Performance

Bang on a Can: LOUD Weekend 2025

Thursday, July 31–Saturday, August 2, 2025

MASS MoCA

Comedy

Julio Torres

Friday, August 8, 8pm

Hunter Center

Current Exhibitions

James Turrell: Into The Light

On view now

MASS MoCA

Additional reservations required

Exhibition

Plan Your Visit

Advance tickets recommended

MX Oops Dance Party

Saturday, August 30, 8pm

Building 5

Calendar

Featured Events

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Hot Corners Drawing Activation with Amy Yoes

Sunday, August 3, 12pm B6: The Robert W. Wilson Building

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UNO Drop-In Art Club with the Clark, MASS MoCA, and nbCC

Wednesdays, May 7–August 20, 2025, 3:30pm UNO Community Center, 157 River Street

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Summer Thursdays

Each Summer Thursday night, MASS MoCA's campus comes alive! MASS MoCA

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The Chalet

Thursdays, July 3–September 4 (except July 31) 6-10pm MASS MoCA

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Want to stretch your artistic imagination alongside your musical one this LOUD Weekend? All are invited to Amy Yoes`s "Hot Corners" in B6: The Robert W. Wilson Building for a drop-in drawing activation facilitated by the artist herself! No registration required ✨

Jul 31

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Want to stretch your artistic imagination alongside your musical one this LOUD Weekend? All are invited to Amy Yoes's "Hot Corners" in B6: The Robert W. Wilson Building for a drop-in drawing activation facilitated by the artist herself! No registration required ✨

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@nepublicmedia`s very own Fabulous 413 joined us in Spencer Finch`s "Cosmic Latte" yesterday for a sneak peek of @bangonacan LOUD Weekend beginning tomorrow, July 31!

Bang on a Can founders Julia Wolfe, Micheal Gordon, and David Lang spoke about their latest composition "Shelter" and Jason Treuting of @sopercussion played a percussion solo underneath the glowing lights of the exhibition.

Head over to the link in our bio to check out the full episode and to snag your tickets for LOUD Weekend!

Jul 30

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@nepublicmedia's very own Fabulous 413 joined us in Spencer Finch's "Cosmic Latte" yesterday for a sneak peek of @bangonacan LOUD Weekend beginning tomorrow, July 31! Bang on a Can founders Julia Wolfe, Micheal Gordon, and David Lang spoke about their latest composition "Shelter" and Jason Treuting of @sopercussion played a percussion solo underneath the glowing lights of the exhibition. Head over to the link in our bio to check out the full episode and to snag your tickets for LOUD Weekend!

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Last weekend marked the two-year anniversary of the opening of MASS MoCA’s Research & Development Store 🥳

Full of newly created companion artworks in collaboration with exhibiting artists at MASS MoCA, contemporary artist editions and books, vinyl, and other unique gift ideas, the R&D Store is an intimate venue in the Northern Berkshires that features engaging author talks and special events. Over the last two years, a visit to the R&D Store has become an unmissable part of a trip to MASS MoCA! Here’s to many more years!

Be sure to check out The R&D Store’s online shop (link in bio).

Have a favorite @redevstoremassmoca memory? Share it in the comments!

Jul 28

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Sarah Sherman turned the Hunter Center upside down with her mind-bending antics last weekend — we`re still squirming!

Check out these color coordinated portraits that were taken before the show in the Sol Lewitt galleries and keep an eye on our upcoming events to keep laughing with us this summer.

📸 : Ryan Harper

Jul 25

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Sarah Sherman turned the Hunter Center upside down with her mind-bending antics last weekend — we're still squirming! Check out these color coordinated portraits that were taken before the show in the Sol Lewitt galleries and keep an eye on our upcoming events to keep laughing with us this summer. 📸 : Ryan Harper

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Created by the visionary arts collective TRIBE, under the direction of artistic director and choreographer Shamel Pitts, “Touch of RED” premiered at MASS MoCA in 2022 in collaboration with Jacob’s Pillow — reimagining the boxing ring from a space of duels to one of duets.

Now, from August 6–10, Jacob’s Pillow welcomes Pitts back to the newly reopened Doris Duke Theatre — a powerful return to a space where “Touch of RED” first took shape during a Pillow Lab residency and was cut short in November 2020 when the original Doris Duke Theatre was lost to a fire.

Learn more about this boundary-pushing performance and its full-circle moment at the link in our bio.

🎥: @nelshelbyfilms

Jul 24

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Created by the visionary arts collective TRIBE, under the direction of artistic director and choreographer Shamel Pitts, “Touch of RED” premiered at MASS MoCA in 2022 in collaboration with Jacob’s Pillow — reimagining the boxing ring from a space of duels to one of duets. Now, from August 6–10, Jacob’s Pillow welcomes Pitts back to the newly reopened Doris Duke Theatre — a powerful return to a space where “Touch of RED” first took shape during a Pillow Lab residency and was cut short in November 2020 when the original Doris Duke Theatre was lost to a fire. Learn more about this boundary-pushing performance and its full-circle moment at the link in our bio. 🎥: @nelshelbyfilms

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Just two months until the FreshGrass gates swing open and the music begins!

If you can’t join us for the full weekend but can’t stand the FOMO, look no further — single day tickets are on sale now! Check out the stacked daily lineups, and snag your tickets to this weekend of the best in roots and bluegrass.

Jul 22

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Adjust your volume to experience the mechanical sounds of Amy Podmore’s “Audience”.

As eyes sleepily fall shut and whip open, you might find yourself asking: “Who’s watching whom?”

Plan your next visit at the link in our bio and add a stop to this compelling exhibition.

🎥: David Simonds

Jul 19

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As you wind your way through our galleries on your next visit, don`t be surprised if you stumble across a rogue musician!

Throughout the next month, the Bang on a Can Summer Fellows and Festival Faculty will be taking to our galleries and helping MASS MoCA do what we do best: inviting audiences to get up close and personal with cutting edge art in all of its forms.

Jul 15

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As you wind your way through our galleries on your next visit, don't be surprised if you stumble across a rogue musician! Throughout the next month, the Bang on a Can Summer Fellows and Festival Faculty will be taking to our galleries and helping MASS MoCA do what we do best: inviting audiences to get up close and personal with cutting edge art in all of its forms.

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Apologies are on display in Rose Salane’s “Confessions,” on view as part of Like Magic in MASS MoCA’s Building 4. The series brings together images of items that were taken from and then returned to Pompeii, accompanied by notes of apology penned by the takers.

Many of the objects in the series are being returned after decades of possession, such as the ashes in “Confession 2” (pictured) whose note explains that they had been taken by a friend for the writer almost forty years prior. “Confessions” asks a viewer to consider what it means to try to “own” history, how it feels to carry remorse in an object, and who confessions are really for.

Jul 13

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Apologies are on display in Rose Salane’s “Confessions,” on view as part of Like Magic in MASS MoCA’s Building 4. The series brings together images of items that were taken from and then returned to Pompeii, accompanied by notes of apology penned by the takers. Many of the objects in the series are being returned after decades of possession, such as the ashes in “Confession 2” (pictured) whose note explains that they had been taken by a friend for the writer almost forty years prior. “Confessions” asks a viewer to consider what it means to try to “own” history, how it feels to carry remorse in an object, and who confessions are really for.

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SNL`s Sarah Sherman is bringing her gloriously grotesque, brain-melting comedy to the Hunter Center on July 19 — and we`re so here for it!

Tickets are available at the link in our bio for a night of totally unhinged humor.

Jul 11

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SNL's Sarah Sherman is bringing her gloriously grotesque, brain-melting comedy to the Hunter Center on July 19 — and we're so here for it! Tickets are available at the link in our bio for a night of totally unhinged humor.

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Drumroll, please!

Single day tickets for @bangonacan LOUD Weekend are now available!

This #throwbackthursday we`re traveling back to 2019 when The Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival transformed MASS MoCA into a genre-bending musical utopia for innovative composers and performers — activating every corner of our galleries and outdoor spaces with performances, workshops, and seminars focused on adventurous new music.

We`re looking forward to this year`s LOUD Weekend on July 31–August 2. Tickets available at the link in our bio 🎟️

Jul 10

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Drumroll, please! Single day tickets for @bangonacan LOUD Weekend are now available! This #throwbackthursday we're traveling back to 2019 when The Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival transformed MASS MoCA into a genre-bending musical utopia for innovative composers and performers — activating every corner of our galleries and outdoor spaces with performances, workshops, and seminars focused on adventurous new music. We're looking forward to this year's LOUD Weekend on July 31–August 2. Tickets available at the link in our bio 🎟️

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Spend a summer evening in the Hunter Center on August 8 with comedian/actor/director/writer/fashion icon/fill-in-the-blank-because-he-does-it-all Julio Torres as he returns to MASS MoCA on for the first time since his 2016 High Mud Comedy Fest debut!

Join Julio as he takes the audience on a journey blending stand-up, design, and dream logic into a whimsical exploration of color, emotion, and identity — equal parts comedy and art piece and perfectly at home at MASS MoCA.

Jul 7

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