BIG MUSIC WEEKS
The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue as Summer Sounds takes the weekend off for Franklin County Field Days this week and some of our friends play multiple gigs in 13 Towns. Read more…
A VERMONT TRADITION
Today through Sunday, Vermont’s finest country fair takes to the fields of Highgate as the 48th Franklin County Field Days brings a lineup of the best music, arts and crafts (and weeds, of course) that Franklin County has to offer. The musical lineup includes great music from Bad Horsey, Al Getler, the Old Man Garage Band, Aaron and Alaria, Friction, the Missisquoi River Band with Will Patton, Neon Spoon, Chris and Erica, and the Dale & Darcy Band with Will Patton. The four best days of summer begin today at noon. Read more…
ART ON THE WALLS
The Artist In Residence Gallery features Chris Bessette, Kristina Bolduc, Lindsay DiDio, and Anne Standish with a live reception at the gallery. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park hosts the monthly Walking Tour to explore the stories behind David Stromeyer’s sculptures. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Vermont Solitude by James Daly. The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association features the gourd art of Jeanne Morningstar Kent. Read more…
CALL FOR ARTISTS
The Second Annual People’s Art Show at Montgomery Center will celebrate all forms of creativity, diversity, and imagination. Read more…
DANCE
The Ballet School of Vermont gets en pointe with solar energy. Read more…
HUMANITIES
Vermont Humanities presents Ellen LN Bethea for Words in the Woods in Kill Kare State Park. Entrance to the park will be covered by Vermont Humanities. Richford High School alumnus Elle St. Pierre is competing on the USA track team. Read more…
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
The August Open Studio Figure Drawing at River Arts offers a full nude session with short, medium-length, and longer-form poses. St. Albans Community Arts has Creative Connections twice, Explore the Story Wilds, and the Open Studio Music Group. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center. The Montgomery Center for the Arts holds a Duct Tape Extravaganza with a real Duct Tape Artist. Island Arts has a five-day Jazz Combo Class with Tony Pietricola and a two-day Folded Book Christmas Angel Making Class with Lucie Faulkner. Read more…
IN THE ARTS CENTERS
The Swanton Arts Council will hold a Board Meeting and Updates. Viva! In the Garden is River Arts’ outdoor benefit with live entertainment, food, and an auction. Read more…
COVID NEWS
Vermont’s sewage shows that COVID-19 is increasing among state residents again. Read more…
ON STAGE LIVE
Cooie and Friends (thrice), Eric Bushey and Friends (thrice), Jerborn (twice) and Axel, Soulshine, the Shane Murley Duet, Blues for Breakfast, the Duo, Sarah Bell, Ryan Hanson, Corner Junction Bluegrass with Neil Brown, Allen Gratton, George Seymour, Willy Dallas, and Ernie Minetti, Sean Jarvis, Dee Davis & Mark Gwinn, Toast, Chris & Issy, Nic Farinaccio and Will Austin, Mark Shelton, the Nobby Reed Project, the Heavy Nettles, Wadenick with Al Lemery, the Dale & Darcy Band, Otter Creek, the Brothers Miller, the Stragglers, Forest Station, Beg Steal or Borrow, the Blue Rock Boys, A Capella Lollapalooza with Chordination Barbershop Quartet Vermont, Green Mountain Chorus, and Offshoots, the Enosburg Town Band, the Tyler Mast Band, Jeff &Gina, NightHawk, Rushmore, and the Citizens Concert Band all perform live in a venue near you. Read more…
FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF
Explore the Story Wilds, the SACA writing group, meets in the Saint Albans Community Arts Space. Read more…
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