PITTSFIELD, Mass. — It appears that Vice President Kamala Harris will be attending a campaign event in Pittsfield on Saturday. 

 

Harris had been scheduled for the sold-out event before being suddenly elevated to presidential candidate on Sunday. The original Biden-Harris fundraiser is now a Harris fundraiser but it was unclear if she would continue with her scheduled appearances. 

 

The Berkshire Eagle reports that organizer Sherwood Guernsey has confirmed she will attend. 

 

The event will also feature James Taylor, Yo-Yo Ma, former Gov. Deval and former first lady Diane Patrick, Boston College historian and political commentator Heather Cox Richardson and former Pittsfield Mayor Evan Dobelle and his wife, Kit, both of whom worked in the Carter administration.

 

Guernsey, an attorney, is a leader of the Berkshire Brigades local Democratic organization and president of Rural Freedom Network. 

 

Tickets sold out almost immediately; they ranged from $100 to thousands of dollars. 

 

The last political fundraiser in Pittsfield was with Michelle Obama for her husband's second presidential run in 2012 against former Gov. Mitt Romney, now a U.S. senator for Utah. Taylor also performed at that event and a private roundtable was held afterward at the Patricks' Sweet P Farm in Richmond. 

 

iBerkshires has reached out to the campaign for more information.