Save the date for Non-Fiction Comics Fest 2024. November 16, 2024 - 11am - 6pm - Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT - Free to attend!

With their sound firmly rooted in the musical traditions of New England, Appalachia, Scotland, and Ireland, Sap Line blends those traditions into a cohesive palette to work in harmony together.  Bringing an astonishing number of instruments to the stage, Sap Line adds a fresh and youthful flavor to everything they do, from energetic jigs and reels to lyrical three-part harmony singing, captivating sean-nós dancing, and foot-stomping Old Time favorites.

Oliver Scanlon and Tristan Henderson bring a sonic landscape of fiddles in wild harmony, high-powered guitar, and pounding foot percussion with mandolin, jaw harp, and soaring vocal harmonies. The group taps into many traditions from the north to south and east to west, distilling a distinct sound that is completely their own. Their signature is variety: both multi-instrumentalists, they play a dynamic repertoire of folk-roots genres and tunes, both traditional and original.  

CANCELLED - Due to weather.
Vermont Folklife’s Sugar in the Pan plays traditional music from New England, Québec, Maritime Canada and beyond, featuring lively tunes that will have folks of all ages up & dancing!

Do you have an interview project in mind but don’t quite know where to begin or how to proceed? Vermont Folklife is partnering with the Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) to offer this workshop, Oral History: An Introduction, to help you move your project forward.

Join Vermont Folklife, the Manchester Historical Society, and the Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning as we hear about maple sugaring with horses, a fiddle tune at a Franco-American music jam, the strains of a Burmese lullaby, or the many generations of shopkeepers at the H.N. Williams store in Dorset.

Vermont Folklife Listening Parties bring people together to share the experience of listening deeply. A bit like a DJ set of the spoken word, we share stories, music, and sounds of the world around us drawn from the Archive at Vermont Folklife and other collections around the state. In partnership with the Heritage Winooski Mill Museum, hear stories of everyday life in Winooski through the voices of its own residents, past and present.

VT Folklife, VT Fish & Wildlife, and the National Wild Turkey Federation are celebrating the 51st anniversary of the reintroduction of the wild turkey in Vermont with a series of Listening Parties at breweries across the state. A bit like a DJ set of the spoken word, we’ll share recorded stories drawn from an oral history project that documents the history of Vermont’s turkey restoration, and also invite YOU, our audience, to share your own stories from the field, be it a successful hunt, a near miss, or a simple moment of appreciation for these magnificent birds.

VT Folklife, VT Fish & Wildlife, and the National Wild Turkey Federation are celebrating the 51st anniversary of the reintroduction of the wild turkey in Vermont with a series of Listening Parties at breweries across the state. A bit like a DJ set of the spoken word, we’ll share recorded stories drawn from an oral history project that documents the history of Vermont’s turkey restoration, and also invite YOU, our audience, to share your own stories from the field, be it a successful hunt, a near miss, or a simple moment of appreciation for these magnificent birds.

Join us for a house concert with Nashville-based fiddler and folksinger Emerald Rae, with a special performance by a group of Fiddleheads.

Join Mirthful Mary Wesley and resident Folklife Comic Nerd Andy Kolovos for a Listening Party featuring the voices of well-known Vermont cartoonists describing how Vermont shapes their art, along with clips of Vermont comic book fanatics sharing tales of the nerd life here in the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

Vermont Folklife Listening Parties bring people together to share the experience of listening deeply. A bit like a DJ set of the spoken word, we share voices, music, and sounds of the world around us drawn from the Archive at Vermont Folklife.

In 2023 and 2022, Vermont Folklife partnered with CVOEO on a project to explore poverty in Vermont through the voices of their clients and employees. Come and listen to the experiences of your neighbors who struggle with and work to alleviate the impacts of poverty in our state.

Join us for an afternoon of sharing stories and memories to celebrate the Lincoln General Store and explore the role of community stores in Vermont.

In connection with the Vermont Folklife exhibit, Pride 1983, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center is hosting a gathering to remember and celebrate Andrews Inn, the legendary gay disco, bar, hotel, restaurant, co-counseling site, and community space in Bellows Falls, Vermont.