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Main Street Arts is a catalyst for arts and community, fostering creative expression through artistic experiences, accessible to all.
The Canal Street Art Gallery Represented Artist Show
At Main Street Arts. Open to the public July 4 - Aug. 9, 2021 during Picnics events (see schedule below) and by appointment. 20% of all sales donated to MSA. View the show online here.
At Main Street Arts. Open to the public July 4 - Aug. 9, 2021 during Picnics events (see schedule below) and by appointment. 20% of all sales donated to MSA. View the show online here.
Picnics with Main Street Arts
Join us for free outdoor music and theater this summer! Bring a chair, a friend, and an appetite for good food and community fun. Held at Saxtons River Park or side lawn of Main Street Arts, 35 Main Street. Smokin' Bowls will offer food for sale; menu will change weekly.
Sunday, July 11 at 6 p.m.
Eugene Friesen Cello: The Royal Chillharmonic
With his Royal Chilharmonic project, the four-time Grammy winner creates a virtual symphony by adding electronics and pre-recorded sounds to his trademark solo recitals. He turns his improvisational imagination loose with influences ranging from Bach to the blues and from Brazil to the Balkans. Expect an evening of music that is impossible to label and resembles the flow of nature—colorful, melodic, pulsing, and spontaneous.
Sunday, July 18 at 6 p.m.
The Little Big Band
The Little Big Band is a jazz band out of Bellows Falls, VT, with a taste for the great tunes of the 20th century. Comprised of a diverse 5-piece horn section backed by a solid rhythm section, they explore standards by Ellington, Bird, Miles, Mingus & more.
Wednesday, July 21 at 6 p.m.
Vermont Suitcase Company presents Robin Hood
The Vermont Suitcase Company tours live, active theater to Vermont towns. Join them for a rollicking re-enactment of the classic tale of Robin Hood, his Merry Men, Maid Marian, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the rest! Come early and enjoy music provided by the Main Street Arts String Band starting at 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 25 at 3 p.m.
Sandglass Theater presents "Punschi"
PUNSCHI is an enchanting tradition of imaginative puppetry and entertainment! Originally created by Sandglass’ Co-Founder, Ines Zeller Bass, now performed by her daughters, Jana Zeller and Shoshana Bass. Featuring hand puppets, a miniature circus, general buffoonery and music, these second generation performers present their children's entertainment program for your pleasure.
Sunday, July 25 at 6 p.m.
Jill Newton & Friends at 5 p.m.
Jill Newton, Laurie Indenbaum, Alan Partridge and Tommy "Bones" Logan will perform old time, new, and traditional tunes from all over.
Sunday, Aug. 1 at 6 p.m.
Mary Cay Brass and Friends
Mary Cay Brass and friends, Laurie Indenbaum and Andy Davis, perform lively, toe-stomping French Canadian tunes and songs on fiddle, accordion and piano. These three musicians have been immersed in the musical culture of Quebec for many years and actually spent a good deal of the pandemic learning tunes from each other on zoom! Come listen, dance and practice your French on a couple of call and response songs!
Sunday, Aug. 8 at 6 p.m.
The Milkhouse Heaters
Local favorites Jan and Mike Sheehy, The Milkhouse Heaters, will entertain us with original tunes. Their music is a combination of true stories and tall tales that speak of tragedies as well as success; tales of big city life and rural living laid out in a rootsy Americana style.
Join us for free outdoor music and theater this summer! Bring a chair, a friend, and an appetite for good food and community fun. Held at Saxtons River Park or side lawn of Main Street Arts, 35 Main Street. Smokin' Bowls will offer food for sale; menu will change weekly.
Sunday, July 11 at 6 p.m.
Eugene Friesen Cello: The Royal Chillharmonic
With his Royal Chilharmonic project, the four-time Grammy winner creates a virtual symphony by adding electronics and pre-recorded sounds to his trademark solo recitals. He turns his improvisational imagination loose with influences ranging from Bach to the blues and from Brazil to the Balkans. Expect an evening of music that is impossible to label and resembles the flow of nature—colorful, melodic, pulsing, and spontaneous.
Sunday, July 18 at 6 p.m.
The Little Big Band
The Little Big Band is a jazz band out of Bellows Falls, VT, with a taste for the great tunes of the 20th century. Comprised of a diverse 5-piece horn section backed by a solid rhythm section, they explore standards by Ellington, Bird, Miles, Mingus & more.
Wednesday, July 21 at 6 p.m.
Vermont Suitcase Company presents Robin Hood
The Vermont Suitcase Company tours live, active theater to Vermont towns. Join them for a rollicking re-enactment of the classic tale of Robin Hood, his Merry Men, Maid Marian, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the rest! Come early and enjoy music provided by the Main Street Arts String Band starting at 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 25 at 3 p.m.
Sandglass Theater presents "Punschi"
PUNSCHI is an enchanting tradition of imaginative puppetry and entertainment! Originally created by Sandglass’ Co-Founder, Ines Zeller Bass, now performed by her daughters, Jana Zeller and Shoshana Bass. Featuring hand puppets, a miniature circus, general buffoonery and music, these second generation performers present their children's entertainment program for your pleasure.
Sunday, July 25 at 6 p.m.
Jill Newton & Friends at 5 p.m.
Jill Newton, Laurie Indenbaum, Alan Partridge and Tommy "Bones" Logan will perform old time, new, and traditional tunes from all over.
Sunday, Aug. 1 at 6 p.m.
Mary Cay Brass and Friends
Mary Cay Brass and friends, Laurie Indenbaum and Andy Davis, perform lively, toe-stomping French Canadian tunes and songs on fiddle, accordion and piano. These three musicians have been immersed in the musical culture of Quebec for many years and actually spent a good deal of the pandemic learning tunes from each other on zoom! Come listen, dance and practice your French on a couple of call and response songs!
Sunday, Aug. 8 at 6 p.m.
The Milkhouse Heaters
Local favorites Jan and Mike Sheehy, The Milkhouse Heaters, will entertain us with original tunes. Their music is a combination of true stories and tall tales that speak of tragedies as well as success; tales of big city life and rural living laid out in a rootsy Americana style.
Part of Vermont Arts Council's Stages in the Sun initiative
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