{"id":22476,"date":"2018-07-02T10:14:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berkshirelinks.com\/?p=22476"},"modified":"2018-07-02T10:14:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:14:54","slug":"bela-fleck-and-the-flecktones-at-tanglewood-june-29-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/bela-fleck-and-the-flecktones-at-tanglewood-june-29-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at Tanglewood, June 29, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"byline\">Article updated July 2, 2018 by <a href=\"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/contact-berkshirelinks\/\" rel=\"author\">Dave Read<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Bela Fleck and the Flecktones<\/strong> played a generous and rousing concert in <em>Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood on Friday, June 29, 2018<\/em>. We hesitate to describe the performance as firey or electrifying, because then the band may be blamed for the heat wave that followed in their wake and three days later has not let up. This show comes a little past the midway point in the <strong>Popular Artist Series<\/strong> and was the first of four that we&#8217;ll attend in a six day stretch, about which we&#8217;ll write more when it&#8217;s over! Meantime, here are photos from the show:<\/p>\n\n<h2>2018 Tanglewood schedule<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/category\/2018-tanglewood-schedule\/\">2018 Tanglewood schedule<\/a><\/strong>features a season-long celebration of the centennial of Leonard&#8217;s Bernstein&#8217;s birth, culminating in the Aug. 25 <strong>Bernstein Centennial Celebration<\/strong> hosted by <strong>Audra McDonald<\/strong>, with <strong>Maestro Andris Nelsons<\/strong>, four guest conductors and soloists <strong>Yo-Yo Ma, Midori<\/strong>, and others.<\/p>\n<h2>Hotels near Tanglewood<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/berkshires-ma-hotels\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/berkshires-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ihs-logo.png\" alt=\"Berkshires hotels\" width=\"120\" height=\"60\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2632\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/berkshires-ma-hotels\/\">Find hotels near Tanglewood<\/a><\/strong> with user reviews, check amenities, nearby attractions, availability and then book your room reservations at these lodging establishments through our partner, International Hotel Solutions (IHS), the leading provider of secure online hotel reservations. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"schedule\">Tanglewood tickets and box office information<\/h2>\n<p>Tickets for the 2018 Tanglewood season available through Tanglewood\u2019s website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tanglewood.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.tanglewood.org<\/a>, SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200, and at the Symphony Hall Box Office at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting around the Tanglewood campus<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Tanglewood campus<\/strong>, summer home of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bso.org\">Boston Symphony Orchestra<\/a><\/strong> and the <strong>Tanglewood Music Center<\/strong> comprises several hundred acres in the towns of <strong>Lenox<\/strong> and <strong>Stockbridge<\/strong>. It is the location of the <strong>Koussevitsky Music Shed<\/strong> and <strong>Ozawa Hall<\/strong>, where hundreds of thousands attend concerts and a variety of events, including picnics. We always advise new visitors to arrive early and take their daily walking exercise wandering the beautiful Tanglewood grounds. This dynamic map of the Tanglewood grounds includes photos and information for such points of interest as <strong>Aaron Copland Library, Highwood Manor House, The Glass House<\/strong>, and <strong>The Lion&#8217;s Gate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"iframe-div\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msid=205282424989872623330.0004c3630b3282bcab3b2&amp;msa=0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;source=embed&amp;ll=42.349347,-73.306575&amp;spn=0.017698,0.034289&amp;output=embed\" width=\"680\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article updated July 2, 2018 by Dave Read Bela Fleck and the Flecktones played a generous and rousing concert in Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood on Friday, June 29, 2018. 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