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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3/26/10

Contras Squared

For exponential amounts of fun come out to Elly Long Music Hall in Colchester on March 26 for five hours of Square and Contra dancing!

with Will Mentor and the Mad Robin Caller’s Collective (callers) with music by Pete Sutherland and Jim Burns and Matching Orange

7pm to midnight at the Elley Long Music Center in Colchester

presented by St. Michael’s College with the Mad Robin Caller’s Collective and Young Tradition Vermont

dessert potluck at the break….. bring something to share and enjoy free coffee!

admission is $10, $5 for students, St. Michael’s students attend for free

to connect with a carpool coming from downtown Burlington e-mail madrobincc@gmail.com

for additional information contact wmentor@smcvt.edu or mrksustc@together.net

for information about Young Tradition Vermont contact www.youngtraditionvermont.org

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

3/15/10

• 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
• On the Rise for Haiti! Benefit Party featuring Pete Sutherland with friends and neighbors from 7pm to 9:30pm at On the Rise Bakery in Richmond.  Pizza sales benefit Haiti.

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

3/16/10

• Guagua (Geoff Kim, John Thompson-Figueroa, Shane Hardiman, Keith Levenson, Gail Hagenbach, Twa Mercer, Scott Dean and Carla Kevorkian) from 6:30pm to 8pm at the Radio Bean in Burlington.  Every other Tuesday from 2/2/10 through 3/30/10.  Contact www.guaguavt.com orwww.radiobean.com
• Doug Perkins and Michael Arnowitt at 7pm at the Main Street Bar and Grill in Montpelier.
• Kelly Ravin at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.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

3/17/10

• Longford Row from 12 noon to 3pm at Ri Ra in Burlington.  Contact longfordrow@gmail.com orwww.longfordrow.com
• Open Irish Session from 12 noon to 3pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Craic-Atac at 12:30pm at the Atwater Library and Computer Centre in Montreal.  Contactlverge@atwaterlibrary.ca or www.atwaterlibrary.ca
• Allen’s Fiddle Students from 4pm to 5pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• The Redeemers (Jim McGinniss, John Valance, John Murray, Clare Doyle and Andy Vota) from 5pm to 7pm at the Dragonfly Café in Colchester.  Contact 802-878-6100.
• Roland and Gary Clark from 7pm to 9pm at the Hub in Johnson.
• Gordon Stone Band at 7pm at the Brewski in Jeffersonville.  Contact 644-6366 or  www.gordonstone.com
• St. Patty’s Party/Irish Night with Summit School featuring Pete Sutherland, Benedict Koehler and Hilari Farrington from 7pm to 9pm at the Langdon Street Café in Montpelier.  Irish session and party follows from 9pm to 10:30pm.  Contact www.summit-school.org
• Longford Row from 7pm to 10:30pm at the Matterhorn in Stowe.  Contact longfordrow@gmail.com orwww.longfordrow.com
• St Patrick’s Day festivities with Peter Macfarlane and Rick Klein at 7pm the Big Picture Theater and Café in Waitsfield.  Contact www.bigpicturetheater.info
• Danielle Doyle at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Dervish at 7:30pm at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington.  Part of the Burlington Irish Heritage Festival.  Contact 863-5966 www.flynntix.org or www.uvm.edu
• Derrick Semler at the Good Times Café in Hinesburg.  Contact 802-482-4444.
• St. Patrick’s Day Celebration with François Clemmons with Andy Collins, Elias Alexander and Tim Cummings at 8pm at the Mahaney Center for the Arts at Middlebury College.
• The Slaters at 9pm at Shenanigan’s in Montreal.

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.
• Waltzing at Rices Mills Community Center in Thetford Center.  Starting 3/24/10 through April.  Practice sessions from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.  Contact Gina Sonne 802-785-4220.
• 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

3/18/10

• Dan Haley is Mister Casual (Dan Haley, Noah Hahn and Rachel Rice) at 7pm at River Run in Plainfield.
• Cosa Buena at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Steafan Hanvey and Myra Flynn at the Monkey Bar in Winooski.  Contact www.steafanhanvey.com

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
• Waltzing at Rices Mills Community Center in Thetford Center.  Starting 3/24/10 through April.  Practice sessions from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.  Contact Gina Sonne 802-785-4220.
• 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.

3/19/10

• (3/19/10 through 3/21/10) Singing Weekend with John Harrison, Moira Smiley and Brendan Taaffe at the Hulbert Outdoor Center in Fairlee.  Presented by Turtle Dove.  Contact www.turtledoveharmony.org
• Contra Dance with Lausanne Allen (caller) and Peter Macfarlane, Rick Klein and John Dickason from 7pm to 10pm in the Municipal Gym in Middlebury.  3^rd Fridays.  Sponsored by the Teen Center.  Contact 388-6356 or ejoselson@langrock.com or www.addisonteens.com
• Céilí with Gearóid Ó hAllmhurain and friends at 7pm at O’Hara’s in Montreal.  Contact Clíona de Brítheatrerua@gmail.com
• Doug Perkins at 7pm at River Run in Plainfield.
• Square Dance with Jennifer Steckler (caller) and the House Carpenters at the Lamb Abbey in Montpelier.  Contact Jennifer 802-276-3839, www.twinpondretreat.com or jennifer@twinpondretreat.com
• Heather Maloney at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Skip Gorman and Connie Dover at 7:30pm at the home of Clint and Beth Telford in Braintree.  Contact 802-728-6351.
• Marcia Ball, Bettye LaVette and Maria Muldaur at 8pm at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington.  Contact 86-FLYNN or www.flynncenter.org
• Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers at 8pm at the Nelson Town Hall in Nelson, New Hampshire.  Presented by the Monadnock Folklore Society.  Contact www.monadnockfolk.org
• Steafan Hanvey and Myra Flynn at the ½ Lounge in Burlington.  Contact www.steafanhanvey.com
• The Starline Rhythm Boys at 9:30pm at the Black Door Bar and Bistro in Montpelier.  Contactwww.blackdoorvt.com/shows

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
• International Folk Dancing with Ben Bergstein and Louise Brill from 8pm to 10pm at North End Studio in Burlington.   2^nd and 4^th Fridays.  Contact ben@vpal-us.org or 802- 863-6713.
• 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.
• 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

3/20/10

• (3/19/10 through 3/21/10) Singing Weekend with John Harrison, Moira Smiley and Brendan Taaffe at the Hulbert Outdoor Center in Fairlee.  Presented by Turtle Dove.  Contact www.turtledoveharmony.org
• Walking the Path of the Shaman from 1pm to 6pm at North End Studio in Burlington.   Benefits the Vermont Performing Arts League and North End Studio.  Contact thenorthendstudio@gmail.com or 802-863-6713.
• Connie Dover and Skip Gorman at 7pm at the United Methodist Church in Middlebury.  Contactwww.afterdarkmusicseries.com
• The Sky Blue Boys and the Michele Fay Band at 7pm at Burnham Hall in Lincoln.  Contact 802-388-6863 or pricefay@gmail.com
• Laslo Cameo at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Arrayed in Living Green: Songs of Death and Rebirth with the Social Band at 7:30pm at the Unitarian Church in Burlington.  Contact 802-658-8488 or www.socialband.org
• Possum Haw at 7:30pm at the UU Church in Rutland.  Part of the Saturday Night Coffeehouse Concert Series 2009/2010.  Contact 802-492-2252.
• Naquele Tempo at 9:30pm at the Black Door Bar and Bistro in Montpelier.  Contactwww.blackdoorvt.com/shows
• Dan Haley is Mister Casual (Dan Haley, Noah Hahn and Rachel Rice plus Phil Carr) at 10pm at Charlie O’s in Montpelier.

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

3/21/10

• (3/19/10 through 3/21/10) Singing Weekend with John Harrison, Moira Smiley and Brendan Taaffe at the Hulbert Outdoor Center in Fairlee.  Presented by Turtle Dove.  Contact www.turtledoveharmony.org
• Anthony Geraci from 11am to 2pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Arrayed in Living Green: Songs of Death and Rebirth with the Social Band at 4pm at the First Baptist Church in Bristol.  Contact 802-658-8488 or www.socialband.org
• Contra Dance with the Mad Robin Caller’s Collective and Mayfly (Katie Trautz and Julia Wayne) from 6:30pm to 9pm at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg.  Introductory lesson from 6:30pm to 7pm.  Benefits the Access Community Education Scholarship Fund.  Contact 802-482-7194 oraccess@cvhhs.org

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
• Irish Session hosted by Allen and Jamie from 3pm to 6pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville,  Last Sundays.  Contact 802-888-5984.
• 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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