Bread & Puppet will host our traditional Museum Open House Sunday, June 2nd at 2 p.m. As always, this celebratory afternoon of performances, bread, and museum appreciation will mark the beginning of a bustling summer season at the Bread & Puppet farm.

The Open House will begin at the entrance of our Museum, where local singers will gather to sing songs in the “Shape Note” tradition, an early American sacred singing tradition with deep roots in Vermont, in four-part harmony. Next, the Museum will receive its ceremonial opening for the season: the museum guard will be woken up and reinstalled at his post for the summer. The public will be invited to peruse the museum.
In keeping with tradition, the middle of the afternoon will feature performances by B&P friends and guests with original music and short puppet shows at locations around the B&P farm.

The afternoon will conclude with The Whole Kit and Caboodle Show!

“We the Whole Kit & Caboodle bread bakers, peace and harmony terrorists, and criminal trespassers of the fascist empire offer anti-hospital bombing calisthenics in the face of the Freedom and Democracy Bullshitters, and precise funeral rites for the collapsing Western Civilization and make our divine papermaché weaponry as retrieved from the cardboard industry’s available refuse to defeat the capitalist hegemony and celebrate a brand-new humanity with appropriate victory dances and demonstrate our birthright as children of the one and only Mother Dirt who makes us and unmakes us and now requires our full undivided attention.” -Peter Schumann

After the show Bread & Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread with aioli, and Bread & Puppet’s “Cheap Art” – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press – will be for sale.

Tickets for the Summer 2024 shows are $10 each. Admission by donation for kids 6 and under. We ask that you purchase a ticket ahead of time if you’re able. However, it’s central to our philosophy for our shows to be accessible and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please check our website to purchase tickets https://breadandpuppet.org/

Dogs are discouraged, though well behaved dogs on leash are allowed. If you bring your dog, PLEASE SIT IN THE BACK of the audience, AT THE TOP OF THE THEATER as far away as possible from the brass band and bring plenty of water (there is none onsite).

We look forward to seeing you this summer!