WRSI 40TH BIRTHDAY PARTY with RUBBLEBUCKET at UNITY PARK!

Sunday, August 1, 2021, 2:00 pm until 7:00 pm
with Special Guests THE WINTERPILLS and AND THE KIDS. FREE SHOW! COME ONE, COME ALL! Presented by WRSI, Signature Sounds, C&S, and the Shea!

The River celebrates 40 years on the air with a FREE concert featuring Rubblebucket, Winterpills and And the Kids in Unity Park in Turners Falls.

Join us on Sunday, August 1st starting at 2:00 to rock out, shake your booty and celebrate 40 years of the River! We’ll have food trucks and ice cold beer, too.

Unity Park is a gem of a park on the banks of the Connecticut River. It features a playground, skate park and splash pad – plenty of fun for kids of all ages. It’s right off the beautiful Canalside Rail Trail so you can bike to the show!

Need to drive? Street parking is free in the village of Turners Falls. Please be respectful of our neighbors and keep clear of driveways and alleys. There are several free parking lots available within a couple of blocks of the Unity Park, marked in blue on this parking map. There is also free parking on a private lot directly behind the town lot adjacent to Shady Glen Diner on 1st Street.

Schedule:

2:00 Food trucks and beer tent open
Berkshire Brewing Company
Dean’s Beans
Hattapon’s Thai Kitchen
Santo Taco
Simple Gifts Farm grass fed burgers and dogs with farm fresh veggies

2:30 And the Kids
3:30 Winterpills
5:00 Rubblebucket

This amazing free concert is presented by:

With support from:

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors and Underwriters

Australis Aquaculture • Artisan Beverage Cooperative • Benjamin Company • Berkshire Brewing Company • Cohn and Company Real Estate Agency • Community Credit • Common Capital • Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts • Connecticut River Internists • Dean's Beans • Easthampton Savings Bank • FirstLight GDF Suezna • Gill Tavern • Goff Media • Great Falls Harvest • Green River Festival • Greenfield Community College • Greenfield Cooperative Bank • Greenfield Savings Bank • Loot • Massachusetts Cultural Council • Montague Bookmill Montague WebWorks • Northeast Solar • People's Pint • Rainmaker Consulting • The Rendezvous • Solar Store of Greenfield • Stobierski and Connor • Told Video • True North Transit • Turn It Up

Exciting News for A Happening IV: Leviathan

Cloudgaze and Eggtooth Productions are thrilled to announce that we have received a generous grant from the Markham-Nathan Fund for Social Justice to support our 2024 Immersive Arts Festival, “A Happening IV: Leviathan.”

This festival will transform the Shea Theater into an exploration of theme, hosting installations, music, theatrical performances, and movement pieces, featuring the collective contributions of over 30 local artists. Audiences will experience otherworldly environments and narratives inspired by folklore, fairy tales, horror motifs, American literature, and the mythos of the Old Testament, all of which delve into the central question guiding the festival: "What does it mean to encounter something greater than yourself and to be consumed by it?" Through this theme, we explore how a community reemerges and imagines itself after destruction and transformation.

With the support of the Markham-Nathan Fund, we are excited to create an event that complicates perspectives and fosters meaningful dialogue. We are grateful for this partnership and for the work of the Markham-Nathan Fund for Social Justice.

Thanks to the Mass Cultural Council for their vital support this year.We'd also like to thank the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts for their support in the form of a Flexible Funding grant. We couldn't do this work without you!