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Dontcha Rock Em, Daddio ?

photo by Carol Highsmith, courtesy of Wikimedia
Everybody's daddy - Father Time !

Celebrating Father's Day, and rocking and reeling at the amazing selection of live performances in our area this week as we enter the summer concert and festival season !

This program will air on Sunday, June 21st from 7 - 10 p.m.

This week's calendar announcements:

On Friday June 26th, Burlington songwriter Mary McGinniss and her band the Selkies will perform as part of the E. Fairfield concert series at the meeting house. Music begins at 7 p.m. 

Rod MacDonald will perform at the Meetinghouse Cafe in Bennington on Friday June 26th at 8 p.m.

The Will Patton Ensemble will be playing on Sunday June 28th in Putney as part of the Twilight on the Tavern Lawn Series at the Putney Tavern.  Music begins at 6, and concert goers are urged to bring a blanket to sit on.  Will and his band will also be playing at the Lincoln Peak Vineyard in New Haven on Friday, June 26th from 6-8 p.m.

The Chris Kleeman Band will be playing on Saturday June 27th in Middlebury from 4 – 7 p.m along with Left Eye Jump as part of the 2015 Midd Summer Fest.

Maryse Smith and Rusty Belle will be performing in Lincoln on Saturday June 17th in the barn at 2908 Ripton Road.  Music begins at 8, doors open at 7:30.

Alan Greenleaf and the Doctor will be playing at the St. Johnsbury farmer’s market on Saturday June 27th beginning at 9am, and at the Skinny Pancake in Montpelier on Sunday June 28thfrom 6-8 p.m.
 
Jeremy Harple will be at Moog’s Place in Morrisville on Wednesday June 24th from 8 – 10 p.m.

Vermont guitar master Doug Perkins will be playing this week at the Chelsea Farmer’s Market and the Montpelier Farmer’s Market on June 26th and 27th respectively, and at Peasant’s Restaurant in Waitsfield tomorrow evening with banjoist Papi Biondo.

Josh Brooks, Vermont roots songwriter, will be playing at The Music Box in Craftsbury on Saturday June 27th at 8 p.m.

Dave Keller will perform solo this week at Sweet Melissa’s in Montpelier at 7:30 p.m.

The Stray Birds and Cricket Blue will be performing at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington on Tuesday June 23rd at 8 p.m.

The Sky Blue Boys will be playing at the Bradford Strawberry Festival on Friday June 26th in front of the Bradford Academy at 7 p.m.

The Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe presents Will Ackerman and his program entitled A Gathering to Celebrate the Longest Days on Saturday June 27th at 8 p.m. 

Lewis Franco and the Missing Cats will be playing for a swing dance at the Champlain Club in Burlington  on Saturday June 27th from 8 – 11 p.m.

Red Hot Juba will be performing on the town green in Norwich on Friday June 26th at 7 p.m.

The 15th Annual Jenny Brook Family Bluegrass Festival will be held at the Tunbridge World's Fairgrounds on June 25th – 28th. Gates open on Tuesday June 23rd. Featured bands include:  the Gibson Brothers, Blue Highway, Lonesome River Band, Beartracks, Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing, and many more!
 

Robert Resnik has been the host of All the Traditions, Vermont Public's folk and world music show, since 1996. He is the winner of the 2019 Herb Lockwood Prize In the Arts, an honor that rewards the pinnacle of arts leadership in Vermont and is the recipient of the 2022 Margaret L Kannenstine Award for Arts Advocacy from the Vermont Council of the Arts.
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