Arcadia Folk Festival Set to Return to Easthampton for Eighth Year

EASTHAMPTON — Easthampton's calendar for the back half of August is anchored by the return of the Arcadia Folk Festival, an eighth-annual gathering that pairs live folk music with solar power and conservation programming on August 29.

COMMUNITY & ARTS The Arcadia Folk Festival returns to Easthampton on August 29, marking its eighth year of blending folk music with sustainability themes, including solar power and conservation-focused programming built into the day's lineup, according to a report on the event. The one-day festival has drawn attention from regional travel press as well as local conservation-minded organizers.

Closer to downtown, the town's Arts in the Park series brings a concert billed as "Soular Eclipse" to the park on August 21, part of the town's ongoing summer outdoor performance schedule.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS "Massachusetts Goes Wild with Arcadia Folk Festival as Music Meets Nature, Discover What Awaits": travelandtourworld.com previewed the same August 29 festival, framing it as a showcase of the state's outdoor culture, a date also confirmed through Easthampton's own community sources (read it at https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/8w42uklgdw3m/).

COMING UP Two town panels meet August 19: the Aquifer Protection Committee and the Historical Commission. The following day, August 20, brings the City Council Appointment Committee, the Community Preservation Act Committee and the BEES Committee to the table. On August 24, the Conservation Commission and the Manhan Rail Trail Committee are both scheduled to convene. The Arcadia Folk Festival follows on August 29.

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.