Friday, Sept 2nd: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Zane Sylvester
Location: TBD
I play traditional fiddle music; Irish, Scottish, etc. I have been playing for about 9 years. Have performed frequently at Berkshire and Columbia county farmers market, cafes, etc.
Qualia Dance Collective
Location: TBD
Qualia Dance Collective seeks to explore the qualities of space, time, and energy as catalysts for movement and art. Qualia Dance Collective began in 2021 as Fiona Scruggs Dance and transitioned to its new name in 2022.
Benjamin Levy
Location: TBD
Benjamin Levy is delighted to be performing on the street once again; some of his first performances were several decades(!) ago outside the Crafts Fair at Monument. Since then, he’s appeared everywhere from the Rainbow Room to the White House. But even the most established performers need to break in different material: Come see what's new!
Mike Pagnani
Location: TBD
Mike Pagnani is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter working out of New York's Hudson Valley. He is a singer, songwriter/composer, producer, song leader, multi-instrumentalist, educator, and scholar and curator of traditional music who has been performing and teaching traditional music for over a decade.
Berkshire Resilience Brass Band
Location: TBD
We are a Berkshire community group with musicians from Sheffield, Falls Village, and Salisbury/Lakeville who were drawn together by a passion for playing music for people to groove to. We are inspired by AfroCuban jazz, New Orleans second line brass bands, Balkan Brass and more.
Jaane Doe
Location: TBD
Singer Songwriter Jaane Doe will Rock you gently with a soaring vocal range and well crafted originals and covers in the folk rock, pop genre . Don’t be surprised by an instrumental or two as Jaane is known to bring several guitars with varied tunings to her venues. A painter uses many brushes, pencils , crayons and colors. This is as true to art as it is to music! To know more visit: www.jaanedoe.com.
Saturday Afternoon, Sept 3rd: 2:30 - 4:30 PM
Brian Hailes
Location: TBD
Folk, rock, …and so much more! Brian Hailes has a wide range of styles that includes blues, country, jazz, and Broadway. As a trained opera singer he may even throw in a little Mozart!
Katherine Winston
Location: TBD
Katherine Winston is a Singer/Songwriter from Massachusetts. She began singing as a child and soon was performing throughout the Northeast. In 2015, after competing on American Idol and placing in the top 24, she toured and traveled to Los Angeles where she began recording and releasing music. She has now made her way back East where she continues to work on new music. Katherine most recent single, ‘Birthday’, is available everywhere now.
Willy Welch
Location: TBD
Willy has been a professional singer/songwriter since age fifteen, and is perhaps best-known for his composition "Right Field," recorded by Peter Paul & Mary, among many others. He is also an actor and has been in many musicals.
Nido Di Cucolo
Location: TBD
Combining energetic performance with raw talent NIDO DI CUCULO is an influential musical duo. Since embarking on their collaboration in 2000 Cristopher Sblendorio & Stefano Perruzza have entranced their fans with their signature sound of antique & contemporary Italian music.
Joel Blumert
Location: TBD
Exceptional fingerstyle guitar and vocals, blues, folk, bluegrass, Celtic, American songbook jazz standards, rock, eclectic. Jazz great Ahmad Jamal calls him "a fascinating and gifted performer.
Rick and Marilyn
Location: TBD
on 'Guitar and Song'. We play Marilyn's original tunes and a carefully chosen mix of favorite classic folk and rock covers, as well as hidden gems, making for an enjoyable, high-energy show. Our sound is defined by Rick's expertly played, tasteful, interesting guitar solos over Marilyn's driving rhythm guitar and gutsy strong vocals.
Saturday Night, Sept 3rd: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Balloon Ben
Location: Robin's Candy
I can make almost anything out of balloons. Feel free to try and challenge me.
Garrin Benfield
Location: TBD
Brooklyn and Hillsdale, NY-based singer songwriter Garrin Benfield has released five full length albums and has been touring nationally since 2000. Employing live looping, Garrin improvises rhythmic jams and soundscapes that emerge organically from his own original songs and eclectic covers.
Cate Great
Location: TBD
Cate is a 20 year veteran of circus, stage, and street. She's brought her unique combination of high-skill and original comedy to 11 different countries including: Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Kuwait, Dubai and most of Canada.
Michael Aaron
Location: TBD
Michael Aaron is an American singer-songwriter from New York. Inspired by music icons from past decades, Aaron projects a familiar, but new sound, while bringing back the lyrical tellings of the classic American singer-songwriter.
Mary Ann Palermo & First Take Band
Location: TBD
Mary Ann Palermo & First Take Band will be performing a special night of Jazz, Rock, Pop, R&B, Funk, and Blues favorites at the Berkshire Busk main Stage on Railroad Street in Great Barrington, MA. Mary Ann Palermo is a multi-genre singer/songwriter and recording artist with 6 of her newest singles out now on Spotify. She is also currently recording her new album, coming soon!
David Reed
Location: TBD
Americana Groove Music from the Caribbean to the Mississippi Delta!
Just Felice
Location: TBD
Felice Ling is an occasionally international street performer who can be found most often at Boston's Faneuil Hall. She is a magician who has performed in three international fringe festivals and on the streets of three different continents. She's not flashy, she's not snazzy -- she's Just Felice.
Berkshire Busk! Late Night
Sept 2nd: 8:30 - 10:00 PM
Coming Soon...
Sept 3rd: 8:30 - 10:00 PM
Katherine Winston
Katherine Winston is a Singer/Songwriter from Massachusetts. She began singing as a child and soon was performing throughout the Northeast. In 2015, after competing on American Idol and placing in the top 24, she toured and traveled to Los Angeles where she began recording and releasing music. She has now made her way back East where she continues to work on new music. Katherine most recent single, ‘Birthday’, is available everywhere now.