There will be a variety of events in the Berkshires this weekend including community days, apple squeeze, live musical performances, and more. 

 

Editors' Picks

 

Lenox Apple Squeeze

Various venues, Lenox 

 

The annual Apple Squeeze is taking over Lenox streets this Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The event features family activities, live music and performances, over 75 artisan crafts vendors, and more. 

 

This year, Antimony Brewing with Mama Lo's BBQ will be hosting a beer garden at the 67 Church St. parking lot. 

 

More information here. 

 

Annual Country Fair

Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield

 

The village will be hosting its annual county fair this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

 

The event will feature local food, vendors, music, animals, craft beer and cider, dancing, an antique tractor exhibit, and more. 

 

More information here. 

 

 

Friday

 

German Dinner

Zion Lutheran Church, Pittsfield

Time: 5 to 7 p.m. 

 

The church will be serving beef rouladen on egg noodles, red cabbage, and peas and carrots, and chocolate cherry cake. 

 

Can't stay for dinner, no worries takeout is available. Beer and wine is available for purchase for those who choose to dine in. 

 

Adult meals are $20, children 12 and younger are $10. Purchase tickets online or by calling 413-442-3525. 

 

More information here. 

 

Author Talk

780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield

Time: 5:30 p.m. 

 

Writer Tom Piazza will discuss his new historical novel "the Auburn Conference" at Arrowhead.

 

The novel depicts notable figures including Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, Walt Whitman, Harriet Beecher Stowe in a fictionalized tiny upstate New York college in 1883.

 

Tickets cost $10 for Berkshire County Historical Society members, and $15 for non-members. More information here. 

 

Saturday 

 

Whitney's Farm Market & Garden Center

Whitney's Farm, Cheshire

 

It's pumpkin season! Whitney's Farm brings back its local favorite, Pumpkin Fest, this Saturday,

Sept. 23, until Oct. 29. 

 

Pick pumpkins, ride on a hay wagon, get glitter tattoos, walk through a corn maze, and more every weekend through Halloween. 

 

Open every Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. 

 

More information here. 

 

Springside Community Day 

Springside, Pittsfield

Time: 1 p.m. 

 

The nonprofit Springside Park Conservancy will be celebrating its 10 years of volunteerism and advocacy with a community gathering. 

 

The event is following the annual fall Cleanup and will include food, and music. More information here. 

 

Oktoberfest 

Hot Plate Brewing, Pittsfield

Time: 3 p.m. 

 

There will be a performance by a funk band followed by a watch party for the Penn State and Iowa game at 7:30 p.m. More information here. 

 

Autumnal Equinox Social Ride

Pittsfield High School

Time: 4 p.m. 

 

Celebrate the first day of fall with a 10-mile social ride around the Allendale, Springside, Lakewood, and Parkside neighborhoods of Pittsfield. The ride will start at PHS and finish at Crust Pizza.

 

More information here. 

 

Mediation Gathering

Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge

Time: 5 p.m. 

 

Mindfulness facilitator Sandrine Harris will lead a meditation through a mix of outdoor walking, quiet sitting and guided moments for reflection. 

 

Tickets range from $20 to $25. More information here.

 

Sunday

 

Charming Disaster

The Foundry, West Stockbridge

Time: 7 p.m. 

 

Brooklyn, N.Y., based goth-folk musical duo Charming Disaster will perform. They write playfully dark songs that tell stories about death, crime, myth, magic, folklore, science, and the occult.

 

Tickets cost $15. More information here.

 

 

Multiple Days

 

Freshgrass Festival 2022

Mass MoCA, North Adams

Time: Friday-Sunday

 

The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art will be hosting its annual Fresh Grass Festival this Friday through Sunday. Thousands are expected to be in the city during the three-day event.

 

There will be live music throughout the grounds and at Joe's Field including performances by the Dropkick Murphys, Lucas Nelson, Berkshire County's very own CJ Field, and many more. 

 

There will also be plenty of vendors on site selling merchandise, food, and drinks. A three-day adult pass is $184; see more on ticket prices and performance lineup here. 

 

More information here.

 

Outside the County 

 

The Big E

Eastern States Exposition, Springfield

Time: Sept. 15 to Oct. 1

 

New England's biggest fair runs through the end of the month. The fair features goods from all six New England states, specialty days, crafts, demonstrations, activities, agriculture, horse shows, and more. 

 

Tickets range from $20 and $12 a day to full passes and group admissions. Special performances priced separately. 

 

More information here. 

 

Farmer's Markets 

 

North Adams Farmers Market

St. Anthony Municipal Parking Lot

Time: 9 to 1

 

The North Adams market is open every Saturday and offers produce and baked goods from local retailers including Red Shirt Farm, Fahey Family Farm, Bohemian Nouveaux Bakery, Mon Artistic Pets, and more.

 

NOTE: This Saturday's market will be on Main Street because of the Fresh Grass Festival. 

 

More information here. 

 

Pittsfield Farmers Market

The Common, Pittsfield

Time: 9 to 1. 

 

Powered by Roots Rising, the market is open every Saturday rain or shine. 

 

Each week the market will have fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables, along with meat, eggs, cheese, baked goods by local vendors. Participants can shop for flowers, and artisan goods while listening to music and participate in family activities. For more information, visit the website. 

 

Great Barrington Farmers Market

18 Church St.

Time: 9 to 1. 

 

The market is open every Saturday.  Every week there will be locally grown food, flowers, and plants along with other local vendors. More information here. 

 

Berkshire Area Farmers Market

Berkshire Mall parking lot, Lanesborough

Time: 8 to 2

 

The market is open every Saturday and features produce and products from Western Mass farms. More information here.

 

Lenox Farmers Market

80 Church St., Lenox

Time: 11 to 3. 

 

This market is open every Friday and features fresh produce, breads, artisanal & specialty foods and crafts, and more. The market accepts SNAP. More information here.