Archive for the Summer Sounds Category
ArtBits - August 11, 2011
August 11, 2011 by Dick.
Dark Horse in concert, Marie Speer and Jessica Scanlon Corliss in the galleries, ‘Enry ‘Iggens, Nobby Reed, Carol Ann Jones, Hungrytown, and the Milton Town Band all on stage. The Big Music Weeks of Summer conclude our run of three or more live concerts, fairs, theatricals, or festivals each week. There is plenty to see and hear right in Franklin County.
GET RIGHT BACK ON IT
This Sunday, Dark Horse makes a triumphant return as O. C. McCuin & Sons presents the
Summer Sounds concert in Highgate Municipal Park.
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ART ON THE WALLS
The new Swanton Free Public Library Gallery features the photography of Swanton resident Marie Speer. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts Jessica Scanlon Corliss of Georgia.
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JUST YOU WAIT ‘ENRY ‘IGGENS
St. Albans Society for the Performing Arts presents My Fair Lady in the BFA-St. Albans Performing Arts Center. The run starts with an opening reception.
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ON STAGE LIVE
The Lake Champlain Bluegrass Festival has been cancelled. The Snow Farm Winery Concert Series presents the Nobby Reed Project. The Colchester Summer Concert series presents Carol Ann Jones and the Superchargers. Summer Music at Grace welcomes back Hungrytown, the popular husband-wife duo of Ken Hall and Rebecca Anderson. The Fairfax Summer Concert Series presents the Milton Town Band.
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ArtBits - August 4, 2011
August 4, 2011 by Dick.
The Big Music Weeks of Summer continue with three or more live concerts, fairs, theatricals, or festivals each week. There is plenty to see and hear right in Franklin County.
KICKIN’ IT AROUND
The All Arts Council presents Greg Izor and the Box Kickers in the blues, southern soul, swamp pop, and R&B
Summer Sounds concert in Highgate Municipal Park on Sunday. “We’ll have a lot of Louisiana/Texas blues,” drummer Jason Corbiere said.
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ART ON THE WALLS
The Artist In Residence Gallery features painters Fred Ackel, Beth McAdams, and Robert Eldridge, and potter Susan Delear with a free meet-the-artists reception with refreshments tonight.
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ON STAGE LIVE
On Tap offers Blues Night with the Nobby Reed Project. The Brown Cow Summer Concert Series presents Carol Ann Jones with Gary Spaulding in concert. Venue presents the Keeghan Nolan Band. Summerfest 2011 has live music plus a bouncy house, face painting, and more. The Swanton Summer Concert Series presents the Amida Bourbon Project with special guest Lisa Fischer. Montgomery Historical Society presents the Diller-Quaile String Quartet in the Concerts by the Common series. The Fairfax Summer Concert Series presents Tammy Fletcher.
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ArtBits - July 21, 2011
July 28, 2011 by Dick.
SUMMER HIATUS
Summer Sounds is wisely taking a well-deserved weekend off but the Big Music Weeks of Summer continue with four other summer concert series concerts, four festivals, plus a musical, National Night Out, and the ongoing Singer/Songwriter Night all this weekend.
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GRACEFUL HARMONY
Village Harmony returns to the popular Summer Music at Grace with American and British traditional harmony singing, music from Georgia, Corsica, and Quebec, as well as Appalachian clogging.
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HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN
The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents Guys and Dolls in a three-night run.
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MODERN TRADITION OUTSTANDING IN A FIELD
Vermont’s finest country fair takes to the fields of Highgate as the 36th annual Franklin County Field Days brings a lineup of 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.
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RAIDING OUR FESTIVALS
St. Albans Historical Museum and Champlain Valley Reenactors present a St. Albans Heritage Weekend: St. Albans in the Civil War in and around Taylor Park, the site of the northernmost military action of the Civil War.
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INTERNATIONAL FOOD, NATIONAL MUSIC
Kid’s Culinary Academy hosts a Celebration of Food and Drink (and Music) with an endless selection of international food, tours of the property and gardens, magic, and clowning, and live music.
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THE JIG IS UP!
The 19th annual Jig in the Valley brings an eclectic day of outdoor music in a good cause to the Fairfield Community Center.
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MORE ON STAGE LIVE
Chow!Bella invites everyone to join Connie and friends for a farewell celebration at Chow this evening at 5 p.m. and continuing through the evening. Carol Andre & Gary — the trio of singer/songwriter Carol Ann Jones, guitarist Andre Maquera, and drummer Gary Spaulding — will play. J & L Guitars hosts Singer/Songwriter Night. One Federal presents Time’s Up. Jerry Jam Music presents the Nobby Reed Project. National Night Out comes to Franklin county with community activities and live music. Fairfax Summer Concert Series presents Woods Tea Company.
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ArtBits - July 21, 2011
July 21, 2011 by Dick.
A PLUCKIN’ GOOD TIME
Ray’s Extrusion Dies presents Banjo Dan & the Mid-nite Plowboys in the Summer Sounds concert in Highgate.
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ON STAGE LIVE
Busy in the City. One Federal Thursday Night Summer Concert Series presents the Nobby Reed Project. Chow Bella presents Carol, Will, & Dono. The Downtown Summer Concert Series presents the Starline Rhythm Boys in Taylor Park. Lamoille County Field Days presents the Keeghan Nolan Band opening for Jamie Lee Thurston. The Fairfax Summer Concert Series continues with Big Spike Bluegrass. River Arts holds a Farmers and Artisans Market at the River Arts Center. J & L Guitars hosts Singer/Songwriter Night. Chow Bella offers Music to Dine By with the jazz and improv of Vern Colburn.
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CALL FOR THESPIANS
Fairfax Community Theater Company will hold auditions for the fall production of the Diary of Anne Frank.
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ArtBits - July 14, 2011
July 14, 2011 by Dick.
The Big Music Weeks of Summer begin tomorrow. With three or more live concerts, fairs, theatricals, or festivals each week, there is plenty to see and hear in Franklin County.
CITIZENS UNITE!
The music will help as Chevalier Drilling presents Citizens Concert Band in a
Summer Sounds concert in Highgate on Sunday.
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OLIVER!
The Opera House at Enosburf Falls presents
Oliver! for a three day run. The musical story of Charles Dickens’ young orphan who changes his life features the best and brightest of Franklin County’s young thespians.
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ART ON THE LAWN
The sixth annual Art in Bloom Festival brings a day of music, a gazillion exhibits, and plenty of food to Swanson’s Farm in Fairfax.
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ON STAGE LIVE
The Rouses Point Summer 2011 Concert Series presents the Nobby Reed Project. The Brown Cow Summer Concert Series offers Carol Jones and Gary Spaulding in concert. The Fairfax Summer Concert Series presents Conscious Roots.
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ArtBits - July 7, 2011
July 7, 2011 by Dick.
THE DIRT WILL BE DRY
But the music will not.
Summer Sounds opens its 21st season on Sunday with Jon Gailmor in Highgate Municipal Park.
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CALL FOR ARTISTS
The Swanton Free Public Library wants to stage a new, rotating exhibit of (mostly) two-dimensional art.
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ART ON THE WALLS
Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery presents Fairfax artist Gail Salzman. The Artist In Residence Gallery features painter and multi-media artist Pamela Krout-Voss, painter Patrick Murphy, watercolorist Gillian Senior, 3 dimensional artist Kim Senior, and photographer JoAnne Wazny. The Northwestern Medical Center Gallery hosts Lorraine Manley.
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ON STAGE LIVE
The Vermont National Guard also presents Vermont’s Own 40th Army Band in a free concert on the Green in Swanton this evening. Summer Music at Grace presents the Michele Fay Band in their return to Grace. On Tap at the Lincoln Inn offers Blues Night with the Nobby Reed Project. The Westford Farmer’s Market presents Carol Ann Jones in a solo gig and the Milton Summer Concert Series presents the Carol Ann Jones Trio.
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