MASSACHUSETTS - Berkshires/Pioneer Valley/Mohawk Trail

An international festival of native arts and culture featuring indigenous artisans, products, and performers from around the world. Shop for handmade art, jewelry, clothing, crafts, decor, tribal rugs, and much more. Enjoy free music performances, presentations, educational displays, craft-making demonstrations, and ethnic cuisine. Time : 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission : Free Information: http://bazaar.cs.org

This celebration combines a spectacular line up of music on three stages, food, crafts, a dance tent, a wide array of kid's activities and entertainment. This year, the festival celebrates the music of Woody Guthrie on the occasion of his 100th birthday with a special performance by Arlo Guthrie and the Guthrie Family Reunion. Hot air balloons and balloon rides help make this the Pioneer Valley's biggest outdoor event of the summer. the LIneup of musicians includes Los Lobos, Ozomatli, Richard Thompson, Rubblebucket, David Wax Museum, CJ Chenier, Rebirth Brass Band, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express, Chris Smither & The Motivators, The Pimps Of Joytime, Winterpills, Brown Bird, Elizabeth Cook, and more. Information: www.greenriverfestival.com

Jacob's Pillow, America's longest-running dance festival, brings audiences, dancers, choreographers, composers, teachers, experts and novices together to enjoy the art of dance. Fifty dance companies perform on three festival stages. Ticket prices vary. Information: www.jacobspillow.org/festival. Events include:
June 16: The Season Opening Gala opens the 80th Anniversary Festival with style.
June 20-24: From Brazil, Mimulus blends winning social dance, contemporary choreography, and imaginative visual design in the U.S. premiere of Por Um Fio (By a Thread). Australian circus-arts company Circa performs daredevil acrobatics, aerial work, and moving physical theatre.
June 27-July 1: Morphoses performs a stylish world premiere by acclaimed Swedish choreographer Pontus Lidberg. Back by popular demand, Kidd Pivot returns with Dark Matters, the theatrical thriller.
July 4-8: Vertigo Dance Company, from Israel, performs Mana, a compelling, athletic exploration of contrast. LeeSaar The Company blurs the lines between reality and perception through a physical and sensual dance language.
July 11-15: Tero Saarinen Company performs Borrowed Light, Saarinen's powerful, moving work inspired by the Shakers, with live music by The Boston Camerata. The Men Dancers: From the Horse's Mouth brings together today's most extraordinary male dancers and choreographers in an exclusive homage to Pillow founder Ted Shawn.
July 18-22: The Hong Kong Ballet makes its Pillow debut in a gorgeous program of works, merging exquisite classical technique with contemporary vision. Luna Negra Dance Theater performs exciting new contemporary dances with the powerful energy of Latino and Afro-Caribbean dance styles.
July 25-29: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company returns with Story/Time, narrated by Jones and set into motion by his renowned company of incredible dancers. The Pillow is pleased to present the full company debut of Jessica Lang Dance, an engagement full of Lang's gorgeous, lyrical contemporary ballet works.
August 1-5: Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet performs a diverse program including Carmina Burana to Carl Orff's famous score. Contemporary dance artist Jonah Bokaer and ballet superstar David Hallberg perform together.
August 8-12: Trey McIntyre Project returns with its winning brand of contemporary ballet including a new work based on the seminal 1970s series Free to Be...You and Me. John Heginbotham, an acclaimed Mark Morris Dance Group performer, dances with his own company Dance Heginbotham in lively, witty works.
August 15-19: Compagnie Käfig brings a sensational program showcasing astonishing acrobatic skills and virtuosity in a combination of athletic samba, hip-hop, and capoeira dance styles. Liz Gerring Dance Company performs Gerring's new work she dreams in code, an intensely physical and poetic dance.
August 22-26: The 80th Anniversary Festival concludes with a week of stunning works by the historic Joffrey Ballet performing to the music of Philip Glass and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Back by popular demand, Doug Elkins and Friends' Fräulein Maria is a hilarious and brilliant take on The Sound of Music, set to the original film score.

Spend Memorial Day Weekend in the cultural heart of New England, at Northampton's award-winning Paradise City Arts Festival. This spring's show includes 250 craftsmen and artists, a exciting benefit silent auction, sensational cuisine by Northampton's best chefs and live music by regional and national luminaries. Admission; Adults, $12; seniors over age 64, $10; students, $8; children under age 12, free. Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Monday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.