Part performance, part participation, all fun!
Featuring The Alchemystics and more.
on the west lawn at Forbes Library, 20 West Street, Northampton MA
with a special performance at the Mill River from 4-5 PM
Come on out for Music on the Forbes Lawn from 4 - 5 and 6 - 8:30, plus 5-6 at the Mill River.
This community event -- with both performance and participation segments -- is part of the worldwide celebration of music on "Make Music Day", which started as La Fête de la Musique in France and now celebrated in over 500 cities. Come enjoy the music, and start to plan for a bigger event next year. Fun for all ages!
4 - 5
Vernon Valiquette and Liam Hurley
"Glam-a-billy" remakes of songs from Johnny Cash to David Bowie. Kids' facepainting by Marie. Glam-a-billy was launched at the Fête de la Musique in Nantes, France two years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noa-lSjYswc
Flame ’n’ Peach and the Liberated Waffles
"Bilingual Indie freak folk band, drawing from leftist histories of protest and music-- audiences are Thinking, Dancing, Growling, Howling, Smiling and Laughing!” www.liberatedwaffles.org
5 - 6
From 5-6 there will be a participatory performance of Dean Rosenthal's piece Stones/Water/Time/Breath at the Mill River led by Sabine Merz. Details at https://www.facebook.com/events/117156695528768/
6 - 7
AEIOUkes
Would you like to join in? AEIOUkes ukulele club will be hosting a sing and play along at 6 pm. We'll be playing six songs; if you'd like the music for them, email <musician@downtownsounds.com>, and you can join in!
7 - 8:30
The Alchemystics fuse reggae and hip-hop to form a beat-laden mold of world conscious groove music.
http://alchemystics.com/
FREE for everyone! Bring a picnic, bring a blanket, bring the kids, bring a ukulele!
In case of bad weather, most 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 Friends of Forbes, community and volunteers.
Event contact: 413-587-1013 fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org
Interested in growing this event for next year? Contact Joe Pater <pater@umass.edu> to join the mailing list for people interested in helping make this event happen on a bigger scale in Northampton in 2018.
