(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The four-day, 240-mile Berkshires to Boston Bicycle Tour kicks off on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at 7:30pm, at Hancock Shaker Village with a concert by the Pioneer Valley-based female folk trio Boxcar Lilies. Riders will be gathering at the village from 15 states and three countries to begin their four-day ride across Massachusetts to Boston that day, and MassBike, Massachusetts’ statewide bicyclist advocacy organization, encourage the greater community to welcome riders and enjoy the concert featuring the songwriting and three-part harmonies of Jenny Goodspeed, Stephanie Marshall, and Katie Clarke, accompanying themselves on guitar, clawhammer banjo, concert ukulele, electric bass, and washboard. The trio will be joined by instrumentalists Jim Henry on dobro and other stringed instruments, Paul Kochanski on bass, and Rick Mauran on drums for the occasion.

Beginning on Wednesday, September 18, at Hancock Shaker Village, the tour meanders through the Connecticut River Valley and spins through the historic communities of Lexington and Concord before arriving in Boston on Saturday, September 21. On Sunday morning, tour riders will join more than 5,000 cycling enthusiasts for Hub on Wheels, Boston’s annual cycling festival.

Boxcar Lilies have performed at venues across the Northeast and beyond, including the Iron Horse Music Hall, Club Passim, and Philadelphia’s Tin Angel.

Hancock Shaker Village is one of America’s finest and most authentic living history museums.  A National Historic Landmark, HSV is the most comprehensively interpreted Shaker site, housing a premier collection of original Shaker furniture, art, objects, tools, textiles and other artifacts.  The Village also preserves hundreds of acres of farm, meadow, woodland, watershed and hiking trails.  The Village has 18 significant historic buildings, a modern Visitor Center that accommodates customer service, exhibit and conference spaces, a café, and museum store.

Hancock Shaker Village is located at 1843 West Housatonic St., Pittsfield, Mass.