The Pioneer Valley's Own

We will be rehearsing at the Williamsburg Library on December 18th from 12:30pm-2:30pm. Rehearsals are open to all (especially potential members). Contact us via this web site if you would like to get advance copies of music.

We are looking forward to once again cheering on the walkers and runners in the
13th Annual Hot Chocolate Run for Safe Passage Sunday, December 4, 2016.

The Hot Chocolate Run is a community celebration of Safe Passage, the Hampshire County organization addressing domestic violence.

We will be rehearsing at the Williamsburg Library on November 20th from 12:30pm-2:30pm. Rehearsals are open to all (especially potential members). Contact us via this web site if you would like to get advance copies of music.

The Expandable Brass Band will play in front of First Churches, Main St, Northampton, on Sunday afternoon November 27, starting at 3:00pm. (Weather permitting)  Our purpose is to raise awareness and funds for the Hampshire Interfaith Winter Shelter, a worthy cause.

The Interfaith Winter Shelter is an emergency “overflow” shelter for homeless adults in Hampshire County, offering warm beds and hot meals from November through April. The shelter is a cooperative effort among the City of Northampton, the 400+ volunteers of the Friends of the Hampshire County Homeless Individuals (the Friends) and Soldier On, and ServiceNet, which provides professional staffing.

Costume Parade
October 29 @ 1:00 pm–1:30 pm
Springfield Museums
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA

Wear your Halloween costume and march to the beat, led by the Expandable Brass Band.

Join us this fall for the fourth running of the Easthampton Apple-a-Day 5K!

An Easthampton family fun activity that benefits the Elementary Schools of Easthampton: Maple, Pepin, and Center Street Schools

Join us October 8th and 9th for the Honk Festival in Somerville on the 8th and the parade and Cambridge on the 9th.

An awesome annual 3-day free festival bringing brass bands from all over the United States and the world to Somerville for a celebration of music, community and activism. Organized entirely by volunteers and now in its 10th year, the festival kicks off on Friday night with a lantern parade in Davis Square neighborhoods and a band showcase. On Saturday more than 25 bands take over Davis Square for a giant music and dance party. On Sunday, local community groups, artists, and activists working for a variety of progressive causes — economic justice, protecting the environment, world peace, an end to racism — join the brass bands to make a spectacular parade from Davis Square to Harvard Square along Mass Avenue. Other HONK! Fest activities include a Day of Action, when bands convene to play on behalf of a cause, and roundtable discussions for participating musicians and organizers of other HONK! festivals around the country to gather and share experiences. HONK! in Somerville has inspired festivals near – Providence, Brooklyn, Seattle, Austin, Detroit, and far – Australia and Brazil.

Boston Magazine recognized HONK! with a “2015 Best of Boston” award, writing “The music pounds in your chest. The activism moves your soul.” Please join us for our 10th anniversary celebration, and consider supporting the festival by volunteering, housing visiting musicians, or making a donation!

September 30th 7-10pm at the New City Brewery, 180 Pleasant Street, Easthampton. Enter from Ferry Street in the back of the building. The Harford Hot Several and the Expandable Brass Band will be part of the Brass Band Bash.

We will play 10am Friday August 26 in Greenfield, leading a 2-block parade at the beginning of a  festival called “Free as I Want to Be.”  It will take place jointly in Energy Park and Jaume I gallery on Miles Street and will feature a wide variety of musical performances, a visual art exhibition, craft fair, magic show and dancers. The event is organized by Community Enterprises, which serves adults (22-70+) with developmental/intellectual disabilities.

Come join this annual party to celebrate the harvest.  Come parade with us!  Sunday September 18, Noon.  We will start and end at the Hungry Ghost Bakery, 62 State Street, Northampton.  Other musicians and vendors participate in this delightful Hungry Ghost Bread Festival. Don’t miss it!