Experience the spirit of the season at Medfield’s annual festive family event featuring 30+ artists at three indoor sites, food trucks, carolers, ice sculpting demonstration, MEMO’s outdoor tree lighting ceremony, and much more! All events are within walking distance, FREE admission and parking.

We welcome all area dance studios, schools, companies, and dance-related retail stores to register for a booth at our Sept. 11 Dance Festival. The festival is a wonderful way to promote upcoming performances, classes, etc. as well as talk to prospective dancers. 10x10' booths are $35 and include the space only--you must provide tables, chairs, tent, etc. The festival runs from noon to 5pm. Set up is from 10am to noon and break down is from 5-7pm. Electricity is not available. You are welcome to sell or promote anything dance-related in your booth. You may register for 2 booths if you wish, but please note that anything larger than a 10x10' tent requires a permit. For questions, please contact Stacey David at sdavid@bellforge.org.

October 15, 2022
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Location: 45 Hospital Road, Medfield MA 02052

Join us for three weeks of Oktoberfest, our fall festival! Each week will have a different musical theme and a different family-friendly fall activity. On Oct. 15, we will feature three fantastic rock & indie bands: We Demand Parachutes, The Devil’s Twins, and Carissa Johnson. Join us for amazing tastes from Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers, Small Change Brewing Company, La Cantina Winery, and more, plus mouth-watering BBQ from ThankQue and hot dogs & sausages from the Hot Dog Wagon. Bring your pooch for our Doggie Costume Parades at 1:30 & 3:45pm (dogs must be leashed), plus engage in tons of other activities, including various lawn games and our fall photo booth! Fall fun for the whole family! Festivities run 1 – 5pm. RSVP for free admission tickets.

Get to know the artists: Carissa Johnson, The Devil's Twins, and We Demand Parachutes.

Join us on Oct. 8 for CultureFest, a FREE family-friendly festival that brings our community together to celebrate and learn about the customs, traditions, artwork, music, and food of diverse people within and around our town. In partnership with the Bellforge Arts Center, Medfield Together invites everyone to attend this fun day out that will include performers, kids' activities and food trucks. CultureFest runs 10am to 3pm. While tickets are free, registration is encouraged for weather-related and other event updates.

September 11, 2022

Location: 45 Hospital Road, Medfield MA 02052

Join us on Sept. 11 for a full day of dance! We’ll have free performances and interactive dance workshops, plus wander our dance booths to learn more about area classes, upcoming shows and more. Bring a picnic, and stay for the afternoon!

Questions? Interested in bringing in groups of your students to the festival? We'd love to chat! Contact Stacey David at sdavid [at] bellforge.org. Help us spread the word! We'd love you to post this or this on social media or share this PDF flier.

Schedule:

12:00-12:45: BoSoma Dance Company performance (contemporary)

12:45-1:00: Irish step workshop with BoSoma

1:00-1:45: Simdaca Moov (African fusion) workshop

1:45-2:15: Festival Ballet Providence performance (classical ballet)

2:15-3:00: Choreographer and dancer Dr. Shriya Srinivasan, founder of Anubhava Dance Company, and Triveni School of Dance performance (Indian classical dance)

3:00-3:30: Ballroom dance workshop with 2x U.S. National Ballroom Showdance Champion Mariko Cantley

3:30-4:00: Hawaiian hula workshop with Nefertiti San Miguel from Etnia Fusion

4:00-4:30: Pantos Project Dance performance (contemporary)

4:30-5:00: Hip hop workshop with Mass Motion Dance

This FREE event is hosted by the Bellforge Arts Center and sponsored in part by Pantos Project.

Bellforge Arts Center presents an afternoon of live music with Livingston Taylor. With support from Ash & Eric and Jordan Armstrong.

Schedule

3:00 pm Doors / VIP Meet & Greet
4:00 pm Jordan Armstrong
4:45 pm Ash & Eric
5:45 pm Livingston Taylor

Important Info:

Tickets

Physical tickets will not be mailed out. The confirmation email you receive after purchasing any ticket is your method entry. Please keep this confirmation email safe and bring it with you on the day of the event. Thank you.

Seating

This event will be seated, so no need for you to bring a chair. VIP ticket holders will be seated at the front. General Admission tickets do not have assigned seats.

Food / Drink

No outside food or alcohol is permitted. A food truck will be present and our bar will be serving Patron cocktails, a selection of beers and wines, plus non-alcoholic options.

Rain Date

Rain date is September 4, 2022. 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

About Livingston Taylor.

Livingston Taylor’s career as a professional musician has spanned over 50 years, encompassing performance, songwriting, and teaching. Described as "equal parts Mark Twain, college professor, and musical icon, Livingston maintains a performance schedule of more than a hundred shows a year, delighting audiences with his charm and vast repertoire of his 22 albums and popular classics. Livingston has written top-40 hits recorded by his brother James Taylor and has appeared with Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, and Jimmy Buffet. He is equally at home with a range of musical genres - folk, pop, gospel, jazz - and from upbeat storytelling and touching ballads to full orchestra performances. In addition to his performance schedule, Livingston has taught stage performance for over 30 years, beginning at Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1989, passing on the extensive knowledge gained from his long career on the road to the next generation of musicians. Liv is an airplane-flying, motorcycle-riding, singing storyteller, delighting audiences with his charm for over 50 years.

About Ash & Eric

Ash & Eric have never shied away from life’s hard edges. The married couple’s new album “Sure” (May 2022) is “a tale of love… [with] some heartaches and a pinch of disputation along the way” (Americana UK). Hailing from the gritty heart of New England (Worcester, MA), the two find consolation in discovering beauty in the challenges of life. Their musings reflect the hope and pain we all experience, sung in voices as vulnerable and honest as their lyrics. Their songs feel like a warm welcome, a shoulder to lean on and a hand to hold at the end of a long day. No Depression says their writing will leave listeners “...coming away from many of these [songs] cleansed,”. Their warm harmonies, swirling acoustic guitars, and easy stage presence have earned them a dedicated following in the emerging US folk scene, performing with folk legends like Livingston Taylor, Mark Erelli and Vance Gilbert. Their independent 9-song release, “Sure”, was recorded, mixed and produced by Eric at a boarding school in Western Massachusetts, and will be accompanied by a feature-length film, releasing fall 2022.