Vermont Folklife

For beginner fiddle players—all ages welcome!

(map) Google Calendar ICS Join Laurel Swift for this Spring Fiddleheads Teen Ensemble for intermediate to advanced players of all instruments at the Brattleboro Music Center.The focus is on exploring ensemble playing and developing creativity in folk music. Learn great tunes and how to accompany them, make harmonies and build a groove! We'll work in both small and large groups, and there are simpler and more complex lines accommodating a range of abilities. View Event → Sep 14 Ticonderoga Listen

For intermediate to advanced players of all instruments

(map) Google Calendar ICS Join Fiddleheads Alum Maeve Fairfax for a series of beginner-friendly fiddle lessons this fall, in Burlington!Sundays, Oct 6 & 20, Nov 3 & 17, Dec 1, 2024. 11am-12pm View Event → Sep 28 Young Tradition Vermont Fiddleheads Ensemble with Laurel Swift - Fall 2025

(map) Google Calendar ICS Join us for a Listening Party hosted with our friends at the Groton Library!  A Listening Party brings people together to share the experience of listening deeply. A bit like a DJ set of the spoken word, you'll hear stories and sounds of the world around us drawn from the Archive at Vermont Folklife. View Event → Oct 5 Young Tradition Vermont Intermediate Fiddleheads Series with Maeve Fairfax

(map) Google Calendar ICS From science to politics, history to health care, cartooning has exploded as a legitimate medium for exploring non-fiction topics and the textures of lived experience. View Event → Nov 8 Stories from Vermont Folklife’s Archive, a Listening Party at the Groton Library

(map) Google Calendar ICS From science to politics, history to health care, cartooning has exploded as a legitimate medium for exploring non-fiction topics and the textures of lived experience. View Event → Nov 14 Non-Fiction Comics Festival Presents Ben Passmore

(map) Google Calendar ICS Join the Young Tradition Touring Group for a performance hosted by the Montpelier Performance Arts Hub on Saturday, December 6th, at 7:00pm. The performance will be on the 2nd floor at the Chapel on 36 College Street. $20 suggested donation. View Event → Nov 15 Non-Fiction Comics Festival

(map) Google Calendar ICS Join the Young Tradition Touring Group for a performance hosted by the North Star Community Hall on Saturday, February 14th, at 7:00pm. View Event → Feb 6 to Mar 27 Exhibit Portraits of a Forest: Men and Machine