The LAVA Center is a community arts and humanities space, arts incubator, and black box theater in downtown Greenfield, MA. The LAVA Center is a place where all, including marginalized communities and individuals, can have their voices heard. We are an arts incubator, providing many opportunities for creatives and their work to be nourished. Our humanities programming centers on local history, and social and environmental justice themes. Patrons are welcomed into our community and discover thought-provoking, entertaining, and inspiring programs and artistic work. Our mission is to create opportunities in and through the arts and humanities. In early 2020, we opened The LAVA Center in downtown Greenfield with the goal of fostering creativity and community by hosting theater, literary, music, and visual artists. The LAVA Center is also available to rent, providing an affordable option for groups needing space for meetings, workshops and classes, rehearsals and small performances. The LAVA Center is located at 324 Main Street in downtown Greenfield, MA, between TD Bank and the Pushkin Gallery. The LAVA Center is run by the nonprofit organization Local Access to Valley Arts.  

As one of the country’s most established community orchestras, the PVS has been bringing exceptional live symphonic and choral music to the Pioneer Valley for over 80 years. Founded in Greenfield in 1939, the PVS ensembles perform high-quality symphonic and choral music in Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties, drawing our audience from the wider Connecticut River Valley, as well as southern Vermont and New Hampshire. ​PVS provides professional-level musical direction for nearly 200 volunteer instrumentalists and vocalists; hundreds of children each year are introduced to choral and orchestral music through free educational concerts and materials. The PVS has performed a number of U.S. and world premieres and gained national recognition for its programming of contemporary music, earning three ASCAP awards for adventurous programming in 1997, 2011, and 2014. ​The Pioneer Valley Symphony is comprised of three collaborative yet distinct ensembles. The PVS Orchestra, under the expert musical director of Tianhui Ng, typically performs five concerts a year. The PVS Chorus and Chamber Choir, under the direction of Chorus Director Dr. Allegra Martin, usually perform seasonally with the PVS Orchestra, as well as presenting independent subscription concerts and community performances. The PVS Youth Orchestra, directed by Hannah Smeltz, which has just…

The Franklin County Fair is run by the Franklin County Agricultural Society, who also own the Fairgrounds, an organization that: provides education and opportunities for all members of the community — including agriculture, youth, organizations, businesses, families, elders and others; shows our commitment to working in partnership with the community by encouraging their participation and support; recognizes our responsibility to improve and maintain our grounds and programs while continuing our financial stability.