This class is for intermediate students who can play a few tunes, and can learn tunes by ear by repeating back a series of 5-10 notes.

Wednesday, 5-6pm, March 5- April 16

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.

Join Touring Group alum Eliza Goodell for a series of beginner-friendly fiddle lessons this fall, in Burlington!

Sundays, 11-12, Feb 2 &16, March 2 &16, April 6, 13 & 27, May 4

The Instrument Petting Zoo includes a wide variety of traditional acoustic instruments: The majority are stringed instruments like fiddles, ukuleles, guitars, banjos, mandolins, cellos, basses, etc. with the express purpose of letting young people play them.

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

Join Laurel Swift for this Fiddleheads Teen Fall 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.

This class is for intermediate students who can play a few tunes, and can learn tunes by ear by repeating back a series of 5-10 notes.

1-2pm on Saturdays, Sept. 7 to Nov. 2. No class Oct 12

The Instrument Petting Zoo includes a wide variety of traditional acoustic instruments: The majority are stringed instruments like fiddles, ukuleles, guitars, banjos, mandolins, cellos, basses, etc. with the express purpose of letting young people play them.

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.

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. 

The Instrument Petting Zoo includes a wide variety of traditional acoustic instruments: The majority are stringed instruments like fiddles, ukuleles, guitars, banjos, mandolins, cellos, basses, etc. with the express purpose of letting young people play them.

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!

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

Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.

Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.

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

Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.

Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.

Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.

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

Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.

Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.

Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.

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

Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.

Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.

Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.