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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7/7/10

• Chris Kleeman Band from 6:30pm to 8pm at the Cavendish Stage in Cavendish.  Contact www.chriskleeman.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.  Contact http://www.wruv.org or couturelucy@gmail.com

7/8/10

• (7/8/10 through 7/10/10) 16^th Annual Basin Bluegrass Festival featuring Remington Ryde, Redstone Bridge, Digger Davis and Tombstone, Acoustic Blue, Blistered Fingers, Cabin Fever, Smokey Greene, Dave Nichols and Spare  Change, Cannonball Express, Spinney Brothers, Steel Rail, Breakin’ Strings, Bluegrass Revisited and more in Brandon.  Gates open on 7/4/10.  Contact www.brandon.org/bluegrass or basinbluegrass@yahoo.com
• Gordon Stone Band at 12 noon on the Village Green in Woodstock.  Part of the Brown Bag Concerts sponsored by Pentangle Arts Council.  Contact 802-457-3981 or www.pentanglearts.org
• Doug Perkins and Patrick Ross at 6:30pm at the Old Schoolhouse Common in Marshfield.  Contact 802-426-3581 or jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com
• Brooke Annibale at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington.  Contact www.skinnypancake.com
• Rik Palieri, Joe Adler and Patience Lawton with Russ Lawton at 8:30pm at Parima’s Acoustic Lounge in Burlington.  Part of the the Burgundy Thursdays series with Joe Adler.  Contact 802-864-7917

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
• 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.

7/9/10

• Rik Palieri and Tom Stamp at 10am at the South Hero Library in South Hero.  Contact 802-372-6209.
• (7/9/10 through 7/11/10) Northern Roots Weekend with Keith Murphy, Becky Tracy, Matt Heaton and Shannon Heaton (5pm on Friday through 1pm Sunday) at Green Mountain Camp in Dummerston.  Contact 802-257-4523 or www.bmcvt.org
• (7/9/10 through 7/11/10) Eighth Annual Harry Smith Frolic at Camp Keewanee in Greenfield, Massachusetts.  Friday 5pm through Sunday 5pm.  Contact www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2426 or www.SacraSoft.com/HarrySmith
• (7/8/10 through 7/10/10) 16^th Annual Basin Bluegrass Festival featuring Remington Ryde, Redstone Bridge, Digger Davis and Tombstone, Acoustic Blue, Blistered Fingers, Cabin Fever, Smokey Greene, Dave Nichols and Spare  Change, Cannonball Express, Spinney Brothers, Steel Rail, Breakin’ Strings, Bluegrass Revisited and more in Brandon.  Gates open on 7/4/10.  Contact www.brandon.org/bluegrass or basinbluegrass@yahoo.com
• Chris Dorman from 5pm to 6pm at the Richmond Farmer’s Market in Richmond.  Farmer’s Market open from 3pm to 6pm.  Contact 802-434-5273 or cmader@surfglobal.net
• Planet Zydeco at 6:30pm on the Putney Town lawn in Putney.  Presented by Twilight Music.   Part of the 8^th Annual Twilight on the Tavern Lawn Series.  Contact www.twilightmusic.org or 802-387-5772.
• Pete Sutherland and Jeremiah McLane at the Vergennes Opera House in Vergennes.  Part of French Heritage Days.  Contact www.vergennesoperahouse.org or 802-877-8737.
• Contra Dance with the Harold Luce Band and others at 7:30pm at the Town Hall in Tunbridge.  Contact Clyde Jenne 802-436-2444 or clydo46@gmail.com
• Songs from the Civil War Songbook with Linda Radtke with Arthur Zorn at 7:30pm in the Robert G. Bliss Sr. Auditorium at the St. Albans Historical Society and Museum in St. Albans.  Contact Allyn McDonald 802-527-7933, stamuseum.history@verizon.net or www.stamuseum.com
• Jean Rohe Trio and birthday party for Ben Berngstein at 8pm at North End Studio in Burlington.  Contact www.vpal.typepad.com or 802-863-6713.
• Contra Dance with Peter Johnson (caller) and Tunescape at 8pm at Shelburne Town Hall in Shelburne.  Beginners’ session at 7:45pm.  Presented by Queen City Contras.  Bring clean, soft-soled shoes.  Contact 802-371-9492, 802-343-7165 or www.queencitycontras.org
• Amos Lee at Higher Ground in South Burlington.  Contact www.highergroundmusic.com
• Small Horses at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington.  Contact www.skinnypancake.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
• ‘Cutaway’ with Jonathan Brown at 7pm on North Country Public Radio.  Contact 877-388-6277 or http://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

7/10/10

• (7/9/10 through 7/11/10) Northern Roots Weekend with Keith Murphy, Becky Tracy, Matt Heaton and Shannon Heaton (5pm on Friday through 1pm Sunday) at Green Mountain Camp in Dummerston.  Contact 802-257-4523 or www.bmcvt.org
• (7/9/10 through 7/11/10) Eighth Annual Harry Smith Frolic at Camp Keewanee in Greenfield, Massachusetts.  Friday 5pm through Sunday 5pm.  Contact www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2426 or www.SacraSoft.com/HarrySmith
• (7/8/10 through 7/10/10) 16^th Annual Basin Bluegrass Festival featuring Remington Ryde, Redstone Bridge, Digger Davis and Tombstone, Acoustic Blue, Blistered Fingers, Cabin Fever, Smokey Greene, Dave Nichols and Spare  Change, Cannonball Express, Spinney Brothers, Steel Rail, Breakin’ Strings, Bluegrass Revisited and more in Brandon.  Gates open on 7/4/10.  Contact www.brandon.org/bluegrass or basinbluegrass@yahoo.com
• French Heritage Days featuring Va-et-Vient, Les Ruine-Bottines, Les Famillles Roy-Cote, Fiddleheads and others at the Vergennes Opera House and other locations in Vergennes.  Contact www.vergennesoperahouse.org, 802-877-8737 or www.youngtraditionvermont.org/fiddleheads
• Mountain Gazette’s Annual Party in the Park featuring Pete and Karen Sutherland from 12 noon to 2pm and Lamb’s Bread from 3pm to 6pm in Jericho.  Contact www.mountaingazetteofvermont.com
• Katie Trautz at 7pm at the Cabot Library.  Contact www.myspace.com/katietrautz
• Traditional Contras with Val Medve (caller) from 7:30pm to 10:30pm Capital City Grange Hall in Montpelier.  Contact Merry 802-225-8921.
• Dan Haley is Mr. Casual at 8pm at the Reservoir in Waterbury.  Contact www.myspace.com/mistercasualsings
• Lil’ Orphans Cajun Express at 8pm at the Tap Room in Brattleboro.  Contact 802-257-1911.
• Jim Osborne and the Acoustic Pilgrims at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington.  Contact www.skinnypancake.com

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.  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 Bridge’ with Joel Hurd at 9pm on North Country Public Radio.  Contact 877-388-6277 or http://www.ncpr.org
• The Mud Party from 10pm to 2am on WMUD 89.3.  Every Saturday. Contact www.wmud.org

7/11/10

• (7/9/10 through 7/11/10) Northern Roots Weekend with Keith Murphy, Becky Tracy, Matt Heaton and Shannon Heaton (5pm on Friday through 1pm Sunday) at Green Mountain Camp in Dummerston.  Contact 802-257-4523 or www.bmcvt.org
• (7/9/10 through 7/11/10) Eighth Annual Harry Smith Frolic at Camp Keewanee in Greenfield, Massachusetts.  Friday 5pm through Sunday 5pm.  Contact www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2426 or www.SacraSoft.com/HarrySmith
• Mayfly at 11am at the North Hero Town Hall.  Contact www.myspace.com/mayflygirls
• Northeast Fiddlers Association Fiddle Meet (jam starts at 12 noon) at the Moose Club in St. Albans.  Usually 1^st Sundays, with exceptions.  Contact www.nefiddlers.org
• Mike and Ruth with Anais Mitchell at 6pm at Armadillos in Keene, New Hampshire.  Contact www.mikeandruthy.com
• 2^nd Sunday English Country Dance Music Session from 7pm to 8:30pm at the Upper Valley Music Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.  Contact david.w.beaufait@hitchcock.org or 603-632-5137.
• Kinobe and Soul Beat Africa at 7pm at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.
• Contra Dance with Steve Zakon (caller) and Tunescape (Tom Ball, Rachel Bell, Peter Blue and Jodi Austin) 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.
• Justin Townes Earle 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 or 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 or www.radiobean.com.
• Summit Singer’s Reunion from 1pm to 3pm at the Red Hen Bakery in Middlesex.  2^nd Sundays.  Contact www.redhenbaking.com
• All the Traditions with Robert Resnik from 1pm to 4pm on Vermont Public Radio.  Contact rresnik@vpr.net or http://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.  Contact http://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
• 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.  Contact ripplescan@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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