On September 20, Mass Cultural Council announced the FY’24 recipients of their Festivals & Projects grant program, which included several organizations in our district! I’d like to thank the MCC for its commitment to uplifting arts and culture throughout the Commonwealth and congratulate all the recipients of this funding.
These $2,500 grants will help groups host events and build community through the arts, humanities, and sciences. This year, I invite you to join in some of the great cultural and artistic experiences our district has to offer. Whether you’re interested in theater, painting, music or nature, there’s truly something for everyone.
Below, we’ve compiled a list of the upcoming events brought to you by these grant recipients (note that information is pending for several events):
| Festival Name | Organization Name | City |
| Summer Music Series on the South Common | Amherst Business Improvement District, Inc. | Amherst |
| Sound & Vision: Music in Film | Amherst Cinema Arts Center, Inc. | Amherst |
| Amherst Juneteenth Jubilee | Amherst Cultural Council | Amherst |
| Community Mural Paint Party | Biodynamic Farmland Conservation Trust, Inc. (aka Brookfield Farm) | Amherst |
| Creative Music Gathering | Creative Music Gathering | Amherst |
| Whole Earth: Climate Mitigation Project- Scientists, Artists & Climate Action Plans | Empowerment Through The Arts, Inc. | Amherst |
| Summer Jazz | GoBerry ‘N Cream LLC | Amherst |
| Artistic Messages: Wearable Expressions of Social Change | Hyoomkloh LLC | Amherst |
| Generation Culture Project | Starlight’s Youth Theatre, Inc. | Amherst |
| Gabrielle Gould | The Downtown Amherst Foundation, Inc. | Amherst |
| Orchestra in the Orchard and Chamber Ensemble Series | The Valley Winds, Inc. | Amherst |
| Courtney M Leonard / Breach: Logbook 24 Staccato | University Museum of Contemporary Art | Amherst |
| Winter Art Market 2023 | New Dawn Arts Center, Inc. | Ashburnham |
| Celebrate Ashburnham Street Fair | Town of Ashburnham | Ashburnham |
| Nipmuc Cultural Celebration | Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust, Inc. | Athol |
| Antenna Cloud Farm 2023 Festival Season | Antenna Cloud Farm | Gill |
| Community Gallery Exhibit Series | Artspace Community Arts Center | Greenfield |
| A Happening | Eggtooth Productions, Inc. | Greenfield |
| 3rd Annual LAVA Film Festival | Local Access to Valley Arts | Greenfield |
| The Lovelights Present: A Mermaid Wedding | Looky Here, Inc. | Greenfield |
| pottery for the people | Sacred Holistic Arts | Greenfield |
| Meltdown Children’s Book & Music Festival | The Imaginary Bookshop, LLC | Greenfield |
| 10th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival | The Nolumbeka Project, Inc. | Greenfield |
| Cornstalk Fiddles: Soundscape and Place in 19th Century Hadley | Hadley Historical Society, Inc. | Hadley |
| Good Music Makes Good Neighbors | Good Music Makes Good Neighbors | Montague |
| Falls Fest | Montague Public Libraries | Montague |
| SHEAkespeare Fest! | Shea Theater Arts Center, Inc. | Montague |
| The Broken Machine | Silverthorne Theater Company, Inc. | Montague |
| Nature Connection Songs and Art Series for Young Families | Wolf Tree Programs LLC | Montague |
| A Celebration of Brass Music | Bombyx Brass Collective | Northampton |
| Echoes of Future Past: The Antique Concerte on Pyne Street Revival | Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity, Inc. | Northampton |
| Comedy Cause 5 | Comedy as a Weapon | Northampton |
| Pioneer Valley Memory Care Initiative’s Northampton Memory Café | Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Inc. | Northampton |
| Western MA Multi-Cultural Artist-in-Residency | Dream Up Productions | Northampton |
| President Calvin Coolidge Centennial Celebrations | Forbes Library | Northampton |
| Conservation of the mural History of Women in Northampton 1600-1980′ | Hestia Mural Restoration Collective | Northampton |
| Montague World Music and Dance Mini-Festival | Narluga Arts LLC | Northampton |
| Play By Play Festival | Northampton Playwrights Lab | Northampton |
| Play Incubation Collective Ongoing Salons | Play Incubation Collective | Northampton |
| Music Speaks Louder Than Words – reaching out to the local community in song | Sweet Adelines International – Heart of the Valley Chapter | Northampton |
| The Embodied Leadership Project Movement Workshop Series | The Embodied Leadership Project | Northampton |
| Queer Kids Fest | Transhealth, Inc. | Northampton |
| The ArtSalon | Valley Art Salon | Northampton |
| Klezmer Night Out! – Workshop, Community Jam, & Dancing | Yiddishkayt Western Mass | Northampton |
| The ReMaker Festival | LaunchSpace, Inc. | Orange |
| The Gateway City Arts Word Festival in Holyoke | Human Error Publishing | Wendell |
| GALA Annual Arts & Music Festival | Gardner Area League of Artists, Inc. | Winchendon |
| Winchendon Winds 2024 Concert Series | Winchendon Winds, Inc. | Winchendon |
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