Get Down with your Home Town Virtual Music Festival!

Friday, January 28, 2022, 6:00 pm until 10:00 pm
The Shea, North Star, and Institute of Musical Arts come together to present this benefit concert. Virtual Tip Jar!

LIVESTREAM FOR FREE AT GETDOWNHOMETOWN.COM

Get Down with Your Hometown is an annual online music festival, made possible through the collaboration of three great Pioneer Valley organizations, North Star, the Institute for the Musical Arts, and the Shea Theater, whose inaugural event was held in January 2021.

Bringing together the Shea's acclaim for incredible concerts, IMA's inspiring summer programs and events, and North Star's reputation for fostering bands and musicians, this event combines what's special about each of them, providing a weekend of entertainment for you in presenting #GetDownHometown. Western Massachusetts-based and nationally known musicians, including former North Star and IMA students, or have performed at the Shea, are featured.

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!