Viva Fall River

Ride to Freedom: A Revolutionary Family Celebration
2026-04-18 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Fall River Carousel, 5 Water St, Fall River, 02721
tep back in time and celebrate the spirit of the American Revolution at 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆-𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲.

As Massachusetts marks the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution through the statewide MA250 celebration, Fall River is joining the moment with a fun and meaningful community gathering on the waterfront.

Families are invited to enjoy interactive history, hands-on activities, and a special appearance by Paul Revere himself, who will take a symbolic ride on the Fall River Carousel!

Presented in partnership with the 𝗟𝗮𝗳𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, Fall River’s historic link to the Revolutionary era, the event highlights how ordinary citizens helped shape the birth of a nation.

Come discover the story behind one of the most iconic moments in American history, celebrate community, and help kick off Fall River’s participation in America’s 250th birthday. Perfect for kids, families, and anyone who loves history brought to life.

Stay tuned for the full event schedule!

phoffman (of Greensky Bluegrass)
2026-04-12 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Sunday, April 12, 2026
$36 Advance | $38 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:30pm
Opener: Andy Dunnigan
Paul Hoffman (phoffman) is a singer, songwriter and the mandolin player of the critically acclaimed and internationally touring Americana/Rock band Greensky Bluegrass. Raised in Muskegon, MI, he immersed himself in community theatre, numerous school choirs and productions, and classic rock fueled boat shed jams. A collegiate endeavor in English Literature lead to Kalamazoo, MI which catalyzed the formation and became the home base for Greensky. From humble beginnings, the band quickly became a festival favorite, having performed at such iconic events as Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits Festival, Stagecoach, Telluride Bluegrass Festival and countless others in addition to headlining sold out performances at revered venues such as Red Rocks Amphitheater, Ryman Auditorium, and The Chicago Theatre. “Greensky are hardly strictly bluegrass and, yet, representing the genre for a whole new generation,” claimed Rolling Stone in 2010. Recorded works have landed on several Billboard charts including #1 placement on the Bluegrass charts.

The Outlaws
2026-04-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Saturday, April 11, 2026
$76 Advance | $80 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
Performing their debut album in its entirety + the hits.
For The Outlaws, it was always about the music. For 50 years, the Southern Rock legends celebrated triumphs, endured tragedies and survived legal nightmares to remain one of the most influential and best-loved bands of the genre. Now, The Outlaws return to the Narrows Center to bring you the best Southern Rock show you can see anywhere. The three guitar army will play their debut album in its entirety along with the hits, fan favorites and deep cuts. Expect to hear “There Goes Another Love Song,” “Hurry Sundown,” “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky,” “Green Grass & High Tides” and many more.

Known as The Florida Guitar Army by their fans, The Outlaws earned a formidable reputation as an incendiary live act touring alongside bands such as The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Marshall Tucker Band as well as The Doobie Brothers, The Who, The Eagles and The Rolling Stones. The Outlaws are a group that respect their own legacy while refusing to be defined by their past. But most of all, it’s about satisfying their fans with one stellar live show after another.

The Outlaws at Narrows Center For The Arts
2026-04-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Welcome to the Narrows Center For The Arts in Fall River, Massachusetts, where local favorite The Outlaws will be performing on April 11, 2026, at 8:00 PM. Known for their electrifying live performances and soul-stirring music, The Outlaws promise an unforgettable night of rock and roll that will leave you wanting more.
The Narrows Center For The Arts provides an intimate and cozy setting for live music, allowing you to get up close and personal with the performers. Located in the heart of Fall River, the venue is easily accessible with plenty of parking options nearby. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or just looking for a fun night out, this is an event you won’t want to miss.
Don’t miss your chance to see The Outlaws at the Narrows Center For The Arts in Fall River. Book your tickets now for a night of music, energy, and memories that will last a lifetime. See you there!

Walter Trout
2026-04-10 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Friday, April 10, 2026
$50 Advance | $52 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
Great artists take the pulse of their times. In his half-century as a street-level social observer and scaldingly honest songwriter, blues-rock’s resilient icon Walter Trout has never told his fans what to think, how to feel, where to stand politically, or what to scrawl on their protest placards. But in an era when his home nation – and the wider world – is ripping at the seams over the battlelines of modern life, the iconic US bluesman’s hard-rocking new album, Sign Of The Times, is the primal scream and pressure valve we all desperately need. “I wanted to convey the anger and angst going on in the world,” explains the 74-year-old. “For me, writing these songs is therapy. They’re not just about what’s happening out there, but how it affects you in your head. Sign Of The Times just became the obvious title…”
Right now, it feels like the amps have barely cooled from 2024’s Broken (“That record debuted on Billboard at #1 – I was very, very pleased with that”). But the era-chronicling songs from Sign Of The Times wouldn’t wait, these urgent riffs flying off the guitarist’s fingers, assisted once again by Dr Marie Trout, Walter’s wife, manager and latterly co-writer, whose eloquent lyrics struck each subject on the head. “This album flowed pretty easily,” he reflects of the writing process. “I had so many song ideas and pages of lyrics from Marie. We could have kept going and made a triple album.”
With ten new songs written and arranged, Trout was ready to call up his studio band – longtime drummer Michael Leasure, bassist John Avila and keys man Teddy ‘Zig Zag’ Andreadis – for sessions at producer Thomas Ross Johansen’s Strawhorse Studios in Los Angeles. Immediately, the tinderbox subject matter sparked one of the toughest-sounding records in his catalogue. “Let me put it this way,” considers Trout, “after we finished recording the title track, my keys player Teddy said, ‘Well, you won’t be winning a blues award this year’. But I really felt like rocking on this album. We had heavy things to talk about, and we went for it musically too.”
Born in Ocean City, New Jersey, in 1951, Trout has been right there at the sharp end for all the most flammable chapters in post-war American history. Raised against the polarised backdrops of the hippie dream and the Vietnam War, his personal history was also one of jagged extremes, with his searing talent for guitar helping him escape an abused childhood that left its mark on some of his best songs. In ’74, he made the audacious coast-to-coast drive to Los Angeles and won transient gunslinger spots with titans like John Lee Hooker and Big Mama Thornton. By the early-’80s, he was a high-functioning addict whose demons simmered as he stoked the engine for boogie legends Canned Heat. “It wasn’t the smoothest road, that’s for sure,” he reflects. “A lot of potholes…”
The recent death of British blues godfather John Mayall has naturally brought Trout’s mid-’80s tenure with the Bluesbreakers into sharp focus. “His influence on my life, I can’t overstate,” reflects the guitarist. “My career would have been vastly different if he hadn’t invited me into his band and stuck with me through my drug addiction and alcoholism, when I was such a clown. It wasn’t just a musical relationship – he was a surrogate father to me. The last time he and I were together, it was very fitting and beautiful. We were in the dressing room after I invited him to my show in LA, laughing and telling stories. Then we hugged, and that was the last time I saw him.”
By ’89, Mayall’s paternal influence had cleaned Trout up and propelled him into the solo career whose breadth and quality makes his peers look sluggish by comparison. Scan his back pages and you’ll find a thousand accolades – including Music Awards, SENA European Guitar Awards, British Blues Awards and Blues Blast Music Awards – summed up by the quote from storied British DJ ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris, who declared Trout “the world’s greatest rock guitarist” in his 2001 autobiography, The Whispering Years.
While Trout has excavated himself with agonisingly personal songs across his back catalogue, when times are at their toughest, he’s also proved himself a sharp-eyed protest singer. Like 2012’s classic Blues For The Modern Daze – but with new targets and a very different musical flavour – Sign Of The Times looks outward as well as within. The album explodes to life with Artificial: a scornful, satirical, harmonica-spiced rebuke of the fake world we risk creating with unchecked AI. “We got artificial photos, artificial music, you could go on and on,” considers the bluesman. “I’m freaked out by AI. I read articles about how it’s gonna do all these wonderful things in the medical world. Then I hear Bill Gates say that 80 per cent of jobs are gonna disappear. What happens then?”
Just as combustible is Sign Of The Times’ title track. One of the most experimental cuts in Trout’s half-century studio output, it finds a monstrous guitar tone paired with massed chants and an out- there solo that few blues gods would dare put down on tape. “I’ve played it for blues fans who were outraged,” he admits. “But I wanted to outrage people. I wanted it to be dissonant. Dissonance is a sign of the times. The chant is supposed to be the repressed people of the world crying. I actually wrote it on an acoustic, but the final track is massive and John Avila had this nasty, growling bass sound. Marie had been inspired by watching Bob Dylan documentaries with me and every line of that is hers.”
With its cross-burning lyrical references and a howling solo tracked with a BluGuitar Mercury Edition amp, Trout explains that No Strings Attached skewers the small-minded (“It’s obviously about bigots”). Yet Sign Of The Times is no one-note diatribe. For Trout – who survived an eleventh-hour liver transplant in 2014 – his second chance at life still holds joy, beauty and pain. “Mona Lisa, Smile came to me in a dream,” he says of the gorgeous, bucolic acoustic strum decorated by accordion, mandolin and violin from famed string arranger Stevie Blacke (Ariana Grande, Beyoncé). “Y’know, Marie is strong and potent – but there’s another side to her which makes me love her even more. That song is about when I see her vulnerability, or her moments of self-doubt and sadness.”
With its dancing guitar lick and undeniable chorus, I Remember is also a moment of respite from the album’s stormier subject matter. “That song is a longing for when life was simpler,” he explains. “Like, when I was 20 and starting out. Or when Marie and I had just got together, and we had no money and were pawning guitars, but we were madly in love and the future was ahead of us. We didn’t have anything, but we felt like we had much more, because the world was alive with the promise of what would be revealed.”
Also soundtracking the good times are the fingerpicked porch blues of Too Bad (“That’s my little tribute to Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee”) and the barroom bounce of High-Tech Woman (“The music came from a jam with Jimmy Vivino, who was the bandleader on Conan O’Brien, and the lyric is about when I’m trying to do something on my phone, I get pissed off, then Marie comes over and makes it happen”). But for a man who has always been open about his past agonies, pain is never far away. “Hurt No More is my recovery song, with cutting yourself representing killing yourself with drugs and booze,” he says of the dust-blown rocker. “With Blood On My Pillow, I told Marie, ‘I want to do a minor blues, why don’t you write something?’ And she came to me with that lyric, which is a metaphor for a broken heart. It’s her projecting about somebody’s unrequited love.”
Even by Trout’s standards, Sign Of The Times is a record that puts you through the emotional wringer. But if you thought the bluesman’s fire might burn out before the end, closing track Struggle To Believe sets you straight. “I wanted to write a song that almost sounds like The Who if they had Hendrix playing guitar,” he says of the thundering finale. “There’s a song on Live At Leeds called Young Man Blues. And in the middle, they just go off, all three instrumentalists soloing at the same time. It’s madness, but it’s beautiful. So I told the band, ‘We’re gonna freeform and we’re only gonna do it once’. I thought about ending this record with Too Bad. But then I was like, ‘No, I’m gonna be pissed at the beginning and pissed at the end’. Artificial and Struggle To Believe are actually the same theme. As that song says, ‘Humanity and dignity/I sit and watch as they slowly die away’.”
But as long as there’s music, we have a fighting chance. As a lifelong road warrior, Trout will be taking the Sign Of The Times material to global audiences throughout 2026. And for those glorious two hours, political divides and culture wars will crumble as a crowd with nothing in common melts into a communion of souls. “I could be on social media right now, writing very explicit posts about what’s going on,” he considers. “But I don’t want to contribute to the division. When I’m up onstage playing a minor-key blues, and I look down at the front row and there’s a burly biker – and he’s crying – at that moment, I’m hitting him in our common humanity and it doesn’t matter who he voted for. At that moment, we are a community…”

Mike Doughty
2026-04-07 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
$50 Advance | $52 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
Mike Doughty is an American singer, songwriter, and author best known as the founder and frontman of Soul Coughing. This year, Mike Doughty returns to the stage for a solo tour, presenting stripped-down, intimate performances that span his Soul Coughing legacy and prolific solo work, reaffirming his place as one of alternative music’s most distinctive and enduring voices.

Monday Night Melt (yoga, weekly)
2026-04-06 17:30 - 18:45 | Sanctuary – Wellness & Yoga Studio, 64 Durfee St, Fall River, Massachusetts, 02720
A Beginner-friendly class, focusing on proper alignment, breath work, grounding and strength thru the postures. Compassionately guided, this class honors the traditional tenets of yoga while keeping it light and joyous. Class is set to room temp.We have bolsters, blocks, straps and blankets, as well as extra mats. If you have your own, feel free to bring it and water.Please sign up on line or text/call us to reserve your spot at508-572-4346.

Battleship Easter Scavenger Hunt
2026-04-05 09:00 - 17:00 | Battleship Cove, 5 Water Street, Fall River, 02721
TICKETS

The Ellington Collective
2026-04-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Saturday, April 4, 2026
$35 Advance | $37 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
“An All-Star Tribute to Jazz Legend Duke Ellington”
Jazz enthusiasts, prepare to be captivated by Boston Based “The Ellington Collective,” an acclaimed jazz ensemble that pays homage to the timeless genius of Duke Ellington. This project features an exceptional lineup of jazz heavyweights, blending their unique talents to breathe new life into Ellington’s classic repertoire. Bob Freeman’s arrangements of these Duke Ellington classics were originally done for saxophonist David Fathead Newman and had never previously been performed live until the debut in 2025. The players have international profiles and an extensive set of credentials performing with a who’s who of the jazz and American music world some of which include: Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Nat Adderley, Bonnie Raitt, Kurt Elling, Slide Hampton, Dave Liebman, Johnny Hartman, and Joe Pass.
The Band
Leading the charge in the horn section is internationally known recording artist, saxophonist, Dan Moretti, a versatile artist known for his dynamic tone and creative interpretations. He is joined by fellow saxophonist Greg Abate, whose powerful playing and bebop sensibilities bring an exciting edge to the ensemble. Trombonist Jeff Galindo adds his signature brass brilliance, creating lush, full-bodied harmonies that are a nod to Ellington’s big band roots.
The rhythm section is anchored by an extraordinary trio of musicians: John Lockwood on bass, whose deep grooves and melodic finesse l ay a rock-solid foundation; Tim Ray on piano, whose virtuosic and expressive playing seamlessly bridges the gap between tradition and innovation; and Marty Richards on drums, providing a rhythmic pulse that i s both sophisticated and electrifying.
Reimagining Ellington’s Classics
“The Ellington Collective” takes listeners on a journey through some of Ellington’s most iconic compositions, like fresh renditions of “Caravan,” “In a Sentimental Mood,” Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, I Let a Song Out of My Heart, Creole Love Song, Jeeps Blues, Prelude to a Kiss and “Sophisticated Lady.” Each track is reimagined with a slightly soulful touch while remaining true to the spirit of the original, showcasing the ensemble’s collective artistry and deep respect for Ellington’s legacy.
“Duke Ellington’s music is as relevant today as it was in his time,” says Dan Moretti, the project’s visionary. “We aimed to honor his work by creating something fresh and exciting, using the unique voices of each musician to bring a new dimension to these timeless pieces.”
A Stellar Lineup of Jazz Talent
The Ellington Collective’s members are no strangers to the spotlight:
• Dan Moretti has made a name for himself with his diverse musical approach, blending jazz, funk, and world music influences. His creative arrangements for this album reflect his wide-ranging experience with 22 albums to his credit.
https://danmoretti.com/
• Greg Abate i s a celebrated saxophonist and composer, known for his fiery playing and deep connection to the bebop tradition. His contributions add a vibrant and expressive voice to the collective voted #3 in 2024 in the Downbeat Readers poll.
https://www.gregabate.com/
• Jeff Galindo , a trombone virtuoso, brings his rich tone and exceptional t echnique, adding depth and power to the group’s sound, has toured with many i conic jazz legends and was Esperanza Spalding’s music director.
https://jeffgalindo.com/
• John Lockwood, a veteran of the Boston jazz scene, delivers masterful bass lines that provide the harmonic and rhythmic backbone of the ensemble. https://college.berklee.edu/people/john-lockwood
• Tim Ray , an acclaimed pianist known for his l yrical touch and improvisational prowess, infuses the album with dynamic and inventive solos.
https://www.agitatedcatmusic.com/
• Marty Richards, drummer a gifted accompanist whose innate sense of swing and unerring sense of time has graced the stage with a “who’s who” of American popular music.
https://www.facebook.com/martyrichardsondrums/

City of Refuge Easter EggHunt
2026-04-04 12:00 - 14:00
Free Community Event. Egg hunt, games, food and prizes

The Grand Egg Hunt
2026-04-04 11:00 | Fall River Carousel, 5 Water St, Fall River, 02721
On April 4th at 11AM, right after the Battleship Cove Breakfast with the Easter Bunny, we’re filling the front lawn with thousands of Easter eggs for one of the most exciting spring events around!

For $10 per participant, guests can:

-Visit with the Easter Bunny

-Collect eggs throughout the lawn

-Discover what magical prizes might be hidden inside

This isn’t your typical hide-and-seek egg hunt; this is a Collect & Win Egg Hunt!

Eggs may contain surprises ranging from:

-Visits to the Prize Table

-Plush friends from the Bear Factory

-A Year of Carousel Rides

-Cash, Gift Cards, and other amazing prizes

This year the Easter Bunny has gone all out!

Live music from GoodFellow Jazz will be playing in the Starlight Salon from 11AM–2PM, adding the perfect springtime soundtrack to the celebration.

Local businesses interested in helping us stuff eggs and sponsor prizes are welcome to reach out!

Capacity is not limited and the hunt will continue until every egg is collected.

Purchase tickets per participant online or the day of:

www.FRCarousel.com

The Grand Egg Hunt is truly something special — a chance to step away from winter and welcome spring in the most magical way around.

Come celebrate at Battleship Cove!

Brakfast with the Easter Bunny
2026-04-04 08:30 - 11:00 | Battleship Cove, 5 Water Street, Fall River, 02721
Hop on down to the Battleship Cove to enjoy breakfast with the Easter Bunny!

Enjoy a pancake breakfast, crafts, an Easter scavenger hunt, and a take-home photo* with our special guest!

All tickets include admission to the exhibits for the day.

Advance ticket purchase required. Get yours today and save 10% on Early Bird tickets!

Early Bird tickets available until March 9th. Full-priced tickets starts March 10th.

Members receive 20% off their tickets!

*includes themed photo folio

TICKETS

Gary Hoey
2026-04-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Friday, April 3, 2026
$43 Advance | $45 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm

Rock & blues guitar legend Gary Hoey is touring on his new album Avalanche, his first album since 2019. “Avalanche” on Wazoo Music Group (Hoey’s own label) features special guest Lita Ford on vocals on “You Know I Would” and Gary’s son, Ian Hoey, on “Summer’s Here” and “Dear Mama” which is a tribute to Gary’s mother. Gary says, “Avalanche is a return to my rock roots. It feels great to turn up the volume and have some fun. This album was a therapeutic album for me. I named the album “Avalanche” because sometimes life feels like one thing hits you after another.
Hoey called on his old friends to help him record, Matt Scurfield (drums), AJ Pappas (bass), Ian Hoey (guitar), his niece Tayla Lemieux (background vocals). Hoey is hitting the road with his son, Ian Hoey. “I love to travel and see the fans after the show. And having my son Ian playing guitar by my side is a dream come true. We will be playing the new and the old classics, Hocus Pocus, Low Rider and more.”
Hoey’s first break came in 1987 when Ozzy Osbourne showed up in Boston looking for a guitarist. Osborne liked Hoey’s tape enough to fly him to LA for an audition. Ozzy suggested that Gary move to LA. He took Ozzy’s advice and with $17,000 he saved from teaching guitar, Hoey loaded the U-Haul and drove across country to LA. In 1992 Hoey released the album “Heavy Bones” on Waner Bros. A short-lived band. In 1993 Hoey released “Animal Instinct” which included a cover of Focus’s hit, “Hocus Pocus.” It rocketed into the Billboard Top 5, outpacing all other singles as the most frequently played rock song of the year. It launched Hoey’s career as an instrumental rock guitar hero and got him listed as one of the top 100 guitarists of all time in Guitar
Player Magazine.
1994 Hoey scored the surf cult classic “Endless Summer II” soundtrack and had another radio hit with War’s “Low Rider.” Other film clients have included Walt Disney films, ESPN, New Line Cinema, scoring the music to “California Screaming” (Disneyland Roller Coaster), “Office Space,” “Deck the Halls” (Danny Devito), and Beethoven’s III.
These days you can also find Gary on tour with Lou Gramm (voice of Foreigner) in the Lou Gramm All Stars as his guitar player. He recently released a signature beer with AleSmith Brewing Co (San Diego CA) named after his song “Summer’s Here.” Gary also produced and cowrote with the queen of metal, Lita Ford, on her soon to be released album as he did in 2012 on her album “Living Like Runaway.” Gary has toured with Jeff Beck, Brian May of Queen, Joe Bonamassa, Ted Nugent, Joe Satriani, The Doobie Brothers, Foreigner, Styx and many more.

Shelby Means
2026-04-02 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Thursday, April 2, 2026
$30 Advance | $32 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
Opener: Kathleen Parks Band
Born in the bluegrass of Kentucky and raised on Wyoming’s high plains, Shelby Means is one of the foremost bassists in bluegrass, with nearly two decades of experience in bluegrass, folk, rock, Americana, and country outfits. Now based in Charleston, SC, during her tenure in Nashville she was a member of the GRAMMY-nominated, incredibly impactful distaff bluegrass band, Della Mae. Throughout her career she has traveled to nearly 30 countries around the world spreading musical diplomacy.

Means is also one half of roots duo Sally & George with her husband and collaborator, Sol Driven Train’s Joel Timmons. With Timmons, Mary Lucey, and Billy Cardine, she co-founded another group, Lover’s Leap, a genre blurring, heart-led Americana band. Means is a member of Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, with whom she gained her first GRAMMY win for their 2023 album, City of Gold. She’s also received more than a handful of awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association for her work with Della Mae and Golden Highway.
Means is a driving player with a deep pocket, a singular stage presence, and a magnetic, centered approach to the upright bass. Beyond her work on the instrument, she’s also an accomplished songwriter and a heartfelt vocalist whose voice is rooted in tradition while authentically her own. With her debut solo music, slated for release in 2025, Means invites listeners to experience the same soulful presence and adventurous spirit she has built her career on. Her singing and playing has been heard across the country and around the world, from NPR’s airwaves, the Grand Ole Opry, Bonnaroo, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and Newport Folk to the U.S. Virgin Islands, Kazakhstan, Australia, and beyond. www.shelbyleemeans.com

Neal McCarthy Band and Mark Russell on Fiddle
2026-03-29 17:00 | Canned Heat Craft Beer Co., 52 Ferry Street, Fall River, MA, 02724, United States
Purrington and MORE!

Indoor/Outdoor
2026-03-29 14:00 - 16:00 | Little Theater Fire Barn, 340 Prospect St, Fall River, Massachusetts, 02720
About the show: In this unabashedly sentimental and charmingly romantic comedy, a cat named Samantha has just started living with a guy named Shuman who she believes is her true love. At first everything seems to be going great, but soon Samantha realizes that Shuman doesn’t always seem to understand her. Worse yet, Shuman doesn’t always seem all that interested in trying to understand her. Things become truly problematic when one night Oscar, a sexy alley cat, shows up at the door. Suddenly Samantha begins to wonder whether she’s an indoor or an outdoor cat. To make matters more complicated, a quirky aspiring cat therapist named Matilda inserts herself into the mix, thinking she can solve everyone’s problems but only seems to make things worse. Eventually Samantha finds herself on a journey, both physical and emotional, that leads her to discover what having a home and being loved really mean to her. INDOOR/OUTDOOR is an allegory about the difficulties and joys of all manner of relationships.

TICKETS

$26.59 for adults

$11.29 Children under 12

Thriller Panel
2026-03-29 14:00 | Once Upon a Bookstore, 418 Quequechan St. 2nd Fl., Fall River, Massachusetts, 02721
with Megan Collins, Lynn Tavernier, Joe Salerno, and Tessa WegertFor more info, click here.

Intro to Rebel Alchemy
2026-03-29 13:00 | 418 Quequechan Street, 418 Quequechan Street, Fall River, Massachusetts
Rescheduled due to SNOW to March 29th:

Introduction to Rebel Alchemy: A 3-Hour WorkshopSunday, 1:00-4:00 PM

You are not broken. You are broadcasting static.

Your soul has an original signal—a unique frequency that is yours alone. But between birth and now, interference has layered on. Old narratives. Inherited beliefs. Trauma that bent your timeline.

You’ve been transmitting through distortion for so long you forgot what clarity feels like.

This workshop is where you remember.

What You’ll Experience:

We’re not here to talk about transformation. We’re here to create it—live, in the room, in your body.

Signal Awakening — You’ll learn the physics of reality and the energetics of the self. Why observation shapes what’s possible. How your consciousness is not a passive receiver but an active transmitter broadcasting into the field. This is the foundation everything else is built on.

The Binding — You’ll understand how a soul’s signal gets corrupted. How darkness attaches. How the past doesn’t stay in the past—it distorts your present and shapes your future until you walk back through it and transmute it.

Resonance Tuning — You’ll take your first steps into the core methodology. Guided journaling. Intentional sharing. Sound healing and tuning fork work woven throughout to recalibrate your frequency in real time. This is not intellectual work. You will feel it move.

The Format:

Three hours. Teaching, journaling, pair and small group sharing, frequency work with sound bowls and tuning forks. We move in waves—learn, then feel, learn, then feel. The room will shift. So will you.

Who This Is For:

Anyone ready to stop managing symptoms and start rewiring the source. Anyone tired of temporary fixes and ready for structural transformation. Anyone who suspects there’s a version of themselves they haven’t met yet.

This is a Level 1 workshop—the entry point to the Rebel’s Path. We’ll run many of these, each exploring different facets of the methodology. If you leave wanting more, wanting to go deeper—good. That’s the design.

Investment: $40 (pay at event)

Location: 418 Quequechan St. (first floor), Fall River, MA 02723Space is intentionally limited. This work requires intimacy, not a crowd.

No gurus. No gatekeepers. Just you, the work, and a room full of people ready to reclaim their signal.

Reserve your spot. Your future self will thank you.

Scendancy Soul | Rebel Alchemy

Creativity with Color- Glass Painting
2026-03-29 13:00 | St James Irish Pub

James McMurtry
2026-03-28 20:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA, 02720
$49 Advance | $51 Day of Show[all-in pricing, no additional fees]Doors 7pm | Show 8pmOpener: BettySoo

The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy

A Lone Star sheriff hunts quail on horseback and keeps a secret second family. A mechanic lies among the spare parts on the floor of his garage and wonders if he can afford to keep his girlfriend. A troubled man sees hallucinations of a black dog and a wandering boy and hums “Weird Al” songs in his head. These are some of the strange and richly drawn characters who inhabit James McMurtry’s eleventh album, The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy. A supremely insightful and inventive storyteller, he teases vivid worlds out of small details, setting them to arrangements that have the elements of Americana—rolling guitars, barroom harmonies, traces of banjo and harmonica—but sound too sly and smart for such a general category. Funny and sad often in the same breath, the album adds a new chapter to a long career that has enjoyed a resurgence as young songwriters like Sarah Jarosz and Jason Isbell cite him as a formative influence.As varied as they are, these new story-songs find inspiration in scraps from his family’s past: a stray sketch, an old poem by a family friend, the hallucinations experienced by his father, the writer Larry McMurtry. “It’s something I do all the time,” he says, “but usually I draw from my own scraps.” As any good writer will do, McMurtry collects little ideas and hangs on to them for years, sometimes even decades. “South Texas Lawman” grew out of a line from a poem by a friend of the McMurtry clan, T.D. Hobart. Driven by gravelly guitars and a loose rhythm section, it’s a careful study of a man whose feelings of obsolescence motivate him to take drastic action in the final verse. “Dwight’d stay at our house way back in the ‘70s, when we lived in Virginia. During one visit he wrote this poem about his father’s attitude toward South Texas. He wrote it down on cardboard, and I came across it recently. There was a line about hunting quail on horseback, and that was the seed of the song. I’ve lost the poem since then.”

The rumbling title track, a kind of squirrelly blues, features two mysterious figures who appear only to those slipping from reality, yet it’s never grim nor especially despairing. Instead, McMurtry namechecks a “Weird Al” deep cut and depicts a tortured soul who doesn’t have to work a nine-to-five. He finds a defiant humor in the situation at odds with the gravity of the source material. “The title of the album and that song comes from my stepmother, Faye. After my dad passed, she asked me if he ever talked to me about his hallucinations. He’d gone into dementia for a while before he died, but hadn’t mentioned to me anything about seeing things. She told me his favorite hallucinations were the black dog and the wandering boy. I took them and applied them to a fictional character.” Soon McMurtry had enough of these songs for a new record. “It happened like all my records happened. It’d been too long since I’d had a record that the press could write about and get people to come out to my shows. It was time.” What was different this time was the presence of his old friend Don Dixon, who produced McMurtry’s third album, Where You’d Hide the Body?, back in 1995. “A couple of years ago I quit producing myself. I felt like I was repeating myself methodologically and stylistically. I needed to go back to producer school, so I brought in CC Adcock for Complicated Game, and then Ross Hogarth did The Horses & the Hounds. It seemed natural to revisit Mr. Dixon’s homeroom. I wanted to learn some of what he’s learned over the last thirty years.” During sessions at Wire Recording in Austin, McMurtry observed firsthand Dixon’s grasp of digital recording technology as well as his instinctual approach to tracking. “What Don’s really good at is being able to sense when it’s happening. He can hear when it’s going down. If I’m producing myself and I don’t have him, I have to do three takes and then go in and listen to them. Listening to those three takes can take about 15 minutes. So Dixon’s ability to know when it’s happening is crucial, because it can cut 15 minutes out of the day. That can really save a session, because you only have so many hours in the day and only so much energy.

Working with McMurtry’s trusted backing band—Cornbread on bass, Tim Holt on guitar, Daren Hess on drums, BettySoo on backing vocals—they worked to create something that sounds spontaneous, as though he’s writing the songs as you hear them. They were open to odd experiments, weird whims, and happy accidents, such as the cover of Jon Dee Graham’s “Laredo” that opens the album. It’s an opioid blues: testimony from a part-time junkie losing a weekend to dope. “We were playing a benefit for Jon Dee at the Hole in the Wall there in Austin, and we thought it’d be good if we played one of his songs. We rehearsed the song in the studio, and it sounded good. The drums were ready. We’d already got the sounds up. Might as well record it.”

“Laredo” is one of a pair of covers that bookend The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy, the other being Kris Kristofferson’s “Broken Freedom Song.” “I did that one a few weeks after our initial sessions. It was just me and BettySoo, then we added drums and bass later on. Kris had just passed not too long before we recorded it. I guess that’s why I was thinking about him.” Like Hobart’s poem, it’s a bit of inspiration excavated from deep within his own life. “Kris was one of my major influences as a child. He was the first person that I recognized as a songwriter. I hadn’t really thought about where songs came from, but I started listening to Kristofferson as a songwriter and thinking, How do you do this? He was actually the second concert I saw. I was nine. He and the band were having such a good time, and that really solidified for me that this was what I wanted to do with my life.”

Once the album was mixed, mastered, and sequenced, McMurtry recalled a rough pencil sketch he had found a few years earlier in his father’s effects. It seemed like it might make a good cover. “I knew it was of me, but I didn’t realize who drew it. I asked my mom and my stepdad, and finally I asked my stepmom, Faye, who said it looked like Ken Kesey’s work back in the ‘60s. She was married to Ken for forty years.” The Merry Prankster’s—Kesey’s roving band of hippie activists and creators—stopped by often to visit Larry McMurtry and his family. “I don’t remember their first visit, the one documented in Tom Wolfe’s Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. I was too young, but I do remember a couple of Ken’s visits. I guess he drew it on one of those later stops. I remembered it and thought it would be the perfect art, but I had to go back through the storage locker. It’s a miracle that I found it again.”

It’s a fitting image for an album that scavenges personal history for inspiration. Even the songwriter himself doesn’t always know what will happen or where the songs will take him. “You follow the words where they lead. If you can get a character, maybe you can get a story. If you can set it to a verse-chorus structure, maybe you can get a song. A song can come from anywhere, but the main inspiration is fear. Specifically, fear of irrelevance. If you don’t have songs, you don’t have a record. If you don’t have a record, you don’t have a tour. You gotta keep putting out work.”

Never Quit Wrestling - 4th Annual Destined 4 Greatness
2026-03-28 19:00 | VFW Post 486, 486 Bedford Street, Fall River, MA, 02723, United States
Never Quit Wrestling Presents the 4th annual “Destined 4 Greatness”, held at the historic Fall River VFW, where careers are made, legends are born & champions are crowned. Be there live for all the action!

Tickets available via Eventbritehttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/never-quit-wrestling…

Never Quit Wrestling is sponsored by dubby.ggUse code NEVERQUIT at checkout and receive 10% off your purchase.

Calamity Brain
2026-03-28 17:00 | Troy City Brewing, 16 Anawan Street, Fall River, 02721, United States
Save the date and enjoy the vibes at the TCB! Calamity Brain Band will be rocking out the taproom from 5-8pm. Stop in and #enjoyatroy. Taproom Open 12-10pm

Author Talk: L.S. Gagnon
2026-03-28 12:30 - 14:30 | Fall River Public Library, 104 North Main St, Fall River, MA, 02720
Lisi Gagnon is a local author who writes fantasy books using the penname L.S. Gagnon. She has written a series of books about a young witch named Thea and her books are popular with both adults and children. Last summer she competed in a fantasy book contest in California and won an award for her writing. Come hear her speak about her writing process and the characters in her books.

Time Traveler's Story Time & Dress Up Day
2026-03-28 11:00 - 14:00 | Lafayette-Durfee House, 94 Cherry St, Fall River, MA, 02722, United States
Step back in time for Time Traveler’s Storytime & Dress-Up Day at the Lafayette-Durfee House! Enjoy a fun storytime for kids with dress-up, crafts, and refreshments. This is a free, family-friendly event with a suggested donation of $5–$10

2026 Spring Into Wellness Expo!
2026-03-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Fonseca Elementary, 160 Wall Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
The Spring into Wellness Expo is back! Come enjoy this free event for all ages and experience fun and healthy activities to engage your body and mind! There will be free food, a DJ, fitness events, art projects, face painting, live music, a community resource fair, and so much more!

Chuck Prophet and His Cumbia Shoes
2026-03-27 20:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
$45 Advance | $47 Day of show[all-in pricing, no additional fees]Doors 7pm | Show 8pm

When a stage four lymphoma diagnosis forced him off the road and into the hospital, Chuck Prophet didn’t know if he’d live long enough to see the end of the year, let alone get back on tour.

“I was going through a tunnel,” he recalls. “It was dark. But I had music: music to play, music to listen to, music to get me out of my head. Music was my savior.”That much is plain to hear on Wake The Dead, Prophet’s extraordinary new album. Recorded with band of brothers ¿Qiensave?, the collection explores the world of Cumbia music, which consumed and comforted Prophet during his illness and subsequent recovery. The songs are intoxicatingly rhythmic, all but demanding you move your body, with arrangements that blur the lines between tradition and innovation. There are flashes of rock and roll, punk, surf, and soul, all filtered through the streets of San Francisco and wrapped up in the rich legacy of a genre that traces its roots back to the jungles of South America.

Captured live in the studio, Wake The Dead resumes Prophet’s streak of more than a dozen critically acclaimed solo albums stretching all the way back to 1990, when the California native first shifted focus from pioneering neo-psych band Green on Red to working under his own name. Since then, Prophet—who’s now in full remission—has earned raves everywhere from Rolling Stone to NPR, landed songs in a slew of films and television shows, and seen his work covered by Bruce Springsteen, Solomon Burke, and Heart, among others

The Rotary Club of Fall River 3rd Annual Bingo Bash
2026-03-27 18:00 | White’s of Westport, 66 State Road, Westport, Massachusetts, 02790, United States
BINGO Bash 2026 is BACK!Get ready for a night of laughs, luck, and lively competition as our enthusiastic and witty Bingo caller leads you through multiple rounds of this classic game—plus plenty of chances to win big!

Prizes include:• Wine baskets• Gift certificates• CASH prizes

Tickets: $50 per personIncludes 15 Bingo games and one drink ticket (good for a glass of wine or beer)

Extras:• Additional Bingo cards available at the door for $10 each• Food available for purchase

Must be 21+ to attend

TICKETS

Plant Night
2026-03-26 18:30 | Canned Heat Craft Beer Co., 52 Ferry Street, Fall River, MA, 02724, United States
Join us at Canned Heat Craft Beer on Thursday, March 5th and 26th at 6:30 PM for Plant Night: a hands-on, build-your-own terrarium experience. You’ll gather your supplies from our plant stand, then we’ll help you create a beautiful, personalized masterpiece to take home—complete with care instructions to keep it thriving. Whether you’re a seasoned plant lover or just in it for the vibes, this is the perfect way to unwind, get creative, and bring a little green into your space. Food and beer will be available for purchase—reserve your spot today!

Ticket includes all the materials to make one medium sized terrarium home! Reserve a ticket now at http://www.CannedHeatCraftBeer.com!

Voices Unheard - Free Chamber Music Concert
2026-03-26 16:00 | Fall River Public Library, 104 North Main St, Fall River, MA, 02720
Voices Unheard is a classical chamber ensemble that is doing a free, grant funded concert season throughout Massachusetts. Voices Unheard is striving to celebrate and promote the different ways that women contribute to the musical world. This organization operates under three major pillars, music of women in history’s past, the music of today’s female composers, and cultivating a future for women’s music of the future.

The project utilizes funding to commission works for the wind repertoire by promising upcoming women composers. Women historically have struggled to access the same resources as their male counterparts in this field, and this ensemble seeks to provide the resources that a young professional would need to get their foothold in the field of music composition.

ZZ Ward
2026-03-25 20:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA, 02720
Wednesday, March 25, 2026$49 Advance | $51 Day of Show[all-in pricing, no additional fees]Doors 7pm | Show 8pm

ZZ Ward Meet & Greet Package – $199• One general admission ticket• Early entry into the venue• Official meet & greet with ZZ Ward• Exclusive photo opportunity with ZZ Ward• One Liberation LP; autographed by ZZ Ward• One Dirty Shine LP• One “Dirty Sun” tour poster• Official meet & greet laminate and lanyard• Limited availability

ZZ Ward Merch Package – $125• One general admission ticket• Early entry into the venue• One Liberation LP; autographed by ZZ Ward• One Dirty Shine LP• One “Dirty Sun” tour poster• Commemorative VIP laminate and lanyard• Limited availability

One of the most profound lessons ZZ Ward learned from growing up listening to the blues greats was to be authentic to your story. When the LA-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist began to write new music, she found herself in the midst of one of the biggest life changes a person will ever experience: motherhood.

The resulting music is her truest and most blues-infused to date. Freed from the pop pressures of her previous major label, ZZ is able to fully embrace the blues, her most formative influence. Her Sun Records debut, Liberation, features a program of originals and re-imagined blues favorites done in ZZ’s singular way. Encompassing greasy Chicago blues, foot-stomping Delta blues, rootsy garage rock, and vintage soul, the album is almost a ZZ-curated survey of the blues. The 14-track album was produced by multi-platinum producer Ryan Spraker (Eli “Paperboy” Reed, Weezer, In This Moment).ZZ’s first single, “Put The Gun Down,” from her 2012 debut, Til the Casket Drops, broke into the AAA Radio Charts Top 10, and stayed there for 10 weeks. It was followed by the single, “365 Days,” which hit #2 on the charts. Til the Casket Drops also snuck into the Billboard Top 40 Alternative Chart. ZZ’s sophomore album, The Storm, released in 2017, peaked at Number 1 on the Billboard Blues Charts, highlighted by singles featuring GRAMMY-Award winners Fantastic Negrito, “Cannonball,” and Gary Clark Jr., “Ride,” which was also the end title song for Pixar’s feature film Cars 3. This past summer ZZ was personally picked by Slash to open the tour for his own blues album.
