Aston Magna, the oldest annual summer festival in America, is devoted to performing music as the composer imagined it on period instruments.
Arts & Culture in the Berkshires
Dive into a vibrant world of creativity. Experience the rich tapestry of arts and culture in the Berkshires, where inspiration comes alive.
Barrington Stage Company
Barrington Stage Company (BSC), founded in 1995, is a not-for-profit professional theatre company in the Berkshires, with a three-fold mission: to produce top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musicals; and to find fresh, bold ways of bringing new audiences into the theatre, especially young people.
Becket Arts Center
Becket Arts Center housed in an historic 1850’s Greek Revival style building, includes a feast of all the arts.
Berkshire Music School
Berkshire Music School offers private lessons and class instruction in Pittsfield, MA.
Berkshire Theatre Festival
Berkshire Theatre Festival is celebrating 82 summers in Stockbridge, presenting Broadway performers in New York quality productions.
Church on the Hill
The Church on the Hill is a historical building that has been sitting high on the hill overlooking the beautiful town of Lenox for over 200 years. Summer concerts and an annual craft fair are held at this simple yet striking church.
Images Cinema
Images Cinema not only screens first-run films 362 nights a year, but collaborates with area organizations on a wide variety of events, ranging from the annual French film series (February/March) to the Williams College Queer Film Festival.
Jacob’s Pillow
Grounded in both hardscrabble Yankee roots and ancient terpsichorean tradition, Jacob's Pillow is known far and wide as one of the most important cultural landmarks for dance. Visitors will not see Jacob (an obscure Biblical reference) or a Pillow (a nickname for the large, glacier scarred rocks), but they will see The Dance as it is presented nowhere else in the world. Ted Shawn, the noted modern dancer, bought the 18th century farm in 1930 to rehearse his Denishawn dance company, touring the US with his unique folk and ethnic approach to dance, eschewing staid European mannerisms and trying to educate a whole country about the possibilities of dance. Among the troupe were such legends as Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Barton Mumaw and Charles Weidman.
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Inc. is restoring and renovating the historic Mahaiwe Theatre, built in 1905 - for the year round presentation of performing arts, films, lectures and community events.
Music & More at the Meeting House
Music & More at the Meeting House you can see musicians, writers and actors perform in a beautiful Berkshire setting at the Meeting house in New Marlborough.
Shakespeare & Company
Shakespeare & Company aspires to create a theatre of unprecedented excellence rooted in the classical ideals of inquiry, balance, and harmony; a company that performs as the Elizabethans did — in love with poetry, physical prowess, and the mysteries of the theatre.
Tanglewood
Tanglewood is the summer home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It holds concerts with many other artists as well throughout the summer months. You can enjoy its beautiful grounds while listening to such artists as Yo Yo Ma and Crosby, Stills and Nash.
The Colonial Theatre
Nestled in the heart of the Berkshires, The Colonial Theater, reborn in 2006 after a lavish $21 million refurbishment, whispers tales of 1903 artistry. With unparalleled acoustics, resplendent architecture, and cutting-edge systems, it plays host to an eclectic array of family soirees, comedic interludes, and melodious evenings. Adjacently, The Garage pays a chic tribute to its predecessor, the Berkshire Auto Co, emerging as a haven for regional musical maestros.
Topia Arts Center
Topia Arts Center offers quality music, dance, art exhibits, theater, film, circus arts in center of Adams by the Ashuwillticook bike trail on Route 8.
Williamstown Film Festival
Celebrating its 12th season this fall under director Steve Lawson, the intimate Williamstown Film Festival (hailed as “a world-class festival with a small-town heart”) brings together artists and movie lovers.
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Continuing our 55-year history, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, under the artistic direction of Nicholas Martin, brings award-winning actors, directors and playwrights to the Berkshires, engaging a loyal audience of both residents and summer visitors.