By Carolyn Brown For the Valley Advocate The Valley has several of performance opportunities for adults, but a local festival ...

NORTHAMPTON You know your jazz festival isn’t “missing a beat” when Downbeat Magazine — considered by many as the best jazz magazine in the world — pays attention to you. “Mention the word ‘festival’ ...

Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Sean Mason will perform a one-night-only concert at The Drake in Amherst with his quartet next month. That’s thanks to a new collaboration between the Northampton Jazz ...

From the Valley, a youth film and photo festival, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Northampton Center for the Arts.

Desmond Campbell, 13, runs through the beginning of his piece during rehearsal for the upcoming Youth Performance Festival at the Northampton Center for the Arts, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. DANIEL ...