Entertainment in the Lenox Area

Some of the greatest arts venues are located just a few miles from the Garden Gables Inn.  Experience top-quality live performances that will take your breath away. Tanglewood is the summer home to the Boston Symphony and Lenox is host to several theaters, dance, and film festivals.

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Performing Arts

Aston Magna Music Festival

Now in its 38th season, the Aston Magna Festival features baroque and classical music performed on period instruments. This involves the use of original instruments or historically accurate reproductions. One of the three venues they perform at is the Daniels Center in Great Barrington.

Barrington Stage Company

BSC has become the fastest growing arts venue in Berkshire County, attracting some 45,000 patrons each year, and gaining national recognition for its superior quality productions. In the last five years, BSC produced eight world premieres. Located in a beautiful state of the art theater in downtown Pittsfield.

Berkshire Theatre Festival

The Berkshire Theatre is the eldest performing arts venue in Berkshire County and one of the oldest in the United States. Berkshire Theatre is located in Stockbridge, approximately 4 miles from Garden Gables B&B.

Colonial Theater

Located in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts the Colonial Theatre is a Gilded Age architectural gem dating back to the first performance in 1903. It was lovingly restored and brought back to life in 2006 as a leading performing arts center in the “heart of the Berkshires.”

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

Berkshires Jacob’s Pillow is America’s premier dance festival, and now a National Historic Landmark. About 15 miles from the B&B.

Mac-Haydn Theater

Just over the border in New York is a professional musical 350-seat theater-in-the-round where every seat is less than 30 feet from the stage. Among the more famous alumni are Broadway star Nathan Lane, TV's "The Agency" star Paige Turco, and Metropolitan Opera star Frank Lopardo.

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

This historic theater has been beautifully restored and is a year-round center of cultural life in the Berkshires. The theater is located in Great Barrington, walk from the theater to lots of unique shops and restaurants.

Shakespeare & Company

Shakespeare & Company aspires to create a theater of unprecedented excellence rooted in the classical ideals of inquiry, balance, and harmony. Located 1/2 mile from the B&B.

Tanglewood, Summer Home of the Boston Symphony

Come and be a part of a world-class orchestra and music center in the vibrant splendid nature setting of the Berkshires. Garden Gables is near Tanglewood - 1 mile.

Tanglewood Pre-Concert Lectures

Enjoy the music twice as much with an entertaining and informative lecture by Jeremy Yudkin, a lecturer at Tanglewood since 1983 and professor of music at Boston and Oxford Universities. Click on photo for more information.

Williamstown Theatre Festival

Nestled in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, the Williamstown Theatre Festival is a summer-long celebration of theater. Only 27 miles from Lenox and the Garden Gables B&B.

Film

Berkshire International Film Festival

A world-class festival with screenings in Pittsfield and Great Barrington. The film festival celebrates the best in independent, feature, documentary and short films.

Berkshire Jewish Film Festival

Duffin Theatre, Lenox Memorial High School. The 25th season of American & International Jewish Film. Begins July 8.