Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Presents: Cider Days

Saturday, November 2, 2019, 11:00 am until 5:00 pm
Repeats until Sunday, November 3, 2019, 11:00 am until 5:00 pm
Free and open to the public!

Free events at the Shea Theater

Featured Ciders on tap at the Shea bar by Headwater Cider and West County Cider

Saturday

11:30am -12:30 pm – The Apple Genome Project & Tomorrow’s Apple with Dr. Cameron Peace, Washington State University

1:00pm -2:00 pm – Tom Oliver (Oliver’s Cider and Perry, Herefordshire, UK), answers your Questions: A Q & A

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm - 19th Century Pears, A Ruling Passion. William Lewis’s Pear Orchard, 1861 - 1894, with Christie Higginbottom

Sunday

11:30am - 12:30 pm – Traveling the Cider Road in a Group of Solo w/Ria Windcaller and Al Sax

1:00 am – 2:00 pm -The Road Ahead: The Future of US Cider, a discussion with the United States Cider Association

2:30 am – 3:30 pm - Making Cider with Cannabis w/ Paul Correnty and the Merry Makers

What else is happening in Turners Falls?

All Weekend: 25 Years of Cider and CiderDays exhibit at the Discovery Center

The Official Cider Days bookstore is at “Two Birds” 106, Avenue A, Turners Falls. The storefront will be transformed into a cider author’s bookstore and lounge, complete with signings.

Tandem Cider Tasting and apple display at LOOT

Turners on Tap – check the ciderdays website https://ciderdays.org/ for Cider on Tap at local restaurants and bars

Saturday: United States Cider Makers Association Cider Salons — The continent’s longest-running hard cider tasting with more than 120 individual cider brands from across North America and Europe. This year, the Salons will be held in a large tent in Unity Park, on the Connecticut River in Turners Falls, featuring easy access from Route 2 and I-91. Convenient parking in lots across and next to the venue and on the side streets in Turners Falls. Two sessions — 3:30 - 5:00 and 5:45 - 7:15 (Saturday) $35/ticket BUY TICKETS

More events happening around the county can be found at CiderDays.org

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!