Upcoming
Events
SATURDAY MAY 2
Mountain Lions
with O Ksenos
An evening of Balkan-inspired music with Mountain Lions (NYC). Mountain Lions plays ecstatic, immersive Balkan/Roma-inspired dance music featuring percussionist Matt Moran (Slavic Soul Party!) and saxophonists Peter Hess, Catherine Foster, Daro Behroozi.
Opening up the show will be local favorites O Ksenos, playing traditional Greek folk music and rembetika. Featuring Rafe Wolman (violin) Clarissa Lyons (clarinet) Heather Kuhn (vocals) and Jesse Bay (strings, vocals, percussion).
Come early at 4pm, for a workshop on Balkan drumming and dancing with percussionist Matt Moran and dance-leader Helen Marx.
When: Saturday May 2 - Workshop 4-6pm, Concert 7pm
Where: Montague Common Hall, Montague Center, MA
SATURDAY JUNE 27
World Music Mini-fest
Our annual FREE World Music Mini-fest returns to Peskeompskut Park in Turners Falls, with a full afternoon and evening of concerts, workshops, and food! Featuring Guachinangos (Cumbia/Jarocho), Minqi Wang (Chinese Pipa), and Myrtle Street Klezmer (E. European Jewish).
Plus…Food by El Sotano Taco Truck!
More info to come…
OCTOBER 8-13
Embodied Voicework
Residential Retreat with Lisa Sokolov
We’re thrilled to announce our first ever residential retreat, an immersion into Embodied Voicework with pioneering vocalist, composer, music therapist, and cantor Lisa Sokolov. This is a 5-night residential retreat at the Abode of the Message in Upstate New York, with all meals included!
Save the date, and stay tuned for more information…
Past Events *
Past Events *
3/29/26 Moira Smiley in Concert, Montague Common Hall • 1/30/26 Embodied Singing Circle, The Red Barn at Brook Bend Farm 11/18/25 Montague Oral History Project Anniversary Celebration, First Congregational Church, Montague Center • 10/31/25 Montague Marching Band at Montague Center Halloween • 6/20/25 O Ksenos, Amber Lane Cafe, Northampton •6/1/25 World Music Mini-Fest, Peskoempskut Park, Turners Falls • 4/18/25 K8A: Kaethe Hostetter and O Ksenos, Montague Common Hall• 3/15/25 Moira Smiley concert and workshop, Montague Common Hall• 1/24/25 Ramon & Jessica and Call Me Bea at Unnameable Books, Turners Falls • 12/11/24 The Art of Makam: Tev Stevig and Myrtle Street Klezmer in concert, Montague Common Hall, Montague • 11/9/24 Lisa Sokolov: The Voice of Embodied Prayer concert and workshop in Greenfield and Northampton • Oct - Dec 2024 The Art of Makam Workshop Series with Tev Stevig, Montague • 9/27/24 Montague Marching Band at the Montague Village Store • 6/8/24 Montague Marching Band, Myrtle Street Klezmer at Good Music Makes Good Neighbors Festival, Montague • 5/31/24 Then Millau Ellenika (trad. Greek music) at Leverett Village Co-op • 5/25/24 World Music Mini-Fest at Peskeompskut Park, Turners Falls • 5/5/24 Ramon & Jessica / Mare Berger at Unnameable Books, Turners Falls • 5/3/24 Montague Marching Band plays First Friday, Turners Falls • 3/1/24 Pop-up Greek, Leverett Village Co-op • 2/22/24 Montague Marching Band plays 50th Anniversary Celebration of Lovejoy's Nuclear War at Shea Theater, Turners Falls • 1/20/24 Myrtle St. Klezmer and Orkestar Banitsa workshop and concert at Montague Common Hall • 10/31/23 Montague Marching Band at Montague Center Halloween Festival • 8/14/23 Klezmer in the Park at Peskeompskut Park, Turners Falls • 5/6/23 Isaac Taylor, Cloudbelly, Miners at Montague Center Common Hall • 9/24/22 Ramon & Jessica, Caroline Davis, Myrtle St. Klezmer at Peskeompskut Park, Turners Falls •
Card to Culture
WCA is proud to participate in Mass Cultural Council's Card to Culture program in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Department of Public Health's WIC Nutrition Program, the Massachusetts Health Connector, and hundreds of organizations by making cultural programming accessible to those for whom cost is a participation barrier. EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders receive a 100% discount on our Events and Projects. See the complete list of participating organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.