stringed Instruments: School of Lutherie
North Adams
Comprehensive, hands on courses in guitar, mandolin and ukulele construction.
Williamstown Theatre Festival internships
Williamstown Theatre Festival
WTF has developed a range of programs to support developing actors, playwrights and directors, including a Playwright in residence, writing residencies and a weekly reading series for works in progress.
Tanglewood Learning Institute (TLI)
Tanglewood
Tanglewood brings unique and immersive learning experiences to its audience through the Learning Institute.
