Upcoming Events (8/23-8/29/2010)

August 23rd, 2010 |

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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Chandler’s 18^th annual New World Festival

Sunday September 5, 2010

noon to midnight.

Main Street in Randolph Vermont

For 18 years celebrating Northern New England’s Celtic and French Canadian heritage with traditional music and dance. Featured performers include Norouet, John Whelan Band, Cantrip, Prydein, the Press Gang, Paddy Keenan, Les Poules à Colin, Nightingale, Rapetipetam, Dent-de-Lion, callers Adina Gordon and Nils Fredland, the No Strings Marionette Company and many more! Six performance stages, all-weather tents, children’s activities, food and crafts.

www.NewWorldFestival.com

Adults $30 in advance, $35 at the gate

Students 13-18 $10, Children 2-12 $5

Adults after 6 PM $20

Advance discounted adult tickets available online through August 31. www.chandler-arts.org

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JUST ADDED

new or updated announcements….. see dates for more details….. event is a live concert/performance unless noted

8/23 Andrea Beaton and Mac Morin (music camp) (through 8/26)
8/25 Art Edelstein
8/26 Robin Reid
8/26 Audrey Ault
8/26 Mary Wesley and Streak O Lean (Jim Burns, Brianna Farver, Andrew Hathaway, Julia Wayne and Mark Sustic) (dance)
8/27 Songwriter’s Showcase
8/28 Vermont Ukulele Association
8/28 River Festival 2010 (festival)
8/28 Jennifer Steckler and Streak O Lean (Jim Burns, Brianna Farver, Andrew Hathaway, Julia Wayne and Mark Sustic) (dance)
8/28 David Surette and Susie Burke
8/29 Natalie MacMaster
9/4 Devon Sproule
9/5 Sam Amidon, Red Heart the Ticker and the Devil Makes Three
9/10 Pete Sutherland and Lissa Schneckenburger with Bethany Waickman
9/10 Andy Cohen with Good Old Wagon (Andy Pitt and Mark Greenberg)
9/11 Guitar Workshop with Andy Cohen
9/11 Northeast Fiddlers Association Fiddlers
9/12 Mary Wesley, Eric Buddington, Amy Cann and friends (dance)
9/15 Brattleboro Women’s Chorus (rehearsal)
9/16 Longford Row
9/17 1^st Annual Bounty of the County (contest)
9/20 Intro to Quebecois Music with Susan Reid (class)
9/21 Improvisation with Jeremiah McLane (class)
9/21 Irish Session Repertoire: The Great Composers with Hilari Farrington and Benedict Koehler (class)
9/21 Square Dancing and Calling with Jennifer Steckler (class)
9/21 Intermediate Clawhammer Banjo with Ted Ingham (class)
9/21 Intermediate Old Time Fiddle with Katie Trautz (class)
9/21 Intro to Old-time and Bluegrass Guitar with Mark Greenberg (class)
9/21 Educate your Thumb Fingerpicking Guitar with Mark Greenberg (class)
9/22 American Harmony Singing with Katie Trautz (class)
9/22 Songwriting with Colin McCaffrey (class)
9/22 Klezmer Music with David Symons (class)
9/22 Folk Guitar Styles for Beginners with Mark Greenberg (class)
9/23 Quebecois and French Dance Tunes with Jeremiah McLane (class)
9/23 ‘Play Is the Thing: The Serious Work of Play’: New England Consortium of Artist-Educator Professionals (conference)
9/23 West African Drumming with Jordan Mensah (class)
9/26 Crowfoot (Jaige Trudel, Nicholas Williams and Adam Broome) (dance)
9/28 Luka Bloom
9/30 Longford Row
10/7 Longford Row
10/7 Jackie Greene
10/21 Longford Row
10/27 Yonder Mountain String Band
10/28 Yonder Mountain String Band
10/29 Susannah Blachley
11/4 Longford Row
11/18 Longford Row
12/2 Longford Row
12/16 Longford Row
12/23 Longford Row
6/25 5^th Annual Carolan Festival

8/23/10

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

8/24/10

Open Mic at 6pm in Johnson. Part of Tuesday Night Live. Contact cal_05656@yahoo.com
Richard Thompson at 7pm at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Part of the After Dark Music Series. Contact www.afterdarkmusicseries.com
Rachael Rice at 7:30pm at Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact 802-888-7889, www.thebeesknees-vt.com or www.myspace.com/thebeeskneescafe

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

8/25/10

Starline Rhythm Boys from 6pm to 9pm at Bayside Pavilion in St. Albans Bay. Every Wednesday from 6/30/10 through 9/1/10. Contact 802-524-0909.
Art Edelstein at 6pm at the Aldrich Public Library in Barre. Contact www.arthuredelstein.com
English Country Dance with Val Medve and Martha Kent (teacher) from 7pm to 9pm at the Richmond Free Library in Richmond. Part of Wednesdays in August series. Contact Val 802-899-2378, valandtom@myfairpoint.net or www.burlingtoncountrydancers.org
Emerging through Creativity: Archetypal Dreamwork with Bob Murray, Jeremiah McLane, Karla Van Vliet, Jim Goss, Jane Mackenzie, and Peter Fischer at 7:30pm at the Strafford Unitarian Universalist Church in South Strafford. Part of the 2010 Summer Concert Series. Contact Bob Murray 802-479-4147 or bmurray@dishmail.net
Taryn Noelle at 7:30pm at Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact 802-888-7889, www.thebeesknees-vt.com or www.myspace.com/thebeeskneescafe
Longford Row from 8pm to 11pm 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. Contact http://www.wruv.org or couturelucy@gmail.com

8/26/10

Robin Reid from 4:30pm to 6:30pm at the Hinesburg Farmer’s Market. Contact agwarevt@gmavt.net
Woods Tea Company at 6:30pm at Maple Tree Band Shell in Williston. Contact www.woodstea.net
Contra Dance with Will Mentor (caller) and Pete Sutherland and Friends from 7pm to 10pm at Pierce Hall in Rochester. 4^th Saturdays in the summer. Contact 617-721-6743.
Farmer Appreciation Night Dance with Mary Wesley (caller) and Streak O Lean (Jim Burns, Brianna Farver, Andrew Hathaway, Julia Wayne and Mark Sustic) at 7pm in the Barn at the Invervale in Burlington.
Chris Dorman at 7:30pm at Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact 802-888-7889, www.thebeesknees-vt.com or www.myspace.com/thebeeskneescafe
Audrey Auld house concert at 7:30pm at the home of Susie Hurd and Timothy Grannis in South Burlington. Contact Janice 802-355-6281.

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.

8/27/10

(8/27/10 through 8/29/10) 2^nd Vermont Blues Festival featuring Harrison Kennedy and Julian Fautn, James Armstrong, Alexis P. Suter, Andrew Jr. Boy Jomes, Ryan Shaw, Ruthie Foster, Trombone Shorty, Johnny Winter, Big James Montgomery, Teeny Tucker, Joe Louis Walker, Marcia Ball and Kenny Neal at Mount Snow in West Dover. Contact www.mountsnow.com
(8/27/10 through 8/28/10) 14^th Annual Used Musical Instrument Sale at the Bethany Church in Montpelier. Friday drop off between 4pm and 7pm. Sale hours Saturday from 9am to 2pm. Produced by Central Vermont Share the Music, Inc. (CVSM). Contact www.SharetheMusicVT.org, CVSM@comcast.net, Kevin at GuitarSam 802-229-0295, or Jeff at Vermont Musical Instrument Repair 802-229-4416.
Songwriters Showcase at 7pm at the Heineberg Center in Burlington. Contact agwarevt@gmavt.net
Slick Martha’s Hot Club at 7:30pm at Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact 802-888-7889, www.thebeesknees-vt.com or www.myspace.com/thebeeskneescafe
Dave Surette and Susie Burke house concert at 7:30pm in Montpelier. Contact Susan at 802-229-1403 or hendrixfiddle@gmail.com
Tom Akstens and Neil Rossi at Grace Church in Sheldon. Part of Summer Music at Grace. Contact www.gracechurchsheldon.org
Housetop at 8pm at Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery in Brattleboro. Presented by Twilight Music. Contact 802-254-9276.
Tao Seeger at Higher Ground in South Burlington. Contact www.highergroundmusic.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

8/28/10

(8/27/10 through 8/29/10) 2^nd Vermont Blues Festival featuring Harrison Kennedy and Julian Fautn, James Armstrong, Alexis P. Suter, Andrew Jr. Boy Jomes, Ryan Shaw, Ruthie Foster, Trombone Shorty, Johnny Winter, Big James Montgomery, Teeny Tucker, Joe Louis Walker, Marcia Ball and Kenny Neal at Mount Snow in West Dover. Contact www.mountsnow.com
Quechee Scottish Festival from 8am to 4:30pm in Quechee. Contact www.quecheescottishfestival.com
Vermont Ukulele Association from 11am to 11:45am in City Park in Vergennes. Contact 802-388-7951×1 or www.vergennesday.com
River Festival 2010 featuring the Missisquoi River Band, Canyonero, Sweet Jayne and others from 4pm to 11pm in the recreation field on Route 118 in Montgomery Center. Benefits the Missisquoi River Basin Association. Contact 802-933-9009
Market Day Square Dance with Jennifer Steckler (caller) and Streak O Lean (Jim Burns, Brianna Farver, Andrew Hathaway, Julia Wayne and Mark Sustic) at 7pm in the Old Town Hall in Brookfield.
David Surette and Susie Burke at 7pm at the Grand Isle House in Grand Isle. Part of the Grand Isle House Concert 2010/2011 season. Contact grandislehouseconcerts@gmail.com or 802-373-1698.
Open Mic hosted by Jay at 7:30pm at Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact 802-888-7889, www.thebeesknees-vt.com or www.myspace.com/thebeeskneescafe

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

8/29/10

(8/27/10 through 8/29/10) 2^nd Vermont Blues Festival featuring Harrison Kennedy and Julian Fautn, James Armstrong, Alexis P. Suter, Andrew Jr. Boy Jomes, Ryan Shaw, Ruthie Foster, Trombone Shorty, Johnny Winter, Big James Montgomery, Teeny Tucker, Joe Louis Walker, Marcia Ball and Kenny Neal at Mount Snow in West Dover. Contact www.mountsnow.com
(8/27/10 through 8/28/10) 14^th Annual Used Musical Instrument Sale at the Bethany Church in Montpelier. Friday drop off between 4pm and 7pm. Sale hours Saturday from 9am to 2pm. Produced by Central Vermont Share the Music, Inc. (CVSM). Contact www.SharetheMusicVT.org, CVSM@comcast.net, Kevin at GuitarSam 802-229-0295, or Jeff at Vermont Musical Instrument Repair 802-229-4416.
Open Irish Session with Allen and Jamie from 3pm to 5pm at Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact 802-888-7889, www.thebeesknees-vt.com or www.myspace.com/thebeeskneescafe
Banjo Dan and the Mid Nite Plowboys at Barrows House in Dorset. Contact www.banjodan.com
Natalie MacMaster at 6:30pm in the Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow in Stowe. Presented by Stowe Performing Arts. Contact www.nataliemacmaster.com
Anthony Geraci at 7:30pm at Bee’s Knees in Morrisville. Contact 802-888-7889, www.thebeesknees-vt.com or www.myspace.com/thebeeskneescafe

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