ThunderFest Scheduled for March 22 in Adams

ADAMS, Mass. — ProAdams will present its ThunderFest event on Saturday, March 22, from noon to 5:00 p.m. at the Adams Visitor Center, located at 3 Hoosac Street. Admission to the event is free. (Rain date: Sunday, March 23)

ThunderFest will feature live music. Bacchus will perform from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and singer-songwriter Jack Waldheim will begin the entertainment at noon.

Food will be available for purchase from La Chalupa y la Enchilada, Pizza House, Adams Lions Club, and M&J’s Taste of Home. Local brewers and vintners scheduled to participate include Antimony, Sam Adams, Long Trail, Truly, and Balderdash Cellars.

The event will include vendors and exhibitors offering crafts, outdoor recreation gear, services, and information. Activities for children will be offered, and leashed pets are permitted on the grounds.

ThunderFest is supported by sponsors including Adams Community Bank, Berkshire Gas, Bounti-Fare, and SBM Insurance.

Additional information can be found at exploreadams.com/events/thunderfest/ and on the ThunderFest Facebook site.

From Empty Storefronts to New Opportunities, Park Street Eyes a Comeback

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
05:07AM / Tuesday, August 25, 2026

The latest Park Street sale is the 1890 Carlow building, a Queen Ann flatiron, purchased this past spring. The former owners ran Coffee Liberation Front until retiring. 

ADAMS, Mass. — For several years, Park Street has seen a steady stream of businesses open their doors, only to close again after brief operations. Now, some are hopeful of a new beginning, with new businesses bringing fresh energy to the area.

 

Some residents can remember a time when people walked the streets of downtown Adams to shop or eat, whether it was getting your photo taken at Smith Studio, shopping at Schiff Clothing or Groves & Co. Women Apparel, or having lunch or ice cream at The Crest. 

 

Over time, storefronts closed, and the once-bustling street grew quieter, with fewer people on the sidewalks and parking spaces sitting empty.

 

Adams is a very walkable town, said Glen Diehl, who sits on ProAdams Board of Directors.  

 

Diehl highlighted ProAdams' destinations map that sits at the corner of Park Street and the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail. 

 

The town needs restaurants and businesses he said, and as more move in the nonprofit will update the map. 

 

Small-town retail corridors face challenges from the shift to online shopping and the high cost of renovating historic buildings to meet modern codes, real estate agent Jeffrey Loholdt of Engel and Volkers Wellesley.