Performance Schedules
Below is a preliminary listing of performances for this year. Check back in December for the complete listing of performers and venues, times and special events.
Center for the Arts
12:00-1:30 Celebration Circus Cabaret and First Night Family Parade:
SHOW Circus Studio presents eye-popping feats of flexibility and fun featuring acrobatics, balancing, juggling and more! After the performance, the audience is invited to take part in our traditional family promenade leading from the Center to Pulaski Park and onto Masonic, Center, and Main Streets. Look for lots of drummers and hoops!
2:00-2:45 and 3:00-3:45 Henry the Juggler*
4:00-5:45 Dogtown's Family Contra-Dance
7:00-7:45 and 8:00-8:45 The Alchemystics
9:15-10:15 and 10:30-11:30 The Pangeans
Academy of Music
12:00-12:30 Ines Arrubla Flamenco Studio
1:00-1:45 and 2:00-2:45 Festival of Dance presented by Academy of Ballet Arts, East Street Ballet, Hilltown Dance Center, Northampton School of Dance, Pioneer Valley Ballet, Terpsichore Ensemble, The Valley Dance Project
3:00-3:45 The Beat Goes on with The Lisa Leizman Dance Company, Catalyst, Dance Generators, Eclipse Dance, North County Line Dancers
4:00-4:45 Smooth Moves from Hooping Harmony, Troupe Sahibat, Tiamat Dancers
7:00-7:45 The Northamptones
8:00-8:45 and 9:15-10:15 Swing Caravan with Special Guests
Edwards Church
2:00-2:45 Kwajmal
3:00-3:45 NCMC Jazz All-Stars
4:00-4:45 and 5:00-5:45 Duo Fusion: Joe Belmont and Sarah Swersey
7:00-7:45 and 8:00-8:45 The Valley Jazz Divas
9:15-10:15 and 10:30-11:30 Sarah Elizabeth Charles
Memorial Hall
2:00-2:45 and 3:00-3:45 Ellen Clegg and Found Sounds*
4:00-4:45 and 5:00-5:45 Acoustic Brew
7:00-7:45 and 8:00-8:45 Art Steele
9:15-10:15 and 10:30-11:30 Greg Alexander
Unitarian Society
2:00-2:45 and 3:00-3:45 John Porcino*
4:00-4:45 and 5:00-5:45 Ed the Balloon Man*
7:00-7:45 and 8:00-8:45 Group DeVille
9:15-10:15 and 10:30-11:30 Tracy Grammer and Jim Henry
First Churches Sanctuary
2:00-2:45 and 3:00-3:45 The Nields for Kids*
4:00-4:45 and 5:00-5:45 A Beautiful Future - Caribbean Party*
7:00-7:45 and 8:00-8:45 Katie Clark and the Green River Band
9:15-10:15 and 10:30-11:30 Mad Agnes
First Church of Christ, Scientist
2:00-2:45 and 3:00-3:45 Hoopoe the Clown*
4:00-4:45 and 5:00-5:45 Dennis Caraher*
7:00-7:45 and 8:00-8:45 Charlie Braun
The Elevens
2:00-2:45 and 3:00-3:45 Los Hijos Unicos
4:00-4:45 School for the Dead
5:00-5:45 The Fawns
7:00-7:45 and 8:00-8:45 Ray Mason Band
Union Station
2:00-2:45 and 3:00-3:45 Lonesome Brothers
4:00-4:45 and 5:00-5:45 The Propellers
7:00-7:45 and 8:00-8:45 Klezamir
9:15-10:15 and 10:30-11:30 Gypsy Wranglers
Lyman Hall at First Churches
2:00-2:45 and 3:00-3:45 Tom Knight Puppets*
4:00-4:45 and 5:00-5:45 Just Harmony
7:00-7:45 Jean and Bill McClelland
8:00-8:45 Freemans Fortune
9:15-10:15 The Fawns
10:30-11:30 School for the Dead
St. John's Episcopal Church
2:00-2:45 Western New England Double Bass Society
3:00-3:45 5-Alone
4:00-4:45 and 5:00-5:45 Moonlight and Morning Star with Lyra
7:00-7:45 Kathy Chapman and Blue Moon
8:00-8:45 Evelyn Harris
9:15-10:15 and 10:30-11:30 Magic Foot
St. Mary's Parish Hall
2:00-2:45 and 3:00-3:45 Martial Arts & Poetry: VWMA/HAVPS
7:00-7:45 and 8:00-8:45 Radio Free Earth
9:15-10:15 and 10:30-11:30 Free Radicals
Friends Meeting House
2:00-2:45 and 3:00-3:45 Brendan Taaffe*
4:00-4:45 Primal Polyphony
5:00-5:45 High Definition
7:00-7:45 and 8:00-8:45 Katherine First Duo
9:15-10:15 Eddie Bartok Baratta
Forbes Library
3:00-3:45 and 4:00-4:45 Dr. Marmalade*
Pleasant Street Theater
7:00-7:45 and 8:00-8:45 Tom McCabe for Grown-ups
9:15-10:15 and 10:30-11:30 Brooks Williams
"Dynamite Records" Space at Thornes
8:00-8:45 and 9:15-10:15 Page 6
Theatre 14
12:00-1:00 Funktionlust and Unusual Suspects, NHS Improv Troupes
2:00-2:45 and 3:00-3:45 PaintBox Theatre: Mother Goose*
4:00-4:45 and 5:00-5:45 A2Z Yo-Yo Team*
7:00-7:45 Raging Grannies
8:00-8:45 and 9:15-10:15 The Ha-Ha's
Sweeney Concert Hall
2:00-2:45 Young@Heart Chorus
4:00-4:45 and 5:00-5:45 Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra
7:00-7:45 and 8:00-8:45 Peter Blanchette
*All First Night performances are family-friendly, but these are especially suitable for younger children.