# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Christa Joy and the Honeybees
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 29 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Americana with classic country flair, Christa Joy and the Honeybees hail from Easthampton, MA. The group includes Lisa Marie Ellingsen (lead guitar), Tim Bowles (pedal steel), Jason Smith (drums) and Tom LeBeau (bass). The songwriter’s fourth full length collection released in 2024, self-titled with her touring band, Christa Joy and the Honeybees. This release paints a versatile picture of the group’s talents—ranging from kitschy humorous gems like “God Gave Me Two Babies” and “Omens,” to emotional ballads like “Time and Luck” and the sparser indie flavor of “Again and Again.” Also included on the project, Producer Grant Wicks arranged a countrified cover of Pixies “Here Comes Your Man,” a shout out to local hero Black Francis. 

Christa Joy is known for her strong sense of melody, resonant storytelling, and charming sincerity. She has played at many notable New England venues, including the Parlor Room, the Iron Horse and Club Passim. She has opened for some of her heroines, including Lucy Wainwright Roche, Meg Hutchinson, The Sweetback Sisters, Loudon Wainwright III, and Antje Duvekot. Perhaps more importantly, she is a Mom of three and a Forest Kindergarten Teacher in Western Massachusetts. You can follow her more closely on Substack and IG as Momsongwriter.

Originally from rural Massachusetts, Christa grew up in a teacher preacher truck-driving kind of family. Joy spent the earliest years of her songwriting telling stories of her rural upbringing, the illness and death of her mother, and the brokenhearted years that followed this loss. Impermanence, separation, and the fragility of human life were themes that figured prominently in her early collections of songs, Ready or Not (2012) and Daughter of Your Lost Art (2014). Then she became a Mom in 2015. That new little being demanded her presence and Joy turned her attention back toward this most precious world. She saw it all again for the first time and experienced it all through the soft constant awareness of her first child. In becoming a parent, Joy rediscovered her own inner magic. She began to lighten up, to laugh again, and took notes for the whole ride. These are the moments that brought together her third collection of songs, Get On, Heart! (2019) This album was highlighted by No Depression's "Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week," and later released to a sold out Parlor Room in Northampton, MA. Most notably played on Signature Sounds Jim Olsen's "The Back Porch" radio show, Jim Neill's Jukebox, Texas Highway Radio Show, Blue Moon Kentucky, Keepin' It True Country, Nine Volt Heart, Vizaural Music, Country Routes News, and others.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/becket/christa-joy-and-the-honeybees/200028984851410
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, art, country-music-festivals, storytelling, kentucky-derby
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Becket
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1342 County Rd, Becket, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01223
- **lat**: 42.32389
- **long**: -73.14206
- **full address**: 1342 County Rd, Becket, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01223

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Christa Joy and the Honeybees being held?
  - **A:** Christa Joy and the Honeybees takes place on Sat, 29 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm to Sat, 29 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm at 1342 County Rd, Becket, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01223.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Christa Joy and the Honeybees?
  - **A:** Christa Joy and the Honeybees is organized by Dream Away Lodge.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Christa Joy and the Honeybees is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Becket, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Christa Joy and the Honeybees sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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