Our last show is being held here September 20th, 2008! Don't miss it. WMHC Fest 2008, featuring the best Western Mass has to offer in hardcore, for only $5!!! BE HERE!
Due to the lack of time available to the people involved (as you can see by the lack of updates on this page), shows at MERCYhouse are coming to an end. That doesn't necessarily mean that there will never be another one, or that they won't become a regular thing again at some point down the road. However, for at least the next few months, we will not be booking anymore shows. A huge thanks goes out to everyone who helped out: The church, the local scenes, the bands who've played here, and the people who've booked here.
MERCYhouse is a church based in Amherst, MA. We formed about 8 years ago and spent most of those years meeting in various lecture halls at UMass and Amherst College. In August, 2005 we bought the building on Frat Row that's become known as "The Mercy House." This page is devoted to the hardcore and punk shows held here.
Actual church services are held at The Mercy House every Sunday at 11:15 AM and at 1:00 PM. We have a service at 10:00 AM in Northampton as well. For more info on the services, check out our website www.knowmercy.org .
Location:
You can find us at 365 N. Pleasant St, AKA the brick building on Frat Row in Amherst with the big yellow banner outside that says "MERCYhouse, it's a church!"
Directions from I-91 going North:
Take exit 19 and take a right onto Route 9 at the end of the ramp. You'll immediately pass over the Calvin Coolidge bridge. Stay on Route 9 for six miles until you reach a set of lights at the top of a hill in "downtown" Amherst. You'll be in the center of Amherst College and you'll see a large town common to your left and across the street. Take a left at this light. Go straight through the next two lights. At the third light (there should be a Bertucci's on your right), take a left. MERCYhouse is maybe two hundred feet down on the right.
Directions from I-91 going South:
Take exit 20 and go straight off the ramp. Take a left at the light onto Damon Rd. Head straight until you reach another set of lights. Take a left at these lights, this will put you onto Route 9 and you will immediately cross the Calvin Coolidge Bridge. Follow the rest of the directions above.
"the mercy house was sick tonight, i chipped my tooth but its all good" - Anonymous, 1/06/07
HEY! Need a ride to a show? Check out the Rideshare Group! http://groups.myspace.com/ridestoshows
The video below is Give Em Hell! playing @ WMHC Fest 2007 on 9/15/07.
Give 'Em Hell! @ WMHC Fest
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The video below is Terror playing here on 2/22/08. This show happened during a blizzard where we got like 10 inches of snow. We still had over 160 people come out from as far as NJ, RI, NY, and ME though. Blacklisted, Shipwreck, Give 'Em Hell, and Conqueror played as well. If you weren't here...sorry.
If you have any pictures of shows / events at MERCYhouse, please let us know!