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Date: 6/16/2021
EAST LONGMEADOW – People looking for musical entertainment and good food in a family atmosphere can spend an evening at the Tie-Dye Trailer, on the grounds of The Apple Place, 540 Somers Rd.
“It’s a different kind of a vibe playing here than in a bar, you know? You’ve got kids running around, dancing,” Cindy Normandin said with a laugh. Normandin owns The Apple Place along with her husband Neal Normandin.
The Tie-Dye Trailer is decorated with Tie-Dye-style splashes of rainbow colors and features The Apple Place’s logo. It offers American fast food but with a gourmet twist. The burgers are handmade and grilled, the hand-cut fries are available in plain and garlic-parmesan, and the pickles are homemade. The trailer also sells foot-long hotdogs and fried dough. For dessert, Normandin said, people walk over to the bakery or to get ice cream made in the farm’s creamery.
The trailer is open Thursday and Friday nights, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., with the music starting at 6:30 p.m.
The concert lineup features musicians from a mix of genres. June’s musicians include Ori Dietrich & Mack Spear, Barberic, Brian of The Storytellers and Spring Sour. There is also an album release party for Fleuke & Friends’s “Ebb & Flow.”
The full schedule of musicians can be found at https://www.theappleplace.net/events.
Although the trailer is mobile, the business hasn’t taken its act on the road, which Normandin said is a result of not having the staff to accommodate it.
“Right now, we’re just leaving it here,” she said. “It’s a fun couple of nights to get outside and enjoy yourself.”