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 a little over 4,000 recipients.

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YOUNG TRADITION WEEKEND

‘Festival jeunesse des arts traditionnels’

The Young Tradition Weekend featuring young singers, players and dancers performing in folk and traditional styles will be presented the weekend of Friday May 13^th through Saturday May 14^th in Burlington.  Public events include…..

Friday family dance 6:30pm+ at Edmunds School

• Mary Wesley with the Irregulars

Friday contra dance 8pm+ at Edmunds School

• Eliza Arsenault and Hannah Goodwin with David Boulanger and Paul Marchand

Saturday showcase contest 11am to 3pm at Battery Park (new location!)

• McFadden Academy of Irish Dance, Tom Conlogue with Ross Rossano, Heather Morris Celtic Dancers, Sap Run Fiddlers with Ross Rossano, Mairead Holt, the Magical Upbeat, Te-Am Murphy Whiteley, Toben Traver and Marty Frye, Triskele, Jaden Gladstone, the Irregulars, Alya MacManaway, Jan Monteagudo-Meese, Annalise Shelmandine, Benyamin and the Nogoodniks, Ceol Millis, Roland Clark, Sam Bronner and Sam Guihan, Jeh Kulu Junior

Saturday awards reception 4pm+ at Union Station

• performances and comments by contest winners, Bosnian Lilies, Mediha Jusufagic, Rehana Pothiawala, Greg Sharrow, Pete Sutherland, Windborne Trio, Young Tradition Vermont board members and others

Contact mrksustc@together.net or www.youngtraditionvermont.org

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JUST ADDED/UPDATED

new, recently received, or recently updated announcements….. see dates in the body of the calendar for more details and previously added events….. most likely a live concert/performance for a mostly adult-aged audience unless otherwise described/noted.

• 5/5 Cinco de Mayo Open Mic with Jeff Shelley and Dave Riley
• 5/5 Sacred Harp Sing
• 5/12 Poor Howard Stith
• 5/12 John Gorka
• 5/13 The Winterlings
• 5/14 Tony Demarco (workshop and house concert)
• 5/14 Ellis Paul with Seth Glier
• 5/15 Chris Kasper and the Beamish Boys
• 5/19 Elizabeth LaPrelle
• 5/20 Split Tongue Cow
• 5/21 Fiddleheads, Matt Witten and others
• 5/21 Carol Jones and Cindy Barrows with Will Patton, Colin McCaffrey, Jon Sochin and Dono Schaber
• 5/21 Jeni and Billy
• 5/23 auditions for Christmas Revels cast
• 5/24 auditions for Christmas Revels cast
• 5/26 Rodney Brown
• 5/29 The Redeemers, Brett Hughes and Mark Ransom, Kairos and Sister Lucy Kerela
• 6/11 Sacred Harp Sing
• 7/15 French Heritage Days (through 7/16)
• 8/1 Vermont Scottish Music School (music camp, 8/1 through 8/5)
• 10/5 Crooked Still
• 10/13 Andrew Bird with Dosh
• 10/14 Andrew Bird with Dosh
• 2/16 Dirk Powell and Riley Baugus

5/9/11

• Shalva Chemo at 7pm at the Green Mountain Monastery in Greensboro.   Contact 802-533-7056.

Mondays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• Adaptive Folk Dance with Ben and Steph from 1pm to 2pm at North End Studio in Burlington.  Mondays.  Contact Ben Bergstein 802-233-3144.
• ‘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
• Slow Jam led by Geordie Lynd from 6:30pm to 7:30pm at the Upper Valley Music Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.  Mondays.  Contact 603-448-1642.
• Stepdancing intermediate with Marie-Soleil Pilette from 6:50pm to 7:50pm at Marie Soleil-Pette’s Studio in Farnum, Quebec.  Starts in September 2010.  Contact 450-293-6730, info@sanstempsdanse.com or www.sanstempsdanse.com
• 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

5/10/11

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
• Irish Session at 6pm at the Salt Hill Pub in Lebanon, New Hampshire.  Every Tuesday.  Contact www.salthillpub.com
• Shape Note Sing from 6:30pm to 8:30pm in Ira Allen Chapel at the University of Vermont in Burlington.  Preceeded by pitching/leading/sight-reading lessons with Mason Gohl at 6pm.  Hosted by the UVM Old Time Music Club.  Tuesdays.  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
• Stepdancing beginner with Marie-Soleil Pilette from 6:50pm to 7:50pm at Marie Soleil-Pette’s Studio in Farnum, Quebec.  Starts in September 2010.  Contact 450-293-6730, info@sanstempsdanse.com or www.sanstempsdanse.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
• Stepdancing elementary with Marie-Soleil Pilette from 8pm to 9pm at Marie Soleil-Pette’s Studio in Farnum, Quebec.  Starts in September 2010.  Contact 450-293-6730, info@sanstempsdanse.com or www.sanstempsdanse.com
• Quebecoise session at Vices et Versa with rotating hosts in Montreal, Quebec.  Contact 514-272-2498.
• Songwriter’s Notebook with Rik Palieri at 10pm on Lake Champlain Access Television’s Channel 15.  Tuesdays. Contact www.banjo.net

5/11/11

• ‘The Old Country Fiddler: Charles Ross Taggart, Vermont’s Travelling Entertainer’ featuring Adam Boyce at 7pm at the Warner Lodge Building in Jeffersonville.  Contact 802-484-7719 or adamrboyce@juno.com
• Sacred Harp Open Sing from 7pm to 10pm in the Dean Carriage Barn at Bennington College.  Wednesdays from 4/5 through 5/11 (no class 4/13).  Contact Joanne Fuller nana_jo55@hotmail.com
• David Crosby and Graham Nash at 7:30pm the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington.  Benefits the Tom Sustic Fund.  Contact 86-FLYNN or www.flynncenter.org

Wednesdays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• Music Seeds: Music for the very young with Carolyn Wood from 9:30am to 10am at North End Studio in Burlington.  Wednesdays.  Contact Musicseeds@aol.com
• 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.
• Stepdancing elementary with Marie-Soleil Pilette from 6:30pm to 7:30pm at Espace Osupa in Montreal.  Starts in September 2010.  Contact 450-293-6730, info@sanstempsdanse.com or www.sanstempsdanse.com
• 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
• Open Mic Live! at 7pm at Lake Champlain Access Television in Colchester.  Host by Rebecca Padula.  Usually last Wednesdays.  Contact rebecca@lcatv.org
• Stepdancing intermediate with Marie-Soleil Pilette from 7:30pm to 9pm at Espace Osupa in Montreal.  Starts in September 2010.  Contact 450-293-6730, info@sanstempsdanse.com or www.sanstempsdanse.com
• Irish Session at 9pm at the Radio Bean in Burlington.  Contact 660-9346 or www.radiobean.com
• Blues Jam hosted by Dennis Willmott at 9pm at 51 Main in Middlebury.  Wednesdays.  Contact eaalexander@middlebury.edu
• Francophondamental with Lucy Couture from 10pm to 12 midnight on WRUV 90.1 FM.  Contact http://www.wruv.org

5/12/11

• (5/12 through 5/15) 19^th Annual Festival La Grande Rencontre featuring Le Trio Fidil, le Trio Mike O’Brian, Emer Mayock, Liz Doherty, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Donna Hebert, Max Cohen, John Whelan, Paddy Keenan, La Famille Beaton, Dardanelles, Tony McManus, Patrick Ourceau, Genticorum, Rapetipetam, Raz de Maree, Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer, Hassan El Hadi, Juan Sebastian, Larobina, l’Ensemble and Dave Gossage in Montreal.  Contact http://granderencontre.com
• John Gorka at the Tunbridge Town Hall.  Presented by MountainFolk.   Contact www.mtnfolk.org or 802-431-3433.
• Iris Dement at the Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield, Maine.  Contact www.stonemountainartscenter.com
• Doc Marshall with the String Fingers Band at Higher Ground in South Burlington.  Presented by Valley Stage.  Contact www.highergroundmusic.com or www.valleystage.net
• Poor Howard at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington.   Contact www.skinnypancake.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 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
• Kids Beginner Djembe Drumming class with Jeh Kulu’s West African Teachers.  Thursdays from 5pm to 6pm.  Adult class from 6pm to 7pm.  Starts 9/30/10.  Contact Louise Rickard 802-453-5664 or lrickard8@gmail.com
• Irish Session at the On The Rise bakery in Richmond.  Fourth Thursdays.  Contact 802-434-7787 or http://ontherisebakery.net
• 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.
• Slow Jam at 7pm at McNeil’s Brewery in Brattleboro.  Contact Louisa Pugh lpugh@marlboro.edu
• Shape Note Sing from 7pm to 9pm at 1 Liberty Street in Montpelier.  Every Thursday.  Contact uvm.shape.note@gmail.com
• Stepdancing beginner with Marie-Soleil Pilette from 8pm to 9pm at Espace Osupa in Montreal.  Starts in September 2010.  Contact 450-293-6730, info@sanstempsdanse.com or www.sanstempsdanse.com
• 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.

5/13/11

• (5/12 through 5/15) 19^th Annual Festival La Grande Rencontre featuring Le Trio Fidil, le Trio Mike O’Brian, Emer Mayock, Liz Doherty, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Donna Hebert, Max Cohen, John Whelan, Paddy Keenan, La Famille Beaton, Dardanelles, Tony McManus, Patrick Ourceau, Genticorum, Rapetipetam, Raz de Maree, Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer, Hassan El Hadi, Juan Sebastian, Larobina, l’Ensemble and Dave Gossage in Montreal.  Contact http://granderencontre.com
• Contra Dance and Dinner with Delia Clark (caller) and Old Sam Peabody at the Little Theater in Woodstock.  5:30pm to 7:30pm vegetarian dinner.  6pm+ family dance.  7:30pm+ potluck dessert.  8pm to 10:30pm contra dance.  (usually) 3^rd Fridays through May 2011.  Contact Steve Hoffman hoffmanathome@gmail.com
• Toss the Feathers (Bill Drislane, Rick Ceballos and Matt Witten) from 5:30pm to 8:30pm in the Sunset Ballroom (top of the Comfort Suites on Shelburne Road) in South Burlington.  Includes food from local restaurants.  Benefit for HomeShare Vermont.  Contact 802-863-5625 or kirby@burlingtontelecom.net
• Young Tradition Weekend Family Dance with Mary Wesley (caller) and the Irregulars from 6:30pm to 7:30pm at Edmunds School in Burlington.  Presented by Young Tradition Vermont and Queen City Contras.  Contact www.queencitycontras.org, mrksustc@together.net or www.youngtraditionvermont.org
• North Sea Gas at 7:30pm at the Unitarian Church in Montpelier.  Benefits the Vermont Fiddle Orchestra.  Contact 877-FIDDLE-1.
• English Country Dance with Wendy Gilchrist, Bruce Kokernot and Sharon Schenkel (callers) from 7:30pm to 9:30pm at the North Country Squares Building at the Clinton County Fairgrounds in Plattsburgh, New York.  Beginner/review session at 7pm.  Part of the Winter/Spring 2011 Series.  Presented by the Adirondack English Country Dancers.  Bring soft soled, low heel indoor shoes to change into.  Contact Wendy 518-563-1834 (Wendy) or Sharon lylfaceem@aol.com
• Finest Kind at 7:30pm at the Music Recital Hall at the University of Vermont in Burlington.  Presented by the UVM Lane Series.  Contact www.lane.edu/laneseries
• John Gorka at 7:30pm at the Vergennes Opera House.  Contact 802-877-6737 or www.vergennesoperahouse.org
• Contra Dance with Harold Luce and others at the Town Hall in Tunbridge.  Contact 802-436-2444 or clydo46@gmail.com
• Young Tradition Weekend Contra Dance with Eliza Arsenault and Hannah Goodwin (callers) and David Boulanger and Paul Marchand at 8pm at Edmunds School in Burlington.  Presented by Young Tradition Vermont and Queen City Contras.  Contact www.queencitycontras.org, mrksustc@together.net or www.youngtraditionvermont.org
• The Winterlings at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington.   Contact www.skinnypancake.com
• Melwood Cutlery and Jenny and Dan Whitely at 8pm at the Yellow Door in Montreal.   Presented by Hello Darlin’.  Contact www.hellodarlinproductions.com or call 514-524-9225.

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 Michael.Verla@uvm.edu
• Contra Dance with Delia Clark (caller) and Old Sam Peabody at the Little Theater in Woodstock.  Vegetarian dinner from 5:30pm to 7:30pm followed by family dance at 6pm, potluck desert at 7:30pm and contra dance from 8pm to 10:30pm.  Third Fridays.  Contact Steve 802-785-4039 or hoffmanathome@gmail.com
• Trad Session from 6pm to 9pm at the Parker Pie in West Glover.  Second Fridays.  Contact Peter Letzelter-Smith pletzs@myfairpoint.net
• ‘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.   2^nd and 4^th Fridays.  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 TBA 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

5/14/11

• (5/12 through 5/15) 19^th Annual Festival La Grande Rencontre featuring Le Trio Fidil, le Trio Mike O’Brian, Emer Mayock, Liz Doherty, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Donna Hebert, Max Cohen, John Whelan, Paddy Keenan, La Famille Beaton, Dardanelles, Tony McManus, Patrick Ourceau, Genticorum, Rapetipetam, Raz de Maree, Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer, Hassan El Hadi, Juan Sebastian, Larobina, l’Ensemble and Dave Gossage in Montreal.  Contact http://granderencontre.com
• South American Guitar Workshop with the Alturas Duoat (Scott Hill and Carlos Boltes) at 10:30am at the Summit School/Monteverdi Music School in Montpelier.  Contact www.summit-school.org
• Young Tradition Weekend Showcase Contest with Benyamin and the Nogoodniks (Ben Aleshire and Benny Strosberg and others), Ceol Millis, Roland Clark and Sam Bronner, Tom Conlogue, Jaden Gladstone, Mairead Holt, the Irregulars, Jeh Kulu Junior, Alya MacManaway, McFadden Academy of Irish Dance, Jan Monteagudo-Meese, Heather Morris Celtic Dancers, Sap Run Fiddlers, Annalise Shelmandine, Te-Am Murphy Whiteley, Toben Traver and Marty Frye, Triskele and others from 11am to 3pm at Waterfront Park in Burlington.  Presented by Young Tradition Vermont and Burlington Parks and Recreation.  Part of Kids Day.  Contact mrksustc@together.net or www.youngtraditionvermont.org
• Fox, Hock and Jones from 1pm to 3pm at the Red Hen Baking Company in Middlesex.  Contact www.redhenbaking.com or 802-223-5200 x16.
• Young Tradition Weekend Awards Reception with the Windborne Trio, the Bosnian Lilies, Rheana Pothiawala, Pete Sutherland, Greg Sharrow and others from 4pm to no later than 6pm at Union Station in Burlington.  Presented by Young Tradition Vermont and Burlington Parks and Recreation.  Contact mrksustc@together.net or www.youngtraditionvermont.org
• Tony Demarco fiddle workshop from 4pm to 5:30pm at the home of Clint and Beth Telford in Braintree.  Contact 802-728-6351.
• Tony Demarco house concert at 7pm at the home of Clint and Beth Telford in Braintree.  Contact 802-728-6351.
• Ellis Paul with Seth Glier at 7:30pm at Next Stage in Putney.  Presented by Twilight Music.  Contact 802-254-9276.
• Contra Dance with David Millstone (caller) and other guest callers and Northern Spy at 8pm at Tracy Hall in Norwich.  Second Saturdays from September 2010 through June 2011.  Contact Rick Barrows at 802-785-4607 or rbarrows@cs.dartmouth.edu
• Ben Sollee at Higher Ground in South Burlington.  Contact www.highergroundmusic.com
• The Alturas Duoat (Scott Hill and Carlos Boltes) and the Bella Voce Women’s Chorus of Vermont at 8pm at the First Baptist Church in Burlington.  Contact www.bellavocevt.org
• Chris Kasper and the Beamish Boys 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
• Contra Dance from 8pm to 11pm at Churchill Rec Centre in Westboro near Ottawa, Ontario.  Beginner session at 7:30pm.  1^st and 3^rd Saturdays September to June.  Contact www.ottawacontra.ca/view/?schedule or www.ottawacontra.ca
• 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

5/15/11

• (5/12 through 5/15) 19^th Annual Festival La Grande Rencontre featuring Le Trio Fidil, le Trio Mike O’Brian, Emer Mayock, Liz Doherty, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Donna Hebert, Max Cohen, John Whelan, Paddy Keenan, La Famille Beaton, Dardanelles, Tony McManus, Patrick Ourceau, Genticorum, Rapetipetam, Raz de Maree, Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer, Hassan El Hadi, Juan Sebastian, Larobina, l’Ensemble and Dave Gossage in Montreal.  Contact http://granderencontre.com
• Lilac Sunday with Fiddleheads and others at Shelburne Museum.
• International Folk Dancing from 3pm to 6pm at Tracy Hall in Norwich.  Bring clean, soft-soled shoes.  Contact John or Julianne 802-436-2151 or barthoj@vermontel.net
• The Alturas Duoat (Scott Hill and Carlos Boltes) and the Bella Voce Women’s Chorus of Vermont at 3pm at the South Hero Congregational Church.  Contact www.bellavocevt.org
• Bruce Molsky at 7pm at the Sandglass Theater in Putney.  Contact 802-257-7391 and http://cattailmusic.com
• Fish & Bird at 8pm at Petit Campus in Montreal.   Part of the 2010/2011 Wintergreen Concert Series.  Presented by Hello Darlin’.  Contact www.hellodarlinproductions.com or call 514-524-9225.
• Beamish Boys at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington.   Contact www.skinnypancake.com

Sundays (every week except where noted otherwise)…..

• Crossroads with Todd Tyson 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
• 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
• Irish Brunch Session hosted by Allen and Jamie from 11am to 2pm at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville,  Last Sundays.  Contact 802-888-5984.
• Shape Note Sing in the Parlour Room from 3pm to 5:30pm at Centre Congregational Church in Brattleboro.  3^rd Sundays.  Contact Matt Wojcik 802-246-1008 or mwojcik@earthlink.net or Laura Timmerman 413-773-8325 or laurat@crocker.com or Peter Amidon 802-257-1006 or peter@amidonmusic.com
• Sacred Harp Sing from 1pm to 3pm at Carol’s Hungry Mind Café in Middlebury.  Second Sundays.  Contact Deb Moody 388-5410 or moody.debby@gmail.com
• Scottish and Irish Session from 3pm to 5pm at Carol’s Hungry Mind Café in Middlebury.  Second Sundays.  Contact Tim Cummings 802-453-4721 or tim@beithepublishing.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
• Traditional Irish Sessions from 3pm to 6pm at the Irish Embassy in Montreal.  Contact 514-875-8777.
• Old Timey Session with Katie Trautz, Kathleen Moore and Tom MacKenzie from 4pm to 6pm at the Skinny Pancake in Montpelier.
• Irish Session from 5pm to 8pm at Ri Ra in Burlington.  Sundays.  Contact www.rira.com/rira/burlington.html#/live
• Stanbridge House Coffee House at 6pm in Stanbridge East, Quebec.  4^th Sundays.
• Irish Session from 6pm to 8pm at the Shoreham Inn in Shoreham.  Every other Sunday starting 10/3/10.  Contact Paul Marangelo pmarangelo@shoreham.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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