46 years of free, family-friendly music in the heart of Vermont!!

We have a tent that seats over 200 and covers a large performance stage. The tent is surrounded by lawn with great sight lines and unlimited seating, perfect for family picnics and relaxed viewing. There's a state-of-the-art sound system bringing music to everyone inside the tent and throughout the village green. 

The Festival is free to attend but, of course, there are significant expenses to produce the week long activities. So we "pass the hat" at each show and hope everyone attending will give whatever they can to help support the Festival.

Schedule of Events:

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: New Orleans Jazz and Swing presented by the Middlebury Community Music Center faculty

The Middlebury Community Music Center faculty will perform selections in the tradition of New Orleans jazz and swing music, playing on a variety of instruments including clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, keyboard, guitar, and percussion. The ensemble includes Miles Donahue, Kate Forman, Glendon Ingalls, Bear Irwin, Dan Taber, Ron White, and Rob Zollman who individually perform in The Vermont Jazz Ensemble, Enerjazz, the Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble, the Red Clover Jazz Quartet as well as many other groups.

7:00 pm - 8:15 pm: Ordinary Elephant

Winners of the 2017 International Folk Music Awards Artist of the Year, Crystal and Pete Danmore have since gained national recognition and appeared on many festival stages. In 2019 the Associated Press hailed Ordinary Elephant's new release as the Best Americana album of the year.  Now residing in Opelousas, Louisiana, their songs focus on character driven storytelling and their music is intertwined with banjo, guitar and octave mandolin parts wrapping around the duo's captivating vocals. 

"... the writing and harmonies are rather stunning." - Saving Country Music
"… beautiful, soulful, exquisitely simple, and totally essential." - Ben Salmon, Bandcamp Daily

8:30 pm  9:45 pm: Honey and Soul

Honey and Soul is an Indie Band offering ballads with rich harmonies as well as boisterous rock and roll for your dancing pleasure. Starting off in 2017 as a trio, the band focused on supporting the  compositions of singer - songwriter Hannah Hausman. Now a quintet, their material has evolved as they have added new members, instruments and a percussive back line. The band consists of Hannah Hausman (vocals-guitar), Cleo Flemming (vocals-cello), Lexi Ugilow (vocals-keyboard), Logan Beck (bass) and Zack Santarsiero (drums.)