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Berkshires
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berkshires concert calendar The
absolutely positively most comprehensive club and concert calendar for the
Berkshires and all New England, from Saratoga to Boston to Newport and beyond!
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IN THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR: Friday,
May 25: Munjoy
Hill Society: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Cliff
Eberhardt: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Vikki
True: Jazz
vocalist with Alan Simon, piano. Castle Street Café, Great
Barrington. Celia:
With
Peter Jones. Dream Away Lodge, Becket. Jeff
King Trio: Blues.
Lion’s Den, Stockbridge. RAY
MASON BAND: Tic-Toc
Lounge, Springfield. Mike
Keneally and Beer for Dolphins: Iron
Horse Music Hall, Northampton. Little Sammy Davis and Midnight Slim:
Blues.
Rosendale Café, Rosendale, N.Y. http://www.rosendalecafe.com/
Everlast/Live/The
Cult/Our Lady Peace/Lifehouse: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Double Trouble/Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Blues. Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Conn. Project
Object Featuring Ike Willis: Frank
Zappa tribute. Valentines, Albany. Saturday,
May 26: HAMIET
BLUIETT: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. RIG:
Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Hoodoo
Rhythm Dogs: Old
Egremont Club, South Egremont. Max
Creek/Flipper Dave/Big Blue Holler/Rev. Tor Band: Jam
bands. Butternut Ski Area, Great Barrington. Charles
Gigliotti Trio: Piano
jazz, with bassist Dave Santoro. Castle Street Café, Great
Barrington. Jeff
Gonzales Band: Blues,
country, rock. Lion’s Den, Stockbridge. Adam
Michael Rothberg: Dream
Away Lodge, Becket. LONESOME
BROTHERS: Eagles
Lodge, Northampton. Joey
Thomas Big Band: Swing.
Northern Lights, Clifton Park, N.Y. Men
Without Heads: Attanasio’s
Restaurant, Scotia, N.Y. Amazing
Crowns: Valentines,
Albany. Joe Giardullo: Music of Eric Dolphy. Rosendale
Café, Rosendale, N.Y. http://www.rosendalecafe.com/
THE
STONE COYOTES: CD
release party for Born to Howl. Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton.
Sunday,
May 27: RIG:
Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Scott
Sasanecki Trio: Guitar
jazz. Castle Street Café, Great Barrington. Rob,
Charlie, Cos and Steve: Lion’s
Den, Stockbridge. Kermit
Ruffins and Barbecue Swingers: New
Orleans dance party. Mass Moca, North Adams. Joel
Sturz: Folk.
2, North Street Arts Collaborative, Pittsfield. Oasis/Black
Crowes/Spacehog: Oakdale
Theatre, Wallingford, Conn.
Monday,
May 28: Vikki
True: Vocalist.
Lion’s Den, Stockbridge. Tuesday,
May 29: Gopher
Broke: Folk
rock. Lion’s Den, Stockbridge. Dick
Dale: Surf
guitar hero. Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton. Wednesday,
May 30: Wintergreen:
Traditional
and contemporary folk trio. Lenox Library, Lenox, Mass.
Thursday,
May 31: Beartown
Mountain Ramblers: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. David
Grover: Lion’s
Den, Stockbridge. The
Mammals: Second-
and third-gen folk, with Tao Rodriguez-Seeger and Ruth Ungar. Dream Away
Lodge, Becket. Melissa
Ferrick: Valentines,
Albany. Steven
Kellogg: Oona’s,
Bellows Falls, Vt. Charlie
Hoyt: Jazz
piano. Castle Street Café, Great Barrington. U2/PJ
Harvey:
HSBC
Arena, Buffalo. Friday,
June 1: CHRIS
SMITHER:
Blues
singer-songwriter. Club Helsinki, Great Barrington. Vance
Gilbert: Singer-songwriter.
Guthrie Center, Great Barrington. Adam Michael Rothberg, Bobby Sweet, Meg Hutchinson, &
Robby Baier: Berkshire singer-songwriters in the round. 8, Bucksteep
Manor, Washington, Mass. 413/623-5535. Wishful
Thinking: LaCocina,
Pittsfield, Mass. 413/499-6363. LONESOME
BROTHERS: Mulino’s,
Northampton. Showoff/Juliana
Theory/Lucky Boys Confusion: Valentines,
Albany. Ellis
Paul: Caffe
Lena, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The
Bobs: 7
and 9:30, Van Dyck, Schenectady, N.Y. Saturday,
June 2: U2/PJ
Harvey:
Knickerbocker
Arena, Albany. DAVID
KRAKAUER and KLEZMER MADNESS: Hevreh,
Great Barrington. Annie
Clark: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Funk
Kin: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Derek
Trucks Band/Jiggle the Handle/Rev. Tor Band: Jam-rock.
Butternut Ski Area, Great Barrington. Wishful
Thinking: Ozzie’s
Depot, Dalton. Nanci
Griffith: Mass
Moca, North Adams. Sloan
Wainwright: Fire
and Water, Northampton. Cassandra
Wilson: Bushnell
Theatre, Hartford. Boston
Horns: 7
and 9:30, Van Dyck, Schenectady, N.Y. Bill
Janovitz: Northern
Lights, Clifton Park, N.Y. BROOKS
WILLIAMS: Blues/folk
singer-songwriter. 7, Lorien Coffeeehouse, Grafton Inn,
Grafton,
N.Y,
518-658-3422 Sunday,
June 3: U2/PJ
Harvey:
Civic
Center, Hartford. Monday,
June 4: WALLFLOWERS:
7:30,
The Chance, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Seth
Rogovoy and Rockin’ the Shtetl: A
Multi-media journey through the history of klezmer, by the author of The
Essential Klezmer. 7:30, Congregation Knesset Israel, Pittsfield, Mass.:
Tuesday,
June 5: U2/PJ
Harvey:
Fleet
Center, Boston. Asylum
Street Spankers: Valentines,
Albany. Wednesday,
June 6: U2/PJ
Harvey:
Fleet
Center, Boston. Aerosmith/Fuel:
Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford. Thursday,
June 7: Jabe:
Stone
Church, Williamstown. Steve
Forbert: Iron
Horse Music Hall, Northampton. Dave’s
True Story: Oona’s,
Bellows Falls, Vt. Edwin
McCain Band: Northern
Lights, Clifton Park, N.Y. Molly
Hatchet/Commander Cody/Montage: Civic
Center, Glens Falls, N.Y. Seven
Nations: Alive
at Five, Albany. Friday,
June 8: U2/PJ
Harvey:
Fleet
Center, Boston. LUCY
KAPLANSKY: Singer-songwriter.
Guthrie Center, Great Barrington. Percy
Hill: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Ravin
Mavens: Castle
Street Café, Great Barrington. Aerosmith/Fuel:
SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Rustic
Overtones: Pearl
Street, Northampton. STEVEN
WRIGHT: Wonderfully
eccentric comedian. Calvin Theatre, Northampton. Dr.
Isosceles: LaCocina,
Pittsfield, Mass. 413/499-6363. Doofus:
8,
Friends
of Fiddler's Green Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild,
United
Methodist Church Hall, Rte. 9 & Church St.,
Hyde Park, N.Y., 845
483-0650 JAKE:
Autumn
Café, Oneonta, N.Y. Jesse
Colin Young and Sons: Van
Dyck, Schenectady, N.Y. Saturday,
June 9: U2/PJ
Harvey:
Fleet
Center, Boston Oscar
Brand: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Tarbox
Ramblers: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Vikki
True: Old
Egremont Club, South Egremont. Third
World/Dredi/Tamboura: Butternut
Ski Area, Great Barrington. Jesse
Colin Young: Iron
Horse Music Hall, Northampton. LUCINDA
WILLIAMS/Kasey Chambers: Calvin
Theatre, Northampton. LONESOME
BROTHERS: Hotel
Warren, Deerfield. Samantha
Siva: Smooth
jazz/soul. 7 and 9:30, Van Dyck, Schenectady, N.Y. Wishful
Thinking: Bousquet
Ski Area, Pittsfield. Sheila
Jordan and Cameron Brown: Rosendale
Café, Rosendale, N.Y. http://www.rosendalecafe.com/
Sunday,
June 10: Betty
and the Baby Boomers: Second
Sunday Coffeehouse, Shelburne Falls, Mass., 413-625-2580. Fishbone:
Pearl
Street, Northampton. Charlie
Daniels Band Volunteer Jam: with
Dickey Betts Band, .38 Special, Charlie Daniels Band, Trent Summar and the New
Row Mob, Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford. Monday,
June 11: Black
Crowes/Oasis: Tweeter
Center, Mansfield. Tuesday,
June 12: PETE
SEEGER/Jay Ungar and Molly Mason/The Mammals: Mahaiwe
Theatre, Great Barrington. Wednesday,
June 13: Old
97s: Pearl
Street, Northampton. Thursday,
June 14: CHARLIE
HUNTER:
Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Joe
Stacey/Josh Brooks: Oona’s,
Bellows Falls, Vt. Friday,
June 15: Josh
White Jr.: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Al
Stewart: Van
Dyck, Schenectady, N.Y. LONESOME
BROTHERS: Tic-Toc
Lounge, Springfield. Mark
Erelli: Folk-rock
singer-songwriter. Club Helsinki, Great Barrington.
Peggy
Seeger: Spencertown
(N.Y.) Academy. Poison/Warrant/Quiet
Riot/Enuff Znuff: Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford. Saturday,
June 16: Superhoney:
Soul/funk
band. Club Helsinki, Great Barrington. Robin
and Linda Williams: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Wishful
Thinking: GEAA,
Pittsfield. Schleigho:
Valentines,
Albany. ERIC
CLAPTON/Doyle Bramhall: Knickerbocker
Arena, Albany. JAKE:
Flying
Saucer Café, Kingston, N.Y. Poison/Warrant/Quiet
Riot/Enuff ZNuff: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Bobby
Sweet: Dream
Away Lodge, Becket. Sunday,
June 17: Deep
Purple/Lynryd Skynyrd/Ted Nugent: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Tuesday,
June 19: Dave
Wakeling: Iron
Horse Music Hall, Northampton. Terrance
Simien: Zydeco.
Alive at Five, Albany. Wednesday,
June 20: Sam
Shaber: Iron
Horse Music Hall, Northampton. Green
Day: Tsongas
Arena, Lowell, Mass. Thursday,
June 21: LONESOME
BROTHERS: Bar
19, Calvin Theatre, Northampton. Mothers
Favorite Child: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Professor
Louie and the Crowmatix: Alive
at Five, Albany. Rose
Gerber: Oona’s,
Bellows Falls, Vt. Friday,
June 22: Jeff
Lang: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Lynn
Miles: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Redding
Mandeville and Sweet: Dream
Away Lodge, Becket. Leon
Russell: Iron
Horse Music Hall, Northampton. Chris
Smither: Van
Dyck, Schenectady, N.Y. Old
Songs Festival: Traditional
folk music, with Karan Casey, others. Altamont Fairgrounds, Altamont, N.Y.
Saturday,
June 23: JESS
KLEIN BAND:
Dynamic
folk-rock singer-songwriter. Club Helsinki, Great
Barrington. Dick
Hyman and Derick Smith: Dual
pianists in a program of standards by Gershwin, Porter, Ellington, Arlen, etc.
7:30, Rave Review, Searles Castle, Great Barrington, 413,
243-9990. Christine
Lavin: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Pamela
Knowles: Castle
Street Café, Great Barrington. Lincoln
Center Jazz Orchestra: With
Wynton Marsalis. Palace Theater, Albany. James
Montgomery/Alex Maryol/Albert Cummings Blues Band: Butternut
Ski Area, Great Barrington. Wishful
Thinking: Michael’s,
Stockbridge. RAY
MASON/CHARLIE CHESTERMAN and the LEGENDARY MOTORBIKES: Double-bill
of two pop-rock cult heroes. Eagles Lodge,
Northampton. Frank
Sinatra Jr.: Oakdale
Theatre, Wallingford, Conn. Van
Dyck, Schenectady, N.Y.
Deep
Purple/Lynyrd Skynyrd/Ted Nugent: Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford. Old
Songs Festival: Traditional
folk music, with Karan Casey, others. Altamont Fairgrounds, Altamont, N.Y.
Sunday,
June 24: Allman
Brothers Band/Deep Banana Blackout: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Cesaria
Evora: Cape
Verdian chanteuse. The Egg, Albany. CPR
with David Crosby: Calvin
Theatre, Northampton. Jonatha
Brooke: Taste
of Amherst, Amherst. Donny
Osmond: Oakdale
Theatre, Wallingford, Conn. Old
Songs Festival: Traditional
folk music, with Karan Casey, others. Altamont Fairgrounds, Altamont, N.Y.
Monday,
June 25: Merl
Saunders and His Funky Friends: Iron
Horse Music Hall, Northampton. Wednesday,
June 27: John
Scofield: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Thursday,
June 28: Backstreet
Boys/Shaggy/Krystal: Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford. Matt
Hebert: Member
of Ware River Club, Oona’s, Bellows Falls, Vt. COWBOY
JUNKIES/Sarah Harmer: The
Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany. Professor
Louie and the Crowmatix: Alive
at Five, Albany. Friday,
June 29: Debbie
Davies: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Rani
Arbo: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. NRBQ:
Valentines,
Albany. Jill
Hughes Band: 7
and 9:30, Van Dyck, Schenectady, N.Y. Wild
Magnolias: Iron
Horse Music Hall, Northampton. Backstreet
Boys/Shaggy: Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford. Saturday,
June 30: Garrison
Keillor: Live
performance/broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion. Tanglewood, Lenox.
The
Hotheads: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Carolyn
Hester: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Brooklyn
Cowboys/Dooley Austin Band: Butternut
Ski Area, Great Barrington. Wishful
Thinking: Bogie’s,
Great Barrington. Grove
Festival: Multicultural
music and arts festival featuring Casco Bay Tummlers klezmer band, Crescent
Dancers, Middle Eastern belly dancers, and Los Ciegos del Barrio, Caribbean
music ensemble. Town Grove, Lakeville, Conn.,
860-435-0561. Cowboy
Junkies/Sarah Harmer: Calvin
Theatre, Northampton. Jerry
Seinfeld: Palace
Theater, Albany. Backstreet
Boys/Shaggy/Krystal: Knickerbocker
Arena, Albany. Newport
Jazz Festival: Diana
Krall, Femi Kuti, Chick Corea, Nicholas Payton, Wayne Shorter, Jazz Mandolin
Project. SPAC, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Sunday,
July 1: Dido/Travis:
Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford. The
Samples: Northern
Lights, Clifton Park, N.Y. Backstreet
Boys/Shaggy: Knickerbocker
Arena, Albany. Joe
Lovano/Gladys Knight/Boney James/George Benson: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Tuesday,
July 3: Peter
Frampton/Journey/John Waite: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Christian
McBride: Skidmore
College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. James
Taylor: Tanglewood,
Lenox Wednesday,
July 4: Neville
Brothers: Empire
State Plaza, Albany Dr.
John: Litchfield
Jazz Festival. James
Taylor: Tanglewood,
Lenox Thursday,
July 5: Alice
Peacock: Oona’s,
Bellows Falls, Vt. Friday,
July 6: Tanya
Savory: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Dwight
Ritcher and Red Beans: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Saturday,
July 7: The
Mammals: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Atwater/Donnelly: Traditional American folk,
Celtic ballads, and original songs featuring guitar, Appalachian mountain
dulcimer, Irish tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons. Guthrie Center, Great
Barrington. Redding
Mandeville and Sweet: Dream
Away Lodge, Becket. Peter
Frampton/Journey: Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford. TOM
PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Diamond
Rio/Phil Vassar/Billy Ray Cyrus: Commercial
country. Saratoga Raceway, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Sunday,
July 8: The
Mammals: Second
and third-generation folk royalty, including Tao Rodriguez-Seeger and Ruth
Ungar. Second Sunday Coffeehouse, Shelburne Falls, Mass., 413-625-2580. James
Taylor: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Monday,
July 9: The
Bacon Brothers: Consolati
Performing Arts Center, Sheffield, Mass. Jonell
Mosser/John Hall/Jon Poussette Dart/Tad Wise: Lion’s
Den, Stockbridge. John
Hammond/Albert Cummings: Blues.
Washington Park, Albany. Thursday,
July 12: Princes
of Babylon: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington.
Friday,
July 13: Professor
Louie and the Crowmatix: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Kate
Campbell: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. PHILIP
GLASS: Plays
original music for short films. Mass Moca, North
Adams Adrian
Legg: Van
Dyck, Schenectady, N.Y. PAUL
SIMON/Brian Wilson: Tweeter
Center, Mansfield. Saturday,
July 14: PHILIP
GLASS: Plays
original music for short films. Mass Moca, North
Adams Sally
Taylor: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. JESS
KLEIN: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Berkshire
Musicians Showcase: Eric
Underwood, Beartown Mountain Ramblers, Meg Hutchinson, Davinchi and the Wrong
Crowd, Suitcase, Belladonna, Fred Shane and others, Butternut
Ski Area, Great Barrington. Susan
Tedeschi/Shemekia Copeland: Blues.
Empire State Plaza,
Albany Sunday,
July 15: Tim
McGraw: Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford. Paul
Simon/Brian Wilson: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Monday,
July 16: Eileen
Ivers Band: Irish.
Washington Park, Albany. Tuesday,
July 17: Brian
Setzer ’68 Comeback Special: McGearys,
Albany.
Wednesday,
July 18: MOBY:
Tweeter
Center, Mansfield. Everclear:
Webster
Theater, Hartford. Destiny’s
Child/Eve/Dream/3LW: Kickoff
of national “Total Request Live” tour by teen-pop group. Knickerbocker Arena,
Albany. Thursday,
July 19: Erin
McKeown: Oona’s,
Bellows Falls, Vt. Destiny’s
Child: Civic
Center, Hartford. Terence
Simien: Alive
at Five, Albany. Grey
Fox Bluegrass Festival: Rothvoss
Farm, Ancramdale, N.Y. Friday,
July 20: Dana
Robinson and Lui Collins: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Anson
Funderburgh and the Rockets with Sam Myers: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Village
People/War/K.C. and the Sunshine Band: Oakdale
Theatre, Wallingford, Conn. Barenaked
Ladies/Vertical Horizon/Sarah Harmer: Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford. Bernard
Allison: Iron
Horse Music Hall, Northampton. Tarbox
Ramblers: Green
River Festival, Greenfield. Bobby
Sweet: Dream
Away Lodge, Becket. Tim
McGraw: Knickerbocker
Arena, Albany. Grey
Fox Bluegrass Festival: Ricky
Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, The Whites with Jerry Douglas and Ricky Skaggs,
Bill Keith, Yonder Mountain String Band, Rothvoss Farm, Ancramdale, N.Y.
Saturday,
July 21: Marshall
Tucker Band/Albert Cummings Band/JD Band: Southern
rock and blues. Butternut Ski Area, Great
Barrington. The
Mammals: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Best
of the Berkshires Festival: Adam
Michael Rothberg, Bobby Sweet, Suitcase, Dr. Isosceles, 7, Mass Moca, North
Adams Phil
Lesh and Friends/Ratdog: Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford. Leo
Kottke/Corey Harris/Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer/The Iguanas/Solas/Amy
Rigby/Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks/Sonny Landreth: Green
River Festival, Greenfield, Mass. Barenaked
Ladies: Tweeter
Center, Mansfield. Judy
Collins/Richie Havens/Roger McGuinn/Leon Redbone: Oakdale
Theatre, Wallingford, Conn. Grey
Fox Bluegrass Festival: Vassar
Clements, David Grisman, Herb Pederson and Peter Rowan, Doc Watson, Del McCoury,
Tim O’Brien, Jerry Douglas, Bill Keith, others. Rothvoss Farm, Ancramdale,
N.Y. Sunday,
July 22: ARLO
GUTHRIE:
The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany. KLEZAMIR:
Bucksteep
Manor, Washington, Mass. 413/623-6635. Phil
Lesh and Friends/Ratdog: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Barenaked
Ladies: Tweeter
Center, Mansfield. Grey
Fox Bluegrass Festival: Doyle
Lawson and Quicksilver, Rothvoss Farm, Ancramdale, N.Y.
Tuesday,
July 24: KLEZMER
CONSERVATORY BAND: Skidmore
College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Wednesday,
July 25: Madonna:
Madison
Square Garden, N.Y. Bon
Jovi: Tweeter
Center, Mansfield. Thursday,
July 26: Erin
McKeown: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Bon
Jovi: Tweeter
Center, Mansfield. Madonna:
Madison
Square Garden, N.Y. Susan
Tedeschi: Pearl
Street, Northampton. David
Olney: Oona’s,
Bellows Falls, Vt. Friday,
July 27: The
Hot Heads: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Sloan
Wainwright: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Seven
Nations: Pearl
Street, Northampton. Chicago:
Oakdale
Theatre, Wallingford, Conn. Noppet
Hill Bluegrass Festival: Amy
Gallatin and Still Waters, Too Blue, Gopher Broke, Mike Boulay and Friends,
Steele Family Farm, Lanesboro. Falcon
Ridge Folk Festival: The
Nields, Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, Eddie From Ohio, Jeff Lang, Jimmy LaFave,
John Gorka, Mark Erelli, Mary Gauthier, Tom Landa and the Paperboys, Paul
Rosenberg, Patti O’Brien Melita, Susan Werner, Vance Gilbert. Long Hill Farm,
Hillsdale, N.Y. Saturday,
July 28: Suzanne Buirgy: Guthrie Center, Great
Barrington. Noppet
Hill Bluegrass Festival: Larry
Sparks, Southern Rail, Too Blue, Bear Bridge Band, Steele Family Farm,
Lanesboro. Bruce
Hornsby: Pines
Theatre, Northampton. Falcon
Ridge Folk Festival: The
Nields, Acoustic Syndicate, Beth Amsel, Annie Wenz, Christopher Williams, Dar
Williams, Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, Eddie From Ohio, Deirdre Flint, Erin
McKeown, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Jian Ghomeshi, Jeff Lang, Jimmy
LaFave, John Gorka, Kevin So, Kim and Reggie Harris, Magpie, Laurie’s Stories,
Lucy Kaplansky, Mark Erelli, Mary Gauthier, Tom Landa and the Paperboys, Paul
Rosenberg, Patti O’Brien Melita, Reckless Abandon, Rotary Pancake Day, The
Sevens, Susan Werner, Vance Gilbert. Long Hill Farm, Hillsdale, N.Y.
Sunday,
July 29: Noppet
Hill Bluegrass Festival: Nashville
Bluegrass Band, Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys, Lynn Morris, Gopher Broke,
Back Eddie Bluegrass Band, Lonesome Road Ramblers, Tri County Ramblers,
Steele Family Farm, Lanesboro. Falcon
Ridge Folk Festival: The
Nields, Acoustic Syndicate, Beth Amsel, Annie Wenz, Christopher Williams, Dar
Williams, Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, Deirdre Flint, Eddie From Ohio,
Entrain, Erin McKeown, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Jian Ghomeshi, Jeff
Lang, Jimmy LaFave, John Gorka, Kevin Welch and Kieran Kane, Kevin So, Kim and
Reggie Harris, Magpie, Laurie’s Stories, Mary Gauthier, Tom Landa and the
Paperboys, Paul Rosenberg, Patti O’Brien Melita, Lucy Kaplansky, Reckless
Abandon, Rotary Pancake Day, The Sevens, Susan Werner, Vance Gilbert
Long Hill Farm, Hillsdale, N.Y. Joaquin
Diaz: Merengue
dance party. Mass Moca, North Adams EMMYLOU
HARRIS:
Calvin
Theatre, Northampton. Dave
Carter and Tracy Grammar: Caffe
Lena, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Dave
Matthews Band: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y..
Monday,
July 30: Papa
Wemba: Afro-pop.
Washington Park, Albany. Dave
Matthews Band: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y..
Thursday,
August 2: Chris
Kleeman: Oona’s,
Bellows Falls, Vt. Emmylou
Harris: Proctors,
Schenectady, N.Y. Friday,
August 3: Eliza
Gilkyson: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Winterhawk
Festival: Beth
Molaro, Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men, Greg Brown, Jeff Lang, Joint Chiefs,
Kathryn Wedderburn, The McKrells, Solas, Slaid Cleaves, Stacey Earle, Stillhouse
Rounders, Waybacks, Long Hill Farm, Hillsdale, N.Y. Huey
Lewis and the News: Oakdale
Theatre, Wallingford, Conn. Newport
Folk Festival: Gillian
Welch and David Rawlings, Victoria Williams and Mark Olson, Kelly Willis and
Bruce Robison, 8, Hotel Viking, Newport, R.I. Saturday,
August 4: Bela
Fleck and the Flecktones:
Butternut Ski Area, Great Barrington Carey
Bell: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Reba
McIntire/Martina McBride/Jamie O’Neal/Sara Evans: Contemporary
country mommas. Civic Center, Hartford. Winterhawk
Festival: Acoustic
Syndicate, Beth Molaro, Charivari, Dave Fry, Greg Brown, Hickory Project, Jeff
Lang, Joint Chiefs, Kathryn Wedderburn, Lauries Stories, Meg Griffins Trainwreck
with Buddy Cage, The McKrells, Mark Stuart, Slaid Cleaves, Stacey Earle,
Stillhouse Rounders, Steve Forbert, Storycrafters, Tony Furtado Band, Tony
Trischka with Skyline, Vassar Clements, Waybacks, Long Hill Farm, Hillsdale,
N.Y. Newport
Folk Festival: The
Flatlanders (Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock), Emmylou Harris,
Fort Adams State Park, Newport, R.I. Dave
Mason Band: McGearys,
Albany. Travis
Tritt: Airport,
Northampton. Carey
Bell: Blues.
Club Helsinki, Great Barrington. Sunday,
August 5: Winterhawk
Festival: Alison
Brown Quartet, Acoustic Syndicate, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen,
Beth Molaro, Dave Fry, Donna the Buffalo, Greg Brown, Guy Clark, Hickory
Project, Jeff Lang, Joint Chiefs, Kathryn Wedderburn, Lauries Stories, Meg
Griffins Trainwreck with Buddy Cage, The McKrells, Mark Stuart, Stacey
Earle, Stillhouse Rounders, Storycrafters, Tony Furtado Band Long Hill Farm,
Hillsdale, N.Y. Bela
Fleck/Keb Mo/Martin Sexton:
Butternut Ski Area, Great Barrington Litchfield
Jazz Festival: John
Pizzarelli, Nicholas Payton. Flatlanders/Stacey
Earle: Washington
Park, Albany. Trey
Anastasio: Phish
guitarist. SPAC, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Newport
Folk Festival: Indigo
Girls, Fort Adams State Park, Newport, R.I. OzzFest:
Black
Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Crazytown,
Disturbed, Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford. Monday,
August 6: Madonna:
Fleet
Center, Boston. The
Flatlanders/Stacey Earle: The
legendary trio of Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock. Washington
Park, Albany. Tuesday,
August 7: Reba
McIntire/Martina McBride/Jamie O’Neal/Sara Evans: Female
country. Knickerbocker Arena, Albany. Wednesday,
August 8: Shawn
Colvin/Joan Osborne: The
Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany. Madonna:
Fleet
Center, Boston. Thursday,
August 9: Michael
Veitch: Oona’s,
Bellows Falls, Vt. Michelle
Malone: Valentines,
Albany. Billy
Wyman and the Rhythm Kings: Alive
at Five, Albany. Friday,
August 10: Berkfest:
Jackstraw,
Leftover Salmon, Butternut Ski Area, Great
Barrington. Hamiet
Bluiett: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Ray
Charles: Calvin
Theatre, Northampton. Newport
Jazz Festival: Diana
Krall, Casino, Newport, R.I. Saturday,
August 11: Hamiet
Bluiett: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Berkfest:
Featuring
jam-bands including Strangefolk, Moe., Sound Tribe Sector 9, Mike Clark’s
Prescription Renewal, Robert Walter, Skerik, Butternut Ski Area, Great
Barrington. Jack Williams: Guthrie Center, Great
Barrington. Janet
Jackson/112: Civic
Center, Hartford. Little
Feat: Roots-rock.
The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany. George
Winston: Calvin
Theatre, Northampton. Newport
Jazz Festival: Diana
Krall, Fort Adams State Park, Newport, R.I. Redding
Mandeville and Sweet: Dream
Away Lodge, Becket. Sunday,
August 12: Berkfest:
Sound
Tribe Sector 9, Butternut Ski Area, Great
Barrington. Lui
Collins and Dana Robinson: Folksingers.
Second Sunday Coffeehouse, Shelburne Falls, Mass., 413-625-2580. Newport
Jazz Festival: Ray
Charles, Natalie Cole, Fort Adams State Park, Newport, R.I.
Rod
Stewart: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Bela
Fleck and the Flecktones/Keb Mo’: Oakdale
Theatre, Wallingford, Conn.
Monday,
August 13: Chris
Ardoin and Double Clutchin’: Zydeco.
Washington Park, Albany. Tuesday,
August 14: Wednesday,
August 15: Lyle
Lovett: Pines
Theatre, Northampton. Delbert
McClinton: Empire
State Plaza, Albany. Thursday,
August 16: Rosie
Ledet: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Jethro
Tull: Oakdale
Theatre, Wallingford, Conn. Friday,
August 17: Bobby
Sweet: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Johnny
A: Iron
Horse Music Hall, Northampton. Matchbox
20/Train: Tweeter
Center, Mansfield. Toni
Lynn Washington: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Saturday,
August 18: Big
Al and the Heavyweights: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Matchbox
20/Train: Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford. Bobby
Sweet: Dream
Away Lodge, Becket. Sunday,
August 19: Matchbox
20/Train: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Monday,
August 20: Crosby,
Stills and Nash: Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford. Wednesday,
August 22: Little
River Band: Empire
State Plaza, Albany. “The
Beach Boys”: Yeah,
right. Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Conn. Thursday,
August 23: E.C.
Scott: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Mary
Chapin Carpenter: Proctors
Theatre, Schenectady, N.Y. Deftones/Godsmack:
Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford.
Friday,
August 24: Eric
Erickson: Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. The
Hotheads: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Saturday,
August 25: BERKSHIRE
JAZZ FESTIVAL: First
in a projected annual event, featuring a Newport Jazz-style lineup of
nationally-known jazz performers and recording artists, as well as regional and
local talent. Houston Person and Etta Jones, Roy Hargrove Quintet, Preservation
Hall Jazz Band, Randy Weston Trio, Terrence Blanchard Group with Cassandra
Wilson. Butternut Ski Area, Great Barrington Babaloo:
Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Crosby
Stills and Nash: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Janet
Jackson: Fleet
Center, Boston. Sunday,
August 26: Tony
Bennett/K.D. Lang: SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. BERKSHIRE
JAZZ FESTIVAL: First
in a projected annual event, featuring a Newport Jazz-style lineup of
nationally-known jazz performers and recording artists, as well as regional and
local talent. Pat Martino Trio with Joey DeFrancesco, Paul Winter Consort,
Dianne Reeves, Gato Barbieri, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Butternut Ski Area,
Great Barrington Wednesday,
August 29: BB
King/Buddy Guy/John Hiatt: Oakdale
Theatre, Wallingford, Conn. Ashley
MacIsaac: Iron
Horse Music Hall, Northampton. Thursday,
August 30: Pamela
Means: Oona’s,
Bellows Falls, Vt Friday,
August 31: Chuck
Mangione/New York Voices: Tanglewood,
Lenox Tony
Bennett/K.D. Lang: Oakdale
Theatre, Wallingford, Conn. Deftones/Godsmack:
SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Big
Sandy and the Fly-Rite Boys: Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Saturday,
September 1: BILL
MORRISSEY:
Guthrie Center, Great Barrington. Oldies
Show: The
Grass Roots, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie,
Gary Puckett, The Buckinghams, SPAC, Saratoga Springs,
N.Y. John
Pizzarelli/Jane Monheit: Tanglewood,
Lenox Nancy
Wilson and Diva/Spyro Gyra/Ahmad Jamal: Legendary
jazz vocalist/Jazz-rock fusion group/Acclaimed pianist. Tanglewood,
Lenox. Arrow:
Calypso/soca
dance party. Mass Moca, North Adams. Yes:
Oakdale
Theatre, Wallingford, Conn. Sunday,
September 2: SONNY
ROLLINS: Tanglewood,
Lenox George
Benson/Poncho Sanchez/Louis Armstrong Centennial Celebration
Band:
Tanglewood, Lenox. Yes:
SPAC,
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Sunday,
September 9: Lynn
Miles:
Second Sunday Coffeehouse, Shelburne Falls, Mass., 413-625-2580. Wednesday,
September 12: WALLFLOWERS/John
Cougar Mellonball: Meadows
Music Theatre, Hartford. Thursday,
September 13: John
Cougar Mellonball: Tweeter
Center, Mansfield. Friday,
September 14: Stacey
Earle: Iron
Horse Music Hall, Northampton. Saturday,
September 15: The Carribean Jazz Project:
Featuring
Dave Samuels of Spyro Gyra, Steve Kahn and Dave Valentin. Van Dyck, Schenectady,
N.Y. Michael
Feinstein: Ozawa
Hall, Tanglewood, Lenox. Friday,
September 21: Jonathan
Edwards: Van
Dyck, Schenectady, N.Y. John
Gorka:
Eighth Step, Cohoes Music Hall, Albany. Saturday,
September 22: John
Prine: Calvin
Theatre, Northampton.
Saturday,
September 29: Charlie Hunter/John
Scofield: Troy
(N.Y.) Savings Bank Music Hall, 518-273-0038. Karla Bonoff:
With Kenny
Edwards. Van Dyck, Schenectady,
N.Y. Friday,
October 5: ARLO
GUTHRIE:
Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Saturday,
October 6: ARLO
GUTHRIE:
Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. David
Grisman Quintet: Troy
(N.Y.) Savings Bank Music Hall, 518-273-0038. Sunday,
October 7: ARLO
GUTHRIE:
Guthrie
Center, Great Barrington. Sunday,
October 14: Wild
Asparagus: Second
Sunday Coffeehouse, Shelburne Falls, Mass., 413-625-2580. Dianne
Reeves: Troy
(N.Y.) Savings Bank Music Hall, 518-273-0038. Thursday,
October 18: STEVE
FORBERT:
Club
Helsinki, Great Barrington. Always
call ahead to confirm performers and show times. Information
has been provided by venues and performers. We are not responsible for
inaccurate information. VENUES
Phone
numbers for tickets and information: Academy
of Music, Northampton (413) 586-8686 Barkley’s,
Lenox (413) 637-4940 Barrington Brewery, Great Barrington
(413) 528-8282 Bayou Cafe, Scotia, N.Y. (518)
384-1568 Bearsville
Theater, Bearsville, N.Y. (845) 679-4406 Bennington (Vt.) College (802)
440-4330 Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield (413)
443-7171 Bogie's, Albany (518)
482-4368 Borders Books and Music, Albany (518)
482-5800 Cactus Cafe, Lee (413)
243-4300 Club Helsinki, Great Barrington (413)
528-3394 Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (518)
583-0022 Castle Street Cafe (Celestial Bar),
Great Barrington (413) 528-5244 Clark Art Institute,Williamstown (413) 458-2303 x.
324 Club
Helsinki (413) 528-3394 CRA,
400 Main, Dalton Dream Away Lodge, Becket (413)
623-8725 Egremont
Inn, Egremont (413)528-2111 Eighth Step Coffeehouse, Albany, N.Y.
(518) 434-1703 El Sabroso, Greenfield (413)
775-9120 Empire Center at the Egg, Albany, NY (518)
473-1845 Foxboro Stadium (508)
543-1776 Fuse
Box (518) 448-5992 Grafton Inn (518)
658-3422 Great Woods, Mansfield (617)
423-NEXT Harborlights, Boston (617)
423-NEXT The Hard Hat, Dalton, (413) 684-1782
Iron Horse Northampton (413) 584-0610
Hartford (Conn.) Civic Center (203)
727-8080 Hubbard Hall, Cambridge, N.Y. (518)
677-2495 Infinity, Springfield (413)
731-9329 Inn at Charlemont (413)
339-5796 Inn at Saratoga, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
(518) 583-1890 Jacob's, Dalton (413)
684-9766 Jacob's Pillow, Becket (413)
243-0745 Jodi's, Great Barrington (413)
528-6064 Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY (518)
487-2000 Kripalu, Lenox (413)
448-3331 LaCocina,
Pittsfield (413) 499-6363 Lake House, Ashfield (413)
628-3224 Lion's Den, Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge (413)
298-1654 Lorien Coffeehouse, Grafton Inn,
Grafton, NY (518) 279-9489 Madison Brewing Co., Bennington, Vt.
(802) 44B-REWS Meadows Music Theater, Hartford
The Metro, Saratoga Springs,
N.Y. Mezze, Williamstown
(413)458-0123 Michael's Place, North Adams (413)
664-9657 Mole's Eye, Brattleboro, Vt. (802)
257-0771 Mother Earth's Cafe, Albany, N.Y. (518)
434-0944 Mother's Wine Emporium,
Troy, N.Y. (518) 276-8585 Mulino's, Northampton (413)
586-8900 Mullins
Center (413) 545-0505 Mystery Cafe, Sheffield (413)
229-0075 New Falls Cinema, Bellows Falls, Vt.
(413) 586-8686, 1-800-THE-TICK New Haven (Conn.) Coliseum (203)
772-4200 North Adams State
College Northampton Box Office (413) 586-8686,
1-800-THE-TICK Northampton Brewery (413)
584-9903 Northern Lights, Clifton Park, N.Y.
(518) 371-0021 Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Conn.
(203) 265-1501 Old
Egremont Club, South Egremont (413) 528-9712 Olde
Forge Tavern, Lanesboro, (413)442-6797 Opus Berkshire, North Adams (413)
663-3121 Ozzie's Depot, Dalton,
(413)684-0277 Palace Theatre, Albany, NY (518)
465-4663 Palace Theatre, New Haven, Conn. (203)
789-2120 Pearl Street, Northampton, (413)
584-7771 Peggy's, Schenectady, N.Y. (518)
372-6648 Pines Theater, Look Park, Northampton
(413) 586-8686 Porter Phelps Huntington Museum, Hadley
(413) 584-4699 Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady, N.Y. (518)
346-6204 Rosendale
Café, Rosendale, N.Y. (914) 658-9048 RPI Fieldhouse, (518)
276-6262 Saratoga (N.Y.) Performing Arts Center
(SPAC), (518) 587-3330 Sip Of Seattle, Great Barrington, (413)
528-6913 Skybox,
Campus Center, 11th Floor, U-Mass, Amherst (413)
577-4759. SPAC (518)
587-3330 Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY
(518) 392-3693 Springfield Civic Center, (413)
787-6600 Starlite Music Theatre, Latham, NY (518)
783-9300 Steamer No. 10 Theatre, Albany, NY (518)
483-5503 Symphony Hall, Springfield (413)
787-6600 Tanglewood, (617) 266-1492; (413)
637-1600 Tic-Toc Lounge, Springfield (413)
736-9378 Ticketbastard :-) (413) 733-2500; (518)
476-1000 Towne
Crier, Pawling, N.Y. (914)
855-1300 Troy (NY) Savings Bank Music Hall, (518)
273-0038 TSL Warehouse, (518) 822-8448 or tsl@capital.net Uncommon Grounds, Great Barrington (413)
528-0858 Valentine's, Albany, N.Y. (518)
432-6572 Van Dyck Restaurant, Schenectady, N.Y.
(518) 381-1111 Webster Theatre, Conn. (860)
525-5553 Winterhawk Bluegrass Festival,
Ancramdale, N.Y., 1-888-WINTHWK Worcester Centrum (508) 755-6800
To contact
bands:
Barnyard Blues Project (413)
448-8915 Blanket Thieves (413) 499-6165 or rgt166@bcn.net Dooley Austin Band (413)
269-6310 Dredi (413)
684-1218 Ellen Cross (413) 584-4036 or cross@pobox.com Guh! (413) 499-9206 or info@guhweb.com Heartland (413) 243-3134 or sturzsongs@aol.com Horizon (413) 743-7823 or wojt@bcn.net Lonesome Brothers (413)
268-7059 Panacea (413)
746-1942 Ray
Mason Band (413) 268-7059 Rev. Tor Band (518)
733-6915 Solid Ground (413) 499-3462
solidground@mailroom.com Wishful Thinking, (413) 528-4113 Debbie Weyl Band (413) 259-1750
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