Don't Call it a Comeback: Vorcza, Sabouyouma, Brooklyn Circle Highlight Inaugural Maple Roots Festival

By Chris Farnsworth Posted on July 22, 2021 at 1:29PM

The Maple Roots Festival is free and open to the public, and features food and beverages sold by local vendors. Onsite parking is $20 per vehicle.

Francesca Blanchard, Vermont Symphony Orchestra to Perform 'Under the Stars'

By Chris Farnsworth Posted on July 19, 2021 at 4:32PM

The videos are for "Like a Hurricane" and "Hold on Honey," two tracks from Blanchard's 2020 record Make It Better.  In related news, expect a limited-edition vinyl of that album soon. The record can be preordered at francescablanchard.bandcamp.com, though Blanchard said a "handful" of early pressings will be available at the Shelburne Museum shows this weekend.

Vermont Comedy Club to Reopen in September

By Jordan Adams Posted on July 13, 2021 at 5:41PM

The Flynn to Reopen in October, Announces New Shows

By Jordan Adams Posted on July 12, 2021 at 12:00PM

The October 23 grand re-opening also includes appearances from Flynn creative chair Daniel Bernard-Roumain (aka DBR), storyteller Ferene Paris Meyer, and blues trio Dwight & Nicole's Nicole Nelson & the Resistance Revival Chorus VT. The evening concludes with a full-blown dance party with DJ Craig Mitchell. Additional shows have also been announced.

Guster Return With Shelburne Museum Show

By Chris Farnsworth Posted on July 9, 2021 at 1:12PM

Miller said that record is "99.9 percent done." The band recorded it in Woodstock, N.Y., with Bonny Light Horseman's Josh Kaufman producing.

251: A Mini Art Gallery in Middlebury

By Sally Pollak Posted on July 2, 2021 at 9:49AM

251 is a series of on-the-road stories, coming soon to a town near you.

Matthew Mercury Are Going Through Changes

By Chris Farnsworth Posted on July 1, 2021 at 2:54PM

He'll be followed by the heart-on-sleeve rock and roll of Matthew Mercury. The band is good enough to be a must-see in normal circumstances, but this show marks a turning point in its history.

251: Tracking Elle Purrier St. Pierre in Montgomery

By Sally Pollak Posted on June 24, 2021 at 7:38PM

It was a lucky surprise to bump into a former coach of Purrier St. Pierre’s, but the main purpose of my trip was to drink a Captain and Coke at the Snow Shoe Lodge & Pub in Montgomery Center. It’s Purrier St. Pierre’s local bar, and I’d read in the New York Times that’s her drink.

Champlain Valley Fair Announces 2021 Entertainment Lineup

By Jordan Adams Posted on June 8, 2021 at 1:50PM

The fair runs from Friday, August 27, to Sunday, September 6, at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. Per a press release, the music lineup includes tributes to Michael Jackson and ABBA on Friday, August 27; Trevor Contois presents a tribute to Elton John on Monday, August 30; a Dave Matthews Band tribute on Tuesday, August 31; military appreciation band Iron Fists on Friday, September 3;  Titans of ’80s Rock show featuring Bon Jovi, Poison and Def Leppard tributes on Saturday, September 4; and "mini country music festival" featuring the music of Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan and Eric Church.

'Hadestown' Returns to Broadway

By Jordan Adams Posted on May 28, 2021 at 2:03PM

Hadestown, a musical adaptation of the Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice, had its original run in Vermont in the mid-2000s. Over the next decade, it went through many incarnations, eventually landing on Broadway just over two years ago.