Berkshires Summer Concerts 2014

Print Story | Email Story

The Berkshires offers free concerts at a variety of venues during the summer, so pack a snack, a blanket or chair, and enjoy music from rock to jazz to folk to country.

Adams

Concerts at the Adams Visitors Center on Sundays beginning at 4 p.m.

July 6: Live Wire (food & drink from Adams Ale House)
July 13: Shyne
July 20: WYKYD
July 27: Bits and Pieces
Aug. 3: Open mic night
Aug. 10: Blackwater
Aug. 17: Champagne Jam
Aug. 24: Phil 'n' the Void (food & drink from Adams Ale House)

 

Great Barrington

Sounds of Summer Concert Series at the VFW on Tuesday nights from 6 to 8. Main sponsors WSBS and Salisbury Bank.
July 8: Greylock
July 15: Who Are You
July 22: Blackwater
July 29: Wildcard
Aug. 5: Shyne
Aug. 12: Whiskey City
Aug. 19: T-Bone Daddy
Aug. 26: The Jill Gallagher Band



Lenox

Lilac Park Concerts on Main Street on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 through August. Rain moves to Town Hall auditorium.
July 2: The Eagles Band
July 9: Moonshine Holler
July 16: Andy Kelly Jazz Ambassadors
July 23: Boston University Tanglewood Institute Students
July 30: Joanne Redding
Aug. 6: Miss B Haven
Aug. 13: Bernice Lewis
Aug. 20: Berkshire Highlanders
Aug. 27: Wanda Houston



North Adams

Concerts at Windsor Lake each Wednesday from June through August beginning at 6:30. Rain cancels, concession stand open. Sponsored by MountainOne

June 11: Colour 9 (canceled)
June 18: JP Murphy / Rakish Paddy
June 25: Rev Tor Trio (canceled)
July 2: The Matchstick Architects (canceled)
July 9: Bruce Mandel/ Miss Guided
July 16: Bernice Lewis
July 23: Phil N' The Void
July 30: Bang on a Can (7 p.m. start time)
Aug. 6: Sandy & Sandy / Moonshine Holler
Aug. 13: Downtown Celebration, no concert
Aug. 20: Tom Corrigan
Aug. 27: Eagles Band


Sept. 3: Rain Makeup Date

WUPE's Party in the Park at Noel Field every Thursday evening from 6 to 8 July through August. Co-sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union, Hillcrest Dental Care, The Haddad Dealerships and Berkshire East.

July 10: Loose Change
July 17: Phil 'n' the Void
July 24: Arthur Holmes Blues Band
July 31: Greylock
Aug. 7: Wildcard
Aug. 14: Blackwater
Aug. 21: WYKYD
Aug. 28: Whiskey City

Music at the Mansion on the lawn of the Public Library every other Friday from 6 to 7:30.
May 23: J.P. Murphy Band
June 6: Beeline Ramblers
June 20: Moonshine Holler
July 11: Champagne Jam
July 25: Cosby Gibson
Aug. 8: Colour 9
Aug. 22: Bernice Lewis

 

Pittsfield

Music at the Hebert Arboretum, Springside Park, on Tuesday evenings at 7 through August.

June 24: Eagles Band Concert
July 8: Housatonic Philharmonic Concert
July 15: Eagles Band Concert
July 22: The Dixie Cats
July 29: TBA
Aug. 5: The Eagles "Swing" Concert Band
Aug. 12: Phil Grover's Rock 'n' Roll Revue
Aug. 19: Wintergreen Concert

Live on the Lake Concerts at Burbank Park on Onota Lake each Wednesday, July through August, from 6 to 8. Sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union & Live 95.9 WBEC-FM. A shuttle will be available at Taconic High School and  parking on Vin Hebert Boulevard.

July 9:  Who Are You
July 16: Greylock
July 23: Whiskey City
July 30: Blackwater
Aug. 6: WYKYD
Aug. 13: Rev Tor
Aug. 20: Sirsy
Aug. 27: Arthur Holmes Blues Band

 

Williamstown

Clark Art Institute hosts free concerts each Tuesday on the South Lawn from 6 to 8.

July 15: Viva Quetzal
July 22: Across the Pond
July 29: Misty Blues
Aug. 5: Oxen of the Sun
Aug. 12: Woods Tea Company
Aug. 19: Sister City Jazz Ambassadors
Aug. 26: Mike and Ruthy


Tags: concerts,   family event,   

If you would like to contribute information on this article, contact us at info@iberkshires.com.

Pittsfield Cleans Downtown Litter, Works on Outreach Program

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — As the city develops a peer support outreach program, workers are clearing the downtown of potentially hazardous litter from the wintertime. 

Over the past three weeks, the Health Department has sent out inspectors to assess sanitary conditions in the downtown, beginning on North Street, moving to First Street, and to the McKay Street parking garage. 

"We've identified a lot of needles, and mostly needle caps and then small drug paraphernalia, and while we're identifying them, we're noting where we're finding them, and we're also picking them up and disposing of them properly," Director of Public Health Andy Cambi said. 

"… We have not found any human waste sanitation issues currently, again, not to say that there isn't any, but I think it also speaks to the fact that we do have a new facility that's open, that's being run, The First, which does offer bathroom facilities, laundry facilities." 

On Monday, he updated the Public Health and Safety subcommittee on the progress of the upcoming peer support outreach program and cleanup efforts in the area it will serve. 

The First housing resource center opened in February in the basement of the Zion Lutheran Church with bathrooms, lounge spaces, lockers, and more. In its early days, it averaged about 50 visitors daily; on Sundays, an average of 70 visitors. 

Cambi said he is in constant communication with ServiceNet, which is operating The First. 

"It has been used heavily, so I think that speaks to the relief of issues that we're seeing in the downtown area in regards to those sanitation issues," he added.

"It's a great resource that's available that is being constantly used, so again, what it was intended for."

When the department comes across human waste, they will connect with Department of Public Works staff to have it cleaned and sanitized.  Workers can make a clear distinction between pet and human waste, Cambi reported. 

View Full Story

More Great Barrington Stories