Concerts

Snake Mountain Bluegrass Band

Bluegrass band performs benefit concert Saturday

HALIFAX- On Sunday, October 21, from 2 to 4 pm, the Snake Mountain Bluegrass Band will be performing a benefit concert at the Community Hall, 20 Brook Road.
Proceeds will benefit the community hall, to update the old electric wiring in the building built in 1844. Refreshments available for...

Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen perform on Saturday at 7 pm.

Curtain closes Saturday

WARDSBORO- Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen will perform at the Wardsboro Town Hall, 71 Main Street, on Saturday, October 20, as the final show in Wardsboro Curtain Call’s 2018 music series.
Music starts at 7 pm, doors open at 6:30 pm, admission is $10, and it’s BYOB. All donations to...

Fresh view of energetic work, concert series

BRATTLEBORO- The Brattleboro Music Center’s guest concert series continues Friday, October 19, with a performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s String Octets by the Sarasa Ensemble.
Mendelssohn’s Octet is one of the most adored chamber music pieces in the string repertoire, composed by a very...

Folk concert with freestyle acoustic rock

PUTNEY- Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present contemporary folk singer-songwriters Ellis Paul and Garrin Benfield on Friday, October 19, at 7:30 pm.
One of the leading voices in American songwriting, Paul was at the forefront of singer-songwriters that emerged from the Boston...

Performances spotlight world-class soloists

BRATTLEBORO- The Windham Orchestra’s upcoming production of Puccini’s “Turandot” summons many current issues of living: politics and hierarchies, racial conflict, miscommunication, parenting challenges, and even the disparity of rights between gender.
This “Turandot” is set in a...

Christian McBride

All-star quartet’s powerhouse concert

BRATTLEBORO- On Friday, October 12, at 8 pm, the Vermont Jazz Center presents six-time Grammy Award-winning bassist Christian McBride, leading an all-star quartet that draws on the powerhouse connection between McBride and drummer Nasheet Waits. The frontline of Josh Evans (trumpet) and Marcus...

Contra dance to live music

BRATTLEBORO- There will be a contra dance at The Stone Church, 210 Main Street, on Tuesday, October 9, from 7 to 10 pm.
Music will be provided by Hidden Drive (Andy Davis on accordion, Laurie Indenbaum on fiddle, and Arthur Davis on keyboard), with Fred Breunig calling.
Those new to...

The joyful sound of bluegrass returns to the Deerfield Valley

READSBORO- On Saturday, October 6, the Whitingham-Halifax Lions Club will bring the joyful sound of bluegrass to the Deerfield Valley as the Zink and Company Band takes the stage in Readsboro Lions Park from 1 to 5 pm. All proceeds will benefit children with cancer, including one local family...

It’s time for beer and schnitzel again!

DOVER- Like most German-themed Oktoberfest events, the 21st annual Mount Snow Oktoberfest will have plenty of beer, schnitzel, and oom-pah music; but throw in kids games, pumpkin painting, an apple slingshot and the famous “schnitzel toss,” and there’s two days of fun for the whole family! A...

Concert series ends

WILMINGTON- The Southern Vermont Deerfield Valley Jazz Concert Series will offer its last performance of the season at Historic Memorial Hall, 14 West Main Street, on Saturday, October 6, at 8 pm.
Pianist and composer Chris Bakriges and Grammy winning violinist Zach Brock from the...