Berkshires Summer Concerts 2014

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

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

Thanksgiving Angels Show Up for Increased Need

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
05:37AM / Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Cole, 6, and Trey, 3, stock bread for the Thanksgiving Angels in this provided photo.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — As the cost of living continues to rise, so does the need for Thanksgiving Angels.

The meal kit distribution effort has surpassed last year's numbers, serving more than 2,200 local families in need. Around 500 volunteers have helped with the entire process and on Monday, around 100 volunteers packed into the South Congregational Church for drive-through distribution.

Generosity is the engine that has powered Thanksgiving Angels for around 15 years.

"The community is so incredibly generous with financials and their time and helping us to pull this off," co-Chair Gretchen DeBartolo said.

"… it's a lot of hands, an awful lot of hands, and without that, there'd be nothing."

There were about 600 home deliveries over the weekend for the elderly, those with disabilities, and those without a vehicle.

"People have been generous with in-kind donations and with money," co-Chair Hope Amandos said.

"I think we will be able to cover our expenses. I think we did well with donations."