image description — Gail Greenwood of Gang of Four performs on the first day of Solid Sound.

Solid Sound 2026: Day One in Pictures

By Justin WaggSpecial to iBerkshires
06:57AM / Sunday, June 28, 2026Print Story | Email Story

Friday: Day One

Justin Wagg spent Friday taking pictures of Solid Sound

Visitors Arrive in Courtyard D

Billy Bragg performs in Courtyard D

Billy Bragg

Rain falls on Billy Bragg's set

Raincoats come out

Finding shelter

Umbrella time

Taking a break

Sharp Pins perform in Courtyard D

Sharp Pins

Poems being written during Solid Sound

Festival attendees cool off

Poetry of the moment

Jon King of Gang Four at Joe's Field

Gail Greenwood of Gang of Four

Jon King

The crowd packs into Joe's Field

Spectators at the show

Not everyone was into the music

Concertgoers queue to see James Turrell's 'C.A.V.U.' during a pause in music

Billy Bragg joins Wilco to perform 'Mermaid Avenue'

Joe's Field is illuminated during Wilco's set

Ting Ting dumplings, a staple of Solid Sound

Spectators listen to Wilco

Lickety Split closes for the night

Lickety Split closes for the night

Performer with L'Rain

L'Rain takes the stage

L'Rain

L'Rain

L'Rain

L'Rain closes out the evening

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Q&A with State Representative Challenger Andrew Fitch

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
10:01AM / Sunday, August 23, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On Sept. 1, voters in the First Berkshire District will decide whether they want to send a new representative to Beacon Hill in Boston.

Andrew Fitch, currently a city councilor in the district's largest municipality — and the commonwealth's smallest city — is challenging former North Adams Mayor John Barrett III, who won the First Berkshire seat in a 2017 special election, in the Democratic Party primary.

There is no Republican on the primary ballot for the First Berkshire seat so the primary will effectively be the election for the seat.

The two candidates met for their only debate on Aug. 13 at Williams College. iBerkshires.com reached out to both candidates to follow up on some of the points raised in the debate and get their thoughts on some other issues facing the district.

Below are excerpts from a conversation with challenger Andrew Fitch:

Question: From the very beginning, you talked about the campaign as a listening experience, and this week you're continuing that with the bike tour …

Andrew Fitch: Knocking on doors that have never been knocked on before. … I was riding through, I believe it was Hinsdale coming into Windsor, and they started to yell at me, 'No!' And then the guy was like, 'Wait a second. That's Andrew Fitch.' They actually knew who I was, and they were actually wanting to chat with me.

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