Artbits-July 23, 2026

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

Sheldon Old Home Days “Let Freedom Ring” celebrates Sheldon and its history with Doug and Pauline, the Green Mountain Chorus, and the Old Man Garage Band. The 36th annual Jig in the Valley has the Missisquoi River Band, Uncle John’s Band, Boxcar Breakdown Bluegrass, the Stragglers, the Buck Hollers, and the Nobby Reed Project. Read more…

THEATER

Extra! Extra! The World Will Know! The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Newsies in a four show run. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

Cambridge Arts Council hosts a free opening reception for Liminal pottery and woodworking by Hannah and Charles Cieri as part of the Paracosm Pop-up series. Quilts of Valor opens at the Sheldon Historical Museum. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Deborah Travis. The Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Katie Foster. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Fiadhnait Moser leads a Misty Mountains Paint Night at the MAG. The Swanton Arts Council Art Journaling Group meets in person at the library. Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library. Sip, Stitch, & Share meets at the Enosburgh Public Library. Read more…

CALL FOR WRITERS

The Bent Northrop Two-Sentence Story Contest continues. Read more…

DANCE

Michelle Nordberg offers Beginner Line Dancing at the Depot and the Highgate Manor. Between the Lines Line Dancing offers Beginner Line Dancing at the American Legion. Read more…

GATHERINGS

Muffin Monday continues. The GPL Crafting Club meets at the library. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi and the Natural Resources Conservation Districts host a Community Land & Water Conversation. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

60 Main Arts has Community Drawing Night with a live model. Becky Chappell will explore Mixed Media Print Making, Social Sunday continues, and Julia Davenport will guide Summer Zentangle all at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Roberta Wendel will lead the Punch Needle Rug Hooking Class at the Montgomery Center for the Arts. Annette Goyne will lead the free Beginner Summer Watercolor Class “Butterflies and Dragonflies” at the Dick Wright Pub. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Seth Yacovone (thrice), the Nobby Reed Project (thrice), Laura Fedele-Rasco (twice), Sticks & Stones (twice), Blues Over Easy, King Me, Hammer Lane, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Chris Bell, Charlie Rice, Nickel & Dime, Alternate Take, the Faerie Godbrothers, Michael Perry, Tristen Sellars and Chris Lyon, Abby Sherman & the Way North, Steep Creek Duo, Evngwear, Phil Graziano, Tim Brick, the R & R Duo, the Milkhouse Heaters, Bettenroo, Prit’Near, McMaple, the Jerband, Magnetic Horse, Dave Miller, Will Austin, Skylark, Sylvia Parker, Antara & Chris Cheney, Doug and Pauline, the Green Mountain Chorus, the Old Man Garage Band, the Green Mountain Skillet Lickers, Cooie’s Trio, DSM5 Band, Next Stop Comedy, Nightrain, Bethany Conner, Jeff Shelley, the Milton Community Band, Doug’s Open Mic, the Enosburg Town Band, Kyle Chadburn and the Earthbound Spirits, Al’s Pals, the Lloyd Tyler Duet, Ryan Sweezey and the Midnight Walkers, the Ken Clark Duo, and the Citizens Concert Band all appear at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

McMaple played the St. Albans Summer Concert Series. Sohyun Ahn played the Island Arts Summer Concerts. Mark Shelton sang Classic Gospel. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Alburgh Public Library hosts a Community Storytelling Event. The Fairfax Library Book Club takes up The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett and rhe library Adult Summer Reading Program continues. The Haston Library presents Jamie Andrea Garzot for a book talk. The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club meets for Behold a Fair Woman by Francis Duncan. The annual Library Book Sale is filled with treasures news and old. The Classics Book Club takes up Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and the graphic novel Alice in Wonderland. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 16, 2026

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on photographer Wayne Tarr. The Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Faith Perrino-Dubois. Read more…

ART FOR SALE

Jennifer Pratt hosts the Island Arts’ Artisans Market as an all day boutique at the Homer Knight Barn. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Ceramic Tree Days continue at Maple Glazed Pottery. Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library. Pat Brennan leads the Handcrafted Shadow Box Workshop at the Island Arts Center. Sip, Stitch, & Share and Creative Creatures both meet at the Enosburgh Public Library. Read more…

CALL FOR WRITERS

The Bent Northrop Memorial Library Two-Sentence Story Contest continues. Four age categories including adults will tell a whole story in exactly two sentences. Read more…

DANCE

Between the Lines and Michelle Nordberg both offer Beginner Line Dancing. First Step Dance teaches Sunday Swing. Read more…

GATHERINGS

Fiber Arts Meet and Make meets at the Montgomery Center for the Arts. The Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group meets in person at the Swanton Free Public Library. Muffin Monday continues in Highgate. The Georgia Public Library Crafting Club meets at the library. The Zumba Drum up Support for Dick Wright Pub will be held in Franklin Town Hall. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The Haston Library presents the Planetarium Lady with Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival at the Franklin Town Hall. Twiggs hosts the VNA & Hospice for Death, Dying and Danishes. Michele Pagan presents Early American Samplers–Finding History in Stitchery at the Sheldon Historical Society. George Spear leads ILM’s Revolutionary Roots: a Guided Driving Tour. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Annelein Beukenkamp will lead Bright, Bold Blossoms at Bryan Gallery. 60 Main Arts hosts Community Drawing Night with a live model. At the MAG Art Center, Social Sunday continues, Fiadhnait Moser leads Expressionist Pet Portrait Night, and Julia Davenport guides the Beginner Watercolor class. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

21 Songwriters, Jerborn (twice), Mad Mojo (twice), Seth Yacovone (twice), Ryan Sweezey, Soule Monde, Barbie N Bones, Jesse Agan, Sibling Reverie, 90 Proof, Dan Parks, the Free Range Band, Michael Perry, Blackwolf, Jim Charonko, Dennis Fox and Friends, Sean Jarvis, Skylark, Frevo, Shiny New Toyz, Humdinger & the Bucksnort, Chaos Called Me, Hullabaloo, the R&R Duo, Vachsean, Real Big Blues, the Nobby Reed Project, the Shane Murley Band, Ginger Geezus, Alex Riddell, the Lavendair Band, Season of Yes, Blue Northern, IncaHoots, Ryan Hanson, Waves of Adrenaline, King Me, George Petit Trio, Phantom Suns, Fall District, Doom Service, Yes, Machine, Chris & Issy, Second Hand Blues, the Dimmer Triplets, the Jerband, the Enosburg Town Band, Soul Porpoise, the Project, the Shane Murley Duet, Mike Mac all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Enosburgh Public Library Reading & Discussion Group takes up A Founding Mother by Laura Kaye and Stephanie Dray. The Fairfax Adult Summer Reading Program continues. Franklin County Photogs meets. The North Hero Public Library hosts Alexis Lathem and Melissa H. Cronin. The SPL Book Club discusses Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich. The new Pocketbook Club takes up The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 9, 2026

ART YOU CREATE

Annette Goyne will lead a free Beginner Watercolor Class Birds on a Branch at the Dick Wright Pub. Theresa Rowe will lead the new Intro to Junk Journals and Julia Davenport will guide the Summer Paint and Sip at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Ceramic Tree Days come to Maple Glazed Pottery. Kimberly Hess will lead a hands-on Barn Quilt class at the Sheldon Historical Museum. Coffee and Crafts will meet at the Highgate Library and Community Center. Sip, Stitch, & Share will meet at the Enosburgh Public Library. Becky Chappell will lead Neurographic Art at the St. Albans Free Library. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Downtown St. Albans Art and Sidewalk Sales take art to the streets. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Sally Tarr. The Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Kris Daignault. Read more…

DANCE

Between the Lines Line Dancing offers Beginner Line Dancing at the American Legion. St Louis Church hosts a free Step into Fun Square Dance. Christine Henninger leads the Island Arts Jazz and Funk Dance Class in the GreenTARA Space. Read more…

FILM

Classic Movie Night at the St. Albans Free Library has John Waters’ Hairspray, starring Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry, Ricki Lake in her film debut, and Jerry Stiller. Read more…

GATHERINGS

The Highgate Library and Community Center will host Muffin Monday. The Georgia Public Library Crafting Club will meet to craft together and give back to the community. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The North Hero Community Center presents the Planetarium Lady with Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival. The Fairfield Community Center hosts Franklin County NRCD’s 80th Birthday Celebration. Vermont Humanities presents Jim Jones with Vermont’s Island Line Revisited at the Worthen Library. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

60 Main Arts hosts Community Drawing Night with a live model. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Shane Murley Band (thrice), She Was Right (thrice), the Devon McGarry Band (twice), Soulshine Revival, A House On Fire, Hypno Nun, James Shelly, the Hitmen, Kyle Stevens, Casper Lawless, Real Ova Deceit, Marvelous Kevo, Yvng Omh, 23BabyJay, Lil Butter, Inhail, DJ Ron Stoppable, John Gratton, Harpo and Richard, the Phil Abair Band with Keeghan Nolan, Chris & Erica, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, North Country Hit-n-Run, Kyle Stevens, the Matt Hagen Duo, Grace Palmer, the People’s House Band, 3rd Shift Vermont, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Tony Pietricola, the Ken Clark Organ Trio, Barry Hayes, Luke Dame Barbie-n-Bones, the Smokey Newfield Project, Jerband, John Montagne, Jon Young, the Tenderbellies, She Was Right, Rusty Bucket, the Nobby Reed Project, Uncle John’s Band, Kyle Chadburn & the Earthbound Spirits, the All Night Boogie Band, and the Tangents all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week as DonnaRae Menard read Snuffling Up Bones, Haiduck and Heckendorn played a summer concert, and Mark Shelton sang a mixture of songs. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Fairfax Adult Summer Reading Program continues. The Highgate Library Book Club reads The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes. The Traveling Storyteller appears at the Montgomery Public Library and the Sheldon Municipal Library. The Eloquent Page hosts Adam Bassett, Cary Brunswick, Jesse DuRona, Julia Greenshaw, Victoria LaFountain, Bobbi Loney, Sandy Manning, Daniel Marshall, William McKone, DonnaRae Menard, Thomas C. Stuhr, Rory Van Tuinen, Katharine Whitcomb, and Maryanne Wood. Read more…

 

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Artbits-July 2, 2026

FESTIVALS and SPECIAL EVENTS

Bay Day kicks off America’s 250th Celebration with fireworks, live music by Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, the Cooie DeFrancesco Blues Band, and Soulshine Revival and lots more. The Centennials Picnic in Park ha the Owl Stars. F-35A Lightning IIs of the 158th Fighter Wing of the Vermont Air National Guard will fly over. Read more…

FIREWORKS

Burlington, Cambridge/Smuggler’s Notch, Colchester, Saturday, Essex, Fairfax, Milton, Richford, St. Albans Bay, and Shelburne all have fireworks. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Dody Susslin. Bryan Gallery features landscapes by James Coe. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library and Community Center. Sip, Stitch, & Share meets at the Enosburgh Library. Read more…

DANCE

Between the Lines, Mae Gates and Michelle Nordberg all offer Beginner Line Dancing lessons. Read more…

GATHERINGS

Muffin Monday continues. The Georgia Public Library Crafting Club meets to craft and give back. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The St. Albans Free Library hosts an America 250 Tea Party. The Town of Isle La Motte 250th Anniversary Commission has a re-enactment of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild with a different project each week. Read more…

IN THE SAC

Anne Marie Chates is the Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

IncaHoots (twice), George Murtie (twice), Troy Millette & the Fire Below (twice), the Moondogs, Blake Matteson, Phil Graziano, David Miller, 90 Proof, the Ryan Sweezey Band, Nighthawk, Jeff Shelly, the Old Man Garage Band, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, the Cooie DeFrancesco Blues Band, Soulshine Revival, Jaded Ravins, Model 97, the Dale & Darcy Quartet, Sticks and Stones, the Milton Community Band, Iron Sights/40th Army Band, the John Lackard Blues Band, the Hitmen, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the James Thacker Duet, LC Hines, Staircase 24, the Enosburg Town Band, Chuck Ragan, Evan Jennison, the Grift, Jerband, Jeff and Gina, the Citizens Concert Band, and Nobby Reed all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Many libraries will be closed on Friday and Saturday. The Fairfax Adult Summer Reading Program continues, The Eloquent Page Fantasy Book Club will discuss Storm Front by Jim Butcher. Read more…

 

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Artbits-June 25, 2026

FESTIVALS AND SHOWS

The Stowe Balloon Festival fills the skies with color and the grounds with music from Franklin County. They have Blue Blazes, the Shane Murley Band, David Karl Roberts, Rockin’ Ron Gagnon, Cooie’s Trio, Jaded Ravins, Soulshine Revival, Chris & Erica, the Stragglers, Earthbound Spirits, and Blues for Breakfast. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Anne Standish. Bryan Memorial Gallery features Vermont landscape painter Jan Fowler. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Jordan Bushey will lead a free Family Art Class in Acrylic Painting at the Dick Wright Pub. Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library and Community Center. Sip, Stitch, & Share meets at the Enosburgh Public Library. The Milton Artists’ Guild hosts Yarn & Yak with Kelli Shepherd. Read more…

DANCE

Between the Lines Line Dancing offers Beginner Line Dancing at the American Legion Post. Read more…

GATHERINGS

The Highgate Library and Community Center continues Muffin Monday. The Georgia Public Library Crafting Club meets to craft together and give back to the community. Read more…

HUMANITIES

The North Hero Historical Society presents Ron Fierstein’s Historical Post Cards from the Champlain Islands. The Saint Albans Museum hosts an Opening Reception for the 250th exhibition CENTENNIALS: The Gilded Age & The Disco Era in Vermont’s Rail City. Kill Kare State Park welcomes poet Neil Shepard for Words in the Woods. Vermont Reads continues with a book discussion of The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton’s at the Haston Library. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Lynne Gavin will lead the Botanical Printing on Paper Workshop at ReMarketVT. Community Drawing Night has a live model. Social Sunday continues at the Milton Artists’ Guild. Becky Chappell leads the short Canvas Conversations workshop for painters working in any 2D medium. Pat Brennan leads the Handcrafted Greeting Card Quilling Workshop at Island Arts. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Missy Burbo. Read more…

SWANTON ACADEMY

The Swanton Academy fills the Swanton Free Public Library with community for a weekend of classes and workshops with neighbors teaching neighbors. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Seth Yacavone Band (thrice), the Stragglers (twice), Nobby Reed Project (twice), Bad Horsey, the Cobras, Just Us, Sibling Reverie, Sticks and Stones, Mitch & Devon, Michael Perry, Beg Steal or Borrow, Lesley Grant, Young Tradition Vermont’s Sugar in the Pan, the Buck Hollers, Nathan Michaud, Quadra, Big Dog DJ, Plattsburgh Punks, Robbery Punks, Lake City All Stars, Champlain Shoregasm, Skidmark, Sleeveless Tease, the Harley Brown Band with Buddahh, Charlie Rice, Seventeen Strings, Barbie n Bones, Bare Bones, Jenny Red, Minced Oats, Roger Giroux, Kippincoe, Mango Jam, the Calamellus Trio, Antara and Chris Cheney, Duke Aeroplane & the Rumbirds, Collin & Chris of the Tenderbellies, the Missisquoi River Band with Will Patton, the Milkhouse Heaters, Heavy Nettles, Dave Miller, the Enosburg Town Band, Jaded Ravens, and the Citizens Concert Band all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week. DonnaRae Menard continues the weekly read of Snuffling Up Bones, Soulshine Revival played the St. Albans Bay Farmer’s Market. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

The Fairfax Community Library Adult Summer Reading Program continues and the Fairfax Book Club discusses The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Botswick. Marko the Magician will kick off the Summer Reading Program at Bent Northrop Memorial Library. The Haston Library has the Light Pirate discussion and The Green Mile by Stephen King. Read more…

 

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Artbits-June 18, 2026

ART ON THE WALLS

The Swanton Free Public Library hosts an Opening Reception for Faith & Joy’s exhibit of original works. The Montgomery Center for the Arts Flips the Switch for the furniture design competition, exhibit, and silent auction. The Artist In Residence spotlight is on Holly Spier. Bryan Gallery features Rick Powell. Read more…

ART YOU CREATE

Creative Creatures meet to try new crafts. Coffee and Crafts meets at the Highgate Library. Sip, Stitch, & Share meets at the Enosburgh Library. MAG hosts Yarn & Yak with Kelli Shepherd. Tipsy Daisy holds a Paint n’ Sip at Snow Farm Vineyard. Read more…

BOOKS and MORE FOR SALE

The Island Arts Book Sale & Bric-a-Brac Market takes over the Homer Knight Barn with paperbacks, hard-covers, some beautiful coffee table books, bric-a-brac treasurers, and restaurant vouchers. Read more…

CALL FOR THESPIANS

Misery in-person auditions are coming to the Opera House at Enosburg Falls. You are going to be just fine. I will take good care of you. I’m your number one fan. Read more…

DANCE

Northern Vermont Ballet Company and Ballet School of Vermont present The Ugly Duckling Children’s Ballet at Colchester High School, Performing Arts Center. There are Beginner Line Dancing evenings at the American Legion and the Highgate Manor. Read more…

GATHERINGS

Montgomery Center for the Arts has a Fiber Arts Meet and Make. The Swanton Arts Council Writers’ Group meets in person at the Swanton Free Public Library. Muffin Monday continues. Franklin County Photogs host a virtual Zoom group at Bent Northrop Memorial Library. The Georgia Public Library Crafting Club meets at the library. Read more…

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Roberta Wendel will teach Beginner Punch Needle Rug Hooking. 60 Main Arts hosts Community Drawing Night with a live model. The Milton Artists’ Guild has Cindi LaFayette to guide the Resin Ocean Wave Charcuterie Board project, Robert Waldo Brunelle, Jr., to lead Acrylic Painting Basics, and Social Sunday continues. Read more…

IN THE SAC

The Swanton Arts Council Artist of the Week is Linda Bryant. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Nectar’s Experience 1975 as the N-Zones, X-Rays, Grippo Funk, Nerbak Bros., Bloozotomy, Pure Pressure, Big Dolla, Left Eye Jump, Breakaway, Banjo Dan and the Midnite Plowboys, the Redbirds, Mango Jam, Sneakers Jazz Band, the Abair Brothers, and Blues for Breakfast with Phil Abair, Paul Asbell, Jim Branca, Mr. Charlie and Blues for Breakfast, Alex Budney, Chuck Eller, Tom Freiheit, Dave Grippo, Steve Hadeka, Aaron Hersey, Mathew Nerbak, David Nerbak, Peter Riley, Jeff Salisbury, Seth Yacovone, and Gus Zeising.

The Old Man Garage Band (twice), the Olson Brothers Band, Nobby Reed, Michael Perry, Chris Lyons, Tristen Sellars, D Davis, Django Soulo, Seth Yacovone, Jim Charonko, Carol Ann Jones, Will Patton, Laura Fedele-Rasco, Evan Barber, Chris & Erica, 90 Proof, Bettenroo, 40 Thieves, IncaHoots, Justice 3, Bob Chevalier, Jerborn, Paradox, Dan Parks, She Was Right, Organized Dead, the Blue Rock Boys, Sister Speak, Giovanina Bucci, Barbie-N-Bones, Nowhere Washington, Organized Dead, Bella Joan and Bob Gagnon, and Soulshine Revival, Cooper, Bob Recupero, Merritt David Janes and Broadway in the Islands, Carol Ann Jones & the Superchargers, the Enosburg Town Band, Jam 4 SLAMT1D. the Smokey Newfield Project, Ali T, and the Citizens Concert Band all appear live at a venue near you. Read more…

ALMOST LIVE ON STAGE

Virtual music and events continue this week. DonnaRae Menard reads Episode 2 of Snuffling Up Bones. The BFA-St. Albans Spring Instrumental Concertwas in the BFAPAC. Read more…

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOOKSHELF

Most libraries will be closed for Juneteenth. The Fairfax Community Library Book Club takes up The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Botswick. The Fairfax Adult Summer Reading Program also begins. The Bent Northrop Memorial Library Book club reads Theo of Golden by Allen Levi. The Highgate Library Summer Reading Kickoff has the Traveling Storyteller puppet show Three Little Bears. The Eloquent Page Mystery Book Club meets to Pick a Patterson. The St. Albans Free Library has Mornings, Muffins, and Mysteries to discuss How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kirsten Perrin, plus the Adult Summer Reading Program and an author talk with Jodi Lew-Smith. Read more…

 

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