Bill Miller

Bill Miller is a GRAMMY award-winning Native American recording artist, songwriter, activist, and world-class native flute player.
About this Event

Bill Miller is an award-winning Native American recording artist, performer, songwriter, activist, painter, and world-class native flute player.

Miller has released more than a dozen albums, received three GRAMMY Awards, numerous Native American Music Awards & Association (NAMA) awards (including a “Lifetime Achievement” Award) and led Wisconsin’s La Crosse Symphony Orchestra. Overcoming the hardships felt by the global community during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2026 finds the living legend living life stronger, and with a renewed focus on healing through song, art, and speaking.

A Mohican Indian from northern Wisconsin, Bill Miller has long been one of the most admired figures in the Native American music arena and beyond. It is particularly meaningful that Bill Miller will be visiting and performing in the Berkshires given his ancestral roots in the region.

Through his music, Bill discovered a way out of the entrenched poverty of the reservation, and he has used his talent to build bridges wherever he goes. The son of Mohican-German parents, Bill grew up amid the streams and woodlands of the reservation (his tribe is properly called Mahicanuk, which means People From Where The Waters Are Never Still). Bill (whose Indian name, Fush-Ya Heay Ka, means “bird song”) learned traditional songs at an early age. “We didn’t have much,” he recalls. “There was nothing but woods, trout, and a Zenith radio that picked up AM stations across the country. I’d hear Barbra Streisand, The Beatles, Stones, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan. I became a fan of all kinds of good music and the emotion it can capture.” Bill got his first guitar at age 12.

In the early days, Bill often faced virulent racism because of his Native American heritage, but he persevered. In time, he made tremendous inroads, writing songs with the likes of Nancy Griffith, Peter Rowan and Kim Carnes, and sharing the bill with such diverse artists as Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder, the BoDeans, Richie Havens, and Arlo Guthrie. He got a big break when Tori Amos asked him to be her opening act on the Under The Pink U.S. and Canadian tour. The tour, which sold out venues across the country, was extended to over 200 shows.

With the entire planet in desperate need of his legendary healing messages, Bill Miller’s single, “Stone Tree,” produced by Tony Harrell, is a resounding message of peace, endurance, reconciliation and healing. Written by Miller, “Stone Tree” is the meaning of his traditional Mohican name, “Mahtosin.”

Visit https://www.facebook.com/BillMillerArts for more on the artist.

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TICKETS:
Community Tickets (Limited Amount): $15
General Admission: $25
Pay-It-Forward (Helps Subsidize Community Tickets): $35

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Our events are tiered through a three ticket system labelled Community, General Admission, and Pay-It-Forward to provide a more equitable and accessible balance to attendees.

All of these ticketing tiers offer the same general admission seating experience while also giving us the ability to offer a small batch of “Community” tickets at a lower tier to those in the community that do not have the funds to comfortably meet our General Admission price.

“Community” tickets can be claimed without proof of need, and we trust that those that need the offering will use it. The “Pay-It-Forward” tier is for those in the community that have the funds to purchase a ticket that helps to subsidize the community ticket category for each event.

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Seating/Bar: 7:00PM
Show: 7:30PM
This event is indoors.

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VENUE ACCESSIBILITY:
We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible event environment for all attendees. We strive to provide an event that is welcoming, accommodating, and supportive of diverse accessibility needs.

Our venue is wheelchair accessible. Accessible parking spaces and restrooms are available. And wheelchair accessible seating is available upon request. Please contact us at [email protected] or 413.232.5222 for accessibility coordination.

Parking is limited at the venue so please utilize the three public parking lots in Town. One is across from the Post Office, one is behind Beacon Bank and the other is just off Main Street. They are clearly marked. Do not park at Trúc Orient Express Restaurant or the Post Office or you might receive a ticket.

Visit Amici Berkshires for dinner before the show and with your ticket receive 10% off your meal.

All sales are final – The Foundry is unable to make any returns or exchanges.