Miscellaneous ↓

We will be playing for the 2018 Hot Chocolate Run this coming Sunday morning, supporting this important fundraiser for Safe Passages.  We’ll be leading the walkers at about 9:00am, then continuing to play while the runners pass us by. What a wonderful annual event in downtown Northampton!

See https://hotchocolaterun.greatfeats.com/

“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.]

We will be playing to raise funds for the Northampton Cot Shelter program on November 17th from 3 to 4pm.

Join us at the Northampton Jazz Festival from noon to 2pm on Saturday October 20th at Pulaski Park.

The Expandable Brass Band will play for the annual “Bread Festival” hosted by the Hungry Ghost Bakery, 62 State Street, Northampton, MA.  The festival runs 11am to 5pm on Sunday September 23. We’ll start playing about 11:45am, and then lead a short parade through the streets of Northampton.  Don’t miss this fun!

Join us at the North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival on Sunday, September 30th at 3pm. Park at the corner of Holtshire and Fairman Roads in Orange.

Join us for the Providence Honk Festival from 2:30 to 10pm October 8th at the Providence Rhode Island waterfront.

Summer Reading Grand Finale! Saturday July 28th 11am-12:30pm.

Join us for the opening of Pioneer Valley Bike Share at 10:30am in Northampton’s Pulaski Park.

Join us at the Worthington 250th anniversary parade on Saturday June 30th at about 10am.