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MASS MoCA live events 2016

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.)

  • MCLA Dance Co. | Fri., April 29, 8:30pm Sat., April 30, 2pm
  • Teen Invitational, Reception on Friday, April 29, at 7pm On view through May 1
  • Uncanny Valley: Photography Workshop for Teens | Wednesday, May 4, 4-7pm
  • Boom Tic Boom! Drummer Worship | Saturday, May 7, 8pm
  • Projet In Situ: The Round | Thursday & Friday, May 19 & 20
  • Luna | Saturday, May 28, 8:30pm
  • The National | Sat., June 11, 7pm
  • Dan Zanes’ Lead Belly Project | Saturday, June 18, at 2pm
  • The Suitcase Junket | Saturday, June 25, at 8pm
  • Ghost Train Orchestra | Saturday, July 2, at 8pm
  • Joe Pera | Saturday, July 9, at 8pm
  • The Triplets of Belleville | Saturday, July 16, at 8:30pm
  • Bang on a Can, Summer Music Festival 2016 | July 13 – July 30
  • Mariachi Flor de Toloache | Saturday, August 6, at 8pm
  • Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires | Saturday, August 13, at 8pm
  • Roomful of Teeth | Friday, August 19, at 8pm
  • Sherlock Jr., with live score by the BQE Project | Saturday, August 20, at 8pm
  • Rubblebucket | Saturday, August 27, at 8pm
  • Everton Blender | Saturday, September 3, at 8pm
  • FreshGrass Bluegrass Festival 2016 | September 16-18

    • MASS MoCA box office, tickets, map, driving directions

    • 87 Marshall St.; North Adams, MA 01247
    • Fall, Winter, Spring Hours: 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. closed Tuesday
    • Admission: $15 adults; $10 students; $5 children 6–16
    • Phone: 413.MoCA.111
    • Web: massmoca.org

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    2016 Bang on a Can schedule

    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.

    2016 FreshGrass Lineup

    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.