Miscellaneous ↓
Florence Concerts on the Porch, July 3rd, 6:30PM-8pm
May 9th, 2025 — Miscellaneous
Will Bike for Food, September 21st, 2025
May 22nd, 2025 — Events, Miscellaneous
We will play from 1:30pm to 3pm.
Franklin County Pride, June 7th 2025
May 9th, 2025 — Miscellaneous
Springfield Museums, July 30th
June 7th, 2025 — Miscellaneous
July 30 @ 12:00 pm–2:00 pm
Groove to the sounds of local performers. Free with museum admission.
Loud, raucous, and full of fun, the Expandable Brass Band is dedicated to spreading joyful music to the people of Western Massachusetts and beyond.
Music on Wednesdays is part of Summer at the Museums, sponsored by Baystate Health, Berkshire Bank, Country Bank, Florence Bank, Eversource, M&T Bank; and Horace A Moses Charitable Trust, N.A., Bank of America, Trustee.
Millside Park, Easthampton, June 12th at 6pm
June 1st, 2025 — Miscellaneous
Greenfield Bee Fest – Saturday, May 17, 2025
April 10th, 2025 — Miscellaneous
15th Annual Greenfield Bee Fest – Saturday, May 17, 2025
Playing from 10:30 to 11:30.
Each spring, Greenfield Bee Fest celebrates Lorenzo Langstroth, the “Father of Modern Beekeeping,” with fun and learning for all ages as we highlight the vital role of the honeybee in sustaining our environment.
Hampshire Pride Parade, May 5th, 2025
April 20th, 2025 — Miscellaneous
Join us for Hampshire Pride.
Parade from 11am to noon in downtown Northampton.
On stage from 2:30-3pm.
20th Annual Hot Chocolate Run, December 3rd
November 20th, 2023 — Events, Miscellaneous
The Hot Chocolate Run is a community celebration of Safe Passage, the Hampshire County organization addressing domestic violence.
Join us for a great time for a great cause!
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Funeral Parade for Fred Contrada
November 10th, 2018 — Events, Miscellaneous
“Friends and family will mark Fred Contrada‘s death the same way he lived his life – in style.”
https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/11/republican_reporter_fred_contr.html
“In a nod to his love of New Orleans, where he waited tables after graduating college, his family will hold a New Orleans-style parade, led by the Expandable Brass Band, from the Forbes Library to Hotel Northampton at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.”
His obituary in the Daily Hampshire Gazette included this invitation: “Please join us for a New Orleans-style parade and celebration of Fred’s life on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 at 12:30 p.m. when the Expandable Brass Band will lead a parade from Forbes Library to the Ballroom at the Hotel Northampton for a celebration from 1-4 p.m.”
[Our band will leave soon after the parade; we have a rehearsal elsewhere, starting at 1:15pm, for another gig.]
No rehearsal March 25 or April 1 (Easter). Resume April 8th or…
February 25th, 2018 — Miscellaneous
Our regular pattern of Sunday rehearsals (12:30-2:30pm) should resume on April 8, depending on the weather. When the weather is warm enough, we’ll resume OUTDOOR rehearsals at Maines Field, Florence – our standard rehearsal location for the past 10 summers. (We lack an indoor alternative for April 8, so may have to cancel that one.)
On Sunday April 15 we will rehearse at the Pathways Common House in Florence, MA. We thank our friends at Pathways for providing such a lovely and spacious room. We have enjoyed that space once a month this winter.