The Mad River Valley Village

Holiday Concert, “Peace On Earth”
2023-12-15 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Waterbury Congragational Church, Route 100, Waterbury, VT
Mad River Chorale’s holiday concert this year has the sorely-needed theme, Peace on Earth. Music by FInzi, Buxtehude, Poulenc, Britten and Chilcott includes some familiar and some less-familiar music of the season. We are delighted to announce that the audience singalong of familiar carols and the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah will return after a three-year hiatus.
Our community chorus has received very positive responses from our audiences and music reviews. Conductor/musical director Mary Jane Austin and collaborative accompanist Alison Cerutti, along with vocal coach and operatic bass Erik Kroncke, prepare, support, and and perform with our group of central Vermont singers.

Holiday Concert, “Peace On Earth”
2023-12-17 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Waitsfield United Church Village Meeting House, 4355 Main St, Waitsfield, 05673
Mad River Chorale’s holiday concert this year has the sorely-needed theme, Peace on Earth. Music by FInzi, Buxtehude, Poulenc, Britten and Chilcott includes some familiar and some less-familiar music of the season. We are delighted to announce that the audience singalong of familiar carols and the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah will return after a three-year hiatus.
Our community chorus has received very positive responses from our audiences and music reviews. Conductor/musical director Mary Jane Austin and collaborative accompanist Alison Cerutti, along with vocal coach and operatic bass Erik Kroncke, prepare, support, and and perform with our group of central Vermont singers.
$20 adults – $15 for Students/Seniors – Under 12 Free

MRB Pub Music Series: Al’s Pals
2024-01-03 17:00 - 21:00, 2024-01-17 17:00 - 21:00, 2024-02-07 17:00 - 21:00, 2024-02-21 17:00 - 21:00, 2024-03-13 17:00 - 21:00, 2024-03-27 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | Mad River Barn
Join us for live music, food & drinks from 5:00-9:00pm. Music featuring Al’s Pals

Granville Daze
2024-01-05 16:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Middlebury Snowbowl, 6886 VT Route 125, Hancock, Vermont, 05748, United States
Apres Ski with original music by Granville Daze

MRB Pub Music Series: Chris Lyons Band
2024-01-10 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | Mad River Barn
Join us for live music, food & drinks from 5:00-9:00pm. Music featuring Chris Lyons Band

Live Music with “Cooper”
2024-01-17 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Tracks, 275 Main Street, Warren, VT, 05674, United States
Join us in Tracks to hear local favorite Bob “Cooper” Recupero as he entertains on his guitar with covers by artists ranging from Hank Williams and John Prine to Lyle Lovett and Bob Dylan. Enjoy with a local craft draft or a full 3-course tavern dinner (or both)!

Dark Star Project
2024-01-20 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Emily’s Bar & Bistro, 5081 Main Street, Waitsfield, VT, 056673
Great music, awesome vibes.

MRB Pub Music Series: Ragged Company
2024-01-24 17:00 - 21:00, 2024-03-20 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | Mad River Barn
Join us for live music, food & drinks from 5:00-9:00pm. Music featuring Ragged Company

It’s Almost Cocktail Hour
2024-01-27 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Phoenix, 5 Stowe St., Waterbury, Vermont, 05676, United States
Join us on Saturday, January 27 at The Phoenix in Waterbury, Vermont to reflect on our habits and how we choose to celebrate during the holidays season. There will be NA beer, mocktails, and fizzy drinks to taste and purchase, along with raffle baskets with donated items from local businesses. Stick around for live music and to learn more about Mosaic and the work we do.

MRB Pub Music Series: John Lackard Blues Band
2024-01-31 17:00 - 21:00, 2024-03-06 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | Mad River Barn
Join us for live music, food & drinks from 5:00-9:00pm. Music featuring John Lackard Blues Band

Scrag Mountain Music – Spiritual Sounding: Divine Love
2024-02-13 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 130 Main Street, Montpelier, Vermont, 05602, United States
Presented by Scrag Mountain Music and hosted by the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, this interspiritual event features Scrag co-Artistic Director Evan Premo’s improvised loop-based, ambient style, long form music for meditation, prayer, or deep listening. Evan’s music facilitates a deep meditative experience which connects listeners to one another and all consciousness. The theme for this spiritual sounding is Divine Love: that Love, the essence of the Universe, that holds us always through life’s peaks and valleys. As source material, Evan will include Hildegard Von Bingen’s medieval chant, Karitas habundat: “Love abounds in all, from the deepest depths and excelling over every star…”
“Come as you are, Pay what you can.” For details and tickets: http://www.scragmountainmusic.org/spiritual-sounding-divine-love.html

MRB Pub Music Series: Jaded Ravins
2024-02-14 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | Mad River Barn
Join us for live music, food & drinks from 5:00-9:00pm. Music featuring Jaded Ravins

MRB Pub Music Series: Running In Circles
2024-02-28 17:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-03 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | Mad River Barn
Join us for live music, food & drinks from 5:00-9:00pm. Music featuring Running In Circles

Hyde Away March Music
2024-03-02 21:00 - 23:00, 2024-03-08 21:00 - 23:00, 2024-03-09 16:30 - 18:30, 2024-03-15 21:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Hyde Away Inn, 1428 Millbrook Rd (VT 17), Waitsfield, 05673
Sat 3/2, 9pm – F.O.B.
Fri 3/8, 9pm – Local 28
Sat 3/9, 4:30pm – Local 28
Fri 3/15, 9pm – Straight Jacket Slumber Party
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Big Pick at the Hyde Away
2024-03-23 20:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Hyde Away Inn, 1428 Millbrook Rd (VT 17), Waitsfield, 05673
This Saturday, all the way from Bristol, enjoy a bluegrass spin on your favorite songs – no cover!!!

Total Solar Eclipse at Camp Meade
2024-04-08 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Camp Meade, 961 ROUTE 2, middlesex, 05602
Gather with friends, family, and neighbors on the green at Camp Meade for a celestial celebration of this once-in-a-lifetime cosmic crossing. With live music, street performers, glassblowing demos by Sam Lightner of Lightner Glass, kids’ activities, science-themed story walk, wood-fired pizza from Red Hen, food from All Good Eats, beer/wine by The Local, and much more. $10/adult (kids are free); each ticket includes ISO-certified eclipse viewing glasses.
Event will take place at 961 US Route 2 in Middlesex, VT. Parking is available at Camp Meade and along US Route 2. No dogs, folding chairs, or outside food/drink please.

MRB Pub Music Series: Hogback Hollow
2024-04-10 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Mad River Barn
Join us for live music, food & drinks from 5:00-9:00pm. Music featuring Hogback Hollow
Hogback Hollow is an acoustic trio from Addison County VT that writes and performs original music along with some covers. The music of Hogback Hollow is rooted in bluegrass, folk, and Americana.

Dave Ogrodowczyk – Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals

Matt Hecklinger – Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Mike Schuster – Bass, Vocals
https://www.facebook.com/hogbackhollow
https://www.instagram.com/hogbackhollowmusic

Open Mic Night
2024-04-18 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | The Local: Wine & Beer, 961 US Route 2, Middlesex, VT, 05602, United States
Gather with us at The Local for an open mic night hosted by Sarah and Derek in the Tasting Room. All levels of experience are welcome. Dig deep to find that inner songstress, dancer, poet, or performer! There is so much talent in our little neck of the woods, and we’re happy to give you a space to share it with others.
Please RSVP whether you are planning to perform, spectate, or spectate until you work up the courage to perform! We will have a special wine & beer by the glass menu as well as a limited food menu for the evening.
Doors open at 5:00pm. Performances begin at 6:00pm.

Scrag Mountain Music, Spiritual Sounding: Sacred Trees
2024-04-26 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Mad River Valley Arts, 5031 Main Street #2 Village Square, Waitsfield, 05673
Friday, April 26 5-6 pm
Mad River Valley Arts, 5031 Main St, Waitsfield
Join Evan Premo (multi-instrumentalist/composer and Scrag Mountain Music co-Artistic Director) and Mikahely (Burlington-based singer-songwriter instrumentalist originally from Madagascar) as they improvise on instruments made of trees. Evan and Mikahely will musically explore what trees can teach us about who we are as spiritual beings, and Mikahely will speak about the importance of trees in Madagasy spiritual practice. Evan’s Spiritual Soundings feature improvised loop-based ambient music presented with an intentional theme. The community is invited to participate using any spiritual modality — meditation, prayer, deep listening, movement etc — while holding the intention of the session’s theme. The hope is that this music and these gatherings will facilitate deep meditative experience which connects audiences to one another and all consciousness.
Space is limited and there are a limited number of chairs available. Attendees are encouraged to reserve tickets in advance and are invited to bring a cushion or mat to sit on.
This program is presented in conjunction with Mad River Valley Arts’s exhibition RISE: Trees, Our Botanical Giants running through April 26. Reception following the Spiritual Sounding.
Please note that space is limited and there are a limited number of chairs available. Attendees are encouraged to reserve “Pay what you can” tickets in advance at scragmountainmusic.org and are invited to bring a cushion or mat to sit on.
