Upcoming Events
Special Events, Featured Events, Cultural District Events
RiverFest, one of the Top 20 Massachusetts Events according to Yankee Magazine, celebrates the Deerfield River as it flows through the Village of Shelburne Falls.A family-friendly festival with children's theater productions, the world-famous Frog and Flower Parade, live music, dancers, wild birds and animals, all in a beautiful setting enhanced by views of Salmon Falls and the extraordinary multi-hued glacial potholes. Village galleries, businesses, and restaurants, along with the extraordinary Bridge of Flowers, provide sumptuous options for all your senses. Don't miss it. Plus special events all weekend!
View the full RiverFest schedule
Watch a video of the 2015 Frog and Flower Parade.
RiverFest 2015 Schedule of Events
(All events subject to change)
Friday, June 5 |
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| 1pm – 5pm | TransCanada offers tours of Deerfield No. 4 Station | 22 Creamery Avenue in Buckland |
| 7pm | Pothole Pictures presents “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (live music before) | Memorial Hall Theatre |
Saturday, June 6 |
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| 10am | Live Music by “The Chickenyard” | Mocha Maya's Stage/Bridge Street |
| 10:00am – 12:00pm | Frog & Flower Parade Workshop with The Art Garden. Make beautiful accessories to wear as you march in the parade! |
Parade Workshop Tent Buckland Side 7th Day Adventist Church Yard |
| 10:30am | "Return of the Eagles" presented by Deer Paths Nature School. Theatre, song, and art! | Buckland Town Hall |
| 11am | Live Music by “Kalliope Jones” | Mocha Maya's Stage/Bridge Street |
| 12:00 | Live Music by Carolyn Walker | Mocha Maya's Stage/Bridge Street |
| 12:30pm | Frog & Flower Parade Featuring Maya Apfelbaum and Ezzell Floranina of Serendipity Stilt Dancers * Everyone is welcome to march in the parade!! | State Street to Bridge Street |
| 1:00pm | Piti Theater’s “Innocenzo” | Shelburne Senior Center on Main Street |
| 2:00 | Live Music by “Mount Peru” | Mocha Maya's Stage/Bridge Street |
| 2:00pm | Tibetan Dancing | In front of Buckland Town Hall |
| 3:00pm | Medicine Mammals Native American Music & Storytelling | End of the Iron Bridge/Shelburn Side |
| 10am-4pm | Sonny Crawford Acoustic Music | McCusker's Alley |
| 10am – 4pm | “Birds of Prey” with Tom Ricardi | State Street |
| 10am – 4pm | Trolley Rides & Railroad Pump Car Rides | Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum |
| 10am – 4pm | Fly-casting with Trout Unlimited | Deerfield Avenue |
| 10am – 4pm | Rafting with Zoar Outdoor | Deerfield Avenue |
| 10am – 4pm | Medicine Mammals: Native American Song, Storytelling, and Wild Animals | Shelburne Side of the Iron Bridge |
| 10am – 4pm | Face Painting | Artists Co-op on Bridge Street & Kids’ Tent on State Street |
| 7pm | Pothole Pictures presents “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (live music before) | Memorial Hall Theatre |
Sunday, June 7 |
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| 9:30 | Guided hike with Jerry Schoen: Join us to look at several spots along the Chickley River that were heavily damaged by Tropical Storm Irene and are being restored. The walk will give participants a sense of the destructive power of the storm, and how disruptions of this magnitude can be restored, both by natural process and through focused human management activities. Plans are to meet at Berkshire East parking lot at 9:30 AM, and carpool to the Chickley River from there. | Near Hawley |
| 2pm | Guided hike in the Dubuque State Forest with Polly Bartlett: This will be a short hike using abandoned old roads past cellar holes, a cemetery, mill pond and mill sites. Meet at the State Park and Ride parking lot on Route 2 in East Charlemont to car pool to the starting point. Pre-registration is requested; please notify Polly Bartlett at (413) 625-6628. | Dubuque State Forest |