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The Explore Holyoke community events calendar highlights the arts and cultural events throughout the city of Holyoke 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, daily specials from restaurants and events outside the city of Holyoke.

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  • Sip & Sketch Weekly Drawing Class for Adults

    Sip & Sketch Weekly Drawing Class for Adults
    The Artery 289 High St, Holyoke, MA, United States

    Join this weekly drawing class for adults! No experience is necessary, so all skill levels are welcome. We'll go over good tools and materials to use, different ways to draw from life, and try fun exercises to help us relax and have fun. $25 per class All materials are included […]

  • no frills karaoke

    no frills karaoke
    Fame Lounge/Eatery 386 Dwight St, Holyoke, MA, United States

    no frills karaoke. We don’t even use capital letters. every thursday at 8:00. you, a microphone, and your destiny. bring your own fame.

  • Holyoke Revitalization Tour

    Holyoke Revitalization Tour
    Holyoke Heritage State Park 221 Appleton St, Holyoke, MA

    Discover how a city originally designed as an industrial mill town is being reimagined. Learn about some innovative businesses and visit some developers that have - and are continuing to - put new life into old buildings. Easy 1-mile walking tour ends at Choo Choo’s take out. Registration requested - […]

  • Photo Exhibit “Tiny Treasures: A closer Look at our Valuable Neighborhood Creatures”

    Holyoke Heritage State Park 221 Appleton St, Holyoke, MA

    Come to the Exhibition Hall in the Visitor Center to get an up-close and personal view of some of the little creatures that share our world.  Renee Hill's exquisite macrophotography opens your eyes to the details of salamanders, spiders, grasshoppers and other creatures you may have never seen - even […]

  • LOCULUS // Thérèse // It’s Mandy // Colby Nathan (as Dimples)

    The Guilded Brick 380 Dwight St, Holyoke, MA, United States

    A night of experiment music and performance at The Guilded Brick with Dimples and Thérèse on tour from Portland ME and Spain. Local support form Holyoke’s own LOCULUS and It’s Mandy from over the mountain in Easthampton. Doors at 7:30, Performances at 8. Sliding scale $10-$30 at the door.

  • Holyoke’s Historic Canals and Dam Tour

    Holyoke’s Historic Canals and Dam Tour
    Holyoke Heritage State Park 221 Appleton St, Holyoke, MA

    Join the park interpreter for a 2-hour walk along Holyoke’s canal system. We explore engineering prowess, mill operation, historic visionaries, and the power of water as we walk along parts of the first and second level canals of this fascinating planned industrial city. Along the way we will see headraces, […]

  • Photo Exhibit “Tiny Treasures: A closer Look at our Valuable Neighborhood Creatures”

    Holyoke Heritage State Park 221 Appleton St, Holyoke, MA

    Come to the Exhibition Hall in the Visitor Center to get an up-close and personal view of some of the little creatures that share our world.  Renee Hill's exquisite macrophotography opens your eyes to the details of salamanders, spiders, grasshoppers and other creatures you may have never seen - even […]

  • Post 351 Mini Pool Tournament

    Post 351 Mini Pool Tournament
    American Legion Post #351 50 St. Kolbe Drive, Holyoke, MA, United States

    New and being added to our schedule is our bi-weekly mini pool tournament, Beginning on Saturday March 8th at 1 PM and every other Saturday thereafter all you hustlers and wannabes have a place to a place to show what you got. There will be a prizes for first, second, […]

  • Mandala Rock Painting

    The Artery 289 High St, Holyoke, MA, United States

    Students will learn how to use dotting tools as well as learning dotting techniques. Students will also learn about the kind of paint to use and finding inspirational ideas to paint on their rocks using the dotting techniques. Gretchen has been painting rocks for the last 10 years leaning and […]

  • Stop by Science

    Stop by Science
    Holyoke Heritage State Park 221 Appleton St, Holyoke, MA

    For kids and their families. Explore a range of topics including turbines, birds, insects, animals, and more. Stay as long or briefly as you like. Find the Park Interpreter at a picnic table along the sidewalk every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday afternoon. Stop by for new hands-on science investigations each […]

  • Walter Parks & The Unlawful Assembly

    De La Luz Soundstage 114 Race Street, Holyoke, MA

    “The first time I saw Walter Parks I knew I was witnessing a rare talent! From a whisper out of heaven to a 747 like roar Walter can write it, sing it and play it all!” – JJ Grey Witness a one-of-a-kind musical experience as Walter Parks & The Unlawful […]

  • Nice & Easy Walks

    Nice & Easy Walks
    Holyoke Heritage State Park 221 Appleton St, Holyoke, MA

    A leisurely walk geared for seniors but open to all.  Join the Park Interpreter for some exercise along the streets and canals of Holyoke with informal, on-the-go interpretation. Each roughly 1 to 2-mile walk features a topic such as local history, architecture, plants, and wildlife. Meet at the Visitor Center. […]