The Mad River Valley Village

Tuesday Tunes: The Steppes
2025-09-02 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Wide-open rock fusion from Vermont, USA.

Summer Sundays: Hard Scrabble
2025-09-07 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Vermont bluegrass and acoustic blues.

Tuesday Tunes: Bettenroo
2025-09-09 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Bettenroo is a dynamic, versatile musical duo with undeniable vocal strength. Lori Jacobs & Anne Davey‘s flawlessly blended harmony is complemented with instrumental versatility of guitar, bass, and occasional percussion.
Based in Delaware & Vermont, Bettenroo performs in the US and beyond. They have been featured on Freeman Stage (a host to many national acts like Alison Kraus, Chicago, Melissa Etheridge, etc), Milton Theatre, WBOC’s Delmarva Life, Florida’s Gulf Coast & Keys, Ladybug Festival, New England as well as venues in New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Costa Rica and Belize. Audiences can’t help but become an integral part of Anne and Lori’s passionate musical delivery. Check out Bettenroo’s CD ‘Live Out Loud‘.

Tuesday Tunes at Lawson’s Finest: Bob Recupero
2025-09-16 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Music for your ears and soul.

Summer Sundays at Lawson’s Finest: Switchel
2025-09-21 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Lawson’s Finest Brewery, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Tight vocal harmonies coupled with upright bass, mandolin, fiddle, guitar and banjo.

Tuesday Tunes at Lawson’s Finest: Bloodroot Gap
2025-09-23 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Formed after a serendipitous jam session at a Vermont bluegrass festival, Bloodroot Gap is a musical collaboration between brothers Rob and Jim McCuen (Swing Noire), Freeman Corey (Catamount Crossing, Big Spike Bluegrass) and Jake Munson.
Corey, a fiddle player who grew up on a dairy farm in Benson, is the son of a fine, old-time fiddler. He started playing at age 10, learning hundreds of Irish, Scottish and French-Canadian fiddle tunes from his father. Corey has become one of Vermont’s most sought-after traditional fiddlers, gracing the stage with Bob Amos and Catamount Crossing, Big Spike Bluegrass, The Haymakers and Spare Parts among countless other notable groups and musicians.
The McCuen Brothers have been performing side-by-side for nearly 30 years, founding the bands Wiley Dobbs, Acoustic Undermind, and Swing Noire, and sharing the stage with the likes of Frank Vignola, Jamie Masefield, Charlie Hunter and Doug Perkins. The brothers provide tight vocal harmonies and rhythmic accompaniment, as only twins can. Rob dazzles audiences with his fluid solos on mandolin and guitar, while Jim holds down the low end on upright bass.

Summer Sundays at Lawson’s Finest: Red Admiral
2025-09-28 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Red Admiral is Vermont’s preeminent alternative rock jug band. Come on down to delight your senses!

Artist Spotlight with Sarah Lavoie
2025-09-29 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | Lawson’s Finest Brewery, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
The artwork that adorns our Taproom walls rotates monthly with a different Vermont artist. This month we’re spotlighting the photography of Burlington’s Sarah Lavoie. Come join Sarah and the rest of the team on Monday September 29th to take in the art and chat with the artist!

Tuesday Tunes at Lawson’s Finest: Troy Millette
2025-09-30 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Witty onstage persona, imaginative covers, and heartfelt original songs. One of Vermont’s best folk artists.

The Sunday Sessions: Mike Mac
2025-10-05 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
One of our absolute favorites to have play at the Taproom. Mike is a top tier performer and guitarist and is always a fan favorite.

Tuesday Tunes: Red River North
2025-10-07 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Central Vermont’s premiere country quarter, led by Jeremiah Strauss. Red River North brings red dirt country covers and originals to the Lawson’s Finest Taproom.

Artist Spotlight with Elizabeth Harris
2025-10-13 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | Lawson’s Finest Brewery, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
The artwork that adorns our Taproom walls rotates monthly with a different Vermont artist. This month we’re spotlighting Moretown, VT artist Elizabeth Harris. Come join Liz and the rest of the team on Monday, October 13th to take in the art and chat with the artist!

Tuesday Tunes: John Lackard Blues Duo
2025-10-14 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-12-16 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Regular Taproom favorite John Lackard brings his blues and rock n’ roll back to the stage.

Tuesday Tunes: Chicken Fat Injection
2025-10-21 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-02 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Chicken Fat Injection is a Vermont band made up of some of the finest players in the region. With over 300 shows behind them, the group communication and groove is transcendent, bordering on ‘one mind’.

CFI’s choice of – and approach to – material is unique. Believing that playing sets that cross genres is not only refreshing and unexpected for an audience, the band remains fresh on each gig; CFI is dedicated to exploring the common languages of Funk, Soul, Jazz, Blues, Country, Reggae and Rock – in real time. It’s all CFI – and it’s all Groovy.
As a quartet, CFI is: George Petit on guitars and vocals, John Rivers on electric bass, Geza Carr on drumset and Mike Hartigan on keyboards…upon occasion, when the party permits, we expand to an nonet, adding up to a full five-piece horn section that includes Jake Whitesell (tenor), Rob DeBruyn (tenor), Avery Cooper (alto/bari), Conor Young (tpt/flug) and Nate Reit (t’bone).

Tuesday Tunes: The Dale & Darcy Band
2025-10-28 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-25 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
The Dale and Darcy band is composed of veteran acoustic musicians who play together at farmer’s markets, fairs, festivals, weddings, in bars and taverns and anywhere people appreciate a lively tune.
Their music is clean, crisp and clear. They have entertained guests every Saturday at The Von Trapp Family Brewery and Bakery for the past five summers and it is during that time that they developed the sweet harmonies and uncomplicated tunes you will find on their album. The tenor banjo, fiddles, mandolin, guitar and vocals create a sound that is pleasing to listen to, to dance to or to have playing quietly in the background. While some of the tunes are familiar favorites, others are simply their favorites, the tunes that have made a lasting impression on us all.

Tuesday Tunes: Sammy B
2025-11-04 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-12-23 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Sammy Blanchette, aka Sammy B, is a New England based singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalist who’s career spans nearly two decades. His performance career began primarily out of Southern Connecticut and has since found a primary home in Southern Vermont in the Okemo Valley as of 2018. Like most start up musicians, Sammy began playing out in bars and nightclubs at age 13 as well as sitting in with multiple Southern CT bands, including Hubinger St. which he became the full time bass player from 2010 to 2018. His style of work on electric and acoustic guitar ranges from a broad mix of rock, jazz, reggae, blues and jam band styles.

Tuesday Tunes: Bob Recupero
2025-11-11 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States

Tuesday Tunes: Cooie’s Trio
2025-11-18 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
As a trio, Cooie, Adlai & Patti combine their considerable talents and convey a spirit of musical adventure across multiple genres.
Instrumentally, Cooie’s steady rhythm guitar, Adlai’s masterly keyboard accompaniment, and Patti’s bassline create the perfect foundation for their vocal stylings, incorporating tight three-part harmonies.

Artist Spotlight with Hannah Brookman
2025-12-01 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Halifax) | Lawson’s Finest Brewery, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
The artwork that adorns our Taproom walls rotates monthly with a different Vermont artist. The month of November we’re spotlighting Marlboro, Vermont’s Hannah Brookman. Come join Hannah and the rest of the team on Monday, December 1st to take in the art and chat with the artist, before it comes off the walls!

Tuesday Tunes: Bruce Sklar and The Sklarkestra
2025-12-09 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Bruce Sklar and The Sklarkestra return to the Lawson’s Finest taproom to throw down some serious tunes!

Sunday Sessions: Bloodroot Gap
2025-12-14 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States

Tuesday Tunes: Shacket
2025-12-30 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Lawson’s Finest Taproom, 155 Carroll Road, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Shacket is a duo formed by our friends Sam Crawford and John Billingsley, whom you know from some of their other projects that have rocked the Taproom. Come on down for some good tunes!
