Date/Time
Date(s) - Thursday, June 21, 2018
12:00 am
Location
Forbes Library
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Part performance, part participation, all fun!
Featuring The Massachusetts Walking Tour, Vernon Valiquette & Liam Hurley, on the west lawn at Forbes Library, and in Pulaski Park with NCMC Band and Western Mass. Fiddle Orchestra, plus: AEIOUkes at both locations!
Make Music Day is a free celebration of music around the world on June 21st. Launched in 1982 in France as the Fête de la Musique, it is now held on the same day in more than 800 cities in 120 countries. Completely different from a typical music festival, Make Music Day is open to anyone who wants to take part.
Free performances and participatory music-making gatherings will take place all day in Pulaski Park and the Forbes Library lawn.
Check the facebook event for updates
Interested in performing a short acoustic set in the afternoon at Forbes Lawn?
Contact arts@forbeslibrary.org.
FREE for everyone! Bring a picnic, bring a blanket, bring the kids, bring a ukulele!
Event Schedule:
FORBES LIBRARY LAWN
1-5 PM: Acoustic Open Lawn: You make the music!
5-6 PM: Vernon Valiquette & Liam Hurley
6-8 PM: The Massachusetts Walking Tour featuring local guest artists
PULASKI PARK
morning: Northampton Community Music Center Band
afternoon: AEIOUkes
early evening: Fiddle Orchestra of Western Mass.
In case of bad weather, Forbes lawn events will take place in the Coolidge Museum on the second floor of Forbes Library.
Free parking is available after 6 PM in the library lot and after 5 PM at the Smith College parking garage, in the white spaces only.
Support for this event is provided by the Northampton Cultural Council, Friends of Forbes, community generosity and volunteers.
Event contact: 413-587-1013 fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org