The Explore Holyoke community calendar highlights the arts and cultural events throughout the city to help plan your visit. You are invited to submit your event. Events encouraged to be submitted are art openings, dance concerts, open mic events, cultural lectures. Events not allowed on the calendar are, political fundraisers, city meetings and daily specials from restaurants.
The Robert E. Barrett Fishway at the Holyoke Dam opens for the season on May 10th. Come see our amazing fish elevator and the underwater fish viewing windows. Open May 10 through June 18 Wednesday - Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Also open Memorial Day, Monday, May 29 2023
Holyoke Gas & Electric’s Annual Shad Derby is a FREE event that invites the region's anglers to fish the waters of the Connecticut River in a contest to catch the largest shad. Contestants must bring their fish to the official weighing station located by the Robert E. Barrett Fishway, near the Route 116 Bridge. Official weighing is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Derby Days. Prizes will be awarded at the tournament's conclusion on Sunday, May 21 at 5PM. 2023 Derby Days: May 13-14 & 20-21 For official rules please visit www.hged.com/shadderby
Join Holyoke Medical Center and other community organizations to learn more about strokes - from signs & symptoms to rehab & recovery - every Thursday throughout May at the Holyoke Council on Aging & Senior Center. Staying Strong #Together Thursday, May 18, 2023 | 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Mental Health for Stroke Recovery: Patients and Caregivers with Melissa Perry, RN, Health Integration Manager at River Valley Counseling Center Resources for the Caregiver with Maryann Linnehan, Community Options Supervisor, & Sara Colegrove, Caregiver Specialist at Western Mass Elder Care Pioneer Valley Stroke & Aphasia Support Group with Wayne Wyckoff, Pioneer […]
Welcome to Wistariahurst’s Landscape Tours! Our immersive tours offer a unique and in-depth experience of the historic gardens at Wistariahurst. Led by knowledgeable and passionate guides, our tours provide an engaging discussion of the gardens’ rich history and how they have been preserved over time. As you stroll through our gardens, you’ll learn about the history of Wistariahurst and how its landscapes have evolved over the years. Our guides will share stories about the gardens’ creation and how they have been lovingly maintained and restored to their former glory. You’ll discover how our skilled gardeners continue to work tirelessly to […]
Love to paint? Love to drink? Then this event was made for you! Come join us for an evening of step by step painting instructions hosted by Andrea Newland. Bring home your very own creation to hang on your walls! Judd’s Restaurant at Gateway City Arts is open for dinner the night of the show, make a reservation here!
SPONSORED BY CANNA PROVISIONS Ready to get on stage and sing? Ready for American Idol? Can’t carry a tune in a bucket? Even better…come on down for food, drinks and fun! Judd’s will be open for dinner. Hosted by Kaliis Smith of Cloud 9 Productions. https://www.cloud9productions.net/ Judd’s Restaurant at Gateway City Arts is open for dinner & drinks the night of the show. Make a reservation here!
Welcome to the Wistariahurst Plant Sale, where beauty blooms and history is preserved! All of our plants are lovingly grown right here on our property, ensuring that they are acclimated to our unique climate and soil. By purchasing our plants, you’re not only getting a piece of Wistariahurst’s history, but also investing in the health and vibrancy of your own garden. Our selection includes a wide variety of perennial favorites, such as delicate Bleeding Hearts, vibrant Primroses, and bold Daylilies. We also offer fragrant Catmint, towering Foxgloves, and many other unique and hard-to-find varieties. Not only will these plants add […]
Mayor Joshua A. Garcia, Ward 4 City Councilor Kocayne Givner and a group of community members will mark the birthday of Malcolm X with a ceremony at City Hall on Friday, May 19. Mayor Garcia will read a proclamation honoring the life and mission of Malcolm X, an American Muslim minister and human rights activist prominent during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Assassinated in 1965, he remains a highly regarded figure within African-American and Muslim-American communities for his pursuit of racial justice. The Holyoke observance will be held in the Mayor’s Office starting at 2pm.
You are enthusiastically invited to the Grand Opening of Holyoke Media. What once was solely a television platform to show municipal meetings, has become a multimedia and multicultural community center for all to benefit from.. and it's for free. Cuatrista extraordinaire Fabiola Méndez will play music with the traditional Puerto Rican guitar, el cuatro. CRAVE will serve up empanadillas of all kinds. The cash bar will be run by White Lion Brewing Company. Please visit our website for more details!
Ex-Temper creates pivoting, unpredictable, guitar-driven rock layered with catchy melodies and three-part vocal harmonies. Once described as “Fugazi meets the Andrews Sisters” and credited with playing “heavy, head-banging riffs,” their lyrics explore everything from heartbreak and obsession, to prominent social issues like police brutality, mass shootings, the inefficiency of white guilt, and mansplaining; as well as mysteries like the Green Children of Woolpit, and existential questions such as if an organ donor’s consciousness or memories can be transplanted into the recipient’s mind. Psychedelic, thumping, melodic, and driving, Goldsetter’s music doesn’t take us where each song should go, but where it […]
For adults and teens. Migrant birds are now returning from various regions in the south. Join the park interpreter to search for birds in canals, trees, ground cover and riverside. Learn of the amazing distances they travel, difficulties they face, and how climate change is affecting them. Be ready to walk around Holyoke Heritage State Park and up to Pulaski Park. Bring binoculars. A few sets are available to borrow. A spotting scope is available for participants’ use. Program is free. Meet at the Holyoke Heritage State Park Visitor Center. Dress for the weather. Severe weather cancels. Call for more […]
McMahon’s 3nd Annual Plant Sale Saturday, May 20th / 10am - 2pm 75 Kane Rd, Holyoke, MA 01040 We’re excited to host our 3rd Annual Plant Sale and fundraiser for McMahon School. We have a great variety for plants this year including indoor house plants, annual vegetables, outdoor flowers, and perennial edible plants. It’s for a great cause. All the plants, pots, and soil are donated by the community and 100% of the sales goes directly to the school. To date, we have raised $2,700 dollars for the school and with that money put in 10 raised bed gardens, […]
Thursday May 23 at 5:45pm 208 Race Street – Downtown Holyoke
This event aims to gather local content creators and photography/videography enthusiasts to explore the City of Holyoke.
Sat, June 15 from 1pm to 3pm – Get creative as we craft collages from vintage materials like classic magazines and comic books. Take home several handmade collages as keepsakes or gifts!
