Community Potluck and Dance Leader Roundtable - 2025 Young Tradition Festival
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), Susmita Dakahl (Nepali dance leader), and Aline Mukiza (Burundian singer and dance leader).
Community Dance Party - 2025 Young Tradition Festival
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.
Student/Mentor Showcase - 2025 Young Tradition Festival
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.
Workshop: Green Mountain Greatness with the Pine Tree Flyers - 2025 Young Tradition Festival
In this 90-minute workshop, the Flyers will introduce a favorite New England classic (Green Mountain Petronella, for the great state of Vermont!), teaching both chords and melody. After a short break, the second half of class will focus on how we arrange for the concert stage. With a combination of demonstrating, discussion, and full-group playing, we'll use Green Mountain Petronella to make some magic happen.
Concert with the Pine Tree Flyers and Young Tradition Touring Group - 2025 Young Tradition Festival
Join us for a joyous evening of music with the Pine Tree Flyers and the Young Tradition Touring Group!
Non-Fiction Comics Fest
Save the date for Non-Fiction Comics Fest 2024. November 16, 2024 - 11am - 6pm - Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT - Free to attend!
Young Tradition Vermont at the New World Festival
Young Tradition Vermont’s Sugar in the Pan will perform at this year’s New World Festival at the Chandler Center for the Arts.
Attendees will also be able to visit an installation of the Instrument Petting Zoo, along with catching the festival’s other fabulous acts.
Young Tradition Festival Family Contra Dance
Join Caller Luke Donforth and Pascal Gemme, Véronique Plasse and friends for a family contra dance.
Young Tradition Festival Family Friendly Jam
Join Pascal Gemme & Véronique Plasse for this family-friendly jam session.
Genticorum with the Touring Group at the Young Tradition Festival
Vermont Folklife’s Young Tradition Touring Group will open for Genticorum for the Young Tradition Festival’s Saturday night concert.
Sansari Festival
The Bhutanese Nepali Kirat Rai & Limbu community cordially invites you to the Sansari Puja Celebration in Burlington! This springtime festival is an appeal to the gods of nature for blessings for a successful agricultural season and for individual health and wellbeing.
Student/Mentor Showcase at the Young Tradition Festival
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.
Himalayan Dreams at the Young Tradition Festival
Featuring Genticorum, Shyam Nepali’s Himalayan Dreams, and the Young Tradition Touring Group.
Non-Fiction Comics Fest 2023
The Non-Fiction Comics Festival features panel discussions, workshops, and exhibiting cartoonists creating non-fiction and autobiographical work.
Instrument Petting Zoo at the Milton Art & Stroll
Come explore the Instrument Petting Zoo at the Milton Art & Stroll!
The Art & Stroll will be the second annual outdoor Art Festival hosted by the Milton Artists' Guild! With artists, crafters, and makers of all kinds, this art festival features artwork from all over Vermont. Featuring up to 100 vendors, this will be a festival to explore! Come for a day of music, artwork, family crafts, food, and much more. Hosted from 10 am - 4 pm in the Milton Square (field next to the Milton Artists' Guild) Milton, VT (Parking behind the Milton Post Office)!
Sansari Festival
Sansari Puja (Mother Nature Ceremony) is a community celebration held on the first full moon day of the Nepali New Year (between mid April-mid May). This springtime festival is an appeal to the gods of nature for blessings for a successful agricultural season and for individual health and wellbeing.