Join us for a night of live music and dancing in benefit for Hearts of the Father Outreach for Orphaned and Abandoned Children, Saturday June 24th, in the Barn 8pm-11pm. Tickets $20.
8-11pm Thursday June 29th at The Down County Social Club.
beneath The Stagecoach Tavern
864 South Undermountain road ( AKA Rt 41 ) Sheffield, MA
$10 donation for the artists
From the foothills of Western Maine comes GoldenOak, a folk group whose genre-blending sound has them steadily emerging as a musical force in New England. Conceived in the winter of 2013, their woodsy, modern folk sound weaves together rich four-part harmonies and piercing melodic lines over a unique blend of cello, guitar, trumpet, and cajón. Shifting effortlessly from energetic swing to dreamy ballad, they’re as comforting as a campfire and as heart-shaken as a summer squall.
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
Lisa and Amy came together on the road, which keeps on defining their music.
They continue to travel the world, by all means, playing anywhere from warehouses in New Orleans to pirate ships in Amsterdam.
Two strong voices blend to create haunting harmonies, while they artfully juggle an array of instruments including fiddle, banjo, guitar and mandolin while incorporating traditional dance and foot percussion. Original songwriting combined with folk styles ranging from old-time to Balkan to Celtic , create a compelling performance delivered with heart and raw energy .
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
Tap Madrus aka Patrick Surdam, lead singer and guitarist of The Nice Ones, has been a regular performer at DCSC for over 2 years. Patrick returns July 13th with a mixture of intimate, soulful interpretations of covers - from Hank Williams to Nina Simone - acoustic performances of Nice Ones' catalog, and Tap Madrus' original material. His impeccable guitar playing and lilting vocals come together to deliver a hauntingly beautiful evening of entertainment.
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
Welcome in to the world, Chelsea Bordonaro's new baby!
This private event will be in the Pine Grove Porch
The Page Turners, Carolyn Kendrick and Jake Howard, are an award-winning group (2016 Freshgrass Best Duo) who have a strong foothold in the acoustic music scene. They became musical friends as students of Berklee College of Music, and started playing together through the Berklee American Roots Program. From those experiences, they began to play music together more and grew from goofy friends who loved BBQ and bluegrass, into goofy band mates as well. The Page Turners write sharp and adept original music and put new twists on old favorites. They like to blend their love of bluegrass, whiskey-fueled old-time, country music, swing, and fearless song-writing into one all-purpose seasoning of good ole' fashioned Roots Music.
"The Page Turners harness the best and deepest parts of bluegrass and old-time sounds as their own unique springboard for some wonderful new music. I love what Carolyn and Jake are doing and can’t wait to hear more!” ~ Bruce Molsky
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
DCSC (Down County Social Club) welcomes singer-songwriter / multi-instrumentalist Kala Farnham Thursday July 27th 8-10pm. $10 suggested donation to the artist. For info/directions and dinner reservations at The Stagecoach Tavern, call 413-229-8585
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
We are very proud to be making French Toast with bread donated by Berkshire Mountain Bakery for guests attending the New England Community Center Chef & Farmer Brunch!
Welcome Consensus Building Institute! Empowering Leaders Around the World to Collaborate, Negotiate, and Resolve Conflict
DCSC (Down County Social Club) welcomes Black Lake Thursday August 3rd 7-10pm. $10 suggested donation to the artist. For info/directions and dinner reservations at The Stagecoach Tavern, call 413-229-8585
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
Come back to center. Nourish your body. Connect with your heart.
The transition between seasons is a potent time to shift your inner compass. Move mindfully into the next chapter with Kripalu Yoga Teachers, Licensed Massage Therapists, acroyoga practitionersand spirit buddies Johanna Wise and Paul Harrigan. They share a deep appreciation for the ways in which yoga, partner/ acroyoga, nature, meditation, chanting and bodywork can open our hearts and connect us with our highest self. Their intention is to offer these tools as support to those on the journey towards greater self-love, empowerment, purpose and peace.
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
We hope you join us in The Down County Social Club, Thursday August 31st for Ali Dineen and Hannah Sassoon, presenting original music as well as selections from U.S. folk traditions, including ballads, rags, blues and a shadow puppet cranky. $10 donation for the artists.
If you're looking for a place to host your charming, romantic, rustic wedding, you've found it. Allow us to be the first to offer a warm and hearty congratulations. To check availability and get the planning process started, complete this form and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
We hope you join us Thursday September 14th for Wes Buckley in The Down County Social Club. . His exploratory folk, underbilly, psych-folk sound is evolving and he loves to perform his tunes in various instrumentation-- solo, duo and with a group. $10 donation for the artists
If you're looking for a place to host your charming, romantic, rustic wedding, you've found it. Allow us to be the first to offer a warm and hearty congratulations. To check availability and get the planning process started, complete this form and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
If you're looking for a place to host your charming, romantic, rustic wedding, you've found it. Allow us to be the first to offer a warm and hearty congratulations. To check availability and get the planning process started, complete this form and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
We hope you join us in the Down County Social Club on September 28th, 7pm-10pm for Human Host. Begining in December 2002, the core group of musicians includes Mike Apichella, and Steve Yankou. Human Host also features the work of Lucas Rambo, and a rotating ensemble of diverse musical non-musical, real, and imaginary contributors and collaborators. $10 suggested donation for the artist.
If you're looking for a place to host your charming, romantic, rustic wedding, you've found it. Allow us to be the first to offer a warm and hearty congratulations. To check availability and get the planning process started, complete this form and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
If you're looking for a place to host your charming, romantic, rustic wedding, you've found it. Allow us to be the first to offer a warm and hearty congratulations. To check availability and get the planning process started, complete this form and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
Join Jillian Pransky and her and an amazing group of yogis to unplug yourself from the stresses of your daily life. Fall is the perfect time to get grounded and practice purification and cleansing techniques to prepare for the changing season. Get restored with yoga, meditation, nature walks and mindfulness at Race Brook Lodge.
If you're looking for a place to host your charming, romantic, rustic wedding, you've found it. Allow us to be the first to offer a warm and hearty congratulations. To check availability and get the planning process started, complete this form and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
If you're looking for a place to host your charming, romantic, rustic wedding, you've found it. Allow us to be the first to offer a warm and hearty congratulations. To check availability and get the planning process started, complete this form and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
If you're looking for a place to host your charming, romantic, rustic wedding, you've found it. Allow us to be the first to offer a warm and hearty congratulations. To check availability and get the planning process started, complete this form and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
Francesca Shanks’ primary instrument is baritone ukulele, but don’t pigeonhole her as a quirky girl who sings cute songs. Shanks’ writing is tight with metaphor and naked with intent, nostalgia and longing, evoking artists like Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, John K. Samson and Kathleen Hanna.
Shanks’ aim is to use songwriting to explore the gray areas integral to our humanity. Her songs are direct and conversational, circling around themes of nature, god, waiting, death and time: Birds swoop through words about love and divination, muddy water carries away lost innocence and the claws of a cat are ridden into the night sky.
Shanks has always been a writer (she’s now logged several years as a reporter, editor and columnist), and spent her early years in various bands, from keyboard-driven no-wave to harmonic freak-folk.
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8-11pm Thursday June 22nd at The Down County Social Club.
beneath The Stagecoach Tavern
864 South Undermountain road ( AKA Rt 41 ) Sheffield, MA
$10 donation for the artists
We would like to welcome Indian Mountain School, a Co-ed junior boarding and day school in Lakeville, CT for students in grades pre-kindergarten through nine.
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
If you're looking for a place to host your charming, romantic, rustic wedding, you've found it. Allow us to be the first to offer a warm and hearty congratulations. To check availability and get the planning process started, complete this form and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
Angel Espinoza plays electronic fusion with loop pedals, incorporating his accordion and guitar.
7 - 10 pm Thursday June 15th at The Down County Social Club.
beneath The Stagecoach Tavern
864 South Undermountain road ( AKA Rt 41 ) Sheffield, MA
$10 donation for the artists
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The Down County Social Club convenes most Thursdays, featuring a handpicked selection of extraordinary and rare entertainment presented in an intimate New Orleans style speakeasy. Our live performances include music, dance, performance art, poetry and multlimedia works. We also occasionally offer films and academically themed events. Our programming is as eclectic as you can imagine!
For info/directions and dinner reservations at The Stagecoach Tavern, call 413-229-8585
Hope you can join us for this community event in our very own Shays Lounge. Watch the Mexico USA World Cup Qualifiers Fifth round match on the big screen with us: Race Brook Lodge staff, guests and neighbors. Tonight at 8:30pm.
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
If you're looking for a place to host your charming, romantic, rustic wedding, you've found it. Allow us to be the first to offer a warm and hearty congratulations. To check availability and get the planning process started, complete this form and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
Clippertones seeks to capture the dreams and feelings of the heart as they crash into the cold reality of the life's chaotic obstacles, in other words, man v.s the Sea.
Original swamp rock with folk, rock, blues and bluegrass influences to name a few.
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
Release. Relax. Reset. A total mind body healing and wellness retreat at Race Mountain House, in the lush Berkshire mountains, hosted by Edan Harari. Experience a combo of therapeutic movement and healing arts including: Kinetic Flow movement therapeutics + Kinetic Release Therapy (KRT) body therapy.
Eric Fraser is an exponent of a unique vocal style of North-Indian flute playing and has been learning intensively through annual trips to Kolkata, India from his guru Pandit Gopal Roy since 2003. Eric's playing rings with authenticity and pure tone, imbibing the soul of Indian classical music.
Steve Gorn is a master bamboo flautist and saxophone player. Gorn has performed Indian classical music, jazz and new American music on the bansuri bamboo flute and soprano saxophone in concerts and festivals throughout the world.
Please join us Friday nights for a welcome campfire for Race Brook Lodge guests and our community neighbors. Feel free to bring an instrument, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem, do a magic trick, or anything else you'd like to share. We will provide the smores, local whiskey and some non-alcoholic drinks for all to enjoy.
We are happy to host the New York Cycle Club as they make their way through the Berkshires this weekend.
Michael Lesko, 30, plays drums and writes and produces his own music. He is currently writing, performing, and recording with his folk rock band, Dreamaholic. Michael Lesko has performed in groups that vary in genre from folk and experimental to reggae and hip-hop. He studied at Berklee School of Music. Michael has composed hours of original electronic music available on michaellesko.bandcamp.com.
Michael is now teaching songwriting and he is starting a kind of musical coaching, he calls, Musical Guidance. This is a series of one-on-one sessions that helps familiarize beginners, of all ages, with music and it's potentially transformative role in their lives.
Yazan is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter from New York, playing a blend of rural country blues, folk, and psychedelia.
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8-11pm Thursday May 18th at The Down County Social Club.
beneath The Stagecoach Tavern
864 South Undermountain road ( AKA Rt 41 ) Sheffield, MA
$10 donation for the artists
Himalayan Singing Bowls produce sounds which invoke a state of deep relaxation. Warm harmonic tones are made as an experienced and trained player gently strikes these rare, centuries old instruments, which vary in size and shape. Three dozen hand-made bronze bowls are used, producing subtle acoustic vibrations in the room. The harmonizing pulsations move through and around the body.
Clinical studies have shown that these sessions can lower heart rate and blood pressure, stimulate the production of endorphins, and activate the immune system. They can also reduce anxiety, PTSD symptoms and stress hormones, while slowing down over-active brain wave patterns.
Participants can choose to relax by laying down, or sitting on a cushion/chair. There is no effort required, and no experience is necessary. Sessions last about an hour.
“Quiet In The Head” is the ongoing musical project of guitarist Seamus Maynard, violinist Jonathan Talbott and many guest musicians. Their original acoustical music has evolved over many years of playing together and is always an exploration of texture and melody. There are echoes of familiar influences from middle eastern and eastern european music but ultimately searches far and wide for new sounds. Improvisation plays a large part in Quiet In The Head's compositions but the core of the music is through-composed. Significant instrumental technique never overshadows the inherent musicality, beauty, and sometimes strangeness of the soundscapes created by the group.
Share your favorite youtube videos: Each participant can share up to 15 minutes worth of online videos with the group. email dcsc@rblodge.com or call 413-229-8585 to sign up!
Tap Madrus aka Patrick Surdam is a wonderful creative spirit, lead singer and guitarist of The Nice Ones . Starting his music career over a decade ago, Patrick thrives in this intimate setting, offering soulful interpretations of cover material ranging from Hank Williams to Nina Simone, as well as acoustic renditions of Nice Ones' songs and Tap Madrus' solo material.
Tap Madrus performances are intimate and engaging. Switching between guitar and Charango (a traditional 10 string guitar native to the Andes), Tap Madrus creates a vibrant atmosphere that captivates the attention of the audience.
His impeccable guitar playing and lilting vocals come together to deliver a hauntingly beautiful evening of entertainment.
Live Indian Classical Music returns to The Berkshires for one night only with a set of ragas by esteemed members of the Brooklyn Raga Massive community, Abhik Mukherjee (Sitar) & Ehren Hanson (Tabla). Saturday April 22nd, in the Barn at Race Brook Lodge - 4pm introductory demonstration, 8pm concert.
Chad Messier & The Old Souls is a 5 piece Americana band from the Hartford area that fuses both the energy of electric and intimacy of acoustic music. Check them out in the Down County Social Club April 20th, 2017 at 8pm.
We Are All Immigrants: dance in celebration of diversity
A Dance Party to support Volunteers In Medicine Berkshires Featuring The Nephrok! Allstars
Saturday April 15th, 8-11pm - In The Barn at Race Brook Lodge
864 S. Undermountain Road, Sheffield MA
$20 Donation - All Proceeds to benefit VIM Berkshires
$45 package includes dinner at The Stagecoach Tavern. Call 413-229-8585 for reservations!
The Boston-based Nephrok! Allstars are a Funk Force to be reckoned with, electrifying audiences with their unmatchable energy and gritty old-school style that harks back to the days of motown, doo-wop, and classic 70's soul. They radiate their ultimate Funktitude EVERY time, bringing a funky good time and experience that you’ll never forget!
Wake up! It's spring. This is a Berkshire-centric musical triptych, designed solely for your deepest pleasure. Come get charmed and burbled by these three lovable dinglebats at the DCSC this Thursday. They gonna be croonin' hard and you not gonna wanna miss it.
Heather Fisch is a certified hypnotist, archetypal performance artist and magician. She created the DCSC 10 years ago, and now returns with a mind-bending cacaphony of musical wonder and some of her favorite musical pals.
Michael Lesko is a certified awesome guy with a voice like sweet sweet honey and hair like a golden waterfall.
MamaDala is an enchantress who serenades with her sweet melodies and a baritone ukulele. She's in the process of changing your life, right now. How? (You might ask.) You gotta come to find out.
Mark your calendar and shine up your shoes.
Join Sascha Lewis and Dan Doty on March 24-26, 2017 as we bring together an amazing group of men for a weekend men's retreat full of connection, brotherhood, and growth.
Rich Syracuse, Bass
Bobby MacVeety, guitar and vocals
Rich & Bobby play standards and Brazilian and originals on acoustic instruments the way they were originally written and performed, singing right out into the room with no mikes they way singers used to fill theaters with sound.
Rich is a master of the bass violin and works constantly with amazing improvisers like Mose Allison, Nick Brignola, and Lee Shaw. Bobby MacVeety also palys electric blues with the BTU’s.
A thunder clap rang off that mountain; and off that mountain a bird did go. Some call him a gray jay, some, a camp robber. Others know him to be the Whiskey Jack.
Just like that no-good scoundrel of a bird, the Whiskey Jack String Band will steal. Steal your ears, your attention, and if you get too close to the banjo player, make sure to check for your wallet after the show.
Hailing from the northwest hills of Connecticut, Whiskey Jack is an old-time trio playing traditional tunes and original compositions. Steeped in local lore and inspired by the beautiful Berkshire Mountains, the Whiskey Jack String Band won't disappoint those looking for a little bit of that hillbilly sound.
Whiskey Jack consists of Andy Lundeen (banjo), Molly Peterson (guitar/clarinet), and Ryan Williams (mandolin/guitar).
Experience the magic of birthing your own medicine drum with your love, passion & energy entwined in its being. Connect with the heartbeat of Mother Earth and the spirit world to discover your true self.
Who will defeat Shays's Militia?
Study up on local history and join us at the Stagecoach Tavern on Sunday January 15th for a raucus night of Trivia and fun, starting at 5:30 PM. The winning team gets a $50 Gift Certificate to the Stagecoach Tavern
The Down County Social Club
beneath The Stagecoach Tavern, at Race Brook Lodge
864 S. Undermountain Rd, Sheffield, MA
413.229.8585
info@thestagecoachtavern.net
