The Open Mic with Dave Herrera

09/01/2026

Jake Goldstein & Doc Arsenault
Episode 11 is here! Check out their jam in this clip, and watch the full episode:
https://reflect-vod-athol.cablecast.tv/internetchannel/show/11598

08/26/2026

Season 2 is coming! Your favorite public access music show is back with an amazing line-up! Mark your calendars to join our in-studio audience at Athol Orange Community Television!

November 7th
3PM The Matt Swanton Band & Bees Deluxe
5PM James Bird & Eliza Hollister

December we are off for the AOTV Auction.

January 9th
3PM The Hilltown Ham Hocks & Dew on the Vine
5PM Horsefight & Jimmi "Pink" Mahalares

February 6th
3PM Dome Lettuce & (The Real) Unagi
5PM Hillary Chase & Richard Chase

March 6th
3PM Eli Elkus & Gibbon the Troubadour
5PM Kimaya Diggs & Wallace Field

Watch past episodes on:
https://reflect-vod-athol.cablecast.tv/internetchannel/gallery/23

Episode 11 drops September 1st.

08/03/2026

08/01/2026

Episode 10 is out now! On AOTVs Cablecast and YouTube. https://youtu.be/yv4OcIXSOm8?is=OMjurewuMWtlZWOx

07/06/2026

Episode 9 of The Open Mic is now available, featuring The Magick Lantern and Norma Dream . Check out the clip to see the very special collaboration featured in this episode.

The performances in this episode from Magick Lantern are psychedelic, familiar, and dreamy,

and Norma Jean Hayes delivers a force of musical talent and powerful worldview through song, poetry, and performance.

https://reflect-vod-athol.cablecast.tv/internetchannel/show/11503

Norma Jean Hayes from Norma Dream was injured in a serious car accident. Friends of Norma are raising funds to support medical costs and recovery. Our thoughts are with Norma's loved ones.

GoFundMe for Norma Jean Hayes
https://gofund.me/71554c137

06/10/2026

If it's reality TV you crave then be sure to click this link for a chance to see RAMSHACKLE visit the AOTV Studio to spend some time with host Dave Herrera and the other featured band Musclecah...you'll be glad you did! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbArA-s3ZQI

06/03/2026

Episode 8 is here!!! It’s Ramshackle from the Pioneer Valley and Musclecah from Worcester.

This episode absolutely RULES and we were so lucky to share it with a full live studio audience.

Watch on YouTube, AOTV’s Video-On-Demand, or catch it on AOTV, WVAO, or your own public access station. If they’re not airing The Open Mic? Ask them why the heck not! And have them drop us a line for a link.

https://youtu.be/FbArA-s3ZQI?si=wqI6oBqlLTmyoVNu

06/02/2026

The Open Mic🎤 with David Herrera on Athol Orange Community Television is seeking underwriters to support the program and Athol Orange Community Television. Contact [email protected] for more information.

You will be thanked at the beginning and end of the program with a logo and voiceover thank you.

🎤 Season 1 is a wrap! We have 8 more episodes to release. To underwrite previously filmed episodes is $50 per episode.

🎤 Season 2 is in development! To underwrite To-Be-Filmed episodes is $100 per episode. Underwriting payments go direct to Athol Orange Community Television. in Athol, MA.

The Open Mic with Dave Herrera is a music TV show out of Athol, MA and aired throughout Western Massachusetts, to Northampton, Deerfield, Granby, Montague, and beyond. We also air on WVAO 105.9 FM!

Each episode features two musical guests performing their best 4 originals and talking to Dave about their musical history and inspirations.

Our guests include solo acts (Amanda Meli, Mama Kilsmith, Eric Troy), duos (Sweet Euphoria, Beetsblog), and full bands (Musclecah, The Can Collectors, Ramshackle).

At the end of the episode we give our live studio audience and performers a special treat, with an original collaboration you can only see here!

Contact [email protected] for more information, and follow us here for Season 2 announcements!