Category Archives: Festivals

Artbits-October 1, 2026

Posted on October 1, 2026 by Dick

Open Studio Weekend, Artist In Residence, Rebecca Nase Chomyn, Elizabeth Cleary, Lindsay DiDio, Milton Artists Guild, Meta Strick. David Stromeyer. Autumn Impressions. John Lettau. Artisan Market. Kayleigh Beaulieu, Hat Burning. Sip Dip Painting Party, Dolly Parton, Angelina Jegede. Watercolor Workshop, Mandi. Cardmaking with Barb. Pumpkin Labyrinth. Coffee Crafts. Sip Stitch Share. People’s Art Show. Perfectly Squared. Rail City Rascals, a capella. Opera House Youth Talent Show. Kintoberfest, Inseldudler, Forest Station. Rail City Fan Fest, Ryan Drummond, Scott Dreier. Tim Fitzgerald. Steal This Story, Please!. Muffin Monday. Spark. Jean McDermott, Medicare Scams, What You Need to Know. Stephen King, Misery, Annie Wilkes, Paul Sheldon, Kevin Diette, Dave Buckley, Jim Bray, Jodi Bray, William Goldman. Kim Hartman Colligan, Print from Beauty. Beginner Acrylic Series, Callie Hastings. Community Drawing Night, Creativi-Tea Tuesdays, Karen Winslow. Fall Plein Air Retreat, Leo Mancini-Hresko, TM Nicholas. Social Sunday. Kristen Murphy, Barn Quilts. Grateful Dead, U2, Kyle Stevens, Tom Bisson, Nerbak Brothers, Shane’s Apothecary, Chris Erica, Phil Abair, Keeghan Nolan, Michael Perry, Seth Yacovone, Jim Charonko, Nobby Reed, Barry Hayes, Uncle John’s, Coane Rowell Schabner, Nick Aloi, Lazer Dad, Lady Livy, Ian Boyle, Northern Lights, Ben Larson, Moondocks, She Was Right, Sister Speak, Arthur James, Dimmer Triplets, George Petit, Slob Drop, WratChit, Justin Taylor, Rising Sun, Dagon, St. Paul’s Praise, Smokey Newfield Project, Doug’s Open Mic. Mister Radio, Will Patton. DonnaRae Menard, Snuffling Up Bones. Maple Festival Talent Show. Banned Books Week. Strange Worlds Dark Corners. Midnight Library, Matt Haig. ILM Haunted Library Grounds. Stephen Russell Payne, Cindy Ellen Hill. Continue reading →

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Artbits-September 17, 2026

Posted on September 17, 2026 by Dick

Burlington Baroque Festival, Ensemble L’Harmonie des saisons, Blue Heron. Grace Potter, Grand Point North, Steve Hartmann, Dark Star Orchestra, Dogs In A Pile. Enosburg Harvest, Second Hand Blues, Uncle John’s Band. ILM 250, Mark Shelton. Afterglow, Dirty Dees, Love Story, BOTE, Best Eagles. Toby Fulwiler. Anna Yakubovskaya. Melissa Moran, Travis Nutting. Jennifer Kerch. Art Stroll. Palestine Art Exhibit. Fall Craft Class. Barn Quilt Paint Snack. Junk Mail Art Journal. Patrick Murphy. Coffee Crafts. Fall Tree Button Art Craft. Sip Stitch Share. Creative Creatures. Beginner Line Dancing. Line Dance Wednesday. All That’s Left of You, film, documentary. Veronica Lake, Sullivan’s Travels. Fiber Arts Meet Make. Photo Co-op. Swanton Writers’ Group. Muffin Monday. GPL Crafting Club. SPARK. Rebecca Fagga, Autumn Glow, the Fall Watercolor Line-Art. Community Drawing Night. Barn Quilt, Martha Kinney, Kristen Murphy. Social Sunday. Adult Art Camp Dale Mallett. Bessie Smith, Sippie Wallace, Memphis Minnie, Billie Holiday, Rosetta Tharpe, Ella Fitzgerald, Coco, Lonesome Road, Bob Yellin, Joint Chiefs Bluegrass, Dave Van Ronk, Paleolithica Pro-Moosica Jug, Dueling Pianos, Battle of the Bands, the Nerbak Brothers, George Murtie, Jesse Agan, Magnetic Horse, Michael Perry, Eames Brothers, Bad Luck Bliss, Seth Yacovone, Jim Charonko, David Karl Roberts, Nighthawk, Bill Valliere, Dan Parks, Theo Manazir, Ryan Sweezey, LeoDos, Justice 3, Sara Grey, Mark Greenberg. Quadra, Earthbound Spirits, Brian Bielanski, Swell, Smokey Newfield Project, Annie Hedonists, Inseldudler Band, Karl Fandrich, Nate Pultorak, Missisquoi River , Cooie, Adlai, Doug’s Open Mic, Nick Granelle. Book of Longings. Sue Monk Kidd. Franklin County Photogs hosts a virtual Zoom group at Bent Northrop. The Haston Library Book Discussion Group meets for Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries Suspicions Mr. Whicher, Kate Summerscale. Joyce Benvenuto Midnight’s Tale. Sunflower House by Adrianna Allegri. Continue reading →

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Artbits-September 3, 2026

Posted on September 3, 2026 by Dick

ART ON THE WALLS Cold Hollow Sculpture Park hosts a docent-led tour Art Making on the Land with Laura Need. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on September artists Lindsay DiDio, Wendy Everhart, Chris Jenkins, and Cat McKeen. The Swanton … Continue reading →

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Artbits-August 20, 2026

Posted on August 20, 2026 by Dick

Library Lover Art Auction. Rebecca Nase Chomyn. Harry Bauld. Kathy Giroux. Water Marbling Sumnagashi Workshop. Art Journaling. Coffee Crafts. Sip Stitch Share. Creative Creatures. Rocky Horror Picture Show. Vermont Reggae Fest. Richie Spice, Sister Nancy, Abyssinians, Marlon Asher, Roots Alley Collective, Inna Higher Heights Band. Try and Get Me, Lloyd Bridges, Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson. Community Critique Night. Fiber Arts Meet Make. Writers’ Group. Muffin Monday. GPL Crafting Club. Advance Directive Workshop. Death, Dying and Danishes. Jonathan C Lane, Independence Upon the Water Lake Champlain Isle La Motte Making of a Nation. Dot Goulet Adventures in Acrylics. Community Drawing Night. Robert Waldo Brunelle, Cartooning Workshop. Social Sunday. Becky Chappell, Gel Printing Basics. Jimmy Oxo Carter, Doug Blair, Stet Howland, John Middy Midworth, Cosmic Joe Caron, Andre Maquera, Frank Barnes, Gary Buddha Norful, Jeff Wheel, Tim O’Brien, Rick Coakley, Joey Provost, Russ Flanigan, Bart Feller, Brian Corbier, Patrick Ross, and the Party Crashers, Ann Porter, Nobby Reed, Soulshine Revival, Justice 3, Chris Erica, Devon McGarry , Ultraviolet, Michael Perry, John Lackard Blues, Decade, Long Gone John, Seth Yacovone, Jim Charonko, Doug Mickan, Kyle Stevens, Sohyun Ahn, YYZeppelin, McMaple, Bettenroo, Mark Abair, Nighthawk, Dan Parks, Moonbird, Mad Mojo, Jim Branca, Luis Betancourt, Tournesol, Blue Rock Boys, Ethan Sawyer, Piper Hall, Staircase 24, Dave Keller, Art DeQuasie, Tenderbellies, Jimmy Jam, Dale Darcy, UnCommon Jam, Owl Stars, MetalWerx Euphonium Tuba Quartet, Stragglers, Blue Blazes, Rushmore, Ryan Sweezy, Luke Borchelt, Troy Millette, Fire Below. DonnaRae Menard, Snuffling Up Bones. Oleo Romeos. Franklin County Photogs. Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe. Midnight’s Tale, Joyce Benvenuto. Return of the Pharaoh, Nicholas Meyer. Two Nights in Lisbon, Chris Pavone. Doug Mickan. Continue reading →

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Artbits-August 13, 2026

Posted on August 13, 2026 by Dick

Perler Bead Popup, Embroidery Club. Coffee Crafts. Sip Stitch Share. Phil Acimovic. Kristina Bolduc. Patrick Graziano. Nicole Gadouas. Art Supply Sale. Watchhouse, I’m With Her, Railroad Earth, Green Mountain All Stars. Film Noir, My Name Is Julia Ross, Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George Macready, Threat, Michael O’Shea, Virginia Grey, Charles McGraw. Muffin Monday. Advance Directive. Maeve Kim, How Why Birds Make Noise. Swanton Academy, Wetlands Wildlife Refuge. George Van Hook, Painting en Plein Air. Community Drawing Night. Social Sunday. Lucie Faulkner, Clay Ornaments. Beatles Candlelight, Jeff Salisbury, Skip Truman, Steven Hirsch Bob Butterfield, Bruno John, Jeff Kane, John Lehmann-Haupt, Henry Erban, D Davis, Django Soulo, Justin, Open Mic, Nobby Reed, Jerborn, Blues for Breakfast, Quadra, James Shelly, VachSean, Bad Horsey, Mitch Devon, Tim Brick, Enablers, Eric Bushey, Michael Perry, Abby Sherman, Way North, Dead Sessions Lite, Seth Yacovone, Jim Charonko, Lumos Live, Carol Ann Jones, Will Patton, Evan David Warner, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Side Hustle, Barbie N Bones, Kiel Love, She Was Right, Sleeveless Tease, Narah Sparks, JSB, Smokey Newfield, Dale Darcy, J.J. Booth, Al’s Pals, Arthur James, Dan Parks, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Phil Acimovic, Amerikana Blue, Steve Blair, Haiduck Heckendorn, Kay Benedict, Karl Fandrich, Erik Kenyon Troy Millette, Fire Below, Vermont Jazz Ensemble, Before This Time, Enosburg Town Band, Lesley Grant, Stragglers. DonnaRae Menard, Snuffling Up Bones. Sean Jarvis. Bookstore Romance Day. Gardner Heist, Ulrich Boser. Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong. Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf. Continue reading →

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Artbits-August 6, 2026

Posted on August 6, 2026 by Dick

Church Street Celebration, block party. Jeffersonville Art Jam. Rosie Newton, Uncle John’s Band. North Hero Historic House Tour. Colleen Blatchley. JuanCarlos Gonzalez. Nancy Fuller. Summer Artisan. Remix Physical Media. Cardmaking Barb. Mermaid Crown Headdress. Coffee Crafts. Sip Stitch Share. Jordan Bushey. Wanted 18. Film Noir. Suspect, Charles Laughton, Ella Raines. Garden Tea Party, Bob Garden Guy. Queer Art Club. Muffin Monday. Mat Heagerty, Graphic Novel. Community Drawing Night. Social Sunday. Fiadhnait Moser, Impasto Oil Painting. Robert Waldo Brunelle, Learn to Draw. Lucie Faulkner, Clay Ornaments. Pat Brennan, Handcrafted Greeting Card. Phil Graziano, Billy Boom, Ron Horton, Stetson Ward, Tony Pietricola, Lisa Henry, Chris Gribnau, Rich Magnuson, Charlie MacFayden, George Voland, Nobby Reed, Jerband, Doug’s Open Mic, Chris Issy, Hitmen, Vermont Willistones, Tim Brick, Charlie Rice, Phil Abair, Keeghan Nolan, Cooper, Sound of Music Concert, Michael Perry, O Odious Ones, Hammer Lane, Seth Yacovone, Pam McCoy, Jaded Ravins, Sleeveless Tease, Jesse Agan, Bob C, 90 Proof, Kelly Dolan Stuber, Blue Rock Boys, Rockin’ Ron Gangon, Kyle Stevens, Smokey Newfield, Downtown Dan, Rock On, Sticks Stones, Dan Parks, Milton Busker, Grim Work, Spring Chickens, Minced Oats, Ken Schofield Old Friends, Cooie Sings, Green Mountain Swing, High Summer, Justin Taylor, Dixie Six, Ray Vega Afro-Caribbean Jazz, Shane Murley, Bart Feller, Mowgli Giannitti, Troy Millette, Fire Below, Jerborn, Justin, Allison Peryer, John Seiden, B-Town, Enosburg Town Band, Ryan Sweezy, Midnight Walkers, AmerikanaBlue, Giovanina Bucci, Jamie Lee Thurston. Becky Rupp, Abbey Gaudette, Montpelier Parkapalooza. Yard Sale. Connecticut Yankee King Arthur’s Court, Mark Twain. Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir. Continue reading →

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