Springfest is a free, public music festival featuring performances by students and ensembles of the Northampton Community Music Center! 2026 marks the 32nd anniversary of this beloved event.

A welcoming community gathering for nonbinary, trans, and women singer-songwriters to share new music, build connections, and offer supportive, constructive feedback in a collaborative space. A small donation is encouraged to cover the cost of staffing needed for the host venue.

Echoes of Nature is a collaboration between Kim Hoff and Jess Martin. What began as a local project in Hampshire County has blossomed into a multi-county journey of art, resilience, and community. 

A public gathering and sing-along of the music that the late, great Evelyn Harris taught in Northampton: freedom songs! The program will feature the Ujima Singers, the Afrocentric music collective founded by Harris, and singalongs with alumni of the Ku’umba Women’s Choir, which she directed at NCMC for 16 years.

A welcoming community gathering for nonbinary, trans, and women singer-songwriters to share new music, build connections, and offer supportive, constructive feedback in a collaborative space. A small donation is encouraged to cover the cost of staffing needed for the host venue.

Celebrate the debut of Role Model, the remarkable new album by Northampton-born artist Indë, through this immersive hometown release concert. Role Model is a “künstlerroman,” an artist’s coming-of-age story, and soundtracks Indë's mission to become the Black queer role model that their community lacked during their childhood. This evening-length concert will present the album in its entirety, along with a live community choir, which we hope you'll join in song.

A welcoming community gathering for nonbinary, trans, and women singer-songwriters to share new music, build connections, and offer supportive, constructive feedback in a collaborative space. A small donation is encouraged to cover the cost of staffing needed for the host venue.

A welcoming community gathering for nonbinary, trans, and women singer-songwriters to share new music, build connections, and offer supportive, constructive feedback in a collaborative space. A small donation is encouraged to cover the cost of staffing needed for the host venue.

A welcoming community gathering for nonbinary, trans, and women singer-songwriters to share new music, build connections, and offer supportive, constructive feedback in a collaborative space. A small donation is encouraged to cover the cost of staffing needed for the host venue.

NCMC Annual Winter Concert is back! Featuring New Horizons Band of Western Mass, High Definition, and Ujima Singers. The concert will last about 90 minutes and is free admission.

Nestled in the hills of Amherst, the historic Red Barn offers breathtaking mountain views during this year’s Autumn Musical Feast. Supporters of the Northampton Community Music Center are invited to join us for a Balkan dinner and lively performance by Orkestar Banitsa.

La Mimosa Collective is performing at NCMC November 7th. The mimosa flower is an international symbol of female empowerment. Expect performances of flute, cello, viola, violin, piano, and voice.

Open to professional musicians, as well as amateur musicians with at least two years' experience on their instrument. Attendees should bring their instrument with them to the workshop and wear comfortable movement attire.

A free, family-friendly concert by Suzuki violin, cello, and piano students of the Northampton Community Music Center, followed by a candy toss! Come in costume and have some fun 🎃🎶

Part concert, part puppet show, part ghost story. This 50-minute multimedia performance reimagines classic literary monsters through queer, musical shadow theater and video. Join ensemble Shadow, Sound, Spectacle for a fresh perspective on the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley, Emily Dickinson, Anne Rice, and others, told through live music, shadow puppetry, video, and narrative. All are welcome, but recommended for adults and teens. Q&A to follow.

Join us for a powerful evening of story, sound, and place. Live music, poetry, and multimedia storytelling. Free event — All are welcome! Presented with support from the Williamsburg Cultural Council.

Part concert, part puppet show, part ghost story. This 50-minute multimedia performance reimagines classic literary monsters through queer, musical shadow theater and video. Join ensemble Shadow, Sound, Spectacle for a fresh perspective on the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley, Emily Dickinson, Anne Rice, and others, told through live music, shadow puppetry, video, and narrative. All are welcome, but recommended for adults and teens. Q&A to follow. This program is funded in part by a grant from the Springfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Calling all nonbinary, trans, and women singer-songwriters! Our next Song Share Session happens the second Thursday of every month. We kick off at 7 PM with a community check-in and intention setting. Want to refine your performance? Get feedback on a new song? Connect with fellow artists? This space is for YOU. If you’d like feedback, bring copies of your lyrics!

Get ready for some twang with a twist! Honkytonk Queer Tones (Emmett Troxel, Kim Hoff, and Jess Martin) reimagine classic country hits through a queer and political lens—songs you’ll know, delivered with defiance, joy, and plenty of glitter at this year's Easthampton's Porchfest. Country music may have a history of shutting folks out, but we’re cracking the door wide open and dancing right through it. Proudly waving the queer flag in a space that isn’t always welcoming, Honkytonk Queer Tones turn familiar tunes into bold anthems of love, resistance, and fun. Come stomp, sing, and holler along—yee-haw and queer joy guaranteed!

Part concert, part puppet show, part ghost story. This 50-minute multimedia performance reimagines classic literary monsters through queer, musical shadow theater and features a world premiere video. Join ensemble Shadow, Sound, Spectacle for a fresh perspective on the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley, Emily Dickinson, Anne Rice, and others, told through live music, shadow puppetry, video, and narrative. All are welcome, but recommended for adults and teens. Q&A to follow. This program is funded in part by a grant from the Holyoke Local Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Part concert, part puppet show, part ghost story. This 45-minute multimedia performance reimagines classic literary monsters through queer, musical shadow theater. Join ensemble Shadow, Sound, Spectacle for a fresh perspective on the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley, Emily Dickinson, Anne Rice, and others, told through live music, shadow puppetry, video, and narrative.

Calling all nonbinary, trans, and women singer-songwriters! Our next Song Share Session happens the second Thursday of every month. We kick off at 7 PM with a community check-in and intention setting. Want to refine your performance? Get feedback on a new song? Connect with fellow artists? This space is for YOU. If you’d like feedback, bring copies of your lyrics!

Join Northampton artists Jess Martin (singer-songwriter) and Kim Hoff (poet-naturalist) for a special Easthampton Art Walk performance blending music, poetry, and community voices.

The evening opens with Echoes of Nature: Hampshire County, an original multimedia performance inspired by reflective hikes through six local wild spaces. Through song and spoken word, Martin and Hoff explore the ways landscapes hold grief, resilience, memory, and hope.

Following a brief intermission, the program continues with Echoes in Community, a poetry reading featuring Easthampton’s current Poet Laureate Carolyn Zaikowski, former Poet Laureate Carolyn Cushing, and poets JuPong Lin, Isabella Gitana, and Kat Good-Schiff. Their work echoes shared themes of loss, solace, caregiving, and restoration.

The Queer Joy Collaborative is opening its doors—and its music—to anyone curious about joining their community choruses. On Monday, August 25, they’ll host free Open Rehearsals at the Hartsbrook School

Get ready for queer country with a twist! Jess Martin, Emmett Troxel, and Kim Hoff saddle up for a night of boot-stomping tunes, heartbreak harmonies, and just the right amount of political mischief. Classic sounds meet sharp turns as these three spin country music through a queer and subversive lens. If you don’t laugh, we’re doing it wrong.

Calling all nonbinary, trans, and women singer-songwriters! Our next Song Share Session happens the second Thursday of every month. We kick off at 7 PM with a community check-in and intention setting. Want to refine your performance? Get feedback on a new song? Connect with fellow artists? This space is for YOU. If you’d like feedback, bring copies of your lyrics!

Mirror, Mirror is a multidisciplinary art installation by Indë, a queer Black artivist born/raised/residing in Northampton, MA. The exhibit, on display from July 18th to August 8th, explores intersectional solidarity through immersive multimedia compositions and audience participation. In addition to presenting large figurative paintings, an original soundtrack, mirror/glass-based sculptures, and a new system of music notation, Indë will premiere the music video for “COME ON HOME,” featuring choir vocals by the Queer Joy Chorus, at the opening and closing receptions!

Experience a unique performance that blends poetry, song, and story inspired by the natural beauty of Hampshire County. Join artists Kim Hoff and Jess Martin for Echoes of Nature, a creative journey that celebrates our local landscapes and shared sense of place through moving words and melodies. All are welcome for this uplifting morning of nature-inspired reflection. This work is supported by the Amherst Local Cultural Council.

Mirror, Mirror is a multidisciplinary art installation by Indë, a queer Black artivist born/raised/residing in Northampton, MA. The exhibit, on display from July 18th to August 8th, explores intersectional solidarity through immersive multimedia compositions and audience participation. In addition to presenting large figurative paintings, an original soundtrack, mirror/glass-based sculptures, and a new system of music notation, Indë will premiere the music video for “COME ON HOME,” featuring choir vocals by the Queer Joy Chorus, at the opening and closing receptions!