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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3/29/10

• Zakir Hussain master class at 7pm at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington.  Contact 86-FLYNN or www.flynncenter.org
• 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
• Vermont Ukulele Society from 6:30pm to 9pm at Howden Hall in Bristol.  2^nd and 4^th Mondays.  Contacthttp://Vtukes.webs.com

3/30/10

• Auditions for ‘the Next Generation’ (showcase for high school students).  Performance date is 5/14/10.  Contactoutreach@chandler-arts.org or 802-431-0204 before 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
• Dan Haley is Mister Casual (Dan Haley, Noah Hahn and Rachel Rice) at 7pm at Main Street Grill in Montpelier.
• Old Dirty String Band at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Zakir Hussain and Masters of Percussion at 7:30pm at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington.  Contact 86-FLYNN or www.flynncenter.org
• 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 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

3/31/10

• Catharine Fleming McKenty and Sarah Burnell at 12:30pm at the Atwater Library and Computer Centre in Montreal.   Part of the Lunchtime Concert Series.  Contact lverge@atwaterlibrary.ca or vwww.atwaterlibrary.ca
• Bassekou Koutate and Ngoni Ba at 7:30pm at FlynnSpace in Burlington.  Supports the Tom Sustic Fund.  Contact 86-FLYNN or www.flynncenter.org
• Acousticatonics at 7:30pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact www.thebeesknees-vt.com
• Doug Perkins and Michael Arnowitt at On the Rise Bakery in Richmond.
• Knotwork (Annabel Moynihan, Michael Moynihan, J. Arthur Loose and Doug Riley), at 8:30pm at the Shed in Stowe.
• Longford Row at Ri Ra in Burlington.  Contact www.longfordrow.com

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

4/1/10

• Bluegrass Jam featuring Jimmy Ryan, David Gusakov, Tim McKenzie, Jim McGinnis, Danny Coane and others at 9:30pm at Nectar’s in Burlington.  Celebration of Gordon Stone’s birthday.  Jam continues on Thursdays in April.  Contact www.liveatnectars.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.

4/2/10

• Trisona with Aurèle Lacroix, Christian Nolet, and Marie Papineau at 8pm at Church Street Concert Series at the Gertrude Scott Hall in the Lennoxville United Church in Lennoxville (Quebec).  Part of first Friday series from October through May.  Contact blackcat@netrevolution.com
• Nightingale (Keith Murphy, Becky Tracy and Jeremiah McLane) at 8pm at the New England Youth Theater in Brattleboro.  Contact deepsea@sover.net
• Bread and Bones at 8:30pm at 51 Main in Middlebury.  Contact www.go51main.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.  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

4/3/10

• Ann Whiting with Susannah Blachly, George White and Dan Haley at 7pm at the WalkOver in Bristol.  Contact 802-453-3188 or walkover@mac.com
• 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 from 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 orwww.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102865446291&index=1
• Kelleigh McKenzie at 7:30pm at the Ripton Community Coffeehouse in Ripton.  Open mic followed by featured performer.  Contact 802-388-9782.
• Pentangle’s 13^th Annual Community Showcase: A Green Mountain Home Companion hosted by Al Alessi and Bob Merrill at 7:30pm at the Town Hall Theatre in Woodstock.  Contact 802-457-3891 orwww.pentanglearts.org
• Old Sledge (Anna Roberts-Gevalt, Chance McCoy and Sabra Guzman) at the Hinesburg Town Hall.  Concert at 7pm followed by Contra and Square Dance with Will Mentor (caller) at 8:30pm  Contactwww.facebook.com/l/c2f1f or www.oldsledgemusic.com
• Peter Mulvey 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
• Contra Dance with Donald Dubuc (caller) and Mountain Folks with John McManus at 8pm at the Northwoods Stewardship Center in East Charleston.  Supports Northwoods programs.  Dedicated to the memory of Denny Clifford.  Contact events@northwoodscenter.org or Maria 802-723-6551 x112.
• Gordon Stone Band from 10pm to 2am at Ri Ra’s in Burlington.  Contact www.gordonstone.com.
• Wilco at 10pm 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.  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

4/4/10

• Champlain Valley Scottish Fiddle Club from 2pm to 5pm at 13 South Street in Middlebury.  Contactwww.CVSFC.org, 802-759-2268 or 802-388-2142.
• Old Sledge (Anna Roberts-Gevalt, Chance McCoy and Sabra Guzman) and Katie Trautz at 3pm at the Langdon Street Café in Montpelier.  Jam follows the concert.  Contact www.myspace.com/katietrautz,www.facebook.com/l/c2f1f or www.oldsledgemusic.com
• Contra Dance with Will Mentor (caller) and the Big Night Ceili Band from 6:30pm to 10pm at the Ukrainian National Federation Hall in Montreal. Contact nfo@contramontreal.org
• Welsh Fiddle Concert with Sarah Hotchkiss, the Vermont Fiddle Orchestra and Ann Whiting at 7pm in College Hall Chapel on the green at Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier.  Contact 877-343-3531 (877-FIDDLE-1), www.vtfiddleorchestra.org or info@vtfiddleorchestra.org
• Chestnuts at the Grange! Dance (contra dances of the past) featuring Rachel Nevitt (caller) and a sit-in band open to local musicians at 7:30pm at the Capitol City Grange in Montpelier.  Contact Tim or Merry 802-225-8921 or Aaron 617-721-6743.
• The Glengarry Bhoys at Higher Ground in South Burlington.  Contact www.highergroundmusic.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
• 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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