2014 Fall Foliage events in the Berkshires

August 26, 2014 Article by Dave Read

Visitors to the Berkshires during Fall Foliage season 2014 will find a variety of events scheduled in many Berkshire county towns and cities, including Lenox, Lee, Stockbridge, Great Barrington, West Stockbridge, Williamstown, North Adams, Hancock, and Pittsfield, MA. Many Autumn celebrations are annual events dating back several decades with origins that had little to do with tourism, but were meant to be community gatherings. The Northern Berkshire Fall Foliage Parade, on October 5, 2014, will be the 59th annual. Another long-running event is the Harvest Festival at Berkshire Botanical Gardens, Oct. 11 & 12, 2014.

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Berkshires Fall Foliage September 2014 schedules

• North Adams – Berkshire Food Festival — September 15, 2013 – 12-4pm
• Lee – Founders’ Weekend — Friday, Sept. 19, 2014
• Pittsfield – Hancock Shaker Village Trail Races – Sept. 20, 2014
• Lenox – Lenox Tub ParadeNoon – Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014
• Lenox – 38th Josh Billings Runaground Triathalon — Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014
• Lee – Founders’ Weekend — Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014
• Lee – Founders’ Weekend — Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014
• Lenox – Apple Squeeze — All day – Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014
• Lenox – Apple Squeeze — All day – Saturday, Sept. 28, 2014
• Pittsfield – Country Fair at Hancock Shaker Village – Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013
• Pittsfield – Country Fair at Hancock Shaker Village – Sat. & Sun. Sept. 27 & 28, 2014
• Lenox – Brock Trot — 7AM registration – Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014
• Adams – Annual Fall Run to Charlemont — 11AM – Sunday, Sept. 28, 2013

Berkshires Fall Foliage October 2014 schedules

• North Adams – Fall Foliage Parade – 1PM – Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014
• Stockbridge – Berkshire Harvest Festival — 10AM – 5PM – Sat. Oct. 11, 2014
• Stockbridge – Berkshire Harvest Festival — 10AM – 5PM – Sun. Oct. 12, 2014
• Pittsfield – Pittsfield CityJazz Festival — Oct. 10 – 17, 2014
  • Pittsfield — Columbus Day weekend (Oct. 10-12); Jazz About Town – venues TBA
  • Pittsfield — Jazz Prodigy Concert, 7pm, Berkshire Music School – Oct. 15, 2014
  • Pittsfield — Third Thursday block party, featuring Metro West Thump – Oct. 16, 2014
  • Pittsfield – vocalist Stephanie Nakasian with the Hod O’Brien trio at Baba Louies – Oct. 17, 2014
  • Pittsfield – Empire Jazz Orchestra w/ Claire Daly, Sharel Cassity, and Ada Rovatti, Colonial Theatre – Oct. 18, 2014

We will update our Berkshires fall foliage listings with information about general self-guided leaf-peeping, hiking and cycling, and other material that visitors and local may find useful.