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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4/3/10

8^th Annual ‘Cabin Fever Reliever’ benefit dance/concert featuring Bill Kirchen, Louise Kirchen, Starline Rhythm Boys, Elisabeth Von Trapp with Peter Riley, Leroy Preston, Austin deLone, and Yankee Chank

benefits the Cancer Patient Support….. tickets are $18 and available online at FlynnTix.org or by calling 802-863-5966.  Perennial sell-out performer Bill Kirchen, will perform with honky-tonk band, the Starline Rhythm Boys. Cajun/zydeco band Yankee Chank, LeRoy Preston, founder of Asleep at the Wheel, and Louise Kirchen will also perform along with a special guest appearance by Elisabeth von Trapp with Peter Riley.

7:30pm to 11:30pm

in the Emerald Grand Ballroom at the Sheraton in Burlington

Dedicated to the memories of Tom Sustic and Leigh Anne MacDonald

Contact degrahn@gmail.com, www.flynntix.org or www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102865446291&index=1

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3/22/10

• 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
• Open Mic storytelling at 8pm at the Black Door Bar and Bistro in Montpelier.  Contactwww.blackdoorvt.com/shows

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

3/23/10

• Moria Smiley and Friends including Mayfly, Soaked Oats and others at 7pm at North End Studio in Burlington.  Contact moira_smiley@yahoo.com, www.moirasmiley.com www.facebook.com/vocoinfo orwww.myspace.com/vocoinfo
• Slick Martha’s Hot Club at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Molasses Creek at 8pm at the Langdon Street Café in Montpelier.  Contact 802-234-6987.
• Doug Perkins and Jamie Masefield from 8pm to 10pm at Radio Bean in Burlington.

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

3/24/10

• Open Mic Live! at 7pm on Lake Champlain Access Television (Cable Channel 15 in the Colchester area).  Contactrebecca@lcatv.org
• Allen Church at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Jim McGinniss, Tim McKenzie, David Gusakov and Andy Sacher at the Good Times Café in Hinesburg.  Contact 802-482-4444.
• The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at the Barre Opera House.  Part of the Celebration Series.  Contact 476-8188 orwww.barreoperahouse.org

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

3/25/10

• Molasses Creek at 7pm at the Vermont Independent School of the Arts in Sharon.  Sponsored by Vermont Violins and Northfield Savings Bank.  Contact www.vtisa.org or 802-234-6987.
• Wiley Dobbs Trio at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• The House Carpenters at 7:30pm at Claire’s in Hardwick.  Contact www.myspace.com/katietrautz
• The Claire Lynch Band with Amos, Stockwell and Buchwald at 7:30pm at the United Church of Putney in Putney.  Presented by Twilight Music.  Contact 802-254-9276.
• Jeffrey Gaines at Higher Ground in South Burlington.  Contact www.highergroundmusic.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.

3/26/10

• 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
• Contra and Square Dance with Will Mentor and with Pete Sutherland and Jim Burns from 7pm to 9pm followed by the Mad Robin Caller’s Collective and Matching Orange from 9:30pm to midnight at the Elley Long Music Center in Colchester.  Presented by St. Michael’s College, the Mad Robin Caller’s Collective and Young Tradition Vermont.  Contact wmentor@smcvt.edu or mrksustc@together.net
• The Heckhounds at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Square Dance with Jacynthe Guimond (caller) and the Boghoppers from 8pm to 11pm at the Wheel Club in Montreal.
• Sara Lewis with guests at 8pm at the Safe Street Mill in North Bennington.  Part of the Basement Music Series, the concert producing arm of the Vermont Arts Exchange.  Contact 802-442-5549 or www.vtartxchange.org
• Strength in Numbers 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.   1^st and 3^rd Fridays starting in April 2010.  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

3/27/10

• Annual Vermont All Day Sacred Harp Sing from 10am to 4pm at the Grace UCC Church in Rutland.  Includes potluck dinner.  Contact smileyira@gmail.com or Laura Timmerman laurat@crocker.com
• Katie Trautz at the Healer’s Expo at Vermont College in Montpelier.  Contact www.myspace.com/katietrautz
• Bennett and Lorraine Hammond workshops (TBA afternoon times) in Robin’s Attic in Montpelier.  ‘Demystifying the Mountain Dulcimer’ and guitar.  Contact 802-229-1403 or Hendrixfiddle@gmail.com
• Tibet in Song (film) at 6:30pm at the City Halls Arts Center in Montpelier.  Part of the Green Mountain Film Festival.
• Susie Burke and David Surette from 7pm to 9pm at the WalkOver in Bristol.  Contact 802-453-3188 orwalkover@mac.com
• Local Musicians Showcase featuring Eric and Barbara Bye, Davey Davis, Jennifer Faro, Terry Gould and Suzi Hastings, Geordie Lynd and Emery Hard, Pete Merrigan, Matt Meserve, Kerry Rosenthal, Jim Ruffing, Sweet Music and Erik Walker from 7pm to 10pm at the Harvest Inn at Mt. Ascutney Resort in Brownsville.  Benefits the Feminine Tone Women’s Chorus. Contact Maricel 802-885-1590, Barbara 802-886-1777 or  www.femininetone.com
• Jenny Whiteley and Rob Lutes at Divan Orange in Montreal.  Presented Hello Darlin’.  Contactwww.hellodarlinproductions.com or 514-524-9225.
• Contact Contra Dance with Ruth Sylvester (caller) and Cuckoo’s Nest at 8pm at Tracy Hall in Norwich.  Family dance from 5pm to 6:30pm.  Potluck at 6:30pm.  Bring clean, soft-soled shoes.  Sponsored by Muskeg Music. Contact Rick Barrows 785-4607 or rbarrows@cs.dartmouth.edu
• Bennett and Lorraine Hammond house concert in Robin’s Attic in Montpelier.  Potluck and jam to follow.  Contact 802-229-1403 or Hendrixfiddle@gmail.com
• Earth Hour Evening featuring Rebecca Padula and Kathryn Blume at 7:30pm at the Unitarian Church in Burlington.  Contact www.myearthhour.org/home or www.rebeccapadula.com
• Open Mic 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 public library in Richmond.  Contact 802-658-8488 or www.socialband.org
• Contra Dance with Will Mentor (caller) and Pete Sutherland and Friends at 8pm at Holley Hall in Bristol.  Benefits the 27^th Champlain Valley Folk Festival.  Wear soft soled shoes.  Contact 802-453-4613.
• Steafan Hanvey and Myra Flynn at Muddy Waters in Burlington.  Contact www.steafanhanvey.com
• Keller Williams at Higher Ground in South Burlington.  Contact www.highergroundmusic.com
• Traditional Square Dancing Benefit for Sans Temps Danse Company featuring Gérard Morin and Marie-Soleil Pilette (callers) and David Boulanger, Guillaume Turcotte, Carmen Guérard, Donna Hébert, Marc Maziade and Véronique Plasse at 9pm at La Place à Côté in Montreal.  Incluses a public stepdancing demonstration of Sans Temps Danse School students.  Contact 514-521-4571 or www.sanstempsdanse.com
• The Great Brook Blues Band at 9:30pm at the Black Door Bar and Bistro in Montpelier.  Contactwww.blackdoorvt.com/shows

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

3/28/10

• Tibet in Song (film) at 11:15am at the City Halls Arts Center in Montpelier.  Part of the Green Mountain Film Festival.
• The Sky Blue Boys from 12 noon to 3pm at Dakin Farm in Ferrisburgh.  Contact www.skyblueboys.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.
• English Dance with Chris Levey (caller) and an open band 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.
• Arrayed in Living Green: Songs of Death and Rebirth with the Social Band at 4pm at the Congregational Church in Charlotte.  Contact 802-658-8488 or www.socialband.org
• St. Patrick’s Day Ceili Dance from 4pm to 6pm in Billings North Lounge at the University of Vermont in Burlington.  Presented by the Celtic Cats (UVM Irish Dance Club).  Contact vgillen@gmavt.net
• World of Song featuring Pete Sutherland, Karen Sutherland and Sharon Gouveia at 4pm at Hartford High School.  Contact RevelsNorthGA@comcast.net
• Catherine MacLellan and Band house concert at 7pm in North Hatley, Quebec.  Contact 819-842-1698 orsusanbennett86@yahoo.ca
• Larry Damon Jazz Ensemble at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Contra Dance with Quena Crain (caller) and Wendy and the Lost Boys 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.

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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