Viva Fall River

Jontavious Willis
2026-08-14 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Friday, August 14, 2024
$30 Advance | $32 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
Jontavious Willis is resolved in his mission: to reinvigorate today’s Blues with the spirit of the past. Inspired by a time when the Blues were plentiful and rhythm reigned supreme, Jontavious leverages his unique sound—a synthesis of his Georgia heritage and reverence for traditional Blues—to get the world dancing again. A Grammy-nominated musician and songwriter, Jontavious performs original, toe-tapping tunes in the style of Delta, Piedmont, Texas, and Gospel Blues. Dynamic vocals, technical prowess, and an abundance of Southern charm keep Jontavious sending jolts of vitality through the Blues community.
Jontavious was born and raised in rural Georgia, an environment with deep cultural roots that provides the inspiration he has continuously drawn upon to create his unique sound. He spent much of his childhood singing Gospel music at the Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church with his grandfather, which provided him his first setting to perform for an audience. An early phenom, his passion for the Blues was sparked at age 14 when he came across a YouTube video of Muddy Waters playing “Hoochie Coochie Man.” He achieved widespread acclaim when living legend Taj Mahal invited Jontavious to accompany him onstage in 2015, with Taj describing him as his “Wonderboy.” Jontavious was invited to open for Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ during their joint TajMo tour in 2018, giving him an opportunity to present his work on a national stage.
Blue Metamorphosis, his acoustic debut album released in 2016, garnered rave reviews in Living Blues and Blues & Rhythm and won the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge 2018 Award for Best Self-Produced CD. His Grammy-nominated sophomore album, Spectacular Class, sees Jontavious survey an array of Blues styles with lively ensemble performances.
His upcoming album, signed with Strolling Bones Records, is a testament to his love for songwriting. With solo tracks as well as duo, trio, and full band works, he articulates a totally original take on traditional Blues.
Jontavious features prominently in shows and festivals across the world, sharing his unique blend of time-honored yet modern, intellectual yet danceable Blues with all.

The James Hunter Six - Fall River
2026-08-07 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Fall River music lovers, get ready for The James Hunter Six at Narrows Center For The Arts—one of the city’s most-loved spots for a night out. The James Hunter Six – Fall River Fall River brings the kind of R&B/soul show locals talk about long after the last note.
Hunter’s sharp, story-forward songwriting meets a tight band that hits like a classic revue: punchy horns, groove-heavy rhythm, and vocals that can turn a whisper into a shout without losing the feeling. Expect a set built for dancing and listening.
The James Hunter Six – Fall River Narrows Center For The Arts offers an intimate, waterfront vibe with easy access around downtown and a room that lets every detail land.
Make it your Friday, Aug 7, 2026—book your tickets and come be part of the sing-along.

The James Hunter Six
2026-08-07 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Friday, August 7, 2026
$54 Advance | $56 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
The James Hunter Six returns with their first album on Easy Eye Sound, delivering another dose of timeless rhythm & soul. British singer, songwriter and GRAMMY-nominated James Hunter has been a legendary fixture in the scene for over three decades with his gritty voice and sharp songwriting earning him acclaim around the world. This new record features a rare duet with longtime collaborator Van Morrison (‘Ain’t That A Trip’), marking a full-circle moment for the artist hailed by MOJO magazine as “The United Kingdom’s Greatest Soul Singer.”
Hunter and his six-piece band have toured the world for decades from tiny clubs to large festivals, with Hunter also sharing the stage to support legends including Mavis Staples, Aretha Franklin, BB King, Etta James, Bonnie Raitt, and Van Morrison. Whether belting out up-tempo R&B or crafting candle-lit ballads, James Hunter is a must-see artist who effortlessly draws from the depths of his musical well, leaving audiences captivated and craving more.
Set for release January 16th, ‘Off The Fence’ is a landmark album for James Hunter himself for a number of different reasons. In many ways it represents his past, his present and his future. The new album is the perfect amalgam of everything that is great about James Hunter’s songwriting, delivery and outlook. It also marks a fresh start. His first release on Dan Auerbach’s (The Black Keys) Easy Eye Sound label, 2026 is going to be a big year for Hunter, striking the world with music that matters. Get ready to ride with The James Hunter Six.

Assembly of Dust
2026-08-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Thursday, August 6, 2026
$43 Advance | $45 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
Reid Genauer, widely regarded as one of the most iconic and influential songwriters of his generation, leads Assembly of Dust, a band that embodies the spirit of American roots music. As a founding member of Strangefolk, Genauer’s career spans over two decades, with a distinctive voice and masterful storytelling that have drawn comparisons to legendary artists like Neil Young, Willie Nelson, and Paul Simon. Genauer’s songwriting is infused with poetic depth and emotional resonance, earning him a reputation as a songwriter’s songwriter. His lyrics are both deeply personal and universally relatable, making him a beloved figure in the music world. Assembly of Dust’s sound is rooted in the classic rock and folk traditions of the 1970s, with influences from legendary acts like the Grateful Dead, The Band, Little Feat, and Bob Dylan. They share a live energy with contemporary jambands like Phish, Widespread Panic, and Dave Matthews Band, and their focus on songcraft draws comparisons to acclaimed Americana artists like Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, and Jason Isbell. With their unique blend of rock, folk, and country, Assembly of Dust is a great fit for fans of Wilco, My Morning Jacket, and The Avett Brothers.

The California Honeydrops
2026-08-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
$65 Advance | $67 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
“The California Honeydrops…evoke the greasy rumble of Booker T and channel the spiritual ecstasy of Sly and the Family Stone.” –Rolling Stone
Formed in the subway systems of Oakland, retro-soul outfit The California Honeydrops are an electrifying group that defy convention at every turn. They’ve become a mainstay at festivals including Byron Bay Bluesfest (Australia), Outside Lands, Monterey Jazz, Lightning In A Bottle, and touring with B.B. King, Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, and Allen Toussaint. Led by the enigmatic and energetic frontman, Lech Wierzynski, and percussionist Benjamin Malament, each member of the band is a virtuoso in their own rite — Yanos “Johnny Bones” Lustig on saxophone, Lorenzo Loera on keyboards/guitar, Beaumont Beaullieu on drums, Miles Blackwell on bass, and regularly accompanied by Oliver Tuttle on trombone, Leon Cotter on saxophone/clarinet, and Miles Lyons on trombone/sousaphone — navigating through a vast repertoire of original songs and timeless classics every night. But what truly sets them apart is their unwavering commitment to the art of improvisation – a skill so finely honed that they have completely abandoned the use of set lists and no two shows are ever the same. Off stage, their music has been streamed more than 200 million times, and placed in a variety of TV and films, including “Dead To Me,” “Alaska Daily,” “Black-ish” and more. Their new album Redwood Highway was released August 8, 2025.

The Lone Bellow - Fall River
2026-07-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Fall River, get ready for a hometown-style night out as The Lone Bellow hits Narrows Center For The Arts in the heart of the city. This is the kind of local favorite that turns an ordinary weeknight into a memory.
Known for soaring three-part harmonies, rootsy rock grit, and stories that feel lived-in, the band brings a set that moves from hush to full-throated singalongs without losing an ounce of intimacy.
Narrows Center For The Arts offers a welcoming, close-up concert vibe with easy access around downtown Fall River, making arrival and settling in refreshingly simple.
Mark your calendar for Tue, July 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM and don’t miss The Lone Bellow – Fall River Fall River—secure your seats now for The Lone Bellow – Fall River Narrows Center For The Arts.””Fall River, get ready for a hometown-style night out as The Lone Bellow hits Narrows Center For The Arts in the heart of the city. This is the kind of local favorite that turns an ordinary weeknight into a memory.
Known for soaring three-part harmonies, rootsy rock grit, and stories that feel lived-in, the band brings a set that moves from hush to full-throated singalongs without losing an ounce of intimacy.
Narrows Center For The Arts offers a welcoming, close-up concert vibe with easy access around downtown Fall River, making arrival and settling in refreshingly simple.
Mark your calendar for Tue, July 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM and don’t miss The Lone Bellow – Fall River Fall River—secure your seats now for The Lone Bellow – Fall River Narrows Center For The Arts.

Mosaic Night
2026-07-28 18:30 | Massachusetts

Los Lobos
2026-07-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Saturday, July 25, 2026
$90 Advance | $92 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
It’s a matter of time. 50 years to be exact. And in that time Los Lobos have created an unprecedented body of work, a legacy of greatness. The numbers are staggering: 100+ gigs a year for five decades running, crossing millions of miles to rock millions of fans. And that’s just at the live shows. In between they’ve recorded 17 studio albums, 7 live LPs, 3 compilations, 2 EPs, 2 DVDs, and contributed 40+ guest appearances on their friends’ recordings—all garnering 4 Grammys, an Austin City Limits Hall of Fame induction, the ALMA Ritchie Valens Pioneer Award, NEA and Hispanic Heritage Foundation Honors, Congressional recognitions, plus countless “Keys to the City” and “Los Lobos Day” celebrations. And those are just a few of the highlights. But beyond all the hoopla and applause (and the source of it all, really) is the tremendous heart. Rather, hearts. Cinco corazones. Five blood brothers who have dedicated their off-stage time to helping others, working for peace and justice, penning some of the most literate and important music of their time, transforming the hard cries from the East L.A. barrio into songs of hope, tales of common folk finding ways to endure. The young wolves were weaned on late-night radio’s soul, R&B, and doo-wop. Were cured through the African-American currents of the blues, jazz, and rock ‘n’ roll. An amalgam. As proud Chicanos, their songs have always glistened with the distillation from their Mexican and Latin American roots—nourished by Norteña and rancheras, buoyed by bolero and cumbias, soaring on the rhythms of son huasteco and son jarocho. Los Lobos have helped spread the rich diversity of cultures across every continent, throughout the global community. Kids in Antwerp now know about Aztlán. Residents of Luxor and Ghana are crooning Lalo Guerrero. People from Laos and Bulgaria are belting “La Bamba”—all thanks to The Wolves as cultural ambassadors. Talk about a living legacy. Talk about a productive half century. And in the true rebel spirit, they did it all on their own terms, against formula. For the ages. To our delight. Quite simply, they are one of the tightest, one of the best, one of the most prolific bands ever. And, amazingly, with the original founding members as the pack the entire time. Unprecedented. As their liner notes put it, quite simply: “Los Lobos still are David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Jr., Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, Steve Berlin.”

Big Richard
2026-07-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Thursday, July 23 2026
$28 Advance | $31 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
Opener: Eric Royer
Bluegrass band Big Richard makes music for the 21st century’s twisted cultural unease. Their latest album Pet, is a fierce, provocative, rejoinder to what troubles them and the world right now, which was recorded live to tape in order to capture the fervor of their live shows.
“Big Richard is so much about our energetic delivery, and so I think it’s been really important for us as a group to figure out how to do that for a record,” says mandolin and guitar player Bonnie Sims.
“We made the album all on tape and did it all in these single-shot performances,” cellist Joy Adams adds. “The collection of songs, we wanted to take our most hard driving, heavy hitting songs, we wanted to craft a banger set list. Like, if we had a 30-minute set, what would we put on there that says the most, and makes people feel the broadest bunch of feelings? And it was all these songs.”
Adams and Sims both studied music and toured and played extensively before (and outside of) joining Big Richard, as did the other members of the band: Adams has three degrees in cello, toured with Darol Anger and Nathaniel Rateliff, and has recorded for television and film (including the Queen’s Gambit); Sims, who grew up playing music with her family, has a degree in commercial music, with a vocal specialization in yodeling, toured and recorded extensively with her husband, Taylor Sims (including a platinum-certified record); fiddler Eve Panning, who also grew up playing with her family, studied violin performance and music education, taught orchestra, and played in bluegrass bands, including touring widely with classical group Barrage; and bassist Hazel Royer started out playing music with her dad Eric Royer in the Boston, MA folk and rock music scene, and studied at the Berklee College of Music.
Pet, the band’s sophomore studio album, was engineered by Mark Anderson and produced by the Big Richard members, will be released February 5, 2026 on Signature Sounds. Anchored by staples from the band’s live sets, the album includes their urgent, vociferous version of Dave Olney’s anti-capitalist anthem, “Millionaire,” and an equally-vehement rendition of the anti-gun violence treatise, “Red Fox Run,” written by Cecelia and Andy Thorn (of Leftover Salmon). Both songs are emotionally potent at shows, and the audience’s anger often palpable; feeling it together as they play is cathartic, Sims says.
Big Richard opens Pet full force, with a blistering medley of Sims’ song, “It’s Gonna Fall” and the Bill Monroe fiddle tune, “Old Daingerfield”: “Our air has turned to poison and our water catches flame / You know we’re blowing out the ground under our beds in which we lay / And we’re digging holes we’ll never fill, the ground shakes to protest / But we just close our minds and eyes and ears, there ain’t no stopping progress,” Sims sings about her despair at the destruction of the natural world through fire and flood, and the fracking wells she sees springing up in Colorado. (At shows, the band also jibs at Monroe’s infamous habit of claiming credit for all songs written by his band members, by joking that Sims wrote both tunes.)
“A lot of the time in our sets, we like to follow a heavy-hitting song with an instrumental that meets that energy,” Panning says of tacking “Old Daingerfield” onto the end of “It’s Gonna Fall.” “It feels good to reflect on something for a moment, or keep going with it, and keep that energy somewhere.”
The band applied the same pressure release system on Pet, which features two entirely instrumental tracks written by Panning. Comparatively gentle, “K’s March,” inspired by a musical phrase Panning’s roommate used to sing around the house, follows “Millionaire” with a wholesome old-time jam track that lets audiences blow off steam after being wound tight; and later in the album, “Circus Jerk” (double entendre intended), hints at the band’s raunchy stage banter and bluegrass music’s reputation for showoff solos (by giving each band member her moment to rip).
“We’re in the most musically locked spot we’ve been in thus far, since I’ve been in the band, and this album feels like a really good reflection of that,” says Royer, who joined in 2023.
Unapologetically outrageous and provocative, the band’s name is a wink to the ‘big dick’ energy Big Richard is reclaiming from male bluegrass bands. They’re intent on making audiences laugh and feel a little uncomfortable, for the sake of making them think, as well. To that end, the album’s cover portrays the band dressed in deranged clown outfits and crouching on railroad tracks in front of an oil refinery. And its title track “Pet,” delivered like a slightly demented circus sound track and written by Adams, is a rich paean for the people society too often lets fall through the cracks.
“I wrote it thinking about people who are stuck in circumstances outside of their control, whether they were born into it or not. That might be childhood trauma or poverty or a chronic health problem, or something that they didn’t choose, and they’re just hauling it around with them,” Adams says. “I think in a deeper sense, the song is reflective of how many people get lost in the big turning of the world right now.” It’s a sentiment and a sound she doubles down on later on the album with the spooky music box track, “Holy Holy,” about religious/childhood trauma and growing up with an addict in the house.
Big Richard’s power to deliver emotionally evocative music derives in part from their rare make up. Though the album also employs toy piano, banjo, and octave mandolin, the band primarily performs on bass, mandolin and guitar, fiddle, and with Adams on cello, which adds an extra sonic dimension for bluegrass (though Adams, who wrote her doctoral dissertation on the history of cello in fiddle music, says the cello actually predates the bass in string bands).
Still, among the strife and intensity, Pet leaves room for a little sweetness. First with “Alaska,” a yearning love-song Royer wrote about a crush when she was 16, and then with a cover of Hank Cochran’s “Make the World Go Away,” which concludes the album, and often their live show, too. At concerts, the band’s four members descend from the stage, and play the song clustered together in a clearing in the crowd, a final act of gathering after an intense show.
“Our live performances are so raw and so gritty, and I think that our sound never really flourished in that digital landscape.” Adams says. “[Recording live to tape] we were all in the same room together, very close together, with a lot of mic bleed, etc. And the energy was insane. It felt so good to record this way. Even on the first day, we were like ‘wow, this sounds like our band.’ And to do something that’s very real and gritty and has little mistakes in it just feels alive and human.”
About the Opener: Eric Royer
Eric Royer has performed as Royer’s One-Man Band since 1993. After building his one-of-a-kind, self-made mechanical contraption—The Guitar Machine—in Tucson, AZ, he has recorded and toured extensively. The device allows him to play acoustic guitar, bass, and drums with his feet while picking banjo with his hands, singing, and playing harmonica. No looping or digital effects involved.
Royer won a Boston Music Award for Best Roots Act as the banjo player in his band The Resophonics, and he has played and recorded with many local bluegrass bands.

Monday Movie Matinee (weekly)
2026-07-20 13:00 | Fall River Public Library, 104 North Main St, Fall River, MA, 02720
6/1 Movie Matinee: The Birdcage

Adults are invited to join us for a free movie screening in the meeting room! This week we will watch the 1996 comedy film The Birdcage by Mike Nichols (rated R).

6/8: Polyester by John Waters

6/15 The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love by Maria Maggenti

6/22 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert by Stephan Elliott

6/29 TBD

7/6 TBD

7/13 TBD

7/20 TBD

The Brothers Comatose - Fall River
2026-07-18 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Fall River, get ready to welcome The Brothers Comatose to Narrows Center For The Arts—one of the city’s go-to spots for a night out with real hometown energy. This is **The Brothers Comatose – Fall River Fall River**, and it’s set to feel like a local favorite from the first note.
Known for tight harmonies, quick-picking strings, and storytelling that swings between rowdy and heartfelt, the band brings bluegrass with a modern, road-tested edge. Expect foot-stomping grooves and moments that hush the room.
Narrows Center For The Arts offers an intimate, listener-friendly setting with easy access in Fall River, making arrival and settling in simple. **The Brothers Comatose – Fall River Narrows Center For The Arts** is a perfect match.
Grab your tickets and come sing along Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM.

The Brothers Comatose
2026-07-18 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Saturday, July 18, 2026
$40 Advance | $43 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
Fusing old school string band instrumentation with rock and roll exuberance, The Brothers Comatose cement their status as standard bearers of a thriving, innovative West Coast roots movement on their intoxicating new album, Golden Grass. Recorded with co-producers Greg Holden and Tim Bluhm, the collection is as diverse and enthralling as the California landscape itself—at times carefree and breezy, at times wild and rugged—with lush, organic arrangements full of rich vocal harmonies and driving guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and upright bass. While the record marks the group’s first release with newest member Addie Levy, the result is quintessential Brothers Comatose: a warm, joyful reflection on identity and the ties that bind from a band that knows exactly who they are (and exactly where they come from).

Founded by Ben and Alex Morrison in 2008, The Brothers Comatose first emerged from San Francisco with their 2010 debut, Songs From The Stoop, which helped earn dates with the likes of Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Greensky Bluegrass, and Trampled By Turtles. In the decade-and-a-half that followed, the critically acclaimed quintet would go on to release five more full-length LPs, rack up nearly 50 million streams, land festival slots at Outside Lands, High Sierra, and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, tour with Lake Street Dive, The Devil Makes Three, and Yonder Mountain String Band, and build up a devoted following thanks to their raucous live shows and relentless schedule.

Bluebird Improv - Fall River
2026-07-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Fall River, get ready for a night of laughter as Bluebird Improv hits the Narrows Center For The Arts—one of the city’s go-to spots for live entertainment. Join fellow locals for **Bluebird Improv – Fall River Fall River** on Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM.
Bluebird Improv turns your suggestions into sharp, fast-moving scenes, weaving callbacks and surprise characters into a one-of-a-kind show that never repeats. You’re not just watching—you’re part of what happens next.
At **Bluebird Improv – Fall River Narrows Center For The Arts**, you’ll love the intimate setting, great sightlines, and easy access in the heart of Fall River, Massachusetts.
Bring friends, bring your best ideas, and book your tickets now for a memorable comedy night.

Bluebird Improv
2026-07-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center For The Arts Fall River Massachusetts, Narrows Center For The Arts Fall River Massachusetts, Fall River, 02720
Narrows Comedy Series
Thursday, July 16, 2026
$52 Advance | $54 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
Get ready for a night of spontaneous comedy with Bluebird Improv. Over the past several years, Bluebird Improv has built a reputation you can trust – if you go to one of their shows, you know you’ll see high-caliber comedians and experience something hilarious, unpredictable, and completely original. Past performances have included Rachel Dratch (SNL) and Matt Walsh (Veep), and this year’s lineup promises to be just as exciting.
Each show begins with a quick chat with the audience, sparking entirely improvised scenes that you’ll only see that night. We’re not revealing the full cast yet, but no matter who takes the stage, this Bluebird show will be a night full of laughs, surprises, and unforgettable moments.

Moana Brunch
2026-07-12 10:15 - 14:00 | Venus de Milo, Swansea
The Ocean Is Calling…
Set sail for an unforgettable Moana Brunch Adventure!
Your little voyagers will meet Moana, sing along to their favorite songs, take magical photos, and enjoy a delicious brunch. This is a LIVE SHOW the whole family will love.
Meet & greet with Moana Photo opportunities with Moana Singing, music, and interactive fun for the kids

LIT Summer 2026 featuring Bubba Sparxx + YaBoi Loco
2026-07-11 18:00 - 2026-07-12 00:00 | Bernardo’s Event Center, 403 Anawan St, Fall River, 02721
Lit Summer is back for 2026 with a daytime community event + night concert extravaganza right here in Fall River. All day energy with live digital art, free haircuts for the kiddos, kid’s dance activities, local vendors with music and great energy.
Night event 6pm-12 consists of live performances with Bubba Sparxx as our headliner! Featuring live DJ’s and local talent including YaBoi Loco.

Lit Summer 2026 - FREE Community Event and Vendor Market
2026-07-11 14:00 - 18:00 | Bernardo’s Event Center, 403 Anawan St, Fall River, 02721
Pull up with the family and enjoy a full afternoon of FREE fun, local vendors, food, and live entertainment!
We’re bringing the community together for a daytime summer experience focused on kids, families, and supporting local businesses.

🛍️ What to Expect
• 30+ Local Vendors
• Food, Drinks & Desserts
• Live Performances
• Family-Friendly Atmosphere

🎨 FREE Kids Activities
• Free Haircuts for Kids
• Digital Art Lessons (iPads Provided)
• Kids Dance Games & Live Instructor
• Face Painting
• Free Raffles & Giveaways

This is your chance to bring the kids out, shop local, and enjoy a positive community event right here in the city.
Whether you’re coming to support vendors, grab some food, or let the kids have a blast There’s something here for everyone.

👉 FREE ENTRY | ALL AGES WELCOME
Tag your friends, share this out, bring the family, and don’t miss it.

** The only contact person for this event is the host

Darlingside - Fall River
2026-07-10 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Welcome to an unforgettable night with Darlingside at Narrows Center For The Arts in Fall River—one of the city’s go-to spots for live entertainment and a true local favorite. This is Darlingside – Fall River Fall River, and it’s set to feel like a hometown celebration.
Darlingside’s intricate harmonies, poetic storytelling, and adventurous arrangements create a sound that’s intimate yet bold, pulling you in with every dynamic shift and unexpected musical turn.
The Narrows Center offers a warm, close-up concert atmosphere, great sightlines, and an easygoing riverside setting that makes arriving and settling in part of the fun. Catch Darlingside – Fall River Narrows Center For The Arts for a memorable Alternative concert experience.
Bring a friend, grab your spot early, and book tickets now before this one fills up.

Darlingside
2026-07-10 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Friday, July 10, 2026
$44 Advance | $46 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
Everything Is Alive, Darlingside’s fourth LP, marks a subtle but remarkable departure for the Boston-based quartet NPR once described as “exquisitely arranged, literary minded, baroque folk-pop.” While the album retains much of the lushness and sophistication of Extralife (2018) and Fish Pond Fish (2020), the band’s latest work decisively exposes and differentiates the individual voices of the four songwriters—a daring reinvention for a group known for ubiquitous vocal harmonies. Grappling with change both personal and universal, with quandaries domestic and existential, Everything Is Alive is an album about loss and the struggle for a semblance of redemption.
Comprised of Don Mitchell, Auyon Mukharji, Harris Paseltiner and David Senft, four likeminded multi-instrumentalists who first met at Williams College in 2009, Darlingside’s career has been defined by the elegance of their compositions and the unity of their four voices. Their talent for harmony and melodic world-building is part of what garnered praise from outlets like NPR, Rolling Stone and The New Yorker, and what has created demand worldwide for their extraordinary live performances. Becoming beautifully unindividualized has, in other words, worked very well for Darlingside in the past. With a vigor and discipline more common to graduate-level writing workshops than to indie rock, Darlingside has, over the years, experimented with all manners of idiosyncratic methods for elevating and upholding a truly democratic process of songwriting—processes that include multiple rounds of group writing and recording exercises—all with the aim of escaping the trap that bands with multiple songwriters often fall into: ego-driven infighting and artistic incoherence.
On Everything Is Alive, then, Darlingside is taking a risk. Nudged by the limitations created by pandemic isolation, as well as through other more voluntary catalysts, the album, which was produced and recorded by the band and mixed by Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, Sufjan Stevens, Iron and Wine), foregrounds in a sustained and heretofore untried way the individual voices of each member. Where once the harmonies formed a hard-won sonic unification, Everything Is Alive showcases the four singers as they alternate (more or less) song for song, an approach that rewards listeners with a sense of personal ownership and, therefore, a new degree of intimacy and nuance.
Don’t misunderstand: Everything Is Alive is still very much a collaborative effort—many of the same meticulous rituals and exercises went into this effort as went into Extralife and Fish Pond Fish. The difference here is that the band has given itself permission to plumb new depths, to add extra dimension to what was already a highly dialed-in aesthetic. And the results are compelling, not only due to the intimacy itself, but for the way such intimacy is counterpointed or juxtaposed against Darlingside’s trademark lusciousness. Present still are the beds of enveloping harmonies, as in the stunning (mostly) a cappella “How Long Again.” Retained also are the textured polyrhythms, the infectious body percussion, a triumphant horn section to bolster the earworm chorus of “Baking Soda” and a sobering cello quartet to elevate the heartbreak of “Lose The Keys.” The difference is that on Everything Is Alive these moments have been set against quieter, and thus contrasting, depths of solitude and vulnerability.
In this way, Everything Is Alive, which was begun in 2021, seems a continuation of 2020’s Fish Pond Fish. A sequel, perhaps; the second half of a COVID double album. Where Fish Pond Fish built its lush sonic landscape around vibrant images of woolgathering, fruit picking and returning home, Everything Is Alive confronts the multitude of challenges that arise when “home at last” becomes “when, dear god, will I be free of this stasis and grief?” Lose the keys, the marbles, lose a parent/lose the count, lose the plot/it’s the losing that counts/is it not sings Mitchell on “Lose the Keys.” Elsewhere one encounters images of walking in circles, of domestic frustration, and of unabashedly falling apart, all of which work together as an acknowledgment of a despair that must be confronted before redemption can be made possible. “Am I almost out of the dark?” asks Senft on “Can’t Help Falling Apart”—a track that, it turns out, helped Senft arrive at the realization that he could not continue as a touring member of the band.
In other places on the album, such as opening track “Green Light,” a propensity for retreating into the self is refuted by an attempt to discern the small but tangible glory of the world before us. The song meditates on the humble beauty contained within things as (seemingly) drab as sidewalks and concrete and rust. Built on an iPhone memo of a strumming mandocello, “Green Light” is notable for another reason: in its mantra-like worldliness it is unlike anything Darlingside has done before. Reminiscent of George Harrison circa “Within You Without You,” the track, itself a creative leap, signals the heretofore untrod territory the album at large goes on to explore.
Vivid images and striking turns of phrase abound on Everything Is Alive. Expectations are commonly inverted or exploded—exploded curiously, with nuance, but exploded no less—as in these lines from “All The Lights In The City”: maybe working is what makes us live, or maybe it’s living/sky is always hanging blue above the cloud/but the path of no resistance will wear you out. On “Sea Dogs,” the track that contains the album’s title, Paseltiner sings over an effervescent dreamscape: I can’t wake up all the time/or even half the time or/even be on time. Such lines capture the disorientation and desperation that pervade this album. And yet, later in the same song, come the lines which align poignantly with the song’s dreamy sonic context: when up in the clouds are sea dogs/and kites and big white basketballs/the backyard is thickening/ how is it everything/ everything is alive/alive, alive. “Sea Dogs” is both the album’s thesis and a bridge to Fish Pond Fish, modifying that album’s motifs about nature as a reflection of the self to ask whether nature is not also a means of escaping or transcending the confines of selfhood altogether.
It’s a rare thing and becoming rarer by the day: a group of musicians with that emulsifying magic to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts. And to see Darlingside perform live is to confirm this special chemistry. With the release of Everything Is Alive the band will, for the first time, take to the road without Dave Senft. Instead of filling his spot directly, the band has wisely chosen to honor the special chemistry of the foursome by letting those arrangements live on the recordings without obligation to faithfully recreate them onstage. While Dave remains a contributing member of the band, on tour Darlingside will perform in a completely different configuration altogether—a configuration that will, at times, include the album’s drummer Ben Burns, singer Molly Parden, and others—proving again how the group can adroitly rearrange themselves for the breaking of a new and different day.

Noise Pollution - The Music of AC/DC - Falls Church
2026-07-09 20:00 - 22:00 | State Theatre, 220 N Washington St, Falls Church, 22046
Falls Church, get ready to crank it up—Noise Pollution – The Music of AC/DC is bringing the thunder to State Theatre – VA for a night that feels like a hometown tradition in the heart of the city. Don’t miss **Noise Pollution – The Music of AC/DC – Falls Church Falls Church** live on Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM.
This isn’t a casual tribute: expect razor-tight riffs, spot-on vocals, and the kind of swagger that makes every chorus hit like a singalong anthem.
State Theatre – VA delivers an intimate, high-energy room with great sightlines, easy access, and a prime Falls Church location for a seamless night out.
Grab your crew and lock in your seats—**Noise Pollution – The Music of AC/DC – Falls Church State Theatre – VA** is calling. Book tickets now and let it rock.

Spilling the Tea: A Victorian Tea Party
2026-07-05 16:30 - 18:00 | The Lizzie Borden House, 230 Second Street, Fall River, MA, 02721, United States
TICKETS

Join us at the Lizzie Borden House for an exclusive Victorian tea party that blends proper tea party etiquette, delectable eats, and juicy true crime gossip.

Reserve your spot(s) today!

Guests will savor tea sandwiches, scones, pastries and Borden signature tea while learning about the evolution of this time-honored event, and the rules designed to keep it classy.

Retreat to the dining room, raise a pinky — and perhaps an eyebrow — while hearing intriguing details surrounding the 1892 “Crime of the Century.”

Tab Benoit
2026-07-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, MA
Friday, July 3, 2026
$71 Advance | $73 Day of Show
[all-in pricing, no additional fees]
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm
Opener: The Cold Stares
Tab Benoit is a 4x Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and guitarist who has built a remarkable 30+ year career on the foundation of his gritty and soulful Delta swamp blues, acquiring a devoted legion of fans along the way, as well as 5 Blues Music Awards, including BB King Entertainer of the Year (twice) and an induction into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
After a 13-year hiatus, Tab is back with his latest effort, I Hear Thunder, on his own label, Whiskey Bayou Records. The new album was his first #1 in the Billboard charts in over 30 years. Benoit’s 2013 release, Medicine, was co-produced with Anders Osborne for Concord International, and garnered three Blues Music Awards. Following this notable success, Benoit took a step away from music, taking a 13-year sabbatical from recording and entering a period of creative exile.
Tab’s accomplishments as a musician are matched only by his devotion to the environmental health of his native Louisiana wetlands. The notoriety achieved by his success provided him with a mouthpiece to promote his growing concern for the Louisiana Wetlands and coastal erosion from the region he calls home. Benoit is the founder and driving force behind Voice of the Wetlands, an organization working to preserve the coastal waters of his home state. In 2010, he received the Governor’s Award for Conservationist of the Year from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation. Benoit has also starred in the iMax motion picture Hurricane on the Bayou, a documentary of Hurricane Katrina’s effects and a call to protect and restore the Wetlands.
Benoit has recorded and/or performed with Junior Wells, George Porter Jr, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Billy Joe Shaver, Maria Muldaur, James Cotton, Cyril Neville, Kenny Aronoff, Allen Toussaint, Kim Wilson, Jimmy Thackery, Charlie Musslewhite, Kenny Neal, Chris Layton, Ivan Neville, Jimmy Hall, Jim Lauderdale, Anders Osborne, and Alvin Youngblood Hart to name a few.

Tab Benoit - Fall River
2026-07-03 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! Get ready for an unforgettable evening with the one and only Tab Benoit on July 3, 2026, at 8:00 PM. Known for his electrifying performances and soulful blues music, Tab Benoit is sure to captivate the audience with his raw talent and infectious energy.
The Narrows Center For The Arts provides an intimate setting where you can truly connect with the music and the artist. Located in the heart of Fall River, the venue offers easy access and a cozy atmosphere that will make you feel right at home. Whether you’re a longtime fan or new to Tab Benoit’s music, this show is not to be missed.
Don’t miss your chance to experience Tab Benoit live in concert at the Narrows Center For The Arts. Grab your tickets now and get ready for a night of incredible music and unforgettable memories. We can’t wait to see you there! Grab your tickets now and get ready for a night of incredible music and unforgettable memories. We can’t wait to see you there!

Trustees Mobile Adventures: A Bug's Life!
2026-06-30 13:30 | Fall River Public Library, 104 North Main St, Fall River, MA, 02720
Learn all about bugs and why they’re important to the world around us! Activities will include bug examination, insect crafts and nature play. Run by Trustees Mobile Adventures.

Pasta Flights
2026-06-30 11:00 - 21:00 | Primo on Water Street, 36 Water Street, Fall River, MA, 02724, United States
Experience the taste of Italy with a trio of Italian-American classics served in perfect tasting portions.Join us every Tuesday and choose your flight:

Traditional Flight – Fettuccine Alfredo, Penne alla Vodka, Spaghetti & Meatballs

Chef’s Flight – Cacio e Pepe, Spicy Rigatoni, Fettuccine with Mushroom Cream SaucePerfect for date night, girls’ night, or when you just can’t pick one pasta.

Summer Reading Kick off with the Toe Jam Puppet Band
2026-06-30 11:00 | Fall River Public Library, 104 North Main St, Fall River, MA, 02720
Join us as we kick-off another exciting summer of fun with the Toe Jam Puppet Band! Children ages 12 and younger can sign up for this year’s summer reading club, Amazing Things Happen at the Library! Free “Book Buddies” will be given away, while supplies last, to children signing up for the 7 week program. We are also asking children to name this year’s summer mascot, our Book Drop Monster, with a fitting name! Official entry blanks will be made available at the kick-off. A special prize will be awarded to the winner! The summer reading club is generously sponsored by Rockland Trust and the Friends of the Fall River Public Library.

Pride Panel
2026-06-28 14:00 - 15:30 | Once Upon a Bookstore, 418 Quequechan St. 2nd Fl., Fall River, Massachusetts, 02721

Trainwreck
2026-06-28 14:00 | Troy City Brewing, 16 Anawan Street, Fall River, 02721, United States

Mike Giammarco Acoustic
2026-06-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Canned Heat Craft Beer Co., 52 Ferry Street, Fall River, MA, 02724, United States
Fill your summer Sunday afternoon with craft beer and rock and roll

All the best classic rock from the 50s through the 80s, 90s grunge and alt rock, plus catchy originals!

Paper Bag Jellyfish
2026-06-28 10:30 - 12:30 | The Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River, 441 North Main Street, Fall River, MA, 02720, United States
