“[A] wonderland of traditional and cutting-edge roots music.” – New England Public Media

Set against the foothills of the beautiful Berkshire mountains, FreshGrass is a family-friendly festival with the best in roots music filling the fields, courtyards, and galleries of MASS MoCA — the largest contemporary art museum in the country (gallery admission included with all tickets!). With FreshGrass Commissions, FreshGrass Awards showcase, emerging artists, farm-fresh food, local brews, and pop-up jam sessions, FreshGrass is a weekend of one-of-a-kind festival magic, produced in partnership by MASS MoCA and the FreshGrass Foundation.

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About FreshGrass | North Adams
Music starts early in the museum courtyards, moves to our spacious (and grassy!) urban concert meadow, and then continues until past your bedtime with wild and woolly late-night barn dances in the Hunter Center on Friday and Saturday nights. Concerts held rain or shine. The lineup is jam-packed with guitar gods and banjo gurus, traditionalists, and trailblazers — artists you already know and love interspersed with FreshGrass discoveries. Taken together, it’s an expansive group of performers who both draw on the past and look to the future. We like to think of it as “great music uprooted.” The FreshGrass Awards celebrates new talent, with cash prizes to the contest winners. Finalists in the band, banjo, fiddle, and guitar categories perform for a panel of industry professionals on Saturday and Sunday of the festival, with winners announced on Sunday afternoon. Open to all festival-goers, the contest showcases the future of bluegrass and roots music when the bands play original and traditional tunes. With prizes totaling $20,000, grand prize winners receive a performance spot at the next year’s festival, recording sessions at Compass Records, and handcrafted instruments from festival sponsors.

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By purchasing a ticket to FreshGrass (and all events on our campus), you agree to join MASS MoCA’s visitors, staff, and artists in following our Courtesy Code, detailed here. FreshGrass | North Adams is proud to partner with One Tree Planted to plant a tree for every ticket sold. Learn more about FreshGrass Foundations Sustainability Pledge here.

Prices include all fees, which are waived for MASS MoCA members.

By purchasing a ticket to join MASS MoCA’s visitors, staff, and artists on the museum campus, you agree to treat your fellow guests with respect and follow our Courtesy Code, detailed here. For the safety of all, please note that the following items are prohibited at FreshGrass:

Weapons of any kind
Outside food & beverages
Except for those with medical needs or infants
Flammable materials
Including lighters
Glass containers
Coolers
Pets
Except service animals
Aerosol cans
Professional cameras & recording devices
Drones
Poles & tripods
Laser pointers & glow sticks
Sports equipment
Skateboards, roller skates, bicycles
Mechanized vehicles
except accessibility related