![]() We thrive on helping artists make work that is fresh, forward-looking, and engaging of the mind, body, and spirit…but we also believe that both our guest artists and audiences should enjoy their time with us. Much of the work we show in our light-filled spaces, on our technically sophisticated stages, and within our lovely network of late 19th-century courtyards is made here during extended fabrication and rehearsal residencies that bring hundreds of the world’s most brilliant and innovative artists to North Adams all year round. With vast galleries and a stunning collection of indoor and outdoor performing arts venues, MASS MoCA is able to embrace all forms of art: music, sculpture, dance, film, painting, photography, theater, and new, boundary-crossing works of art that defy easy classification. Learn more about FreshGrass Foundations Sustainability Pledge here.MASS MoCA is one of the world’s liveliest centers for making and enjoying today’s most evocative art. Subscribe to the FreshGrass | North Adams newsletter here and follow FreshGrass on Instagram and Facebook for updates and more.įreshGrass | North Adams is proud to partner with One Tree Planted to plant a tree for every ticket sold. Stay tuned to for the latest news-the music never stops at FreshGrass! A shuttle bus runs continuously to the festival from the campsite. ![]() With prizes totaling $20,000, grand prize winners receive a performance spot at next year’s festival, recording sessions at Compass Records, and handcrafted instruments from festival sponsors.įreshGround is a tent-camping field within easy walking distance (.7 miles 12 minutes) of the festival, convenient to downtown merchants, bars, and restaurants. Open to all festival-goers, the contest showcases the future of bluegrass and roots music when the bands play original and traditional tunes. Finalists in the band, banjo, fiddle, and guitar categories perform for a panel of industry professionals on Saturday and Sunday of the festival, with winners announced on Sunday afternoon. The FreshGrass Award celebrates new talent, with cash prizes to the contest winners. ![]() We like to think of it as “great music uprooted.” Taken together, it’s an expansive group of performers who both draw on the past and look to the future. The lineup is jam-packed with guitar gods and banjo gurus, traditionalists, and trailblazers - artists you already know and love interspersed with FreshGrass discoveries. Music starts early in the museum courtyards, moves to our spacious (and grassy!) urban concert meadow, and then continues until past your bedtime with wild and woolly late-night barn dances in the Hunter Center on Friday and Saturday nights. The FreshGrass North Adams 2023 lineup is here featuring Dropkick Murphys Acoustic-playing songs from their two albums with the lyrics of Woody Guthrie – plus acoustic arrangements of all your DKM favorites-Lukas Nelson + POTR, Sierra Ferrell, Rhiannon Giddens, The Devil Makes Three, Aoife O’Donovan premiering a FreshGrass Composition Commission, Allison Russell, Mighty Poplar featuring Noam Pikelny, Andrew Marlin, Chris Eldridge & Greg Garrison, and so many more! Learn more about FreshGrass | North Adams at ![]() Along with world premieres, emerging artist competitions, farm-fresh food, local brews, and pop-up jam sessions, this is three days of festival magic produced in partnership by MASS MoCA, the FreshGrass Foundation, and No Depression.įreshGround camping is on sale now. Set against the foothills of the beautiful Berkshire mountains FreshGrass | North Adams is a family-friendly festival with the best in bluegrass and roots music filling the fields, courtyards, and galleries of MASS MoCA-the largest contemporary art museum in the country (gallery admission included with all tickets!).
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