• Jimmy Cash

    Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA

    Narrows Comedy Series Saturday, January 23, 2027 $30 Advance | $32 Day of show Doors 7pm | Show 8pm Jimmy Cash is a Boston-based comedian who began performing in 2016 to stay grounded from the glory of his day job as an elementary school janitor. On stage, Jimmy draws from a wide range of life experiences including his last 20 years as a janitor, being a dad, and his long-term sobriety. In addition to being an in-demand national headliner, he has worked alongside comedy stars including Shane Gillis, Bill Burr, Joe Dombrowski, Lenny Clarke, Robert Kelly, and was comedian Bob Marley's dedicated opener for several years. You may recognize Jimmy from his massive following on TikTok & Instagram, or his viral videos that have been featured on Barstool Sports, The Today Show, & more. He proudly plays the Fenway Park Groundskeeper in the long running Plymouth Rock Assurance ad campaign, The Bostonians. His life and career have been featured in countless publications and news stations including The Boston Globe. Jimmy travels across the USA and Canada performing at clubs, theaters, and private shows at schools for teachers and support staff. He most recently sold out the legendary Wilbur Theater in Boston, MA.

  • Pearly Baker Band

    Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA

    Friday, January 29, 2027 $42 Advance | $45 Day of Show Doors 7pm | Show 8pm Calling all Deadheads!!  For the past 40 years, The Pearly Baker Band has been playing Grateful Dead music their way, with some Stones, Beatles, Allman Bros, and JJ Cale thrown in for good measure. Whenever they play a party breaks out. Please join them for what promises to be a sweet and sweaty evening--Let there be songs to fill the air! Please note that the dance floor will be open for this performance. Pearly Baker Band just celebrated their 40th birthday last year and they are continuing the celebration. “It’s improvisational music, which is very American, like the Dead, we use American folk-based, blues-based, rock-based music as a vehicle to play improvisational music.  We never play a song the same way twice, and we like to take chances.”- Kenny Richards of Pearly Baker Band This year's Pearly show coincides with the Summer of Love: 60 Years On, art exhibit created in collaboration with Bahr Gallery, Oyster Bay, NY. The exhibition includes works by Peter Maxx as well as one the largest personal collections of original posters from Fillmore, Avalon Ballroom and other San Francisco venues. It will surely be […]

  • Gabe Dixon

    Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA

    Friday, February 5, 2027 $36 Advance | $39 Day of Show Doors 7pm | Show 8pm Born and raised in Tennessee, Gabe Dixon is a Nashville based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Since he first emerged in 1999, he has been penning honest and heartfelt songs that continue to garner fans and crowds across the globe. Gabe's songs have been covered by many; Garth Brooks, Taj Mahal, Keb Mo and Ben Rector to name a few. Gabe's music has also appeared in major films such as The Proposal and TV shows such as Nashville, Grey’s Anatomy, Vampire Diaries, and Parks & Recreation. Along with his own appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Late Show, Dixon has performed and collaborated with notable acts like Paul McCartney, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Supertramp, Loggins & Messina, and O.A.R. In 2019, Gabe joined the Tedeschi Trucks Band as a full-time keyboardist and vocalist contributing significantly to the writing and recording of their their last 4-album tour-de-force, I Am The Moon. He and his trio were subsequently featured on the 36-show “Wheels Of Soul” tour alongside Tedeschi Trucks Band and Los Lobos. Recently, Gabe has continued to captivate listeners, releasing his full-length studio album, Parts I’ve Played, alongside multiple live and studio EPs, with […]

  • Wildflowers: Kurt Elling with Fred Hersch

    Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA

    Saturday, February 6, 2027 $50 Advance | $52 Day of Show Doors 7pm | Show 8pm Kurt Elling is a two-time GRAMMY Award–winning vocalist renowned for his signature rich sound and an inventive, deeply individual body of work. With a one-of-a-kind approach to contemporary beat lyricism and vocalese, the Chicago-based artist has expanded the expressive possibilities of vocal jazz. The New York Times has called Elling “the standout male jazz vocalist of our time,” while The Guardian (UK) praised him as “a kind of Sinatra with superpowers.” Over a career spanning more than twenty-five years of touring and recording, Elling has earned three DownBeat Jazz Vocal (France), two Georgie Echo Awards, two Dutch Edison Awards, and sixteen GRAMMY nominations. He has topped the DownBeat Critics and Readers Polls for Male Vocalist of the Year for more than a decade and is a twelve-time Jazz Journalists Association Award winner. In recent years, his work has continued to garner widespread acclaim for its ambition, range, and cross-genre reach. In 2024, Elling made his Broadway debut to critical praise, starring as Hermes in the Tony Award–winning musical Hadestown, further underscoring his rare versatility as both a jazz artist and theatrical performer. His performance introduced him to new […]

  • Greg Abate – A Tribute to Ray Charles

    Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA

    Saturday, February 20, 2027 $37 Advance | $40 Day of Show Doors 7pm | Show 8pm In the early 1970s, Greg Abate was a working musician in Los Angeles when he auditioned for and won a position with the legendary Ray Charles Orchestra in 1973. This new project is a tribute to Ray Charles and features Greg Abate with a stellar group performing music associated with Ray Charles. The group was captured live in concert at WGBH Jazz Boston, in a performance that is currently available on demand through WGBH. A CD of this historic live session is scheduled for release in 2027 on the Summit Records label. For Greg Abate, the recording brings his musical journey with Ray Charles full circle, preserving a live performance that celebrates the legacy of one of America’s greatest musical icons. A powerful bebop and post-bop stylist, Abate has established himself as one of the most respected alto saxophonists on the international jazz scene. He has performed and recorded with many of jazz’s finest artists, including Phil Woods, Kenny Barron, Richie Cole, Jerome Richardson, and Claudio Roditi, Red Rodney , Hank Jones ,Rufus Reid , George Mraz and many others with 27 Recordings as leader! He also […]

  • English Conversation Group

    English Conversation Group
    Fall River Public Library 104 North Main St, Fall River, MA

    Learning to speak English can be a challenge. Come practice with us in the Nagle Room. Join our English Conversation Club and practice your speaking and listening skills. Beginners are welcome to join!

  • Monthly Artists Share!

    Monthly Artists Share!
    Gallery X 169 William Street, New Bedford, MA

    Get feedback on your work and meet local creatives at this Monthly Artists Share! group, facilitated by Midori Creativity. Artists Share! is a place to share your creative work, get support and feedback, and be part of a wonderful discussion. Hosted by Midori Creativity, we're all about cross-pollination welcoming painters, jewelry makers, fiber artists, photographers, musicians, scultptors and more. Our exhibit, Creative Catalysts, celebrates the interplay and creative exploration that happens when artists of different genres work together. Anyone is welcome and we take turns sharing. Sometimes we are looking at a body of work and other times we are talking about creative identity. The group meets every month, aiming to help each other progress and grow in our work by sharing and exploring together. It's a chance to learn from people whose work may be different from your own but who have insights you could never imagine. We laugh, share ideas, and have fun! Participants can also attend via Zoom. Learn more about the program at midoricreativity.com/artistsshare This program is supported in part by a grant from the New Bedford Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

  • Writing Group

    Writing Group
    Fall River Public Library 104 North Main St, Fall River, MA

    Welcome all writers! Looking to build a community with creative, like-minded people? Look no further! We'll be getting together once a month on the second Wednesday of each month to provide support and feedback and share our love of the craft of writing. Bring your favorite pen!

  • YA Comics Club

    YA Comics Club
    Fall River Public Library 104 North Main St, Fall River, MA

    CALLING ALL teenage COMICS ENTHUSIASTS!!!! Do you like comics? Graphics novels? Manga? Webcomics? Some other combination of pictures and words?? Then the Young Adult Comics Club is the place for you! The second Thursday of each month we meet to discuss all things comics - making, thinking, reading, sharing, etc. Share your favorite manga with peers! Show off the comic you’ve been making to other comic artists! Finally start that cool comic idea you’ve been meaning to draw! Learn what comics are all about!!! Each month we will have an optional comic prompt to make and share for the following meeting. Make us some words and pictures!! For teens ages 13 - 18.

  • Atlanta Rhythm Section

    Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA

    Thursday, March 11, 2027 $78 Advance | $83 Day of Show Doors 7pm | Show 8pm Formed from the cream of Atlanta’s studio musicians, the Atlanta Rhythm Section (actually hailing from nearby Doraville, Georgia) came together in 1970 after working on a Roy Orbison recording session. Since their formation, Atlanta Rhythm Section (ARS) have put out 15 studio albums of excellent original material, and have consistently put on entertaining live shows to audiences all over the world with their many Top 10 hits. Along with contemporaries Lynyrd Skynyrd and Allman Brothers Band, they carry the mantle of “Southern Rock,” but by performing more musically diverse hits with a softer, pop flavor, they have a sound all their own. Hits include “So Into You,” “Imaginary Lover,” “Champagne Jam,” “Doraville,” “I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight,” “Do It Or Die” and “Spooky”. Don’t miss their return to The Narrows.

  • Middle Grade Book Club

    Middle Grade Book Club
    Fall River Public Library 104 North Main St, Fall River, MA

    The Children’s Room invites our middle grade readers (ages 8-12) to join our monthly book club! On the third Tuesday of every month, we will meet to discuss the assigned title which will be chosen from a selection of popular fiction and nonfiction.  Copies of the assigned title will be provided for members to keep! Each month’s title and any related materials will be announced and distributed at the end of the previous session.

  • Books & Tea Club

    Books & Tea Club
    Fall River Public Library 104 North Main St, Fall River, MA

    Both returning and new members are invited to join us on the third Wednesday of each month for a different kind of book club--one with no required books to read! Instead, everyone can share their own recommendations of a book they're enjoyed recently as we meet for general book chat and afternoon tea. Light refreshments will be served. Bring your favorite teacup (if you want) and a book or two to share! For questions, contact Betsy Washburn at 508-324-2700 ext. 3. 

Want to list your event on our site? Send us the info.

Submit An EventHow To Submit An Event Past Events