Events

First Friday Turners Falls

Downtown Turners Falls

Shops open late with specials and entertainment. Lexi Weege & Helen Hummel at the LOOT Tiny Stage; Noh Bailey & The Freeps, Content Clown, and The Leafies You Gave Me at the Brick House; “fireworks” projected from the Shea parking lot.

First Friday Turners Falls

Downtown Turners Falls

Shops open late with specials and entertainment, including music at LOOT and the Brick House, plus a quiet fireworks show at the Shea Theater parking lot.

Drop-In Fridays

National Spiritual Alliance, 11am-1pm

Visitors can learn about TNSA or discuss spiritual topics.

Montague Center Bonfire

Ball field, Station Street, 4pm

Burgers and dogs at 5pm. Craft fair 4-8pm. Sponsored by Montague Center Fire Department.

Kidleidoscope Story Hour-Eagles

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

For ages 3-6. Learn more about wildlife neighbors in the Connecticut River Watershed. Program includes a story, activities, and craft.

Community Game Night

National Spiritual Alliance, 2 Montague Ave., Lake Pleasant, 6:30-8:30pm

A relaxed evening of games, laughter, and community connection in Thompson Temple. Games include Uno, Rummikub, Jenga, Cribbage, and Battleship. Bring your own dinner and enjoy a picnic-style meal.

First Friday Turners Falls

Downtown Turners Falls

Spearheaded by local businesses, with events throughout downtown Turners Falls.

Lexi Weege and Helen Hummel

LOOT Tiny Stage, 62 Avenue A, 5-8pm

Songbirds to enchant your earholes and hearten your hardened hearts.

Eagles Investigation Station

Great Falls Discovery Center, 2:30-5:30pm

Celebrate the bald eagle with a drop-in eagle investigation station outside the Center. Artifacts, crafts, and wingspan activities. In case of rain, join inside the Center.

Gumball Machine Takeover

Waterway Arts, 102 Avenue A, 5-8pm

The last Gumball Machine Takeover, sponsored by Sadie’s Bikes. Featuring artist Julie Kumble. Bring your quarters and get a piece for 50 cents.

MUSIC with NOH BAILEY & THE FREEPS / CONTENT CLOWN / THE LEAFIES YOU GAVE ME

The Brick House, 24 Third Street, Doors 6pm / Music 6:30pm

Donations split 50/50 between the Brick House and the bands. Series coordinated by Zadie Belfer-Shevett.

KARAOKE - Red, White and Sing!

Music Connection, 187 Avenue A, 6-9pm

Vinyl Voices karaoke.

Drew Paton

The Rendezvous, 78 Third Street, 6:30-8:30pm

Music from the 30s to the 80s to dine and unwind.

All Vinyl Live DJ set by E-Mag

Breakdown Records, 59 Avenue A, 6-7pm

Now Open! RITUAL BOWL

109 Avenue A, 5-8pm

Check out Turners Falls’ newest restaurant.

Turners Falls Quiet “Fireworks” Show

Shea Theater Alley, 71 Avenue A, 9pm

A quieter Fourth of July experience with visuals of fireworks projected on the wall of Shea Theater Alley. Begins with the short documentary “Fourth of July at Turners Falls 1951.” Free popcorn and drinks.

Great Falls Farmers Market

Peskeompskut Park, Avenue A + 7th, 9am-1pm

Fresh produce, flowers and handmade products.

OPEN: Food Pantry

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

Open Mic + Karaoke in the Park!

Peskeompskut Park, 4-8pm

The RECOVER Project & Mosaic invite you to a night of connection, creativity, and community with food, music, and a welcoming space where everyone belongs.

MOVIE IN THE PARK: The Karate Kid

Peskeompskut Park, 8pm

Free outdoor movie screening of The Karate Kid. Four people will win a free car wash donated by Montague City Road Car Wash. Donations benefit the Turners Falls Thunder Music Booster.

Songwriters in the Round: Pamela Means, Wylder Ayres, Kim Chin-Gibbons

National Spiritual Alliance, 2 Montague Ave., 5pm

Three acclaimed songwriters share songs, stories, creative process, and inspirations in an intimate listening experience. $20 suggested; pay from the heart.

Community Cookout

Unity Park, Turners Falls, 3-6pm

Food and field games including corn hole, sack races, kickball, volleyball, and badminton. Balloon and craft activities, Story Walk, face painting, raffle drawing, hamburgers, hot dogs, and watermelon. Co-hosted by the Brick House Community Resource Center.

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.

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.