Upcoming Events

We’re letting the cat out of the bag! Join us for the Millpond.Live season reveal party, where we divulge our 2018 festival lineup and celebrate in high-stepping style with the New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Traditional Jass Band. Raise a glass and tap your toes – you’ll be transported to Frenchman Street, reveling in the sultry sounds of the Crescent City’s finest brass band. We had two sold-out shows when they visited two years ago, so get your tickets now and don’t miss out on this rare Pioneer Valley appearance.

“channelling Louis, doing so with gravelly relish” and “exuberant trumpet work” ~ Edinburgh Jazz Festival Reviews

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Proceeds help support the third annual Millpond.Live concert series, making world-class music and art accessible to everyone.

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• Your $15 Humble Hedon pass helps pay for the event but does not generate proceeds for the FTNG.
• Your $25 Trail Advocate pass comes with two raffle tickets!
• Your $40 Bike Freak pass comes with five raffle tickets!

There will be an epic raffle between sets with such prizes as: concert tickets, bike shop gift certs, hot tubs, float spa, and more.

The best guitar music in the world right now is arguably coming from the Kel Tamashek people of the African Sahel, and Mdou Moctar is proof of concept. His trio has been busy selling out clubs across Europe and N. America, spinning into town like a desert djinn and conjuring up ecstatic dance parties.

New York based LOCOBEACH joins this double-bill, a Psychadelic disco-cumbia band by the bastard children of Chicha Libre and Los Crema Paraiso.

Tuvan throat singing is an ancient vocal technique that gives the illusion of two voices coming from one mouth. Customarily, women were prohibited from learning the practice, but since the group’s formation in 1998, Tyva Kyzy has been rewriting the region’s gendered history and creating a new future for young women in Tuva.

Join us for an intimate evening with Tyva Kyzy (Daughters of Tuva), the first and only female Tuvan throat-singing ensemble. This enchanting evening of music and culinary arts will commence with an amuse bouche followed by a farm-to-table meal prepared by Alex and Katrina of Little Truc that harmonizes seasonal produce from local farms with the flavors and aromas of Central Asia. Double-bassist, Garth Stevenson opens the evening, described by iTunes as “the aural equivalent of effortlessly swimming underwater without ever needing to come up for air.”

6:30PM – AMUSE BOUCHE & CRAFT BEER TASTING

• Amuse Bouche: marinated eggplant with Aleppo pepper and mint
• New City Mule (New City Brewery)
• Semi Impressionistic (Honest Weight Brewery)
• Crushendo (Brewmaster Jack)
• Trade Beer (Fort Hill Brewery)

7PM – FARM-TO-TABLE DINNER

• Lamb & Pork Meatballs: cumin, white pepper, onion, yogurt sauce
• Roasted Tofu: fennel seed, coriander, cilantro, red onion
• Rice Polo: fried carrots, chickpeas, raisins
• Tomato Salad: white onion, longhorn pepper, nigella seed
• Tiger Salad: cucumber, cilantro, scallion, green chili

8PM – GARTH STEVENSON
8:30PM – TUVA KYZY
9:30PM – BONFIRE & TEA

The evening will conclude with a gathering around the bonfire, seasonal beverage, and a surprise musical guest. Tickets are $35 in advance ($40 at the door) and include the music, appetizer, and farm-to-table meal served family style around rustic farm tables.