Archived schedules

Tanglewood adds Bob Dylan to 2016 season schedule, which already includes an impressive array of popular artists, ranging from James Taylor to Earth, Wind & Fire. Mavis Staples, long-time Dylan collaborator and hearththrob, also is on the July 2 bill. Tickets for this concert, which range from 37.50 to $149.50, go on sale Friday March 18: www.tanglewood.org or 888-266-1200. Bob Dylan’s previous Tanglewood concerts were July 4, 1991 and August 1997, while his most recent concerts in the Berkshires were back-to-back shows at Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, June 23, 2005 and August 26, 2006.

Bob Dylan in the Berkshires

Mr. Dylan’s July 2, 2016 concert at Tanglewood comes nearly 53 years after his first performance in the Berkshires, Aug. 14, 1963, when he was an unannounced guest of Joan Baez at her Boy’s Club concert in Pittsfield. Dylan’s second appearance in the Berkshires also ws an unannounced one, on November 7, 1975, when the Rolling Thunder Revue spent the day at Mama Frasca’s Dream Away Lodge in Becket.

See complete 2016 Tanglewood schedule for:

• Pop, rock, jazz at Tanglewood
• June,
• July,
• August & September.

2016 Tanglewood tickets

Tickets for the 2016 Tanglewood season, $12-$124, go on sale January 24 starting at 10 a.m. through Tanglewood’s website, www.tanglewood.org, SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200, and at the Symphony Hall Box Office at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA. Tanglewood brochures with complete programs and information on how to order tickets will be available in early February by calling 617-638-9467. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.tanglewood.org. 2016 Tanglewood schedule – PDF.

Tanglewood grounds map

Here is a dynamic map of the Tanglewood grounds, with photos and information for such points of interest as Aaron Copland Library, Highwood Manor House, The Glass House, and The Lion’s Gate.

How to get to the Berkshires

Follow this link for Berkshires travel information, including public transportation within Berkshire county and Amtrak and Peter Pan bus schedules.

Hotels near Tanglewood

Find hotels near Tanglewood with user reviews, check amenities, nearby attractions, availability and then book your room reservations at these lodging establishments through our partner, International Hotel Solutions (IHS), the leading provider of secure online hotel reservations.

MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA has converted a huge 19th century industrial complex, once home to Sprague Electric, into an assortment of performing arts venues to complement their principle mission in support of contemporary art. Parallel to long-term exhibitions such as Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective, which will be on view through 2033, MASS MoCA has developed recurring performing arts events, including Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival, Bang on a Can, and the FreshGrass Bluegrass Festival.

Featured artists and bands this season include Bang on a Can guest composer John Luther Adams, and FreshGrass headliners Old Crow Medicine Show, Glen Hansard, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Rosanne Cash, Aoife O’Donovan, Alison Brown, and many more!. Following is a list of performing arts events at MASS MoCA in 2016: ( Denotes additional info.)

Brilliant musicians and composers inhabit the MASS MoCA campus for three rollicking weeks of innovative, unexpected, and ear-expanding music.

• Special Festival Guest Composer, John Luther Adams | Gallery Recitals | Most Days, July 13-july 29 | Space is limited. First come, first served.
• Saturday, July 16, 11:30am | KIDS CAN TOO!
• Saturday, July 23, 4:30pm | Pianist Vicky Chow plays compositions by Bang on a Can founders Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe, plus a world premiere by composer Chris Cerrone.
• Saturday, July 23, 8pm | Bang On A Can All-stars Play Brian Eno’s Music For Airports
• Sunday, July 24, 4:30pm | Fellows and faculty perform John Cage’s ethereal Atlas Elipticalis.
• Monday, July 25, 4:30pm | World Premiere Composer Concert, Over 40 young exciting composers and performers from around the world.
• Tuesday, July 26, 4:30pm | Martin Bresnick 70th birthday celebration.
• Wednesday, July 27, 4:30pm | Bun-Ching Lam spins a virtuosic East / West fusion.
• Wednesday, July 27, 7pm | CONCERT AT THE LAKE, Bring a blanket. Windsor Lake, North Adams | Free
• Thursday, July 28, 4:30pm | Ashley Bathgate performs the explosive Bach Unwound, for solo cello, written by the Sleeping Giant collective.
• Thursday, July 28, 7:30pm | outdoor performance of Ten Thousand Birds, by renowned new music master, John Luther Adams.
• July 28 & 29, 10pm | After Hours At The Chalet
• Friday, July 29, 4:30pm | Music for percussion by John Luther Adams.
• Saturday, July 30, 4–10pm | BANG ON A CAN MARATHON 6-hour festival finale
• Bang on a Can tickets and info.

FreshGrass is a family-friendly festival, brimming with bright talent on four stages, and also in our galleries, brick-lined courtyards, and grassy field, produced in partnership by MASS MoCA, the FreshGrass Foundation, and No Depression.
The 2016 Lineup:

• Old Crow Medicine Show,
• Glen Hansard,
• Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder,
• The Devil Makes Three,
• Rosanne Cash,
• The Infamous Stringdusters,
• Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver,
• Aoife O’Donovan,
• Alison Brown,
• Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen,
• Stephane Wrembel,
• John Reischman and the Jaybirds,
• Mr. Sun,
• Old Salt Union,
• Zoe & Cloyd,
• Mile Twelve,

The Grass’d Waltz: Alison Brown & Friends Play the Music of The Band, 20 Emerging Artists, More than 50 bands in all! FreshGrass tickets and info.

The Colonial Theatre is the primary performing arts venue in the city of Pittsfield, MA. It is the home venue of the Berkshire Theatre Group, formerly the Berkshire Theatre Festival, which was established almost a century ago in Stockbridge, MA, The Colonial was built over the course of six months in 1903 for $70,000 and was a popular theatrical and vaudeville venue until the mid-1930s, then it became a movie house until 1952, and finally a paint store until the 1990s. The Colonial Theatre was renovated between 2001 and 2006 and now presents a variety of entertainment and community events.

See also: Berkshire Theatre Group 2016 schedule.

Phil Woods introduces Grace Kelly in the Berkshires

Woods, who died on Sept. 29 at the age of 83, was “revered in jazz circles for his bright, clean sound and his sterling technique,” wrote Nate Chinen in his New York Times obituary. A native of Springfield, Massachusetts, Woods’ career spanned more than 65 years. He performed as a leader or guest artist with the royalty of jazz, from Charlie Barnet to Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich to Quincy Jones, plus wide-ranging leaders like Michel Legrand, among others. He was also heard on a variety of recordings with popular artists like Paul Simon and Billy Joel. He was the recipient of four Grammy awards, and in 2007 was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Woods introduced the 14-year-old saxophone prodigy Grace Kelly to Berkshires audiences at the second annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival in 2006, when he was guest soloist with the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors big band. Having mentored Kelly at a jazz workshop, Woods invited her to the stage, an event that has become part of jazz lore. It was not lost on the audience that there was nearly a 60-year age span between the two, yet they jammed as if they had been performing together for years. She played older than her age, he appeared much younger than his.

More info. including Raffle to benefit Berkshires Jazz, please go to: BerkshiresJazz.org.

March 25, 2016 Article by Dave Read

Tanglewood adds Dolly Parton to a 2016 schedule of Popular Artists that already was one for the ages with such luminaries as Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Brian Wilson, Jackson Browne, Earth, Wind & Fire, Chick Corea, Chris Botti, and the B-52s! But wait, there’s more! Garrison Keillor, coming to the end of his 40 year run hosting A Prairie Home Companion, returns for the 17th year in a row, and the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration, featuring guitarist Warren Haynes makes a return to Tanglewood this season, too.

Dolly Parton’s awards and charitable foundation

Ms. Parton, who will be making her Tanglewood debut, has racked up a stunning list of accomplishments, including:

• 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards,
• 25 No. 1 songs on the Billboard Country charts,
• 7 Grammy Awards,
• 10 Country Music Association Awards,
• 5 Academy of Country Music Awards,
• 3 American Music Awards,
• Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year Award.

Two years after the 1986 opening of Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN, Ms. Parton established the Dollywood Foundation which funds Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library across America and in Canada by giving every preschool child a book each month from the time he or she is born until the child reaches kindergarten. Currently 60,000,000 books are mailed to children in the US, Canada and throughout the UK.

Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Swing Orchestra close season

The Dolly Parton concert will open the 2016 Tanglewood season and the just-announced closing concert will be Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Swing Orchestra performing in the Shed on Saturday, September 3, at 8pm, in a program called Dancing Under the Stars. A dance floor will be set up on the lawn for this crowd-pleasing evening of memorable melodies and big band classics. This is the Boston Pops Swing Orchestra’s first-ever performance at Tanglewood.

Tickets for Dolly Parton at Tanglewood on June 17 range from $32 to $149. Tickets for the Boston Pops Swing Orchestra on September 3 range from $22 to $124. Tickets for these performances will go on sale Monday, April 4, at 10 a.m. by phone at 888-266-1200 or online at www.tanglewood.org.

Tanglewood 2016 pop, rock, jazz schedule

Dolly Parton

June 17, 2016 – 7 pm Koussevitsky Music Shed

Earth, Wind & Fire

June 18, 2016 – 7 pm Koussevitsky Music Shed

Brian Wilson’s Pet Sounds

June 19, 2016 – 2:30pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Read more: Brian Wilson’s Pet Sounds

Jacksone Browne

June 21, 2016 – 7 pm Koussevitsky Music Shed

Chris Botti

June 24, 2016 – 8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall

A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood with Garrison Keillor

June 25, 2016 – 5:450pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Reviews of previous shows here.

Bob Dylan and His Band, Mavis Staples

July 2, 2016 – 7pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Bob Dylan in the Berkshires

James Taylor with His All-Star Band

July 3 & 4, 2016 – 8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed

Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration

July 1, 2016 8pm Koussevitsky Music Shed
Warren Haynes, Boston Pops, Keith Lockhart, conductor

Boston Pops, Seth MacFarlane, soloist

July 10, 2016 – 2:30pm Koussevitsky Music Shed

Chick Corea Trio

July 31, 2016 – 8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall
featuring Christian McBride and Brian Blade

John Williams’ Film Night

Aug. 13, 2016 – 8 pm Koussevitzky Music Shed
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor

Train with Andy Grammer

Aug. 23, 2016 – 7 pm Koussevitzky Music Shed

Raiders of the Lost Ark with Orchestra

Aug. 26, 2016 – 8 pm Koussevitzky Music Shed
Boston Pops, Keith Lockhart, conductor

Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

Sept. 1, 2016 – 8 pm Koussevitzky Music Shed

Boston Pops Orchestra with Special Guest The B-52s

Sept. 2, 2016 – 8 pm Koussevitzky Music Shed

Boston Pops Swing Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, conductor

“Dancing Under the Stars”
Sept. 3, 2016 – 8 pm Koussevitzky Music Shed

About Tanglewood

Tanglewood is one of the most beautiful and esteemed venues in the world; spread accross more than two hundred acres in Lenox and Stockbriodge it is the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center, the BSO’s summer academy of advanced study for professional musicians, founded in 1940 by Serge Kopussevitsky. With performances in the 5,700 seat Koussevitsky Music Shed (1938), and 1,200 seat Seiji Ozawa Hall (1994), annual attendance at Tanglewood performances exceeds 300,000. Besides a full complement of classical music, including appearances by leading soloists, conductors, and orchestras, plus the annual Festival of Contemporary Music, Tanglewood’s Popular Artist Series presents an eclectic menu of pop, folk, jazz, and rock artists and musical acts. Regular favorites include James Taylor and live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion, with Garrison Keillor.

See complete 2016 Tanglewood schedule for:

• June,
• July,
• August & September.

2016 Tanglewood tickets

Tickets for the 2016 Tanglewood season, $12-$124, go on sale January 24 starting at 10 a.m. through Tanglewood’s website, www.tanglewood.org, SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200, and at the Symphony Hall Box Office at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA. Tanglewood brochures with complete programs and information on how to order tickets will be available in early February by calling 617-638-9467. For further information, please call the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 617-266-1492 or visit www.tanglewood.org. 2016 Tanglewood schedule – PDF.

Tanglewood grounds map

Here is a dynamic map of the Tanglewood grounds, with photos and information for such points of interest as Aaron Copland Library, Highwood Manor House, The Glass House, and The Lion’s Gate.

How to get to the Berkshires

Follow this link for Berkshires travel information, including public transportation within Berkshire county and Amtrak and Peter Pan bus schedules.

Hotels near Tanglewood

Find hotels near Tanglewood with user reviews, check amenities, nearby attractions, availability and then book your room reservations at these lodging establishments through our partner, International Hotel Solutions (IHS), the leading provider of secure online hotel reservations.