Artbits - July 29, 2010

July 29, 2010 by Dick.

The Big Four Music Weeks of summer continue this week. With three or more live concerts, fairs, or festivals each week, there is plenty to see and hear in Franklin County.

AMERICAN SOUL

Desorcie’s Market presents Tammy Fletcher and Mountain Girl in the free Summer Sounds concert in Highgate on Sunday.The weather forecast is perfect and there will be Dump Cake. Read more…

LUCKY, LUCKY US

The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents John Cassel’s Green Mountain Lucky in a 3-day run. Read more…

FIELDING AFFAIR

Today through Sunday, Vermont’s finest country fair takes to the fields of Highgate as Franklin County Field Days brings the best music, arts and crafts, and of course weeds that Franklin County has to offer. The musical lineup includes ten bands that are worth the price of admission alone. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Pentangle Arts Council presents Yankee Chank. One Federal Street offers up The Fizz. The Champlain Valley Folk Festival includes Franklin County favorites and residents. Concerts By The Common series presents the Peterman Quintet. The Brewski has Conscious Roots Reggae Band. Island Arts presents Elisabeth Von Trapp. The sixth or seventh annual Raw Milk Theater has about 15 cats, jugglers, musicians and actors. The Bayside Pavilion hosts the Starline Rhythm Boys. Read more…

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Artbits - July 22, 2010

July 22, 2010 by Dick.

The Big Four Music Weeks of summer continue this week. With three or more live concerts, fairs, or festivals each week, there is plenty to see and hear in Franklin County.

LOVESICK but not HEARTBROKE

Ready for a Summer Surprise? Ray’s Extrusion Dies and Tubing presents Mark LeGrand and his Lovesick Band in his return to the 20th Anniversary Summer Sounds honky-tonk concert in Highgate. Read more…

ART BLOOMS

Balloons are ordered! The fifth annual Art in Bloom Festival has grown and added new artists, food vendors and musicians again. It brings a day of music, a gazillion exhibits, and plenty of food to Swanson’s Farm and Nursery in Fairfax. Read more…

DANCE A JIG

The eighteenth annual Jig in the Valley offers an eclectic day of outdoor music in a good cause with great musicians, fabulous food, crafts, a farmer’s market, and activities for kids all afternoon on the Green in East Fairfield. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Lincoln Inn offers Blues Night with Jim Branca. Summer Music at Grace presents Melissa Ewell and Gianna Izzo Messier in Shamrocks and Thistles. The Keeghan Nolan Band plays Lamoille County Fields Days. Franklin United Church present. Village Harmony. Read more…

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Artbits - July 15, 2010

July 15, 2010 by Dick.

The Big Four Music Weeks of summer begins this week. With three or more live concerts, fairs, or festivals each week, there is plenty to see and hear in Franklin County.

JAZZING UP HIGHGATE

Jazz will mesmerize Highgate Municipal Park as Chevalier Drilling presents Jenni Johnson and the Jazz Junketeers in the free Summer Sounds concert on Sunday. Read more…

END OF AN ERA

The Champlain Collection will host its final show today as founder and long-time owner Norm Choiniere prepares to retire. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Stowe Street Arts Festival in downtown Waterbury features artist Karen Day Vath of St Albans. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

On Tap has Blues Night with Chris Ruest, Greg Izor, Tom Buckley, and Jason Corbiere. Vermont State Parks present Fiddleheads. The Opera House has three courses of Chicken BBQ, two of Green Mountain Chorus, and one Afterglow. Concerts By The Common presents the Constitution Brass Quintet in Pratt Hall. Sheldon United Methodist Church has its 151st Anniversary Summer BBQ and Music Celebration with the Backyard Bluegrass Band. St. Paul’s presents Tim Zimmerman and the King’s Brass. Read more…

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Artbits - July 8, 2010

July 8, 2010 by Dick.

Busy, busy weekend!

FIRE RELIEF CONCERTS

The Swanton Fire Department Auxiliary and the Swanton Chamber Of Commerce will host the SwanStock Fire Relief Benefit Concert in Swanton Village Park on Saturday. Headlined by Greg Izor and the Boxkickers from Austin Texas and Jimmy Branca, the music lineup also include Run for Cover, the Nobby Reed Project, Mike Lykens, Julie Tiller, Conscious Roots, and Deana and the Naturals. Then Nectar’s will host the Jim Branca Fire Relief Benefit in the club with Paul Asbell, Will Patton and the Fabulous Spiders, The Real Deal, Left Eye Jump, the Nerbak Brothers, Greg Izor and the BoxKickers, and Jim Branca on Sunday. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

Chowbella hosts The Young Guns Showcase in the monthly It’s All About the Song Festival. The Georgia Community Center has Carol Ann Jones in a solo performance. The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Heather McKowan’s Highbrow to Hoedown. The Town of Highgate will host a benefit concert for Camp Highgate with Asphalt Drive. Concerts By The Common begins with the Constitution Brass. And Summer Sounds begins July 18. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Flynn offers Corliss Blakely’s Visions of Nature exhibit with a demonstration of her new electronic painting techniques. The Bryan Memorial Gallery summer exhibit, Land and Light, includes an artists roundtable and reception. Read more…

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Artbits - July 1, 2010

July 1, 2010 by Dick.

SUMMER IS OFFICIALLY HERE!

Bay Day 2010 kicks off a day with lots more than fireworks in St. Albans Town Bay Park on Sunday. Bay Day has live music all day with the Keeghan Nolan band plus Gary Dulabaum and Josh Brooks in the afternoon.

Sunday evening the All Arts Council and the Town of St. Albans welcome Carol Ann Jones & her All-Star Band The Superchargers in an Independence Day tribute in the Summer Sounds season premiere that leads right into the fireworks. Read more…

ART ON THE WALLS

The Artist In Residence Gallery features Bob Eldridge, Pam Krout-Voss, Martha Ohliger, Karen Scheffler, and JoAnne Wazny with a free meet-the-artists reception tonight. Corliss Blakely’s Visions of Nature exhibit opens tomorrow with a reception at the Flynn. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts the photographs of Lori Lagro. The Bryan Memorial Gallery summer exhibit, Land and Light, begins with artists Pam Fiaschetti, Charles Meunier, Mark Tougias, and more. Read more…

ON STAGE LIVE

The Missisquoi River Band is busy with the Richford Fourth of July parade and the Franklin Bluegrass Jam. Read more…

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