Calendar of Folk, Traditional and Roots Music and Dance Events in (or close to) Northern Vermont

Almost weekly event information and updates featuring folk, traditional, world and other roots oriented music and dance for about 4,000 recipients.

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Mark Sustic’s 60^th Birthday Party!

Sunday, January 31^st, 3pm to 9pm

Union Meeting House in Fletcher

If you want to come, you’re invited!  Featuring the Starline Rhythm Boys, Yankee Chank, the Bosnian Lilies and lots of opportunities for informal music making.  Bring a desert, appetizer or side dish to share.  BYOB.  No gifts please….. any donations will benefit the Tom Sustic Fund.

Contact mrksustc@together.net

The top space in this calendar is dedicated to a paid advertisement as a way to help support this calendar.  Limited to no more than one listing per week, contributions should be associated in some way with the type of items that are listed in the calendar.  If you’re interested in purchasing the space, send a message to mrksustc@together.net

1/25/10

• Vermont Fiddle Orchestra rehearsal for the Spring Session at St. Augustine’s Church in Montpelier.  Jam sessions start at 6pm,, rehearsals start at 7pm.  Mondays from 1/25/10 through 4/1/10.  Contact 877-343-3531, info@vtfiddlecorchestra.org or www.vtfiddleorchestra.org

Mondays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• Music for a Monday Afternoon with Jackie Sauter from 3pm to 5pm on North Country Public Radio.  Contact 877-388-6277 or http://www.ncpr.org
• ‘Those Monday Blues’ with John ‘Onechord’ Conners from 5pm to 8pm on WWPV 88.7 FM ‘The Mike’ at St. Michael’s College in Colchester.  Every Monday.  Contact www.wwpv.org

1/26/10

• Stolen by Gypsies (Samantha Moffatt, Dave Clark and Mike Gareau) from 7pm to 10pm at Leunig’s Bistro in Burlington.
• English Country Dance Class with Judy Chaves from 7:30pm to 9:30pm at the Richmond Free Library in Richmond.  Contact (before 1/20/10) 802-899-2378 or valandtom@myfairpoint.net or (after 1/20/10) 802-425-3620 or chaves@gmavt.net
• Scott Forrest at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com orjamiegreenman@yahoo.com

Tuesdays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• The Blue Note with Ellen Rocco from 3pm to 5pm on North Country Public Radio.  Every Tuesday.  Contact 877-388-6277 or http://www.ncpr.org
• The Floating Head of Zsa Zsa with Laima from 4pm to 6pm on WRUV FM.  World, classical, blues, rock, bluegrass. Contact 656-4399 or www.uvm.edu/~wruv/
• Shape Note Sing from 6:30pm to 8:30pm in Ira Allen Chapel (usually) at the University of Vermont in Burlington. Hosted by the UVM Old Time Music Club.  Check for occasional changes in time, date and location.  Contact uvm.shape.note@gmail.com
• Bread and Puppet Theatre Shape Note sing at 6:30pm in Glover.  Every Tuesday in the summer.  Contact Linda Wells 586-0698 or craftsbury@hotmail.com or www.breadandpuppet.org
• Mostly Waltzing from 6:30pm to 8pm at Barrett Hall in South Strafford.  Every Tuesday.  Contact Gina Sonne 802-785-4220 or waltzlover@gmail.com
• Acoustic Coalition from 7pm to 11pm at Murphy Farm on Lake Pinneo in Quechee.  Every Tuesday.  Contact Kerry Rosenthal 203-856-0297 or kerryrose9@yahoo.com
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 10pm on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Tuesdays. Contact www.banjo.net

1/27/10

• Andrew Parker Renga at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com or jamiegreenman@yahoo.com
• Possum Haw at 8pm at the Good Times Café in Hinesburg.  Contact 802-482-4444.

Wednesdays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• Farmers and Artisans Market from 3pm to 7pm at the River Arts Center in Morrisville.  Every Wednesday. Contact www.riverartsvt.org.
• NIPs-West Open Potluck and Songs/Dance Tunes Session at Moshe’s house in Essex.  First and third Wednesdays.  Contact Moshe 879-0876 or www.groups.yahoo.com/NIPS-West.
• Irish Music Session hosted by Roger Kahle with guests from 6:30pm to 9:30pm at J.D. McCliments Pub in Putney.  Every Wednesday.  Contact Roger Kahle rjamesk@vermontel.net
• Old Time Music Session from about 7:30pm to 10pm at On the Rise Bakery in Richmond.  3^rdWednesdays.  Contact www.ontherisebakery.net
• Irish Session at 9pm at the Radio Bean in Burlington.  Contact 660-9346 or www.radiobean.com

1/28/10

• (1/14/10 through 2/25/10) English Country Danc Class with David Millstone from 7pm to about 9:30pm in the Parish Hall at St. Barnabas Church in Norwich.  Please bring with you a pair of clean shoes that will not scuff the floor.  Contact millstone@valley.net
• Northern Harmony (Larry Gordon, Patty Cuylar, Isobel Arthen, Mia Bertelli, Lizzie Henle, Joel Knopf, Ned Milly, Maisie Newell, David Ree, Ruby Ross, Lynn Mahoney Rowan, Will Thomas Rowan, Ben Sachs-Hamilton, Julie Shapiro, and Adam Simon) at the Old Stone Church in Brattleboro.  Part of the Northern Harmony East Coast Tour.  Contact 802-426-3210.
• Possumhaw at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com orjamiegreenman@yahoo.com
• Gordon Stone Band at at 9pm at Rhythm and Brews in Living and Learning at the University of Vermont in Burlington.  Contact www.gordonstone.com
• The Wiley Dobbs Duo at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington.  Contact 540-0188.

Thursdays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• Folk Directions with Gerry Goodfriend from 9am to 11am on CKUT 91.3 (from McGill University in Montreal).  Contact www.ckutfolk.com
• String Fever with Barb Heller from 3pm to 5pm on North Country Public Radio.  Contact 877-388-6277 or www.ncpr.org
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri from 4pm to 4:30pm on Lake Champlain Access Television.  Thursdays. Contact www.banjo.net
• ‘The Folk Show’ with John Sheehey from 5pm to 8pm on WWPV 88.7 FM ‘The Mike’ at St. Michael’s College in Colchester.  Every Thursday.  Contact www.wwpv.org
• The Studio Sessions (one-hour music show on Channel 15 in Montpelier). Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays at 12am and 1pm, Saturdays at 11:30am. Produced by Kenric Kite at ORCA Media in Montpelier.www.orcamedia.net or 224-9901.
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 8pm on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Thursdays. Contact www.banjo.net
• The Radioflyer Bluegrass and Beyond Show with John Civitello from 8pm to 10pm on WJSC 90.7 (Johnson State College).  Contact 635-1414.
• Francophondamental with Lucy Couture from 10pm to 12 midnight on WRUV 90.1 FM.  Contacthttp://www.wruv.org or couturelucy@gmail.com

1/29/10

• Jeremiah McLane and David Surette house concert from 7:30pm to 9:30pm at Barbara Barker’s home in Grand Isle.  Contact http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=260089170201#/event.php?eid=260089170201&ref=nf, barbbarker@gmail.com or 802-373-1698.
• Bread and Bones at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.comor jamiegreenman@yahoo.com
• Kip n’ Co at the Purple Moon Pub in Waitsfield.  Contact 802-496-3422 orwww.purplemoonpub.com
• Contra Dance with the Mad Robin Caller’s Collective and Owen and Elly Marshall from 8pm to 11pm in the cafeteria at Edmunds Middle School in Burlington.  Hosted by the Mad Robin Caller’s Collective.  Contact http://madrobincallers.blogspot.com
• The Willoughby’s at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington.  Contact 540-0188.
• Gordon Stone Band at the Brewski in Jeffersonville.  Contact 644-6366 or www.gordonstone.com

Fridays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• The Studio Sessions (one-hour music show on Channel 15 in Montpelier). Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays at 12am and 1pm, Saturdays at 11:30am. Produced by Kenric Kite at ORCA Media in Montpelier.www.orcamedia.net or 224-9901.
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 3pm on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Fridays. Contact www.banjo.net
• The Beat Authority with David Sommerstein from 3pm to 5pm on North Country Public Radio.  Contact 877-388-6277 or www.ncpr.org
• Shillelagh Safari Radio Show with Edward Burke from 5pm to 8pm on WWPV 88.7 FM ‘The Mike’ at St. Michael’s College in Colchester.  Celtic, folk, world and variety.  Contactwww.wwpv.org
• Old Time Music Jams starting at 5:30pm in the Billings North Lounge at the University of Vermont in Burlington.  1^st Fridays.  Sponsored by the UVM Old Time Music Club.  Contactkiemma@uvm.edu
• The Folk Show with Mike Alzo from 7pm to 8pm on North Country Public Radio.  Contact 877-388-6277, folkshow@ncpr.org or www.ncpr.org
• Square Dance (traditional singing squares, waltzes, polkas, fox trots and two-steps) with Lester Bradley (caller) and Musical Chairs (musicians) (sit-ins always welcome) from 8pm to 10:30pm at the Town Hall in Wentworth (New Hampshire).  1^st Fridays.  Contact Sue Huntsuehunt@cyberportal.net
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 9pm on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Fridays. Contact www.banjo.net
• The Mud Party from 10pm to 2am on WMUD 89.3.  Every Friday.  Contact www.wmud.org

1/30/10

• 3^rd Annual Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival featuring Keith Murphy, Becky Tracy, Mary Lea, Lydia Ievins, Susan Conger, Mark Roberts, Jimmy Devine, John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Dan Houghton, Mary Cay Brass, Andy Davis, Brendan Taaffe, Doug Creighton, Andrea Cooper, Jake Greico, Anthony Santoro, Geordie Lynd, Christian Stevens, Peter Seigel, Jesse Gagne-Hall, Lissa Schneckenburger, Hannah Devine, Ethan Hazzard-Watkins and others at the New England Youth Theatre (concerts and main events) and McNeil’s Brewery (sessions) in Brattleboro.  Daytime programs from 12 noon to 5:30pm, evening performance at 7:30pm.  Presented by the Brattleboro Music Center.  Contact 802-257-4523 or www.bmcvt.org
• 1^st Annual Monkton Chili-Cook-Off and Dance featuring Charlie Fraser and the Red Hots at the Monkton Volunteer Fire Department.  Dinner begins at 5:30pm, music at 7pm.  Contact Karen Sutherland 802-453-3795 or karensu@gmavt.net
• Winterfest Contra Dance with Mark Sustic (caller) and Fiddleheads from 6pm to 8pm at the Cambridge Elementary School in Jeffersonville
• Open Mic hosted by Jay at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com or jamiegreenman@yahoo.com
• Bow Thayer and the Perfect Trainwreck at 7:30pm at the Chandler Music Hall in Randolph.  Contact www.chandler-arts.org
• The Starline Rhythm Boys and Red Hot Juba from 8pm to 12 midnight at the Big Picture Theater in Waitsfield.  Contact 802-496-8994 or www.bigpicturetheater.info
• Town Hall Theater Celtic Fest featuring Atlantic Crossing, O’hAnleigh, Patrick Webb, step dancers from the McFadden Academy of Irish Dance and more from 8pm to 10:30pm at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.  Contact www.townhalltheater.org orwww.AtlanticCrossingVt.com
• Honk If You Love Haiti Benefit Concert featuring the Honky Tonk Tuesday Band, Patrick Fitzsimmons and Friends, Swale, Dirtminers, Waylon Speed, Lowell Thompson, Marie Claire, Blowtorch and others from 8pm to 1am in the Showcase Lounge at Higher Ground in South Burlington.  Contact 802-652-0777 or www.highergroundmusic.com
• Andrew Parker-Renga at the Purple Moon Pub in Waitsfield.  Contact 802-496-3422 orwww.purplemoonpub.com
• Let’s Whisper at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington.  Contact 540-0188.
• Gordon Stone Band at the Brewski in Jeffersonville.  Contact 644-6366 or www.gordonstone.com
• Steve Earle and Kris Kristofferson at 10pm on Austin City Limits on Vermont Public Television.  Contact www.vpt.org

Saturdays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 6am on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Saturdays. Contact www.banjo.net
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 9am on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Saturdays. Contact www.banjo.net
• The Radio Rangers at 10:30am on WDEV AM 550 or WDEV FM 96.1 (Waterbury). Contact Mark Struhsacker or Dave Rowell 800-299-9436 or www.wdevradiorangers.com
• The Studio Sessions (one-hour music show on Channel 15 in Montpelier). Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays at 12am and 1pm, Saturdays at 11:30am. Produced by Kenric Kite at ORCA Media in Montpelier.www.orcamedia.net or 224-9901.
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 1pm on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Saturdays. Contact www.banjo.net
• Songwriter’s Notebook hosted by Rik Palieri from 4pm to 5pm on VCAM-TV.  Contactwww.banjo.net
• Acoustic Harmony with Mark Michaelis on WGDR (91.1 FM) from 4:30pm to 7:30pm.  Alternating Saturdays.  Contact 454-7762, www.wgdr.org or www.acoustic-harmony.com
• A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor from 6pm to 8pm on Vermont Public Radio.  Contact http://www.vpr.net
• Shillelagh Safari radio show with Edward Burke from 8pm to 10pm on ‘the Radiator’ WOMM-LP 105.9.  Contact www.theradiator.org
• Eastern Style Square Dance with Adam Boyce (fiddler/caller) at 8pm at the Community Hall on Tyler Farm Road in West Newbury.  4^th Saturdays.  Includes traditional singing squares, waltzes, polkas, foxtrots, two-steps, Virginia Reel, Portland Fancy, Paul Jones and others.  Contact 429-2316, 484-7719 or adamrboyce@juno.com
• The Mud Party from 10pm to 2am on WMUD 89.3.  Every Saturday. Contact www.wmud.org

1/31/10

• Soaked Oats from 10:30am to 12 noon at Nunyuns Bakery in Burlington.  Contactjafelli@yahoo.com
• Mark Sustic’s 60^th Birthday Party featuring the Starline Rhythm Boys, Yankee Chank, the Bosnian Lilies and lots of opportunities for informal music making starting at 3pm at the Fletcher Union Meeting House in Fletcher.  Bring a desert, appetizer or side dish to share.  BYOB.  No gifts please: donations benefit the Tom Sustic Fund.  Contact mrksustc@together.net
• Open Irish Session from 3pm to 6pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com or jamiegreenman@yahoo.com
• Upper Valley Community Chorus led by Mary Cay Brass from 4pm to 6pm at St. Barnabas Church in Norwich.  Part of 6-week session from 1/10/10 through 3/7/10.  Contactmcbrass@vermontel.net or 802-869-2438.
• Dave Keller at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com orjamiegreenman@yahoo.com

Sundays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• Crossroads with Tim Downey and Todd Tyson (alternating hosts) on the Point (WNCS) at 104.7 FM (Burlington/Montpelier), 103.1 and 107.7 (Lebanon, White River Junction/Hanover) and 95.7 FM (St. Johnsbury/Danville) from 6am to 10am.  Contact crossroads@pointfm.com
• Sunday Morning Cafe from 6am to 10am on WMUD 89.3.  Every Sunday.  Contact www.wmud.org
• L.J.’S Dream with L.J. Palrady (WRUV 90.1 FM) from 9am to 12.  Contact lpalardy@uvm.eduor http://wruv.com/
• The Back Porch with Jim Olson from 9am to 12 noon on WRSI 101.5 FM (Brattleboro).
• A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor from 11am to 1pm on Vermont Public Radio.  Contact http://www.vpr.net
• Sacred Harp Sing from 1pm to 4:30pm at Carol’s Hungry Mind Café in Middlebury.  Second Sundays.  Contact Deb Moody 388-5410 or moody.debby@gmail.com
• Old Time Session at 1pm at the Radio Bean in Burlington.  Contact 660-9346 orwww.radiobean.com.
• All the Traditions with Robert Resnik from 1pm to 4pm on Vermont Public Radio.  Contactrresnik@vpr.net or http://www.vpr.net
• Bluegrass Time with Nick Barr from 2pm to 3pm on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio.  Contacthttp://www.wamc.org/station.html
• Irish Music Session from 2pm to 5pm at McKibbin’s in Montreal.  Sunday afternoons.  Contact 514-228-1580 or www.belfastandi.com
• Traditional Irish Sessions from 3pm to 6pm at the Irish Embassy in Montreal.  Contact 514-875-8777.
• ‘Blue Mountain Greengrass’ with Duncan Fletcher from 6pm to 8pm on WRUV 90.1.  Contactripplescan@globalnetisp.net
• Into the Blue with Tony Herd from 6pm to 7pm on WLVB 93.9 FM (Morrisville).  Contact 888-4294 or 800-299-9436.
• The Folk Show with Kate McNally (evenings) on New Hampshire Public Radio.
• Shape Note Sing from 6:30pm to 9pm at the Community Center in Plainfield.  Winter months only.  Contact Pat Mayhew 426-3849.
• Bluegrass Ramblings with Ross Harvey at 7pm on CKUT 91.3 (from McGill University in Montreal).
• Mike Lynch at 7:30pm at PK’s Pub in Bellows Falls.  Contact www.flyingunderradar.com
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri from 8:30pm to 9pm on Lake Champlain Access Television.  Sundays.  Contact www.banjo.net

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