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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2/27/10

TOWN HALL THEATER MARDI GRAS PARTY featuring YANKEE CHANK at 8pm at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury

Coinciding with the town-wide Mardi Gras celebration…… come downtown for chili and fun, and stay for a great evening of music and dancing.  Light food with a Cajun flair, the crowning of the King and Queen, and prizes for best costume.

Contact www.townhalltheater.org or 802-388-1436.

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2/22/10

• 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
• Rik Palieri, Ricko Nestler, and Rich Bala at 7pm at the Blue Cat Bistro in Castleton.  Contact www.banjo.net

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
• Vermont Ukulele Society from 6:30pm to 9pm at Howden Hall in Bristol.  2^nd and 4^th Mondays.  Contacthttp://Vtukes.webs.com

2/23/10

• Contra Dance Band Class with Jeremiah McLane from 6:30pm to 8:30pm in Montpelier.  1/26/10 through 4/6/10.  Contact 802-765-9904, 802-272-5482 or jeremiah@sover.net
• Krishna Das at 7:30pm at the First Unitarian Church in Burlington.  Contact 888-512-SHOW orwww.highergroundmusic.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

2/24/10

• The Open Road and the Deep Blue Seas with Rick Nestler, Rich Bala and Rik Palieri plus Matt Witten at 7pm at the Starksboro Public Library.  Sponsored by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and the Starksboro Public Library.  Contact Matthew Witten 802-434-3236 or mwitten@gmavt.net
• Rebecca Padula at 7pm on LCATV’s Open Mic Live! on Cable Channel 15 in the Colchester area.  Contactrebecca@lcatv.org
• Mark Struhsacker at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Chris Peterman Quartet 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 Session at Dan Wetmore’s home in Montpelier.  Every Wednesday.  Contact dwetmore@sover.net
• Irish Session at 9pm at the Radio Bean in Burlington.  Contact 660-9346 or www.radiobean.com
• Francophondamental with Lucy Couture from 10pm to 12 midnight on WRUV 90.1 FM.  Contacthttp://www.wruv.org or couturelucy@gmail.com

2/25/10

• (1/14/10 through 2/25/10) English Country Dance 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
• Dare to Be Square Old Time Square Dance with Jennifer Steckler (caller) and Pete Sutherland, Squash, Kathleen Moore and Noah Hahn at 7pm at the Lamb Abbey in Montpelier.  Contact Jennifer 802-276-3839,www.twinpondretreat.com or jennifer@twinpondretreat.com
• Rik Palieri, Ricko Nestler, and Rich Bala at 8pm at North End Studio in Burlington.  Contact www.banjo.net, 802-233-3144 or ben@vpal-us.org

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 orwww.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.

2/26/10

• (2/26/10 through 2/28/10) Village Harmony Winter World Music Weekend at the Hulbert Center in Fairlee.  Contact 426-3210 or www.villageharmony.org
• Doug Perkins at 7pm at River Run in Plainfield.
• Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas with Kimberley Fraser and Troy MacGillivray at 7:30pm at the Music Recital Hall at the University of Vermont in Burlington.   Presented by the UVM Lane Series with Events for Tom.  Contact www.uvm.edu
• Eilen Jewell at 7:30pm at Boccelli’s on the Canal in Bellows Falls.  Contact www.vermontfestivalsllc.com orwww.rootsontheriver.com
• Atlantic Crossing, Gumbo YaYa and more at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.  Aids of earthquake relief in Haiti.  Contact www.townhalltheater.org
• Alan Jabbour and Ken Perlman at 8pm at Bethany Church in Montpelier.  Presented by the Vermont Fiddle Orchestra.  Contact Susan Reid 802-229-1403 or Sarah Hotchkiss 802-223-8945.
• Lui Collins at 8pm at the Peterborough Historical Society in Peterborough, New Hampshire.  Contactwww.monadnockfolk.org
• Gordon Stone Band at Nectar’s in Burlington.  Contact www.gordonstone.com or 658-4771.

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.  Contact www.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.  Contact kiemma@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 Hunt suehunt@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

2/27/10

• (2/26/10 through 2/28/10) Village Harmony Winter World Music Weekend at the Hulbert Center in Fairlee.  Contact 426-3210 or www.villageharmony.org
• (2/27/10 through 2/28/10) Small- and Border Pipe Workshop led by Iain MacHarg and Dan Houghton in Marshfield.  Sponsored by the Vermont Institute of Celtic Arts.  Contact Iain MacHarg iain@fairpoint.net
• Old Time Fiddle and Banjo Workshops from 10am to 1pm with Alan Jabbour and Ken Perlman in Montpelier.  Contact Susan Reid 802-229-1403 or Sarah Hotchkiss 802-223-8945.
• Cape Breton Fiddle Workshop with Kimberley Fraser from 11am to 12:30pm in the Southwick Hall Ballroom on Redstone campus at the University of Vermont in Burlington.   Presented by the UVM Lane Series.  Call 802-656-4455 to reserve.
• Contra Dance with Ruth Sylvester (caller) and Cuckoo’s Nest at 8pm at Tracy Hall in Norwich.  Family dance from 5pm to 6:30pm.  Bring clean, soft-soled shoes.  Sponsored by Muskeg Music. Contact Rick Barrows 785-4607 or rbarrows@cs.dartmouth.edu
• Lui Collins and Dave Mallet at 6:30pm at the Peterborough Historical Society in Peterborough, New Hampshire.  Contact www.monadnockfolk.org
• The Will Patton Trio at 7pm at the WalkOver in Bristol.  Contact 802-435-3188.
• Mardi Gras Party featuring Yankee Chank at 8pm at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.  Contactwww.townhalltheater.org or 802-388-1436.
• Contra Dance with Mary Wesley (caller) and the Turning Stile at 8pm at Holley Hall in Bristol.  Wear soft soled shoes.  Contact 802-453-4613.
• The Starline Rhythm Boys and a square dance with Roger Perrault from 8pm to 11pm at the VFW in Hyde Park.  Presented by the Northeast Fiddlers Association.  Contact www.nefiddlers.org
• Mark Struhsacker at 8pm at the Stone Grill Pub in Morrisville.
• Gordon Stone Band from 9:30pm to 1:30am at the Long Trail Tavern in Johnson.  Contactwww.gordonstone.com or 802-635-7076.

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.  Contact www.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.  Contacthttp://www.vpr.net
• Shillelagh Safari radio show with Edward Burke from 8pm to 10pm on ‘the Radiator’ WOMM-LP 105.9.  Contactwww.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

2/28/10

• (2/26/10 through 2/28/10) Village Harmony Winter World Music Weekend at the Hulbert Center in Fairlee.  Contact 426-3210 or www.villageharmony.org
• (2/27/10 through 2/28/10) Small- and Border Pipe Workshop led by Iain MacHarg and Dan Houghton in Marshfield.  Sponsored by the Vermont Institute of Celtic Arts.  Contact Iain MacHarg iain@fairpoint.net
• Adam Boyce presents ‘Old Time Rules Will Prevail:  The Fiddle Contest in Vermont’ at 3pm at the Judevine Memorial Library in Hardwick.  Part of the Speakers’ Bureau of the Vermont Humanities Council.  Contactjeudevine@hotmail.com or 802-472-5948.
• English Dance with Chris Levey (caller) and Trip to Norwich (Carol Compton, Thal Aylward and guests) from 3pm to 6pm at Tracy Hall in Norwich.  Clean, non-marking, soft-soled shoes only (or socks).  Contact http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/~cgl/localECD or 802-785-4121.
• Contra Dance with George Marshall (caller) and Heathen Creek from 7:30pm to 10:30pm (beginners lesson 7:15pm) at the Stone Church in Brattleboro.  Contact www.ethanhw.com/brattdance or 802-257-9234.
• Rik Palieri, Ricko Nestler, and Rich Bala at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contactwww.thebeesknees-vt.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.edu orhttp://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.  Contacthttp://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 or www.radiobean.com.
• Summit Singer’s Reunion from 1pm to 3pm at the Red Hen Bakery in Middlesex.  2^nd Sundays.
• All the Traditions with Robert Resnik from 1pm to 4pm on Vermont Public Radio.  Contact rresnik@vpr.net orhttp://www.vpr.net
• Champlain Valley Scottish Fiddle Club meeting from 2pm to 5pm at 13 South Street in Middlebury.  First Sundays.  Contact Jeannie Van Order 802-388-2142 or jeansvan@gmail.com or www.CVSFC.org
• 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 orwww.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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