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Please continue to check back here for information pertaining to tourism-related businesses & events. We continue to work diligently to provide up-to-date information about Western Mass!

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It’s been a while since you’re taken a road trip but as travel restrictions ease in Massachusetts and gas prices remain low, now is the perfect time to plan your road trip to Western Mass.

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When it comes to travel and things to do in a new area, you don’t ask a tourist; you ask a local. That’s why we’re here. Explore Western Mass is created by locals who love our community and all it has to offer.

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EVENTS

  • Yiddish Book Center, Online

    The Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project is a collection of over 1,000 in-depth video oral history interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds that represent a wide variety of perspectives on many aspects of Yiddish language and culture and of Jewish history, culture, and exper...

    February 23 - March 3

  • Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Homegrown

    We’re looking back at some favorites from the Homegrown series over the past year. This time around, it’s SSO First Violin Romina Kostare with her daughters – Adea Turku, violinist with the Springfield Youth Orchestra, and Anisa Turku, violinist with the Springfield Youth Sinfonia ...

    February 24 - March 3

  • Westfield, Penguin Plunge

    Plunge participants take a dip in Hampton Ponds to raise funds for Amelia Park Children’s Museum. Enjoy the thrill of the big chill while helping a child learn through play! “Penguins” solicit donations from family, friends and local businesses in order to take the plunge. This year’s Pe...

    March 1 - March 7

  • Springfield Museums, Exhibits

    The Outwin: American Portraiture Today; through April 4, 2021. The Outwin: American Portraiture Today The Outwin: American Portraiture Today premiered at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in the fall of 2019. Every three years, artists living and working in the United States are invite...

    March 1 - April 3

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