Pride 1983 at University of Vermont Special Collections
Pride 1983 explores the origins and lasting legacy of Burlington, Vermont’s first LGBTQ2+ Pride celebration on June 25, 1983.
On view Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm at the Billings Library Apse, Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont (48 University Place, Burlington, VT).
Fam Jam!
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.
“A Way to Keep Our Culture Present” at Burlington City Hall
Since 1992, Vermont Folklife’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (VTAAP) has supported nearly 400 apprenticeships in artforms that reflect the shared cultural history, values, and aesthetics of the groups that practice them.
This exhibit uses photography and the words of the artists to explore ten traditional art forms which have been supported by VTAAP over the last three decades.
Himalayan Dreams at the Young Tradition Festival
Featuring Genticorum, Shyam Nepali’s Himalayan Dreams, and the Young Tradition Touring Group.
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.
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.
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.
Young Tradition Festival Family Friendly Jam
Join Pascal Gemme & Véronique Plasse for this family-friendly jam session.
Young Tradition Festival Family Contra Dance
Join Caller Luke Donforth and Pascal Gemme, Véronique Plasse and friends for a family contra dance.
Fam Jam!
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.
Oral History - An Introduction (Workshop in Thetford)
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 Thetford Historical Society to offer this workshop, Oral History: An Introduction, to help you move your project forward.
Stories from Vermont Folklife’s Archive - A Listening Party
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.
Oral History - An Introduction (Workshop in Manchester)
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.
Cabot Arts' Green Mountain Oldtime Workshop Weekend
With special guests, The Moon Shells, Katie Trautz, and Matt Flinner. Workshops in Oldtime and Cajun Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Harmony Singing, Bass, and String Band. Plus Dances, Concerts, and Jam Sessions!
The Touring Group Plays the Montpelier Contra Dance!
Join the Young Tradition Touring Group at the Capital City Grange for the Montpelier Contra Dance!
Trad Camp 2024
Registration is now open for Trad Camp 2024!
July 29-August 2nd at the First Congregational Church in Burlington.
The Touring Group at the Putney School
Join the Young Tradition Touring Group at the Putney School for a T performance and community contra dance!
Fam Jam!
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.
Stories of Life and Work in Winooski - A Listening Party
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.
Fam Jam!
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.
Fam Jam!
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.
Turkey Tales: Stories From the Field - A Listening Party (Burlington)
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.
The Touring Group at the Starksboro Meeting House
Join the Young Tradition Vermont Touring Group for a performance at the Starksboro Meeting House!
Turkey Tales: Stories From the Field - A Listening Party (Windsor)
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.
FREE Virtual Workshop: Sound Recordings as Primary Sources
When you think about primary sources, what are some of the first things that come to mind? Historical documents? Old photographs? Diaries? How about…sound recordings? Join Vermont Folklife for an online professional learning workshop for educators and learn how to access, engage with, and teach from oral histories and more from the Vermont Folklife Archive.
Fam Jam!
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.
Fam Jam!
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.
Fam Jam!
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.
Voices of St. Joseph's Orphanage
Voices of St. Joseph’s Orphanage is on display from January 28th to March 15th at the Manchester Community Library, Manchester Center, VT.
Voices of St. Joseph's Orphanage Exhibit Opening
Join us for the opening of Voices of St. Joseph’s Orphanage at the Manchester Community Library where it will be on display from January 28th to March 15th.
Touring Group members perform at the Thayer House
Join Touring Group members Ari, Eli and Winslow for a small group performance at the Thayer House
Fam Jam!
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.
Fam Jam!
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.
Fam Jam!
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.
House Concert: Emerald Rae with the Fiddleheads
Join us for a house concert with Nashville-based fiddler and folksinger Emerald Rae, with a special performance by a group of Fiddleheads.
Fiddleheads Session with Emerald Rae
Join Nashville-based fiddler and folksinger Emerald Rae for an in person Fiddleheads workshop in Essex, VT, on Sunday December 3rd, from 2:00-3:00pm.
Fam Jam!
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.
Non-Fiction Comics Fest 2023
The Non-Fiction Comics Festival features panel discussions, workshops, and exhibiting cartoonists creating non-fiction and autobiographical work.
Hey Kids, Comics! Vermont Comic Book Cultures, a Listening Party
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.
Stories from Vermont Folklife’s Archive: A Listening Party
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.
Fam Jam!
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.
In our words, in our community, a Listening Party
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.
Fam Jam!
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.
Lincoln General Store Memories and Listening Party
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 our words, in our community - Burlington
In our words, in our community on view in St. Albans
Remembering Andrews Inn & Queer Archives Collection
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.