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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Trad Camp

Young Folks Learning Old Stuff: Traditional Folk Music Instruction for 7 to 18 Year Olds

July 26th through July 30th from 9am to 3pm at Memorial Auditorium in Burlington

Instructors include Lausanne Allen, Joanne Garton, Sarah Hotchkiss, Laura Markowitz, Peter Macfarlane, Brian Perkins, Roger Perrault, Karen Sutherland, Pete Sutherland, Beth Telford and Katie Trautz.

Presented by Young Tradition Vermont and Burlington Parks and Recreation

A day camp presented by Burlington Parks and Recreation and Young Tradition Vermont.  Learn to play traditional dance tunes from Irish, Cape Breton, Scottish, Quebecoise, and beyond.  Four sessions per day at three ability levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced.  Exceptional instructors who are professional musicians from the region.  Special sessions on the history of traditional music, playing harmony, and more.  Noon hour concerts and dances with the Bosnian Lilies, Village Harmony, Mary Wesley and others.  Friday afternoon potluck and showcase from 3pm to 5pm.

To register, go to the Burlington Parks and Recreation web site www.enjoyburlington.com or call 802-864-0123.

Other questions, including aftercare from 3pm to 5pm, contact Mark Sustic mrksustc@together.net or 802-849-6968.

For Young Tradition Vermont information visit 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 Keep in mind that the space is most often reserved 6 to 8 weeks in advance.

7/12/10

• No Strings Marionette Company at 12 noon at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.
• Irish Fiddle Workshop for young intermediate level fiddlers (18 years and under) with Sarah Blair from 5pm to 6pm at St. Augustine’s Church in Montpelier.  Sponsored by the Sap Run Fiddlers.  Contact woodburystrings@att.net
• Jer Coons at 7pm at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.
• The Doughboys at 8:30pm at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.

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
• ‘World of Music’ with Cheryl Willoughby from 3pm to 5pm on the Radiator 105.9FM in Burlington.  Every Monday.  Contact www.theradiator.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.  Contact http://Vtukes.webs.com
• The Folk Show with Mike Alzo at 8pm on North Country Public Radio.  Contact 877-388-6277, folkshow@ncpr.org or www.ncpr.org

7/13/10

• Rik Palieri at 12 noon at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.
• The Sky Blue Boys (Banjo Dan and Willy Lindner) at 6pm at Knight’s Point State Park in North Hero.  Contact www.skyblueboys.com
• Slick Martha’s Hot Club (Charlotte and Shane Brodie, Carrie Cook, Peter Cook, and Jesse Luce) at 6pm in Johnson.  Part of Tuesday Night Live.  Contact cal_05656@yahoo.com
• Woods Tea Company in Ticonderoga, New York.  Contact www.woodstea.net
• Mike and Ruthy at 7pm at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.
• David Gusakov, Tim McKenzie, Andy Sacher and Jim McGinniss at 8pm at the Goodtimes Café in Hinesburg.  Contact 802-482-4444.
• Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand Band at 8:30pm at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.

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 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

7/14/10

• Rik Palieri at 11am at the Hinesburg Library in Hinesburg.  Contact 802-482-2878 or www.carpentercarse.org
• Gary Dulabaum with Josh Brooks at 12 noon at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.
• Robinella at 7pm at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.
• Rik Palieri and Tom Stamp at 7pm at the American Legion Hall in Waterbury.
• Jacob & Rachel (Jacob Oblak and Rachel Oblak) at 7pm at the Essex Shoppes Pavilion in Essex.  Contact www.phoenixbooks.biz or 802- 872-7111.
• Dave Surette and Jeremiah McLane at 7:30pm at the Strafford Unitarian Universalist Church in South Strafford.  Part of the 2010 Summer Concert Series.  Contact Fred Wolfe wolfe4kib@yahoo.com
• David Gusakov, Tim McKenzie, Andy Sacher and Jim McGinniss at 8pm at the Goodtimes Café in Hinesburg.  Contact 802-482-4444.
• Dancing on the Air with Mike and Ruthy and others at 8pm on WAMC Northeast Public Radio.  Contact www.mikeandruthy.com
• Frank Vignola at 8:30pm at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.

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

7/15/10

• Folk by Association 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
• Tom Verner and Magicians without Borders at 12 noon at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.
• Rik Palieri and Tom Stamp at 3:30pm at the Joslin Memorial Library in Waitsfield.  Contact 802-496-4205 or www.joslinmemoriallibrary.com
• The Highland Weavers at 6pm at Rusty Parker Memorial Park in Waterbury.  Part of the 2010 Waterbury Rotary Concert Series.  Farmer’s Market from 3pm to 7pm.
• Sara Grace and the Suits at 6:30pm at the Old Schoolhouse Common in Marshfield.  Contact 802-426-3581 or jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com
• Good Old Wagon at 6:30pm at Three Bean Café in Randolph.  Contact www.upstreetproductions.com
• Square Dance with Jennifer Steckler (caller) and Streak O Lean (Jim Burns, Brianna Farver, Andrew Hathaway, Julia Wayne, Mark Sustic) at 7pm at the Capitol City Grange in Montpelier.  Contact 802-276-3839.
• Nathan Childers at 7pm at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.
• Bob Degree and Bluegrass Storm at 7pm at Lower Bayside Park in Colchester.  Part of the Bayside Summer Concert Series.  Pie auction at the break.  Dance and auction benefits Village-Building Convergence.  Contact heymama@heymamamusic.com
• Keith Whittall and Gail Klinck at the Singing Goat Café in Sherbrooke, Quebec.  Contact Jackie 919-820-1118.
• Le Vent du Nord at 8:30pm at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.
• Strength in Numbers at 9pm at the Black Door in Montpelier.  Contact 802-223-7070 or www.blackdoorvt.com/shows

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.

7/16/10

• (7/16/10 through 7/18/10) Solarfest featruring Barefoot Truth, Capital Zen, Caravan of Thieves, Entrain, Impluse Ensemble, Guy Mendilow Band, Sara Milonovich and Daisycutter, Perpetual e-Motion, Prydein, Rumblebucket, Kelly Ravin, Stereofidelics, Bow Thayer, Rick Davis, Slim Harrison, Swing Peepers, the Bogstompers and others in Tinmouth.  Contact www.solarfest.org
• The Swing Peepers at 12 noon at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.
• Jimmy Cliff and the Sierra Leone All Stars with Trevor Hall at 4pm at Suicide Six Ski Resort in South Pomfret.  Part of the Summer @ Six Concert Series.  Presented by Pentangle Arts Council.  Contact 802-457-3981 or www.pentanglearts.org
• Brooks Williams at 7pm at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.
• Dinner and Dance featuring Lowell Thompson and Crown Pilot at the Old Lantern in Charlotte.  Contact agwarevt@gmavt.net
• Mac Arnold and Plate Full O’ Blues at 8:30pm at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.

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

7/17/10

• Ingalls Sing from 10am to 5pm in the vestry hall of the First Congregational Church in Newbury.  Contact kclynx@gmavt.net
• Good Old Wagon at 10am at the St. Johnsbury Farmer’s Market.  Contact www.upstreetproductions.com
• Street Dance with the Vermont Jazz Ensemble at 7pm at Festival on the Green in Middlebury.  Contact www.festivalonthegreen.org or 802-462-3555.
• Fiddleheads at 7pm at Grand Isle State Park.  Contact www.vtstateparks.com or www.youngtraditionvermont.org/fiddleheads
• Blues Cruise featuring Tammy Fletcher and her band from 7pm to 9:30pm on Lake Champlain starting at the Lake Champlain Ferry/King Street Dock in Burlington.  Presented by Kingdom County Productions and Northeastern Family Institute of Vermont (NFI).  Benefits the documentary film ‘Ask Us Who We Are’.  Contact www.kingdomcounty.com or 802-592-3190.
• Paul Asbell at 7:30pm at the Living Room in Colchester.  Contact http://livingroomvt.webs.com/contactus.htm
• First Decade Celebration and Benefit featuring Tracy Wolters, Allen Church, Laslo Cameo with Randy Bulpin and Leslie Campos, and Howie Cantor at 7:30pm Music Box in Craftsbury.  Contact 802-586-7533 or www.themusicboxvt.org
• David Surette and Susie Burke House Concert at 8pm in Post Mills.  Guitar Workshop with David and Vocal Workshop with Susie from 2pm to 4pm.  Contact 802-727-4311, mail@vermontinstruments.com or www.vermontinstruments.com
• Kufui at 9:30pm at the Black Door in Montpelier.  Contact 802-223-7070 or www.blackdoorvt.com/shows
• Austin City Limits featuring Aimee Mann at 10pm on Vermont Public Television.  Contact www.vpt.org
• Live from the Artist’s Den featuring Iron & Wine at 11pm 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.  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

7/18/10

• (7/18/10 through 7/24/10) Mountain Arts Gathering Music Camp with Susan Grimm, Cindy Kallet, John Kirk, Grey Larsen, Rachel Maloney, Trish Miller, Lissa Schneckenburger, Pete Sutherland, Chris Turner and Bethany Waickman at Paul Smith’s College in Paul Smiths, New York.  Contact 518-578-8409, www.mountainartsgathering.com or mountainarts@mountainartsgathering.com
• (7/18/10 through 7/23/10) Invermark College of Piping and Drumming with Donald F. Lindsay, Jack Lee, Maureen Connor, Andrew Douglas, Iain MacHarg, Paula Glendinning, Lezlie Webster, J. Reid Maxwell, Eric MacNeill and Christina Hanks in West Dover.  Contact www.invermark.org/the_vermont_school.html

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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