Big Band Concert with Premier Swing Band

The School Street Bistro is proud to announce the first of their Big Band and Dance Concert Series. The shows will feature the outstanding 8-piece Big Band/Swing Ensemble, the Premier Swing Band. They will be performing a wide repertoire of jazz and swing music. The concerts will be held in the School Street Bistro’s Music Hall on the 4th Thursday of each month, June 25, July 23, and August 27. The tables will be set around the perimeter of the Music Hall to provide a beautiful wooden dance floor for those that wish to dance.  The doors open at 6:00 and a free dance lesson will be provided from 6:30 to 7:00 (June-Swing; July-Foxtrot; August-Waltz).  Then Premier Swing will play from 7:00 until 9:00.  You’ll be able to order fine food and beverages from the Bistro menu all night.  The cost for these wonderful evenings is a mere $10 so put on your dancing shoes and join us at the Bistro this summer. For more info, please click here. To purchase tickets, please click here.

TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABE AT THE SCHOOL STREET BISTRO.

July 23rd, 2009 Starts at 06:00 PM
Location
School Street Bistro Music Hall
School Street
Westfield, MA 01085

Make SPACE for Healthy Summer Fun Day

June 20th will mark the first Make SPACE for Healthy Summer Fun Day in Westfield with events all around downtown Westfield.
Beginning on the Green at 11:00 and running to 4:00pm!
There will be a full slate of events at the YMCA on Court St. from 1:00pm-4:00pm
For a complete schedule of those events, please click here.

We will offer a day long series of performances on the City Green with dancers, musicians, and great demonstrations. The fun begins at 11 AM and runs until 4 PM.

Featured acts are the Poi Dancers, Bamidele Dancers & Drummers, Evan Murray, Brittany Bousquet, and Shannon Lyn Bailey.

Later on in the evening, local favorite Jeff Bouvier will kick off the Saturday Night Live concerts with a performance at 6:00PM.
This is another great collaborative between Westfield on Weekends, the YMCA, the Westfield BID, the Mass Cultural Council, and The Tea Pot Gallery…we thank everyone for their efforts!

Please check back with us as we have much more to add!

If you have an upcoming event in or around the downtown district and would like to put it on our District Events page please email your request to Lisa@thedistrictwestfield.com.

Stanley Park’s Grand 60th Anniversary Celebration

Sixty years ago in 1949, Frank Stanley Beveridge, founder of StanHome Products, established the Stanley Park of Westfield. To commemorate this milestone, “Sixty Years of Preservation…Sixty Days of Celebration,” was designed to present an array of events for all to enjoy. The activities will run from mid-June through mid-August when on Sunday, August 16, the actual day of its founding, Stanley Park will present a grand parade up Western Avenue arriving at the Park fields. The longest birthday table complete with cake will greet the parade goers. Don’t miss any of the fun! Mark your calendars now.  For more info, go to http://www.stanleypark.org/

Celebrate the end of summer with the 6th annual Westfield Arts on the Green festival. Running all of Labor Day weekend on the Westfield City Green, the festival will feature the best of local art and music.
        Visit the Tea Pot Gallery website http://www.teapot-gallery.com/
for updates all summer long!

Applications for the 2009 Westfield Arts on the Green Festival are now available. To download the 2009 Vendor Application in pdf format, click here.

EQUITY THEATRE RETURNS!
Lee Blessing’s long-running Broadway success A Walk in the Woods leads off
The Westfield State College Foundation’s second summer season of
professional theatre in downtown Westfield.

The play is produced in association with Actors & Company.
“A Walk in the Woods” plays June 17-20 and 24-27 at 8 p.m. on
The Stage at Piccolo’s Ristorante at 110 Elm Street in downtown Westfield.

Tickets can be reserved by calling 413-562-2277. Tickets will also be sold at the door prior to each performance. All tickets are $15.
Patrons wishing to dine at Piccolo’s prior to a performance can make reservations by calling 413-572-1433. Reservations are advised for 6 p.m. to conclude the dining experience prior to the 8 p.m. curtain.

The play features Ashley Shea as the American negotiator. She appeared last season
as Emily Dickinson in the Westfield State College Foundation’s production of The Belle of Amherst.  Jack Shea plays her Russian counterpart and also directs. Both actors appear under a special appearance agreement with Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional stage actors. It’s sure to be a great night of Downtown Theatre in Westfield, so make your reservations now!

The  WESTFIELD GOOD OLD SUMMER TIMES events will take place all summer long on the Green in downtown Westfield and other locations around Westfield, including:

• vintage baseball games including the Lumberjack Classic at Bullens Field on Aug 8
• Thursday and Saturday Concerts on the Green
• fireworks at Stanley Park on July 3 along with Stanley Park’s summer long 60th Anniversary Celebration
• Summer Sounds 2009 Concerts on the Green every 2nd Thursday of the summer months at 7:30 pm
  
• Theatre Downtown at Piccolo’s with “A Walk in the Woods“ and more!
• the Big Band Concert/Dance Series at the Bistro’s Music Hall comes for the first time as a monthly series on the fourth Thursdays of the summer months!
• the 82nd annual Westfield Fair at the Fairgrounds and the 6th annual Westfield Arts on the Green on Labor Day weekend.
• the Farmer’s Market on the Green, every Thursday afternoon, 2 – 6:30 pm
• the Friday and Sunday shows at Stanley Park
• Musical Moments at Amelia Park every Tuesday evening at 6:30pm
• and the Athenaeum’s Wild Reads and First Thursdays events.

Come celebrate summer with WoW, the WBID and your neighbors along with some of the best entertainment in the Pioneer Valley! Things will be kicking off with the Make Space for Healthy Summer Fun Day on June 20, a great family event… we hope to see everyone there!

Friday, July 3rd at Stanley Park                                          
(raindate Sunday, July 5th)

Festivities begin at 5:30pm
Come out and enjoy this wonderful evening of friends, food, music, fun, excitement and best of all an incredible fireworks diplay!

The Tea Pot Gallery        22 Elm Street     (413) 562-6966

This wonderful event is back by popular demand for a second season!
A summer event series showcasing the multi-talented children of our CommUnity.

Every Saturday from June 20th to August 29, 2009 from 12Noon to 4:00 P.M.
On the Green in Westfield at the Rotary.

For more information on this event and other great events throughout the spring and summer: http://www.teapot-gallery.com/