Friday Night, May 27th: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Kick off our festival with the guitar stylings of Garrin Benfield, aerialist Lia Pearl & more!
The Hardwoods
Location: Gorham & Norton
Fiddler Dave Woodin and singer-songwriter Janice Hardgrove, performing a mix of traditional and original tunes and songs, with occasional guest, singer-songwriter Jon B. Woodin (The Woodin Boys).
Eric & Frankie
Location: Carr Hardware
Known for their mutual love of harmonies, Eric and Frankie also delight in giving their audience smiles and music to dance to!
Robin O'Herin
Location: Lower RailRoad Street
Three-time Boston Blues Finalist, Robin O'Herin, specializes in historically rich, often interactive concerts that include original and traditional American music, for small listening rooms, libraries, festivals and schools. She has been singing the blues in Europe and across America for over 15 years.
Lia Pearl
Location: First Congregational Church
Aerial silks is a circus art combining feats of strength with creative choreography. Watch and marvel as I present a combination of my favorite drops, spins, flips and other tricks while suspended from a 20' length of fabric!
Garrin Benfield
Location: Berkshire Money Management
Garrin Benfield is a singer, songwriter and improvisational guitarist who employs looping technology to create organic grooves and extended jams. Garrin’s original material often originates from the rock and folk realm, and finds it’s way to psychedelia.
Saturday Night, May 28th: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Featuring some of last summer's favorites, Michael Aaron & Katherine Winston.
Brian Hailes
Location: SoCo Creamery
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!
Roger & Lenny
Location: Triplex/Barrington Courtyard
Millerton, NY, based Roger & Lenny perform spirited covers of tunes from a golden era of pop music. The duo's inspired harmonies evoke the likes of the Everly Brothers, Simon & Garfunkel, and the Beatles.
Face & Body Painting!
Location: Robin's Candy
Hypoallergenic Paints. Child, Tween, Teen & Adult
Warren Sieme
Location: Berkshire Co-op Courtyard
A James Taylor-esque singer/songwriter, Warren Sieme returns to Berkshire Busk this season. From New York's Capital Region, Warren performs throughout the Adirondacks, Massachusetts and Upstate New York.
Giulio Brouzet
Location: Calyx Berkshire
One man band. Guitar, harmonica, blues, folk. Giuliobrouzet.com
Willy Welch
Location: Berkshire Mountain Distillers
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.
Saturday Night, May 28th: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Featuring some of last summer's favorites, Michael Aaron & Katherine Winston.
Katherine Winston
Location: Lower RailRoad Street
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.
Abby Lappen
Location: Berkshire Money Management
Abby Lappen's energy driven songwriting style crosses genres, mixing haunting folk and satirical blues, jazzy ballads and syncopated melodies. Abby expands her commentary on contemporary life, with some witty, smart, poignant and beautiful gems- a powerful voice, crisp guitar.
Michael Aaron
Location: Gorham & Norton
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.
Lia Pearl
Location: First Congregational Church
Aerial silks is a circus art combining feats of strength with creative choreography. Watch and marvel as I present a combination of my favorite drops, spins, flips and other tricks while suspended from a 20' length of fabric!
Berkshire Resilience Brass Band
Location: Carr Hardware
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.