Weekend Outlook: Summer Pride

Check out the events happening in the Berkshires this weekend including festivals, pride night, free days, and more.

Editor's Pick

The Great Ladybug Release 
The Apple Barn, Bennington Vt.
Friday and Saturday
Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Join The Apple Barn to learn about ladybugs and why they are good for the environment. Enjoy a storywalk with the kids and you will also be able to release some ladybugs as you enjoy the farm.

More information here.

Multiple Days

2026 Berkshire Yoga Festival
Jiminy Peak, Hancock
June 11 to 14

Another year of yoga in the Berkshires is back featuring yoga teachers from around the world sharing their knowledge as well as local vendors, hiking, art, and more.

More information and tickets here.

Friday 

North Adams Pride Night
Main Street
Time: 5 to 9 p.m.

Come downstreet for the annual Pride Night featuring a drag story hour, local food vendors, dance parties, and more.

More information here.

Common Craft Night
165 East Main St., North Adams
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.

Bring your crafts and work on them with others in the community.

More information here.

Lebanon Valley Drift
Lebanon Valley Dragway, 
West Lebanon, N.Y.
Time: 2 to 8 p.m.

All driving levels are able to participate in the drift or just come to watch others. The food stand will be open to sit and enjoy the show.

More information here.

Saturday

Fair Gardens: Family Programming
Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield

Design a little home a fairy would love to reside in. Open to ages 8 to 18 with family, bring your own garden type supplies or use from the library.

More information here.

Mass MoCA Free Day
Marshall Street, North Adams
Time: 10 a.m.

Explore Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art for free on Saturday. There will be an author talk and an opening celebration for Amanda Lovelee's "Homecoming," thematic museum tours, art-making in Kidspace, and more.

More information here.

Lee Pride Dragstravaganza
The Starving Artist Creperie & Cafe
Time: 5 to 11 p.m.

Drag bingo from 5 to 7, $15 for adults and $5 for a child. Once the game is done, there's a after dark drag party for ages 18 and up. Enjoy performances and food and drink.

More information and tickets here.

TurnPark Summer Festival
2 Moscow Road, West Stockbridge
Time: 3 to 10 p.m.

TurnPark Art Space's annual summer festival with performance art, immersive installations, wearable sculptures, music, dance, and meditative rituals. This year's theme is "Myth."

More information and tickets here.

Sunday

MA250 High Tea and Speakers Event
Adams Theater, Park Street
Time: 2 p.m.

Enjoy an English style high tea with a savory selection of small treats. A selection of teas and other beverages will also be served. Hear about the history of tea and its consumption and how it led to an American Revolution.

More information and tickets at $16.99 here.

Free Family Sundays at The Mount
The Mount, Lenox

Free day at author Edith Wharton's The Mount filled with dancing, activities, storytelling, and more.

More information here.

Flag Day Celebration
191 Church St., Cheshire
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.

Flag retirement ceremony with music, food trucks, and a kid zone.

More information here.

Berkshires Remember First Responders, Military Personnel Lost at 9/11 and Aftermath

By Jack Guerino & Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
02:30PM / Friday, September 11, 2026

North Adams Mayor Jennifer Macksey, with Fire Chief Brent Lefebvre speaks at Friday's memorial. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The county's two cities held memorials on Friday morning to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. 

Great Barrington was scheduled to hold a dedication of piece of steel from the World Trade Center at 6 p.m.

North Adams held its ceremony in the fire station's side garden starting at exactly 8:46 a.m., the time Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower.

 

The small square of grass was packed with police officers, firefighters, wire and alarm personnel, dispatchers, and Northern Berkshire EMS employees, and city employees, officials and community members. 

 

After the ceremonial tolling of the bell, an honor guard presented the colors.

 

Mayor Jennifer Macksey said it felt odd welcoming people to a very solemn event.

 

"What happened 25 years ago put a mark on emergency services. It put additional pressure on police, fire, EMS, and dispatchers," Macksey said. "While we remember those who lost their lives during 9/11, and those who ran to help as many as they could during 9/11, we have to pause and appreciate those who continue to serve despite that awful threat that occurred 25 years ago."

 

She said it was a direct attack on the United States and all of its people.

 

"It was a question of our freedoms and our ability to be safe in our communities," the mayor said. "I can say today that here in North Adams, it could happen to us, but I know with the professionalism of our Fire Department, Police Department, EMS, and our dispatch team, we are a better community; we are a safer community than we were 25 years ago."