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The Great Falls Discovery Center hosts community programs and events, rotating art exhibits in our Great Hall and a Coffee House hosted by the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center.

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  • Find Us at the Farmers Market!

    Peskeompskut Park Avenue A between 6th and 7th Streets, Turners Falls

    Join DCR staff for family activities at the Great Falls Farmers Market, located between 6th and 7th streets along Avenue A at Peskeompskut Park. For all ages.

    Free

  • A French / Breton Jam Session

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    An informal group of musicians gathers to play the enchanting traditional dance music from France and Brittany, commonly known as bal folk. This is not a performance but rather a coming together of musically minded friends. The event is free and open to the public to come and go at will. For all ages. Meet […]

    Free

  • A French / Breton Jam Session

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    An informal group of musicians gathers to play the enchanting traditional dance music from France and Brittany, commonly known as bal folk. This is not a performance but rather a coming together of musically minded friends. The event is free and open to the public to come and go at will. For all ages. Meet […]

    Free

  • Great Falls Coffeehouse: Austin & Elliot and The Boxcar Lilies

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    Join us for the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center’s concert series featuring local talent. Austin and Elliot offers songs about love gone wrong and death done right and The Boxcar Lilies play folk, country, blues and bluegrass-tinged Americana. Refreshments available. Sliding scale suggested donations, in support of educational programming at the Center. All ages. […]

    sliding scale donation

  • A French / Breton Jam Session

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    An informal group of musicians gathers to play the enchanting traditional dance music from France and Brittany, commonly known as bal folk. This is not a performance but rather a coming together of musically minded friends. The event is free and open to the public to come and go at will. For all ages. Meet […]

    Free

  • Great Falls Coffeehouse: Jenny Burtis Duo

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    Join us for the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center’s concert series featuring local talent. The Jenny Burtis Duo offers originals favoring the Romantic tradition with irony and humor. Refreshments available. Sliding scale suggested donations, in support of educational programming at the Center. All ages. Meet in the Great Hall.

    sliding scale donation

  • A French / Breton Jam Session

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    An informal group of musicians gathers to play the enchanting traditional dance music from France and Brittany, commonly known as bal folk. This is not a performance but rather a coming together of musically minded friends. The event is free and open to the public to come and go at will. For all ages. Meet […]

    Free

  • Ongoing – Outdoor StoryWalk® — Mole Music

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    Enjoy a story, fresh air, and exercise! Join us on the Discovery Center’s grounds for a free self-guided Story Walk® featuring Mole Music by David McPhail, about the power of music to bring peace. For ages 4–7 and everyone who loves moles playing violins!   The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, […]

    Free

  • Great Falls Coffeehouse: A Touch of Class

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    Join us for the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center’s concert series featuring local talent. A Touch of Class offers jazz tunes from the Great American Songbook. Refreshments available. Sliding scale suggested donations, in support of educational programming at the Center. All ages. Meet in the Great Hall.

    sliding scale donation

  • A Québécois (French Canadian) Jam Session

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    French Canadians played a key role in building Turners Falls, arriving in the late 19th to dig the canal and work in the local mills. They joined Irish, German, Polish, and Bohemian immigrants to shape the village’s working-class and immigrant heritage. For this jam session, an informal group of musicians gather to honor this rich […]

    Free

  • A French / Breton Jam Session

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    An informal group of musicians gathers to play the enchanting traditional dance music from France and Brittany, commonly known as bal folk. This is not a performance but rather a coming together of musically minded friends. The event is free and open to the public to come and go at will. For all ages. Meet […]

    Free

  • Wildlife Costume and Bat Appreciation Day

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    Become an animal and show off your wildlife-themed Halloween costume! Enjoy a treat at the welcome desk and at our investigation station, learn all about the many ways that bats are the best! Stop by the Center after the annual Turners Falls Rag Shag Parade which begins at 5:00 pm at Peskeompskut Park on Avenue […]

    Free