Join us for a joyous evening of music with the Pine Tree Flyers and the Young Tradition Touring Group! 

Join us at the Burlington Farmers Market for a showcase performance of students performing music and dance from a wide range of traditions alongside their teachers and mentors.

Performances will include folk fiddling, Tibetan Dranyen, Jazz ukulele, Scottish harp, and Irish step dancing.

Join us to enjoy an evening of participatory dance and learn about the range of traditional arts practiced in Vermont today. This event is an opportunity for attendees of all ages and abilities to gather, move together to live music, and learn from dance leaders representing a diverse array of Vermont’s cultural communities. 

Join us for a potluck dinner to open the 2025 Young Tradition Festival! During the meal, Vermont Folklife’s Mary Wesley will host a round table with community-recognized dance experts and longtime VT Folklife partners, Migmar Tsering (Tibetan musician and dance leader), Mediha Jusufagic (Bosnian dance leader), Urmila Chhetri (Bhutanese Nepali and Bollywood Dance Instructor), and Aline Mukiza (Burundian singer and dance leader).

Join the Touring Group for a performance hosted by the Upper Valley Music Center at the First Congregational Church, Lebanon, New Hampshire, on Sunday, April 27th, at 2:00pm.

Join the Touring Group for a performance at Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church in Melrose, Massachusetts, Saturday, April 26th, at 7:00pm.

Join us for a joyous evening of music with the Pine Tree Flyers and the Young Tradition Touring Group at One Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine, on Friday, April 25th, at 8:00 pm.

Join us for a joyous evening of music with Springtide and the Young Tradition Touring Group at the at Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast on Thursday, April 24th, at 7:00 pm.

Join the Touring Group for a performance at Trinity Church in Lewiston, Maine, Wednesday, April 23rd, at 6:45pm.

Join the Young Tradition Touring Group for a performance at the First Congregational Church of Cornwall.

Dance to the Young Tradition Touring Group at the Montpelier Contra Dance!

Join the Young Tradition Touring Group for a performance at North Star Community Hall in Burlington.

Join the 2024-25 Touring Group for a performance at the Montpelier Performing Arts Hub.

Vermont Folklife's Sugar in the Pan Trad Band plays traditional music from New England, Québec, Maritime Canada and beyond, featuring lively tunes that will have folks of all ages up & dancing!  These fantastic teenage musicians with the Young Tradition Vermont Touring Group offer creative and engaging arrangements for audiences.  They have performed at the New World Festival in Randolph and the Young Tradition Festival in Burlington; toured Cape Breton in 2023 and Québec in 2024; and have entertained at various retirement communities and schools in Vermont. 

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.

We love Pie! Join the Rokeby Museum to celebrate Summer and community with Rokeby’s annual Pie & Ice Cream Social. There will be games, raffle prizes throughout the afternoon, and music by Vermont Folklife’s Sugar in the Pan Trad Band!

Moira Smiley will perform songs from her recently released album of folk songs with string quartet, ‘The Rhizome Project’ along with special guests, including YTV participants.

The annual folk concert is organized by singer Deb Flanders in honor of her great-aunt Helen Hartness Flanders, an internationally recognized ballad collector and authority on folk music found in New England and in the British Isles. 

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.  

Join the Young Tradition Touring Group at the Capital City Grange for the Montpelier Contra Dance!

Join the Young Tradition Touring Group at the Putney School for a T performance and community contra dance!

Join the Young Tradition Vermont Touring Group for a performance at the Starksboro Meeting House!

Join Touring Group members Ari, Eli and Winslow for a small group performance at the Thayer House

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

The 24th Annual Folk Music Concert will pay tribute to the late Pete Sutherland, lifelong Vermonter, world citizen and exceptional musician. Featured on the program are current and past members of Young Tradition Vermont Touring Group.

The annual folk concert is organized by singer Deb Flanders in honor of her great-aunt Helen Hartness Flanders, an internationally recognized ballad collector and authority on folk music found in New England and in the British Isles. Joining Deb are fiddler Oliver Scanlon, cellist John Dunlop, violin/fiddlers Laura Markowitz and Sofia Hirsch.

Join us for a free (donations accepted) lunchtime concert at Trad Camp! Joanne Garton mixes her pervasive passion for Scottish culture with the drive and rhythms of the New England dance floor. Ten musical years in Montreal and two in Scotland provided ample influence and inspiration for traditional tunes and the art of teaching them. A resident of Montpelier, Vermont for the last 12 years, Joanne teaches music and dance to kids and adults, performs on stage, plays in sessions, and of course, steps out on the dance floor.

Join us for a free (donations accepted) lunchtime concert at Trad Camp with Yann Falquet and Julia Friend. Yann is a very active and creative acoustic guitar player on the Québécois music scene. His involvement in the province's traditional music scene has brought him perform on numerous recordings, and to tour regularly throughout Canada, the U.S., Europe and Australia with his main project Genticorum. Julia is a singer of pub songs, sea shanties, and ballads. She loves the power and vulnerability of the human voice. An occasional performer at small folk festivals, Julia is happiest swapping songs and blending harmonies in dark corners in the wee hours of the night.

Join us for a free (donations accepted) lunchtime concert and performance at Trad Camp! Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater invites you to join us in celebration through traditional West African music and dance. In the Bambara language of Mali, “Jeh Kulu” means “community” and this is exactly what we hope to build with our audiences! Founded in 1993, Jeh Kulu brings together people of all ages and backgrounds to honor the joyous traditions of West Africa.