Sevenars Music Festival opens 58th Season with anniversary concert
The Sevenars Music Festival will open its 58th anniversary season on Sunday, July 12 at 4 p.m. at the Sevenars Academy in South Worthington with “America at 250,” a special concert celebrating the United States’ semiquincentennial. The performance features piano solos, piano duos, vocals and violin, showcasing guest artists Clifton J. Noble, John Henry Thomas and Alexis Walls alongside Sevenars family members Rorianne Schrade, Lynelle James and Christopher James. The program includes patriotic and classic American works by Dave Brubeck, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Scott Joplin and festival co-founder Rolande Young Schrade. Located at 15 Ireland St., the event offers free admission and refreshments — with a suggested $20 door donation welcomed — and further details can be found by calling 413-238-5854 or visiting sevenars.org.
Grammy-nominated folk artist Tim Eriksen brings post-punk Americana to Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum
The Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum in Hadley will host Grammy-nominated folk legend and ethnomusicologist Tim Eriksen for its Wednesday Folk Traditions series on July 15 at 6:30 p.m. Performing in the museum’s Sunken Garden on ancestral Nonotuck lands, Eriksen will deliver his signature “hardcore Americana” sound through striking vocals, banjo, fiddle, guitar and bajo sexto, weaving together shape-note hymns, New England ballads and original compositions. The smoke-free museum grounds open for picnickers at 5 p.m., with tickets priced at $12 for adults and $2 for children ages 16 and under. For more information, call 413-584-4699 or visit pphmuseum.org.
‘Let’s Get Out of Here’ opens North Hall Arts Festival
The North Hall Association will present its annual Historic North Hall Arts Festival with six free programs in July, August and September on the North Hall stage. All events are held on Sundays at 2 pm. The first in the series will open on Sunday, July 12 at 2 p.m. at 40 Searle Road in Huntington, featuring the original comedy “Let’s Get Out of Here” by Mitch Giannunzio. The free, air-conditioned performance stars an ensemble cast including Ellen Barry, Kenneth Tigar, Raye Birk and Candace Barrett Birk. Doors opening at 1:30 p.m. for limited seating. The six program series is sponsored by the Westfield Bank and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, through Cultural Councils of Chester, Cummington, Huntington, Middlefield, Montgomery, Russell, Westhampton and Worthington. Additional scheduling details are available at northhallhuntington.org.
Dino Trail Week brings dinosaur exploration to Wistariahurst
Wistariahurst Museum will host two Dino Trail Week events this July, starting with a Dino Track Exploration on Tuesday, July 14, which begins with a 9:30 a.m. history presentation at the museum driveway before moving to the Trustees’ Dino Footprint Site on Route 5 at 10:15 a.m. for a guided fossil tour with natural history expert Fred Venne. The celebration continues on Sunday, July 19, from noon to 3 p.m. with a relaxed, passport-stamping Sensory Friendly Dino Day featuring an interactive storytime by Piti Theater’s Story Wizards, a self-paced dinosaur scavenger hunt with prizes, and a costume-friendly Dinosaur Dance Off in the Music Room. Both family-friendly activities explore the Connecticut River Valley’s deep history and state dinosaur, and while entry is open, registration is highly encouraged through the Wistariahurst Museum Eventbrite at bit.ly/4fjBYgi.
Nebraska folk-Americana trio to take the stage at The Iron Horse on July 12
Nebraska-based folk-Americana trio The Wildwoods will perform an all-ages show at the Iron Horse Parlor Room in Northampton on Sunday, July 12 at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6 p.m. Tickets for the performance start at $30. Composed of violinist Chloe Gose, guitarist Noah Gose and upright bassist Andrew Vaggalis, the band is touring in support of their fourth studio album, “Dear Meadowlark.” The trio brings a fresh sound to the folk landscape that has earned them critical acclaim at the FreshGrass Music Festival and showcases on NPR’s Mountain Stage and Audiotree. For tickets and more information, visit thewildwoodsband.com.
Etchings Festival returns to Northampton
The 17th annual Etchings Festival returns to Northampton from July 10-12, showcasing contemporary music across three days of concerts. The first two nights take place outdoors under the pines at Look Park’s Sanctuary at Willow Lake, opening on Friday, July 10, with an electrifying, genre-defying collaboration between Ecce Ensemble and Amaury Acosta’s King Klavé Trio featuring the Afro-Cuban and electronic-infused “Pepe Suite.” Saturday, July 11, features the Boston-based jazz sextet Surface of Sphere, led by pianist Pandelis Karayorgis, with both evening concerts also highlighting original new works by the festival’s emerging Etchings Fellows. The festival concludes on Sunday, July 12, back inside the Bombyx sanctuary with Ecce Ensemble performing Sonic Translations, an afternoon chamber program exploring cultural connection through pieces by compelling modern composers and closing with Gerard Grisey’s masterpiece Talea. Tickets and more information are available at bombyx.live.
Cinema Northampton returns to Pulaski Park
The City of Northampton, in partnership with Forbes Library, Northampton Open Media, and Visions Video, has announced the return of the free Cinema Northampton summer outdoor movie series to Pulaski Park in downtown. Moving to Tuesday nights for the 2026 season, the series kicks off on Tuesday, July 14 at 9 p.m. with a special Bastille Day celebration screening of the whimsical, nearly silent 2003 animated film, “The Triplets of Belleville.”