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Berkshire Botanical Garden will burst into spring with something entirely new: two beloved events happening side-by-side for the very first time. From May 8–10, the Garden invites visitors to a weekend-long celebration of plants, play and community as the 49th Annual Plants-and-Answers Plant Sale overlaps with the second annual SpringFest on Saturday, May 9. Together, they promise a vibrant, family-friendly welcome to the growing season. For nearly half a century, the Plants-and-Answers Plant Sale has served as the Berkshires’ unofficial signal that spring has finally arrived. Garden members enjoy early buying hours on Friday, May 8, from 9 to 11 a.m. with the sale opening to the general public from 11 to 4 p.m. Weekend hours continue Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10 (from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days).While the plant sale fills the grounds with gardening excitement, SpringFest brings an added layer of festivity on Saturday, May 9 — a full day of family fun with free admission from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Designed as a celebration of the season and of community, SpringFest features food trucks and enough children’s activities to keep the youngest visitors happily busy for hours. Little ones can enjoy a petting zoo, pony rides, face painting, classic lawn games, and more. A traditional Maypole dance adds a whimsical, old-world flourish to the day’s lineup. By bringing both events together for the first time, Berkshire Botanical Garden is creating an immersive weekend experience: part plant-lover’s paradise, part joyful spring fair. Whether you come to stock your garden, entertain the kids, toast a graduate, or simply stroll among spring blooms, the Garden will be buzzing with beauty, community and the promise of the season ahead.

A Guide to Springtime in the Berkshires

The Berkshires has an incredible amount to do, see and experience.

Opening in April is the annual Daffodil & Tulip Festival  in #StockbridgeMA. After months of careful planning and work by the Trustees Horticulture and Stewardship Teams, Naumkeag invites you to wander Naumkeag’s hillside gardens as they welcome spring in the Berkshires. Open Thursdays–Sundays from April 18–May 11.

Berkshire Theatre Group will present, John & Jen a musical, May 20-June 7 at The Unicorn Theatre, Stockbridge, MA. John & Jen is an intimate and deeply moving musical by Andrew Lippa (The Addams Family, Big Fish, The Wild Party) that traces the evolving bond between siblings—and later between mother and son—across three decades. At the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, MA a variety of shows takes stage, including Four Sticks: The Music of Led Zeppelin on April 4, Little Lies: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac on April 10 and Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach JR., April 24-26.

Tanglewood Learning Institutes continues it's spring performances at the Linde Center for Music and Learning on Tanglewood’s campus in Stockbridge, MA. Rounding out the TLI's jazz series are the Sullivan Fortner Trio on March 20, Saxophonist Nick Hempton on April 10 and Trumpeter Jumaane Smith on May 9. Another highlight is a back-to-back set of programs inspired by Schubert’s Winterreise (“A Winter’s Journey”) with bass Andrew Munn and pianist Elenora Pertz; the first, a traditional performance of the beloved song cycle, and the second, a new work entitled postWinterreise by composer and sound artist Kat Austen on April 24 & 25. The final program of the series, Mirage with Hub New Music and Daniel Wohl, includes a performance of Wohl’s UFO-inspired work as well as specially-made arrangements from his 2019 album, État on May 1.

In commemoration of the anniversary of America’s 250th founding, Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA will present American Stories: From Revolution to Rockwell, on view from June 6 through October 26, 2026. This landmark exhibition explores how artists—from the Revolutionary era to the present—shared the ideals and evolving story of the United States in pictures and captured the American imagination in the process. Organized around a series of foundational chapters, American Stories illuminates how iconic imagery created over centuries helped to reflect and shape what it means to be American. There is always something new at the museum to discover: 10 galleries, engaging programs, and scenic 36-acre campus. Come see the museums current exhibitions including the newest, Norman Rockwell: The Human Touch.

This spring, reconnect with the power of movement, sound, and passionate creativity, as Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, MA presents their first-ever fully produced spring season inside the newly opened Doris Duke Theatre.

Compañía Irene Rodríguez: Flamenco Soul takes stage on April 24–26, and Hari Krishnan and inDANCE presents ROWDIES IN LOVE May 1–3, 2026.


This April, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA celebrates the 250th anniversary of the United States with a series of gallery talks given by members of the curatorial team. Each talk highlights artworks from the Burrows Gallery of American Decorative Arts, including silver from the Henry Morris and Elizabeth H. Burrows collection, which came to the Clark from an anonymous loan to celebrate the Bicentennial of the United States in 1976.

The Mount, Lenox, MA, presents Sculpture at the Mount May through October. Set against the verdant background of Edith Wharton's historic estate, Sculpture at The Mount is an annual exhibition highlighting contemporary outdoor sculpture in a range of media. Open free and open to the public, dawn to dusk. 


Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, MA has added a variety of new spring programs to its year-round schedule.  On the mainstage, Parsons Dance, know for its energized, athletic style has two performances on Saturday, April 4 and writer Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker brings his new one-man show to town on Saturday, April 25.  The Juanito Pascual Trio will perform next door at the Indigo Room on Saturday, April 11. The smaller venue will continue its ongoing Indigo Comedy Night series with comics Jim Tews on Friday, April 10, and Christian Finnegan on Friday, May 8.  


The Berkshire Bach Society's choral director James Bagwell leads soloists, chorus, and orchestra in two performances of the dramatic St. John Passion, Bach’s earliest surviving work in the genre and predecessor to his powerful St. Matthew Passion. These are Berkshire Bach’s first performances of St. John Passion since 1995 and promise to be major choral events in our region. The venue for April 11 is the First Congregational Church in Great Barrington and April 12 is Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, NY. 

Join us at Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum, Lenox, MA for Ghost Tours led by Robert Oakes, author of Ghosts of the Berkshires on April 18 and 24 or a Paranormal Investigation withe David Raby on April 25th. The mansion is believed to be haunted by quite a few ghosts and has been featured on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters. One report tells of a woman's face that hovers as it descends a staircase, a whispering voice, screams and doors that open and close on their own. Some believe the spirits are those of former owners, George and Sarah Morgan.

Spring blossoming starts at Kripalu in Stockbridge, MA. The seasons are turning, and with Spring comes an invitation to awaken, renew, and bloom. Kripalu's experiences are designed to help you listen more deeply, breathe more freely, and step forward with greater clarity and joy. Discover over 200 new programs and trainings, tips for embracing the outdoors, inspiring guest stories, and much more. Let this season be one of open windows, longer days, and open-hearted practice.

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This page is updated weekly to assist you with events, hours of operations, outdoor activities and more. The summer season cultural programming is starting to roll in. Tanglewood Music Festival, Berkshire Theatre Group, Shakespeare and Company, and more is set to deliver an exhilarating summer filled with unforgettable performances and experiences. check it out! 

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