Events

Drop-In Fridays

National Spiritual Alliance, 11am-1pm

Visitors can learn about TNSA or discuss spiritual topics.

Kidleidoscope Story Hour: Bees & Flowers

Great Falls Discovery Center, 10:30-11:30am

For ages 3-6. Program includes a story, activities, and crafts.

Lofi Lab

Carnegie Library, 4-5pm

For teens. Whether working on a graphic novel, filling a sketchbook, or just needing a quiet place to write, the space and beats are provided.

Element Bingo

Element Brewery, Millers Falls, 7pm

America 250 Edition! Brew bucks and other prizes awarded each round.

The Brian O'Connell Fellowship

Shea Theater Lounge, $15/7:30pm

A musical trickster and daredevil traveling across a galaxy of styles and genres, backed by an incendiary bass-playing approach. With Brian O'Connell (bass, touch guitar, vocals), Graham Gibbs (guitar, vocals), and Dillon Pinard (drums).

Great Falls Farmers Market

Avenue A and Seventh Street, 9am-1pm

Fresh produce, flowers and handmade products.

Psychic Medium Fair

National Spiritual Alliance, 2 Montague Ave., Lake Pleasant, 11am-4pm

Tarot and mediumship, $30 for a 25-minute session.

Village Project Community: Gathering and Pot Luck

Peskeompskut Park, 11am-4pm

Free rock painting!

OPEN: Food Pantry

Brick House, 24 Third St., 10am-1pm

Adam Z

Millers Pub, Millers Falls, 8pm

A high-energy set spanning decades and genres, from Bob Marley and the Beatles to original songs, inviting the audience to sing along and dance.

Lee Totten

Element Brewing, Millers Falls, 3-5pm

Performing original songs.

CINEMASTORM: Hong Kong Cult Classics

Shea Theater, 7:30pm, Free

A free screening of Duel to the Death (1983) and The Cat (1992), with beer, snacks, and trivia.

Christmas in July

Barton Cove/Unity Park Riverfront

A boat display followed by fireworks at 9pm, sponsored by the Franklin County Boat Club.

A Different Thread

The Rendezvous, 78 Third St., 9:30pm

Alicia Best (US) and Robert Jackson (UK), who met busking in Ireland, have toured over a dozen countries and won Best in Folk/Americana at the 2026 IAMA.

Drop-in and Chill Out: SPLOOT! How Animals Keep Their Cool

Great Falls Discovery Center, 10:30am-12:30pm

Family-friendly drop-in activities and crafts about how animals stay cool in summer, including a story about splooting squirrels.

French/Breton Jam Session

Great Falls Discovery Center, 2:30-4:30pm

An informal group of musicians plays traditional dance music from France and Brittany, known as bal folk.

Knitting Club

Montague Center Library, 4:30-5:30pm

A relaxed knitting and crochet circle for stitching, chatting, and sharing ideas.

Pollinator Pals Pop-Up

Carnegie Library Tent, 1-2pm

A nature-themed story hour celebrating bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, with read-alouds, crafts, and hands-on activities.

Montague Community Band

Peskeompskut Park, 7pm

Concert directed by Hanna Smeltz.

The Divine Lives in You: Paintings and Upcycled works by Donna Eastbrooks

Montague Center Library

Exhibition of paintings and upcycled works by Donna Eastbrooks. Through 7/31.

Kate Marion Lapierre: Nature’s Colors

Great Falls Discovery Center

Abstract and expressionistic acrylic on canvas or paper.

Pocumtuck Homelands Festival

Unity Park Riverfront, First Street, Turners Falls, August 1-2, 10am-5pm

A celebration of Native American art, music, and cultures with 40 Indigenous craft vendors, music, history talks, kids' activities, and food. Features presentations by Mohawk Elder Tom Porter, Nipmuck flute maker Hawk Henries, Aquinnah Wampanoag singer-songwriter Thea Hopkins, and more. Free; donations to the Nolumbeka Project appreciated.

PLEASE TOUCH

Waterway Arts, 102 Avenue A

A group show of participatory art featuring fifteen artists inviting visitors to build, play, discover, destroy, explore, and participate. Through 8/7.

Calling All Artists!

The Montague Reporter

Design a 22"x 20�" page for the Montague Reporter Holiday Gift Wrapping Paper Editions. Submit proposals by September 1. Winning entries receive a $200 stipend.

MUSIC SHOW Fundraiser

Brick House, 24 Third St., 7-11pm

Four bands raising money for Great Falls Books Through Bars. $5-25 donation; nobody turned away for lack of funds. Masks required.

Montague Soap Box Races

Unity Park Hill, Turners Falls, Noon

Racers wanted in three age brackets. Information on building a gravity-fed car is available on the event website.