Saturday May 10 and Sunday May 18, 2025 - Training Day. Meet at 10:00am to get qualified to be a motorman/woman, conductor or pumpcar operator. Lunch provided. See www.sftm.org/training.shtml for more information.

Saturday May 24, 2025 - Opening Day. Weekend operations begin 11am-5pm.

Monday May 26, 2025 - Memorial Day. Open 11am - 5pm.

Saturday June 7, 2025 - Speeder Day. We will be offering rides on a speeder (aka motor car, inspection car, putt-putt) as part of regular admissions.

Saturday June 14, 2025 - Velocipede Day. We will be offering rides on a velocipede (a one-person hand-powered track car) as part of regular admissions.

Sunday June 15, 2025 - Father's Day. Fathers ride free.

Friday July 4, 2025 - Independence Day. Open 11am - 5pm.

Saturday July 5, 2025 - Speeder Day. We will be offering rides on a speeder (aka motor car, inspection car, putt-putt) as part of regular admissions.

Saturday July 12, 2025 - Velocipede Day. We will be offering rides on a velocipede (a one-person hand-powered track car) as part of regular admissions.

Saturday August 2, 2025 - Speeder Day. We will be offering rides on a speeder (aka motor car, inspection car, putt-putt) as part of regular admissions.

Sunday August 3, 2025 - Benefit Concert 6:00 pm Several talented local musicians, including Museum volunteers and friends, present an organ and choral benefit concert at the First Congregational Church of Shelburne (21 Church Common Rd., Shelburne, MA Shelburne Center, not in Shelburne Falls! Directions here.). This is a rare chance to hear the Shelburne Congregational Church's historic organ. Free-will donations will be accepted to benefit the Museum's ongoing projects, including the restoration of the "Berkshire Hills" Parlor Car. The concert includes:

• The Temple Israel Greenfield House Kapelye (band) performing tunes for traditional Yiddish dances and contemplation. They work on learning melodies and study stylistic variations and ornaments to sound like Eastern European Jewish musicians from long ago. Klezmer is the Yiddish word for a musician who plays traditional Jewish music for weddings and celebrations. Led by Colrain's Yosl Kurland, founder of the Wholesale Klezmer Band (in 1982), assisted by Wholesale Klezmer Band members Aaron Bousel and (Colrain resident) Peggy Davis.
• Sarah Schiener-Redenz will play selections on the organ by J.S. Bach, Joseph Jongen, and John Knowles Paine. Ms. Schiener-Redenz is the Organ Historical Society's 2019 - 2022 E Power Biggs Scholar, as well as the Music Director and organist at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Avon Connecticut.
• Wayne Dixon, Minister of Music at Faith Congregational Church, Hartford, Connecticut will perform on the organ.
• The Bill Beckham Singers, a men's choir that originated with the Men's ministry at Faith Congregational Church in Hartford, Connecticut will be singing Gospel and Spiritual music.
• Eustace Benjamin Straker, a member of the BBS is also an organist and the Adult Choirmaster at Bloomfield Congregational Church in Bloomfield, Connecticut where he is currently the Minister of Music will perform on the organ.

This concert is to benefit the restoration of the "Berkshire Hills", a parlor trolley that was the most elegant trolley in New England in the early 1900's. The "Berkshire Hills" was built for the Berkshire Street Railway by Wason Manufacturing (Springfield, Mass.) in 1903. It served in extra-fare and charter service between Bennington, Vermont and Great Barrington, Mass. until 1917, then was a diner in Pittsfield, Massachusetts for many years. It was involved in a structure fire in the 1990's and then donated and in 1995 moved to Seashore Trolley Museum (Kennebunkport, Maine). Seashore donated the "Berkshire Hills" to the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum in 2023. Visitors to SFTM may view the "Berkshire Hills" in the Car Barn where it awaits restoration. More information and pictures of the "Berkshire Hills" can be found at www.sftm.org/berkshirehills.shtml.

Saturday August 9, 2025 - Velocipede Day. We will be offering rides on a velocipede (a one-person hand-powered track car) as part of regular admissions.

Monday September 1, 2025 - Labor Day. Open 11am -5pm.

Saturday September 6, 2025 - Hobo Encampment. "Hobo Jungle, Rail Yard Bindel Sticks, & Tramp Houses.", a troupe of living history reenactors, will portray the difficult lives of early 20th century hobos and tramps. They will be camping in our Freight Yard on Saturday September 6 from 11am to 3pm.
The troupe is led by Dennis Picard who has been a museum professional in the living history field for over 45 years, with long associations to Old Sturbridge Village, Hancock Shaker Village and other New England museums. This troupe is composed of present or former museum professionals and members of the teaching profession. Expect historical accuracy, no sad cartoon portrayals here. The group will establish an “encampment” - called the hobo jungle - and encourage visitors to stroll through and engage with the living history reenactors to understand the lives and struggles of early 20th century transient laborers, and the ways in which towns sought to lighten their burdens. Life’s challenges such as laundry, food gathering, and cooking, personal hygiene, finding work, and modes of travel are just a few of the topics this program will address.

Saturday September 6, 2025 - Speeder Day. We will be offering rides on a speeder (aka motor car, inspection car, putt-putt) as part of regular admissions.

Saturday September 13, 2025 - Velocipede Day. We will be offering rides a velocipede (a one-person hand-powered track car) as part of regular admissions.

Sunday September 7, 2025 - Grandparent's Day. Grandparents ride free.

Saturday September 27, 2025 - Trolleyfest Celebrating the restoration of trolley No 10. Trolley rides, pump car rides, cider-pressing, music, activities from the Trolley Era and more. More details at www.sftm.org/trolleyfest.shtml.

Saturday October 4, 2025 - Speeder Day. We will be offering rides on a speeder (aka motor car, inspection car, putt-putt) as part of regular admissions.

Saturday October 11, 2025 - Velocipede Day. We will be offering rides on a velocipede (a one-person hand-powered track car) as part of regular admissions.

Monday October 13, 2025 - Indigenous People's Day. Open 11am - 5pm.

Sunday October 26, 2025 - Last day of regular season.

Moonlight Magic Friday November 28, 2025 - An evening village-wide holiday festival of lights.  Shops, stores and galleries are open late, the streets are lit by colored lights and candles.  Museum open from 4pm to 9pm, with holiday crafts, a caboose to warm up in and night-time trolley rides on a trolley bedecked in holiday lights. More details at www.shelburnefalls.com.

Please contact us if you would like any further information on any of these events, or to be informed of any changes in our schedule.