2025 Deerfield Festival on August, 2nd! Volunteer with us!
American Whitewater is kicking off our festival season in a few weeks with our annual Deerfield River Festival at Berkshire East in Charlemont, Massachusetts. We’ll gather on August 2nd to celebrate the Deerfield River together. This is a significant fundraiser for our work in the northeast and we can’t pull it off without our great volunteers! Please sign up for a volunteer shift (or two) and get a free event tshirt!
For more than 25 years, American Whitewater has hosted the Deerfield Fest to celebrate the successful dam relicensing process that provides 32 annual whitewater releases on the Dryway and 106 annual whitewater releases on Fife Brook. The main festival activities take place on Saturday evening from 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. at Berkshire East and provide entertainment for both paddlesport and non-paddlesport enthusiasts young and old. The Deerfield River Festival is a critical fundraiser for American Whitewater, and is one of our premiere events. All proceeds from the festival support American Whitewater’s conservation and access work throughout the Northeast including the dam relicensings on the Deerfield and nearby Connecticut River