Historic North Hall Arts Festival 2022
Arts are alive in 2022. LIVE MUSIC is back AGAIN and now SPOKEN WORD is too! The North Hall Association is delighted to present its Historic North Hall Arts Festival 2022 with SEVEN one hour LIVE performances on Sunday afternoons in late JULY, AUGUST and SEPTEMBER with three performances on the North Hall Stage and four performances on the Huntington Town Common. After two years of closed doors at North Hall we are pleased that our festival opens with a spoken word presentation of “Frances Perkins: A Woman’s Work” on the North Hall Stage followed by music on the stage and on the town Common.
At this time for indoor performances in North Hall FACE MASKS MUST BE WORN by all. If you forget to bring your mask we have them available.
We wish to make the North Hall a safe place for all of us to enjoy live performances indoors in the North Hall Auditorium. We hope all of our patrons are COVID Vaccinated but we will NOT be asking for proof.
For All performances please check website for updates and Covid requirements.
“Frances Perkins: A Woman’s Work”
original play performance
Sunday July 31, 2022 – 2:00 p.m.
One Hour performance – On North Hall Stage.
40 Searle Road Huntington
Admission: FREE, donations accepted,
Mask required- hope our patrons are vaccinated but we will NOT ask for proof.
Jarice Hanson portrays Ms Perkins of Massachusetts, the First Woman Secretary of Labor who worked to create Social Security.
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The Uncles
Blues, Jazz & Rock’N'Roll, Bossa Nova
Sunday Aug. 14, 2022 – 2:00 p.m.
One Hour concert on Town Common Green. Bring a chair & a friend
In case of rain concert moved to Stanton Hall
Admission: FREE, donations accepted
The Uncles trio playing folk, jazz, rock’ n’roll & Bossa Nova, 3 part harmonies & improvised tunes by Jimi Hendrix, Charles Mingus, Stevie Wonder, & Beatles.
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Bob Sparkman Trio & Ellen Redman
mix of Calypso, Jazz and Carnival
SundayAug. 21, 2021 – 2:00 p.m.
One Hour On North Hall Stage.
40 Searle Road Huntington
Admission: FREE, donations accepted,
Masks required. Check website for update & Covid requirements.
LISTEN to The Bob Sparkman Trio presenting a video performance of “Blues In B Flat”
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Helen Gillet
Cello, Voice, mixed musical influences
Sunday Aug. 28, 2022 – 2:00 p.m.
One Hour concert on the North Hall Stage.
40 Searle Road , Huntington
Admission: FREE, donations accepted
Helen Gillet, a multi-faceted, jazz-based acoustic cellist, singer, composer & improviser explores synthesized sounds, textures, and rhythms presenting a program of mixed musical influences.
Masks required- check website for update & Covid requirements.
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Old Country Road
Vintage Country, Bluegrass Music
Sunday Sept. 17, 2023 – 2:00 p.m.
Admission: FREE, donations accepted,
Old Country Road, dedicated to keeping the sound of “true” or vintage country music alive, features songs from the 1950s and 60s. The group, says member Ron Jackson, “takes folks back to the golden years of country music, when country music was country music. The program will include “classic country” songs by Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Carl Smith and a host of others with some bluegrass music mixed in.”(www.oldcountryroad.net)
LISTEN to to OCR at JoeVal Festival 2016, OCR at North Hall, OCR at Rural Mission Project (more…)
Hold On Honeys
Sunday SEPT. 18, 2022 – 2:00 p.m
Emily Curro, Raya Malcolm & Shannon Rafferty, an a cappella indie folk minimalist trio offering tight knit harmonies to nourish the soul & invigorate the senses.
One Hour concert on the Town Common Green Admission: FREE, donations accepted
Bring your chair, a friend and enjoy the music.
In case of rain concert moved to Stanton Hall
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Dixieland Stomp
Mardi Gras FOOT STOMPING music
Sunday SEPT. 25, 2022 – 2:00 p.m.
.One Hour concert on the Town Common Green.
Admission: FREE, donations accepted Bring a chair & a friend
In case of rain concert moved to Stanton Hall
Dixieland Stomp is a performing member of Premier Entertainment, an Ensemble featuring brass instruments and banjo playing MardiGras tunes.www.PremierEntertains.com
Music you may hearr: When the Saints, Bourbon Street Parade, Second line, At A Georgia Camp, Basin Street Blues, Bill Bailey, Canal Street, Just A Closer Walk, Muskrat Ramble. Peacherine Rag, St James Infirmary.
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WE THANK OUR 2022 SPONSORS:
WESTFIELD BANK
MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL
AND
Arts Councils
CHESTER
RUSSELL
CUMMINGTON
HUNTINGTON
MIDDLEFIELD
MONTGOMERY
WESTHAMPTON
WORTHINGTON
