Category Archives: Big Music Weeks

Artbits-August 3, 2017

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Dick

Summer Sounds takes the week off but the Big Music Weeks of Summer continue. Franklin County Field Days has great music and more. Will Patton three times, Mark Struhsacker, Nobby Reed, Eric George, the Timothy James Connection, Tim Brick, Carol Ann Jones, Glass Onion, Banjo Dan and Bob Amos, Justice, Chris & Erica, Say Darling dinner concert. Elvis and Johnny, Jorge Garcia Herranz, Full Walrus, Plastique Mammals, Brayden Baird, Still Kickin’, Lesley Grant, and the Lamoille Dance Academy all have gigs. Terry Buehner, Anne Standish, Meta Strick, and Richard B. Harper all have shows. Continue reading →

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Artbits-July 27, 2017

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Dick

The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue. Mango Jam plays Summer Sounds. The Opera House begins The King and I. The 25th annual Jig in the Valley takes flight. Will Patton and Mark Struhsacker, Arthur James, The Duel, The Buck Hollers, BBP, Nobby Reed, Dana and Susan Robinson, IncaHoots, and the John Lackard Blues Band have gigs. The Fraank Band/Starburst reunite. The Grind hosts Open Mic. Twiggs has Paint Nite. Continue reading →

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Artbits-July 20, 2017

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Dick

The Big Music Weeks of Summer see David Rosane and the Zookeepers in Summer Sounds. Carol Ann Jones shows the Power of Music. Will Patton and Mark Struhsacker, Jenni Johnson, IncaHoots, Sergio Torres, The Duo, Roy and the Wrecks, Justice, the Girls Rock Vermont Showcase, Shake, the Blue Rock Boys, Montana Russell-Greene with Jared Kenyon and Kai Jamil, the Brewster Bros. with Isaac French and the Take Five jazz ensemble perform. Northern Exposure and The Giggles & Jiggles take the stage. NVAA has a show, the Library has an auction and the Grind hosts a workshop. Sidewalk Chalk Day is here. There is a Family Movie Night. Continue reading →

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Artbits-July 13, 2017

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Dick

The Big Music Weeks of Summer begin. Summer Sounds has the Christopher Dean Band and The King and I. A MAGnificent Art Walk, an ice cream social, a Gallery Opening, and Paint Nite, and sidewalk chalk fill the county. Prof. Willard Sterne Randall tells Hamilton. 8084, Will Patton and Mark Struhsacker, Blue Fox, Carol Ann Jones and Will Patton, Graziano, Schofield, and Slim, the Nobby Reed Project, Justice, IncaHOOTS, Cricket Blue, Bethany Conner, the Citizens Concert Band, Shake, and Patrick Fitzsimmons perform. Writer Pat Esden reads. Continue reading →

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Artbits-September 1, 2016

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dick

The Big Music Weeks of Summer wrap up with Donna Thunder and the Storm, the Nobby Reed Project, Starline Rhythm Boys, Graziano, Scofield, and Slim, the Robin Gottfried Band, Smyth and Croteau, the Jeff Salisbury Band, Carol Ann Jones with Will Patton and Vermont’s Music Showcase at the Champlain Valley Fair. The Museum shows us Jeffrey Brace. The Artist In Residence features Jan Brosky, Melvin Harris, Elizabeth Martin, and Frank McDonough. The SAC needs art supplies. Most libraries will be closed on Labor Day but have programming the rest of the week. Continue reading →

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Artbits-August 25, 2016

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Dick

Summer Sounds is resting up for next year but there is still plenty of music playing as the Big Music Weeks of Summer continue. The Opera House needs stars. Carol Ann Jones, Nobby Reed twice, the Tony Whedon Trio, Chad Hollister, The Duo, Sean Casey, Almost Nowhere, Bruce and Mary, Coon Hill John Band, Donna Thunder and Friends, Rick Norcross, the Austin Piazzolla Quintet, PossumHaw, and A&M plus Northern Exposure, Brews for Rescues, and Vermont’s Music Showcase at the Champlain Valley Fair. Continue reading →

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