The 2014 Festival opens in May with our Opera Showcase followed by a season of jazz, swing, country & bluegrass, and theatre with some exciting new performances. We thank our sponsors, the Westfield News, the Daily Hampshire Gazette, the Arts Councils of Chester, Chesterfield, Cummington, Huntington, Montgomery, Russell and Worthington, along with our friends B & D Variety, Dark Room Entertainment, Down to Earth Excavating, Four Main Street Bar and Grill, Gateway Farm and Pet, Gino’s Pizzeria & Hut, Huntington Country Store, J & R Service LLC gas station, Jeff’s Home Improvement, Main Street Barber Shop, Main Street Styles & Spa, Moltenbrey’s Market, New England WebArt, Outlook Farm, Resnic, Beauregard, Waite & Driscoll, Attorneys, The Pit Stop, The Rapids Bar &Grill, The River Cafe, Turley Publications

OPERA ARIA & SONG SHOWCASE

Saturday MAY 24, 2014-7:00 p.m.
Sunday MAY 25, 2014 – 2:00 p.m
$15 at door, students FREE. Wheelchair-accessible, air-conditioned
New York ensemble features baritone Christopher DeVage, soprano Angela Leson and tenor Antonio Abate, with accompanist Jerome Tan performing arias and ensembles from Gounod’s Faust, Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra (“Jewel Song”), and art songs. (more…)

HARD TRAVELIN’ with WOODY

Written and Performed by Randy Noojin
Saturday JUNE 14, 2014-2:00 PM; Sunday JUNE 15, 2014-2:00 PM
$15 at door; students FREE. Wheelchair-accessible, air-conditioned
Critically acclaimed artist Randy Noojin performs the favorites of American singer-songwriter Woodie Guthrie. (www.hardtravelinshow.com)
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JAZZ DUO JERRY NOBLE & BOB SPARKMAN

Jazz and Swing
Sunday, JUNE 29, 2014- 2:00 p.m
$10 at door, students FREE. Wheelchair-accessible, air-conditioned
Jerry Noble on piano and Bob Sparkman on clarinet return in concert at the North Hall Arts Festival playing cool blues, jazz and swing.(www.bobandjerry.com) (more…)

OPEN MIC

MUSIC JAM
Friday JULY 11, 2014 – 7:00 p.m
FREE or donation at the door; Wheelchair-accessible, air-conditioned
Open MIC performances by musicians, instrumental and vocal. Performers to determine format. Musicians and public welcome. (more…)

JAZZ & CLASSICAL CONNECTIONS

Trumpeter Thomas Bergeron
Sunday JULY 20, 2014 – 2:00 p.m
$10 at door; students FREE. Wheelchair-accessible, air-conditioned
Trumpeter Thomas Bergeron of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra with pianist Dean Fransen perform jazz interpretations of Chopin, Bach, Ravel, and Schumann, and classical renderings of jazz greats.(www.thomasbergeronmusic.com) (more…)

FOLK, BLUEGRASS & COUNTRY

Berkshire Mountain Boys and Wintergreen Trio
Sunday JULY 27, 2014 – 2:00 p.m
$10 at door; students FREE. Wheelchair-accessible, air-conditioned
Berkshire Mt. Boys and the Wintergreen trio will be bringing you bluegrass, traditional and contemporary folk and country music.(www.wintergreentrio.com). (more…)

OPEN MIC

MUSIC JAM
Friday AUGUST 1, 2014 – 7:00 p.m
FREE or donation at the door; Wheelchair-accessible, air-conditioned
Open MIC performances by musicians, instrumental and vocal. Performers to determine format. Musicians and public welcome. (more…)

REMEMBERING WORLD WAR I

Historic commemoration
Sunday, August 3, 2014 – 2:00 p.m.
$10 at door; students FREE. Wheelchair-accessible, air-conditioned
REMEMBERING WORLD WAR I (100 years): The commemoration features World War I–era poetry, classical and popular music and artwork along with excerpts from journals and memoirs by soldiers and those on the home front. Poetry includes that of Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Rupert Brooke and Edith Wharton. (more…)