FESTIVALS AND SHOWS
June is National Dairy Month! The Vermont Dairy Festival returns to downtown Enosburg Falls with more entertainment and magical family activities than ever before. The Discover Jazz Festival continues today in the Flynn, Church Street Marketplace, Dog Skate Park, the Flynn, Leddy Arena, Waterfront Park, and many venues around town. The ninth Celebration of Life Festival fills Martell’s Red Fox with Seth Yacavone, About 8, Dale & Darcy, Jess O’Brien, and more. Read more…
ART ON THE WALLS
Visions of Vermont hosts the Northern Vermont Artists Association’s 95th June Juried Show with an opening reception at the Sugar House Gallery. The Artist In Residence Gallery features Natalie LaRocque, Marissa Mason, Martha Ohlinger, and Deborah Travis with a live reception. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park opens for the 2026 season. The Haston Library hosts an exhibit of fine art photographs by the Crossroads Photography Club. Bryan Gallery celebrates the first solo exhibition of new work by David Utiger, with an Opening Reception. Read more…
ART YOU CREATE
The Swanton Arts Council hosts Cardmaking with Barb in the Maker Space of the Swanton Free Public Library. River Arts has the Creative Circle Cafe. Snow Farm Vineyard hosts a Paint & Sip for Spring Birches with Elizabeth Cleary. Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library. Sip, Stitch, & Share meets at the Enosburgh Library. The Milton Artists’ Guild hosts Yarn & Yak with Kelli Shepherd. Read more…
DANCE
Beginner Line Dancing with Michelle Nordberg and Between the Lines Line Dancing continue. Read more…
GATHERINGS
Sarah Barnes leads Sketchbook Club at the Fairfax Community Library. Muffin Monday continues in Highgate. The Georgia Public Library Crafting Club meets. Read more…
HUMANITIES
The Downtown and Historic Preservation Conference and the second statewide Creative Sector Convening will both be held in St. Albans City Hall. Read more…
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Paul Markowitz leads a Mobile Making Workshop at River Arts. ReMarketVT offers workshops in the “basement” creative space. 60 Main Arts hosts Community Drawing Night with a live model. At MAG, Social Sunday continues; Fiadhnait Moser begins Acrylic Landscapes on Wood and continues the Acrylic Creatures on Wood workshop. Read more…
IN THE SAC
Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Ali Boren. Read more…
ON STAGE LIVE
George Murtie (twice), the MVU Middle School Band and Middle School Strings, high school Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, Staircase 24, the Hitmen, Dan Parks, Almost Sturcrazie, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, Two for Flinching, Kwame Vibe’s Shorts and Sundress Party, Boxcar Breakdown, Chris & Erica, Nightrain, Barbie-N-Bones, the Maple Grove Band, the Duncan MacLeod Band, Jeff and Gina, Will Austin, Cooper, Canyonyero, the Dimmer Twins, Lesley Grant Band, Hammerlane, Chris Lyon and Tristan Sellars, Wes Pearce, the Shady Trees, Django Soulo, Tallgrass Getdown, Seth Yacavone, Michele Choiniere with David Gusakov, Will Patton, and Dono Schabner, the Aphasia Choir of Vermont, BFA Bands 1 and 2, the Jazz Band, and the String Ensemble, the Butterfields, Doug’s Open Mic Night, Bad Luck Bliss, Peter Wayne Burton, MOMDAD, the Returnables, Milton Busker and Nobby Reed all perform live at a venue near you.Read more…
FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF
The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club discusses Morrigan’s Cross by Nora Roberts. The Tuesday Night Book Group meets for Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce. Becky Rupp and Abbey Gaudette reveal that The Brave Little Toaster is quite rare in Books and Beyond at the Swanton Free Public Library.Read more…
PASSAGES
Artist and teacher Al Salzman died in May at the age of 92.Read more…
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