New Year's Eve Celebrations to Welcome 2026

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
06:23PM / Tuesday, December 30, 2025Print Story | Email Story

Welcome the New Year by celebrating with others at events marking the beginning of 2026, including live music, skiing, fireworks, and numerous parties.

North Adams New Year's Eve Ball Drop
Center Street Parking Lot
Time: 8 p.m.

North Adams rings in the New Year with its third annual ball drop, held earlier in the evening for the whole family to enjoy. Grab some of the swag and count down for the New Year at 8, then stay for refreshments. The ball is the creation of North Adams Sheet Metal.

More information here.

Steeple City Social New Year Party
5 Eagle St., North Adams
Time: 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Head over to Eagle Street after the ball drop in North Adams for cocktails, music and snacks to ring in the New Year. Fun and fancy outfits encouraged to be ready to mingle, play games, dance, and toast to 2026.

More information here.

New Year's Eve Dance Party
Shire Tavern, Dalton
Time: 9 to midnight

Dance the night away with tunes from DJ Justin with snacks and a champagne toast to ring in the new year. Admission $5; must be 21 and older.

More information here.

New Year's Eve Karaoke Party
Methuselah Bar, Pittsfield
Time: 9 to midnight

Bring your friends and sing in the New Year. Admission of $5 includes with a champagne toast at midnight.

More information here.

New Year's Eve Torchlight Parade and Fireworks
Jiminy Peak, Pittsfield

Time: 10 to 11 p.m.

After the lifts close, join Jiminy in welcoming 2026 with a torchlight parade of team members sliding down the mountain with torches as well as fireworks lighting up the night sky.

More information here.

New Year's Eve Party
Bousquet Mountain, Pittsfield
Time: 9 p.m.

Ring in the New Year at the ski resort's annual party with dance music by DJ Adam Oam. Includes complimentary snacks and a champagne toast at midnight. Tickets are $39; must be 21 and older.

More information and tickets here.

New Year's Eve with Max Creek
Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
Time: 8:30 p.m.

Berkshire County band Max Creek will perform blend of rock, country, reggae, soul, jazz, and calypso with their original songwriting.

Tickets are $39; more information here.

New Year's Eve Glow Party
K&M Bowling, Pittsfield
Time: 5 p.m. to 12:15 a.m.

Cosmic bowling with glowsticks. Tickets are $25 per person. More information here.

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Pittsfield Considers Repairing East Part Cemetery

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
06:57AM / Friday, October 02, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Historical Commission will consider grant opportunities for repairs to East Part Cemetery.

A resident reached out to the city with concerns about degradation in the half-acre burial ground at the top of Williams Street. East Part Cemetery was established in the early 1800s and has about 300 interments.

“It's a nice old cemetery, and basically, (the resident) had had concerns that the stone wall had taken some damage, the gravestones have taken some damage, and was wondering if there's anything that could be done to repair the gravestones and the wall," City Planner Kevin Rayner told the commission on Monday.

In cooperation with cemetery leadership and residents, the Historical Commission will consider applying for Community Preservation Act funds to support repairs. West Part Cemetery, on the other side of Pittsfield, has previously used CPA funds for revitalization work.

The 1080 Williams St. property is owned by the city and managed by the Pittsfield Cemetery Commission. Rayner presented photos of broken and overgrown gravestones, parts of the stone wall collapsing, and knocked-over obelisks.

Some aspects could use general maintenance and restoration, he observed.

According to the Pittsfield Cemetery and Crematory's website, East Part Cemetery was established around 1808 on land owned by Nathan Webb, who permitted and authorized its use as a public burying ground.

In 1842, Nathan Webb's son, also named Nathan Webb, deeded the property to the Methodist Episcopal Society of Pittsfield as a public burying ground, and in 1893 the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Society transferred their control of the cemetery to the Proprietors of the Pittsfield Cemetery. Their action was confirmed by the Berkshire Probate Court.