4th Of July Events In the Berkshires
Fun for everyone in the Berkshires, celebrating the 4th!
Lenox
Shakespeare & Company is hosting its annual free celebration with music and activities, with food available for purchase, beginning at 1:30 and with a reading of the Declaration of Independence at 3 p.m.
James Taylor and his All-Star Band is returning to Tanglewood for July 3 and 4. A fireworks display over Stockbridge Bowl follows the concert on July 4.
North Adams
The SteepleCats will face off at 6:30 p.m. against the Vermont Mountaineers at Joe Wolfe Field, followed by the annual fireworks display at around 9:30 p.m.
The city celebrates the opening of the new spray park at Noel Field at 11 a.m.
Pittsfield
The annual Fourth of July Parade begins at 10 a.m. rain or shine at the corner of South and West Housatonic streets and ends at historic Wahconah Park. This year's theme is "The Berkshires: Past, Present, and Future." Retired Pittsfield Fire Chief Robert Czerwinski is the grand marshal and U.S. Rep. Richie Neal will march in the parade.
There will be parking restrictions in place along the parade route with adjacent side streets being utilized for by police for staging. Restricted parking signs will be in place throughout the route and staging areas on July 3 and enforced on July 4 starting at 6 a.m.
The staging area includes West Housatonic Street from Center Street to South Street, South Street, Wendell Avenue, Bartlett Avenue, Broad Street, Taconic Street, Pomeroy Avenue north of Broad Street, East Housatonic Street and the included area. The parade route includes South Street, Bank Row, Park Place, North Street, and Wahconah Street.
The Pittsfield Suns take on the North Shore Navigators beginning at 6:30 p.m. Fireworks follow the game.
Williamstown
Williamstown hosts the annual beginning at 11 a.m. from Southworth Street and marching to Spring Street for a community barbecue. The annual BBQ at the bottom of Spring Street starts at noon.
Williams College hosts the annual July 4 reading of the Declaration of Independence and a speech by Frederick Douglass by actors from the Williamstown Theatre Festival at 1:30 p.m. at Sawyer Library. The event is free and open to the public.
Actors will read from the second-floor outside balcony of Sawyer Library. Visitors should gather on the library quad between Schapiro and Hollander halls. In case of inclement weather, the event will take place inside the library.
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