Thursday, June 20, 5:00 pm

Location:
Schilling Beer Co. Store & Tasting Room
26 Mill St.
Littleton, NH

Please use public parking, including the lot directly across the river from the brewery at end of Riverglen Dr. (“The Murro Green”).

Tickets: $50 all seats

Ticket price includes donation, music from Levitt AMP St. Johnsbury's own Pam McAnn & Derek Campbell, and buffet dinner. Schilling Beer Co./Resilience beers available at cash bar.

All proceeds to benefit the Levitt AMP concert series at Dog Mountain.

USA, Rated G, 89 Minutes
Directors: Alan Elliott, Sidney Pollack
Cast: Aretha Franklin, Rev. James Cleveland, The Southern California Community Chorus

Showtimes:
Daily - 5:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Sunday & Wednesday matinees - 1:30 pm

Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees and Bargain Nights (Monday & Tuesday): $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students

Amazing Grace is a beautiful and inspiring experience from the career of one of America’s most beloved singers. It includes concert footage from 1972 of Aretha Franklin performing songs from the best-selling gospel album at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles.

Saturday, June 22, 5:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Admission: Free

All are invited to attend a wine and cheese reception for the artists at 5:00 pm on Saturday, June 22nd in the Fried Family Gallery at Catamount Arts. Artist remarks at 6:00 pm.

Week 1: Monday-Friday, June 17-21, 8:30-11:30am
Week 2: Monday-Friday, June 24-28, 8:30-11:30am

Location:
St. Johnsbury School
257 Western Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Catamount Arts will offer its third EPIC Music Camp this summer at the St. Johnsbury School, for students entering grades 2-7. Camp is June 17-21 and June 24-28, from 8:30-11:30am; current, former, and new students are welcome to come to one or both weeks. Violin experience is not necessary. The camp, led by EPIC Music Artistic Director Jason Bergman, will focus on high quality music instruction, both in large groups and semi-private lessons, plus games and performance opportunities. Instruments, instruction, and snacks are free. Donations to help cover costs are greatly appreciated (suggested donation: $25-100 per week).

Please register HERE.

Volunteers are at the heart of EPIC Music. Adults or high school students, with or without musical training, are invited to help with the camp this summer. Please contact Volunteer Coordinator Robin Bergman at rjbergman@myfairpoint.net or call 802-633-2871.

For more information, call 802-748-2600, ext. 109 or visit the EPIC Music page on the Catamount Arts website

USA, Rated R, 132 Minutes
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Armie Hammer, Timothee Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg

Showtime:
Monday, June 24, 7:00 pm

Admission: Free

It's the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman, a precocious 17- year-old American-Italian, spends his days in his family's 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music. While Elio's sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him. One day, Oliver, a charming American scholar working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of Italy, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.

United Kingdom, Rated PG-13, 114 minutes
Director: Morten Tyldum
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode

Showtime:
Tuesday, June 25, 7:00 pm

Admission: Free

During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of 'gross indecency', an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality - little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. Famously leading a motley group of scholars, linguists, chess champions and intelligence officers, he was credited with cracking the so-called unbreakable codes of Germany's World War II Enigma machine. An intense and haunting portrayal of a brilliant, complicated man, THE IMITATION GAME follows a genius who under nail-biting pressure helped to shorten the war and, in turn, save thousands of lives. (c) Weinstein

from the 2013-2014 season

Wednesday, June 26, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adults, $12 Catamount Arts members, $6 students

Franco Zeffirelli’s picturesque staging, an audience favorite for more than 30 years, features a winning young cast, including soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Vittorio Grigolo as the lovers Mimì and Rodolfo. Stefano Ranzani conducts.

Thursday, June 27, 7:00 pm
Encore - Tuesday, July 2, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $25 adult, $23 Catamount Arts member, $16 student

Adapted by Helen Edmundson
Based on the novel by Andrea Levy

Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Experience the play in cinemas, filmed live on stage as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.

Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, England.

The play follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK.

A company of 40 actors take to the stage of the National Theatre in London in this timely and moving story.

USA, Rated PG-13, 84 Minutes
Director: Madeleine Olnek
Cast: Molly Shannon, Susan Ziegler, Amy Seimetz

Showtimes:
Daily - 5:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Sunday & Wednesday matinees - 1:30 pm

Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees and Bargain Nights (Monday & Tuesday): $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students

Beloved comic Molly Shannon leads in this humorous yet bold reappraisal of Dickinson, informed by her private letters. While seeking publication of some of the 1,775 poems written during her lifetime, Emily finds herself facing a troupe of male literary gatekeepers too confused by her genius to take her work seriously. Instead her work attracts the attention of an ambitious woman editor, who also sees Emily as a convenient cover for her own role in buttoned-up Amherst's most bizarre love triangle.

PRICES
Adults (13+): $22*
Youth (7-12): $18*
Children (2-6): $16*
Under 2 free on an adult's lap

*plus 6% VT sales tax

Purchases made online or via phone are subject to a surcharge of $3.00 per ticket.

Group rates available for groups 15 or more – please call 802-748-2600.

LOCATION
Green Mountain Mall
2000 Memorial Drive
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
(Google Map)

Presented by Catamount Arts

CONCESSIONS & NOVELTIES!
The Smirkus Midway opens one hour before showtime and features splendiforous Smirkus Novelties and Food concessions that include, popcorn, cotton candy, hot dogs, ice cream and ice cold bottled beverages of water, lemonade and iced tea. We do not sell peanuts and our popcorn is popped in coconut oil.

DIRECTIONS
Take Exit 22 off of Interstate 91. Go East on Hospital Drive for .9 miles and then take a left on Route 5. Head North for 1.1 miles and the mall is on your right.

TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT:
Catamount Arts
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
(802) 748-2600 ext. 2

Tuesdays, July 9, 16 and 23, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts
115 Eastern Avenue
St. Johnsbury, VT

Instructor: Sharon Kenney Biddle

Come and play with paint and other materials to develop intriguing, unusual textures on various papers. You can make backgrounds for your painting, for art journaling, for bookbinding, or just for fun.

This series of three two-hour workshops will give you hands-on experience. You may enroll in one or two or all three.

General supplies will be provided.

Workshop Fee: $25 each, or $60 for all three (10% discount for Catamount members and students).
A materials fee of $3 per session is payable directly to the instructor.

Parents of middle and high school students: After registering for workshop(s), please complete an enrollment form HERE.

Sharon Kenney Biddle is a painter, bookbinder and collage artist who has been teaching bookbinding and related crafts for more than seventeen years. She believes that old-fashioned paper-filled books, especially ones that we make ourselves, are not obsolete or irrelevant. Designing a book and building its contents are worthy, satisfying experiences. A book that is entirely one's own from cover to cover is a splendid example of imagination and careful craftsmanship.

Location: Catamount Arts Center

Admission: Free

Northern Vermont Songwriters is a new organization for songwriters to share knowledge and maximize creativity. Membership and meetings are free. We meet at 6:45 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month in the cabaret room at Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury. Songwriters from Vermont, New Hampshire and anywhere else are invited to attend, and all genres of music are welcome. Songwriters may bring a song to share. The song may be performed live for the group, or a recording may be played (an iPhone dock will be available). Songwriters are encouraged to bring 6 copies of lyrics to share with the group. They may also bring lyrics only, or choose to simply listen and comment on the songs of others. Members might be invited to participate in public performances, including a Songwriter Round at Catamount Arts and at First Night. Another exciting benefit is occasional workshops hosted by music industry professionals, designed to help songwriters improve their craft. Please join us for our next meeting. Any questions should be sent to jakarns33@gmail.com; or phone: (802) 467-9859.

Jay Craven’s new near-future film noir based on the novel by Craig Nova.

Wednesday, July 10 through Saturday, July 13, 7:00 pm
Jay Craven will be present on July 10th and 12th for post-screening Q&A.

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $9.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors, $6.00 for students and members 

“Wetware” is set in a near future where people down on their luck apply for genetic modifications to take on hard jobs in slaughterhouses, toxic cleanup and deep sea mining – jobs that nobody wants to do. With business booming, programmers at Galapagos Wetware up the stakes by producing high-end prototypes, Jack and Kay, for more sensitive jobs like space travel, counterterrorism, and deep cover espionage.

Galapagos genetic programmer Hal Briggs is sharp and creative but impetuous. He’s a socially awkward romantic in a transactional world. He keeps a virtual human clock at home and improvises as he goes on what qualities to include or delete in his gene splicing for Jack and, especially, Kay, to whom he develops a dangerous attachment.

Then word gets out that Jack and Kay have escaped from the Galapagos labs, before Briggs has completed his work. Where have they gone and what do they know? Briggs scrambles to track his fugitive prototypes and, as he reexamines Jack and Kay's codes, he makes a provocative discovery that will change everything.

The "Wetware” cast includes Jerry O’Connell (“Stand By Me,” “Jerry McGuire”), Cameron Scoggins (“The Deuce,” “Nashville”), Morgan Wolk (“The Affair,” “Miles Ahead”), Nicole Shalhoub (“The Good Wife,” “Madame Secretary”), Bret Lada ("Law and Order”), Aurélia Thiérrée (“Aurelia’s Oratorio,” “Bells and Spells”), Matt Salinger (“Captain America”), Garret Lee Hicks (“The Americans”), and Emmy- winner Gordon Clapp ("NYPD Blue," "Flags of Our Fathers”). Also Vermont actors including Rusty DeWees, Ariel Zevon, Allan Nicholls, Tara O’Reilly, and Dan Leventritt.

Music was composed by Craven’s 25-year collaborators Judy Hyman and Jeff Claus, of the Ithaca-based Horse Flies. And Craven excerpted Burlington filmmaker John Douglas’ “Auto-Warming” animation in his film.

Click here for video film trailer: https://vimeo.com/178329080

from the 2006-2007 season

Wednesday, July 10, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adults, $12 Catamount Arts members, $6 students

Rossini’s madcap comedy receives a spirited production by Tony Award–winning director Bartlett Sher and stars mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, tenor Juan Diego Flórez, and baritone Peter Mattei. Maurizio Benini conducts.

Sunday, July 14, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Rd.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Admission: Free!

Website: https://peterkarp.com/home
Youtube: https://youtu.be/LATIxM7ziBI
Genre: Americana Blues
Home Town: Lieper's Fork, TN

About:
“Guys like Peter Karp, James Taylor, and Bob Dylan embody Americana Blues, and us English guys are inspired by it.”Mick Taylor [The Rolling Stones]

Peter John Downing Karp is an American roots/blues singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. Known as the songwriter’s songwriter, Peter Karp is a multi-instrumentalist whose Roots Rock style, mixed with Blues and Folk humor, give a unique and unusual look at life’s sometimes happy, sometimes sad reality.

Many artists get sabotaged by rave reviews that compare them to legendary performers they'll never have the chance of surpassing. How many singer/songwriters once called the next Dylan have faded into obscurity, or found their struggle to present their own unique music hampered by the unrealistic expectations such comparisons cause? All that said, singer, bluesman, folkie, and songwriter Peter Karp should be a lot better known than he is. It's tempting to say he combines John Prine's wordplay, Joe Ely's rocking instincts, Billy Joe Shaver's fatalistic outlook, Tim McGraw's good looks, and an expressive tenor that combines the fire of a young Steve Earle and the lazy drawl of Mose Allison, but that wouldn't be right. Karp is his own man, an artist who blends roots music styles into something that combines and transcends blues, country, rock, honky tonk, R&B, swamp, swing, and jazz. He may record for Blind Pig, a San Francisco-based blues logo, but he's no more blues than he is country. He personifies the amorphous Americana movement, freely shifting styles to keep listeners guessing, and dancing too. His lyrics combine working-class angst with college-educated insight, and a deadly sense of humor that keeps things from getting too dark. The 12 tunes on this album are all winners, each full of their own singular charm, even though they can easily fit into familiar industry pigeonholes. "I Ain't Deep" is a nasty blues-rock tune given a '40s swing feel by Popa Chubby's slide guitar work and the hook is a real winner -- "I ain't deep, baby; I'm just down." On the country rocker "Rubber Bands and Wire," Karp introduces several dissolute characters in an effort to win back his lady love, implicitly telling her, "Hey, compared to these guys I ain't so bad." His off-hand desperation and the surrealistic humor of the lyrics give the tune an unexpected twist. "Goodbye Baby" hinges on a cleaver turn of phrase -- "I can live with mine, but not your lies." It's a kiss-off song so full of self-depreciating humor that it makes breaking up sound easy to do. The song smokes along on a Waylon Jennings' stomp accented by Karp's sizzling harmonica work. Karp's B-3 gives the fatalistic "Runnin'" a jaunty sanctified feel; self-destruction seldom sounds this appealing. He follows it with "The Grave," a spooky slide guitar workout that advises people to keep their darkest secrets to themselves, no matter what friends and lovers say. He sounds like an old sad soul as he meditates on mortality and life's compromises. Every tune is arranged to give maximum effect to Karp's vocals. His lithe tenor is playful, macho, insouciant, innocent, and worldly, telling jokes that make you wince when you laugh. The backing musicians are all top-notch and every track smokes with understated virtuosity. So why isn't this guy a star? - J. Poet -

from the 2018-2019 season

Wednesday, July 17, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adults, $12 Catamount Arts members, $6 students

Soprano Anna Netrebko and mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili offer blazing performances in Verdi’s grand drama of ancient Egypt, seen in a stunning production by Sonja Frisell. Nicola Luisotti conducts.

Friday, July 19, 7:30 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adults, $5 children

An ensemble of 25 talented teen singers led by Village Harmony veteran directors Avery Book, Heidi Wilson, and Gideon Crevoshay, present a varied program of harmony-singing traditions from around the world: traditional and contemporary American shape-note pieces; Georgian, Corsican and Sardinian traditional songs; social movement songs; and some of Heidi Wilson’s original meditative pieces.

Sunday, July 21, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Rd.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Admission: Free!

Website: http://www.albannachmusic.com
Youtube: https://youtu.be/JdB7igVLChY
Genre: Celtic Tribal
Home Town: Glasgow, Scotland

About:
Albannach is Scots-Gaelic for "Scottish" or "Scotsman". That's exactly what we are - born and bred in Scotland, our purpose in life is to share our intriguing culture, history and heritage with you by means of our music.

Albannach are not just another Scottish 'Pipes & Drums' band, indeed we bring a new and exciting form of music to your living room. A championship winning piper, an extremely talented main drummer, bass drummers and bodhran musician bring you a brand new approach to percussion and Celtic music. Our style of music is exciting, energetic and enchanting and we promise to leave you begging for more.

Sunday, July 28, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Rd.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Admission: Free!

Website: http://brazilian2wins.com/
Youtube: https://youtu.be/XH76O4m9pKI
Genre: Rock-Pop
Home Town: Rio de Janiero, Brazil - Currently Midwest United States

About:
B2wins. Short for Brazilian Twins, this high energy entertainment group continues to captivate audiences worldwide with its unique sound and engaging, unforgettable live show. Led by charismatic Twin brothers from Rio de Janiero on electric violin and ukulele, their live show is a hybrid mix of rock concert, jam session, dance party, and stand-up comedy.

Fans describe it as like seeing your new best friends in concert.

Growing up in the violent, impoverished favelas (slums) of Brazil, the Twins began playing classical music on violins their father hand-made. They used music as an escape from their reality and began teaching others in their neighborhood.

After their orchestra was featured on NPR, the Twins were invited to the US on full ride music scholarships, quite a feat as they could not speak a word of English and had the equivalent of an 8th grade education. Flash forward 10 years, they now tour the United states full time, on a mission to change the world through their music, one smile at a time.

What they do extends far beyond music.

Music is simply the tool.

That tool has defeated poverty, overcome adversity, escaped violence and even beat cancer. Now the Twins are in pursuit of the biggest stages, to use as a platform to make the planet a better place.

Sunday, August 4, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Rd.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Admission: Free!

Website: https://www.wardhaydenandtheoutliers.com/
Youtube: https://youtu.be/z26MBGmIErs
Genre: Country
Home Town: Boston, MA

About:
Ward Hayden & The Outliers (formerly Girls Guns & Glory) formed as a way to break from the music so commonly found on popular radio airwaves. Hayden’s foray into country music and early rock ‘n’ roll began with a fateful borrowing of a few of his mother’s cassettes. When asked, Hayden remarks, “I was doing these long drives and there was nothing appealing to me on the radio. I was twenty years old at the time and had been through my first experiences with heartbreak and loss. When I put some of these cassettes on the player in my Oldsmobile Delta Eighty-Eight, all I could think was, “this is everything I’ve been searching for.”

It took a few years after that to get the band up and running, and now with a line up featuring Paul Dilley on Upright/Electric Bass, Josh Kiggans on Drums and Cody Nilsen on Lead Guitar/Pedal Steel the band has cut it’s teeth the old fashioned way: on the road and on the stage. Since their formation they’ve barnstormed far beyond their Boston hometown, playing honky-tonks, beer joints and more recently concert venues throughout the U.S and Europe. They’ve amassed a loyal legion of fans along the way. The media have noticed too, including Rolling Stone, who heralds them as a “modern-day Buddy Holly plus Dwight Yoakam divided by the Mavericks.” Spending much of their young-adult lives relentlessly touring the US and Europe has not been without hardships, but also not without its rewards. The experiences the band has gone through on the road have led to a broader songwriting perspective and also conditioned the band into a well-oiled machine. And when it comes to versatility and musicianship, these guys are second to none. I’m not sure there’s an instrument under the sun that someone in this band can’t find a way to play. Their love for early rock ’n’ roll, true country, raw blues and pretty much any kind of authentic American music branded them quickly as anomalous — and electrifying. The song topics run the gambit of love, hope, work-a-day life, the grind and the results of those experiences on the body and mind. The band, hailing from the Northeast, have always been outliers in the world of country music, often joking they were born out of time and out of place. But, they have stayed true to the sounds that inspired them and the genuine life experiences they’ve gone through no matter where they hail from. Their new album “Can’t Judge a Book” is a collection of songs written by other songwriters that have inspired their journey. Plus one original song written by the full band titled “Naturally Crazy”, an ode to the state of mind needed to be a touring musician, complete with the “highest of highs, followed up with your soul in the dirt”. It’s all there. And includes unique covers of songs written by some of the greats like Chuck Berry and Nick Lowe. Ward Hayden and The Outliers are a musical force to be reckoned with. From heart wrenching ballads, to foot-stompin’ rock ‘n’ roll, whether live or on record, Ward Hayden and the Outliers deliver every time.

Tim Brick
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, band leader and all around working man are just some of the words used to describe Tim Brick. Born the son of a hard living long distance trucker, Tim’s music reflects a soulful edge that isn’t afraid to get rowdy, while at the same time, is tempered by a surprising vulnerability. Standing on the stage since the early age of twelve, Tim is right at home entertaining audiences. His ability to engage the audience and draw them into his songs is what separates him from the average entertainer. His characteristic hard work ethic has led to four independent releases… Borderline(2009), Free To Run(2011), Three of a kind EP(2013) & his latest effort, Just Passin’ Through(2017). Subsequently, his passion for music was rewarded when he was nominated for ICoMA(Independent Country Music Association) Best Country Male Artist in 2013 and again in 2014. His album Just Passin’ Through, was awarded the September 2017 Akademia Award and The 2017 Tammie Award for “Best Country Album”. Wanting to further his musical experience, he relocated to Austin, TX in January 2015. Proceeding to play clubs throughout central Texas, he introduced his brand of country to an entirely new audience. The exposure eventually led to the opportunity to open for country artist, Hal Ketchum at the 2015 Blanco River Flood Festival. Tim has since returned to the roots of his green mountain home to continue his musical journey. A journey that most recently included opening for Grammy Award winning artist, Dan Tyminski at The 2018 Vermont State Fair.Raw, real and genuine to the core, that’s what Tim and his music are all about. Qualities that never go out of style!

Sunday, August 11, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Rd.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Admission: Free!

Website: http://www.realtamusic.com
Youtube: https://youtu.be/jX6eNbcOVUg
Genre: Irish Traditional, Celtic
Home Town: Belfast

About:
Described by Irish Music Magazine as “A full bodied pipe and whistle extravaganza” Réalta make full use of the intricate melodies and driving rhythms that make Irish music so loved throughout the world.

Performing on dueling uilleann pipes, whistles, bodhrán, guitar, bouzouki, doublebass and vocals, this award winning, Belfast based band will lead the listener on a journey of music and song through the full range of the Irish tradition…

… or as Herald Scotland put it, “Réalta carry on the Bothy Band tradition of taking tunes by the scruff of the neck and firing excitement through them like hot flames! “

Friday, August 16 and Saturday, August 17

Location:
Peacham, VT

Tickets: $90 Adults, $81 Seniors (65+) and Youth (5-15)
Buy your tickets early and save!
Buy your tickets before August 1 and save 20% (discounted price is already applied to the price displayed on the website)

Tickets will be available at the venue.

For those who want to see and do everything (or are having trouble choosing which event to attend), we offer the weekend pass that allows access to all PAMFest events including concerts, workshops, contra dances, craft fair, and jam sessions. Move around the festival as the spirit moves you - the no fuss, no muss approach to the PAMFest. (Note that some events overlap)

You can find the complete festival schedule here.

Friday, August 16, 5:30pm

Location:
Peacham Congregational Church
Peacham, VT

Tickets: $35 Adults, $31.50 Seniors (65+) and Youth (5-15)
Buy your tickets early and save!
Buy your tickets before August 1 and save 20% (discounted price is already applied to the price displayed on the website)


Tickets will be available at the venue.

Enjoy a fantastic summer evening of music by:

• Sky Blue Boys and Cookie
• Ken and Brad Kolodner Trio
• Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing
• Jim Rooney and Friends
• and Jason Bergman & the Primal Boys

Friday, August 16
Intro at 7:30 pm and Main Dance 8-11 pm

Location:
Firehouse Stage
Peacham, VT

Tickets: $15 Adults, $13.50 Seniors (65+) and Youth (5-15)
Buy your tickets early and save!
Save 20% when you buy before August 1 (discounted price is already applied to the price displayed on the ticketing site)


Tickets will be available at the venue.

On Friday evening starting at 8:00 PM we will feature the brilliant music of Pete's Posse playing to the calling of Steve Zakon-Anderson.
 
Contra dances are fun for one and all, from the beginner to the seasoned expert.
George will provide clear, detailed instructions and a walk-through before the start of each dance.  Should you take a "wrong turn" during a dance, you will find that fellow dancers are happy to help guide you through the tricky bits!
 
Special Note:
For those that would like a little extra preparation, there will be an Intro to Contra mini-workshop starting at 7:30 PM, just before the main event.
 
Ticket Information:
Admission to the Friday Evening Contra Dance is achieved by having either a Friday Evening Contra Dance ticket or the Weekend Pass Ticket.  Wrist bands will be checked to gain admission to the dance.
There is a Concert at the church on Friday evening at the same time as the Friday Evening Contra Dance - please be certain, when buying tickets that you buy the correct ticket as concert tickets will not be honored at the dance and vice versa - if you would like the option of moving between the two venues you are welcome to purchase a ticket for each event or purchase the Weekend Pass which provides access to all weekend activities.

Saturday, August 17, 9:00am to 10:30 pm

Location:Peacham, VT

Tickets: $50 Adults, $45 Seniors (65+) and Youth (5-15)
Buy your tickets early and save!
Buy your tickets before August 1 and save 20% (discounted price is already applied to the price displayed on the ticketing site)

For those who want to see and do everything (or are having trouble choosing which event to attend), we offer the Saturday all access pass that allows access to all PAMFest events occurring on Saturday including concerts, workshops, contra dances, craft fair, and jam sessions. Move around the festival as the spirit moves you - the no fuss, no muss approach to the PAMFest. (Note that some events overlap)

(The Saturday All Access Pass should not be confused with the Saturday Day Pass which only covers events through 6 PM)

Saturday, August 17, 9:00am to 5:00pm

Location:
Peacham, VT

Tickets: $25 Adults, $22.50 Seniors (65+) and Youth (5-15)
Buy your tickets early and save!
Buy your tickets before August 1 and save 20% (discounted price is already applied to the price displayed on the ticketing site)


Please note that this is NOT the Saturday All Access Pass, which includes the evening concert and contra dance. This pass only covers events up to 6:00 pm.

Tickets will be available at the venue.

• Workshops:
  • Instrument Petting Zoo
  • Bob Amos
  • Gary Darling Bluegrass Jam
  • Laurie Alsobrook Mountain Dulcimer
  • Paul Asbell - Guitar
  • Sky Blue Boys Jam
  • Morris Dancers Demonstration and Workshop
  • Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko - Drumming Demonstration and Workshop
• Firehouse Family Dance: Steve Zakon-Anderson, Caller with music by Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones
• Firehouse Stage Concerts:
• Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko
• Sky Blue Boys & Cookie
• Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones
• Jason Bergman & The Primal Boys
• Annie & the Hedonists
• Afternoon Peacham Congregational Church Concert:
• Band Scramble
• Joe Alper
• Blair-Curtin-McCaffery
• Bob and Sarah Amos
• Paul Asbell
• Craft Fair Stage:
• Aura Shards
• Blair-Curtin-McCaffery
• Dana & Susan Robinson
• Laurie Alsobrook Mountain Dulcimer Jam
• Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko
• Ken & Brad Kolodner Trio
• Bayley Hazen Boys
• Craft Fair
• Family Tent
• Jam Sessions
• Food Court

Saturday day ticket sales are not limited but access at the Church afternoon concert and activities in the town gym may be limited due to capacity limits.

Saturday, August 17, 6:00pm

Location:
Peacham Congregational Church
Peacham, VT

Tickets: $35 Adults, $31.50 Seniors (65+) and Youth (5-15)
Buy your tickets early and save!
Buy your tickets before August 1 and save 20% (discounted price is already applied to the price displayed on the ticketing site)


Tickets will be available at the venue.

Enjoy a fantastic summer evening of music by:

• Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones
• Annie & the Hedonists
• Pete's Posse
• and the Paul Asbell Jazz Trio

Sunday, August 18, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Rd.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Admission: Free!

Website: http://www.mamamihi.com/
Youtube: https://youtu.be/kVaA9YCsnWM
Genre: Soulful World Roots Dance and Loops - Original
Home Town: AOTEAROA - New Zealand

About:
ALL FEMALE MĀORI SOULFUL WORLD ROOTS, DANCE, BEATS & BASS LOOPS

Bookings: mareikuramanagement@gmail.com
Merch: www.mihirangimusicnz.bandcamp.com

“New Zealand’s Māmā Mihirangi & the Māreikura took the stage by storm with a powerful show of stunning contemporary Māori music, dance, instruments, language, stories and costumes. The queen of live loops is back in force after a break from touring and this new show is her best yet”. Songlines Magazine 2019

A powerfully fierce all-female Māori world-roots production lead by internationally renowned artist/activist and “Queen of Loops”, Māmā Mihirangi. Weaving ancient chants with intricate harmonies, traditional & contemporary instruments, beats & deep bass, some of it innately very familiar but all of it incredibly unique. The Māreikura are her traditional female dancers who present the virtues of feminine power and inspiring cultural identity with the Women’s haka, traditional weaponry and Māori martial arts combined into a contemporary cultural performance that is inclusive, informative and truly inspiring.

With grace, fierceness, warmth and humour, Mihirangi’s lyrics poetically celebrate the values, lore, medicines and customs of her lineage and culture, uplifting her audience with her naturalness, infectious laughter and fearless authenticity.

On the Executive Committee of the Global Alliance of Mother Nature's Guardians, for the last two years Mihirangi, along with members of the AMNG has been addressing the World Governments, the UN and the International community as Ambassador’s for the Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, encouraging indigenous values into legislation. Mihirangi has performed for and with fellow artist activists Arrested Development, Lee Scratch Perry, John Butler, Blue King Brown, Michael Franti, Public Enemy, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers and The Dixie Chicks.

Inspiring audiences across the globe, and celebrated for introducing her country to the art of live-looping, Mihirangi returned home, raised a family and created Māmā Mihirangi & the Māreikura. After a highly successful first tour in Canada in 2018, they were invited to showcase at the worlds largest folk, roots and world music conference in February this year. This performance was amongst over 4000 showcases and was listed this month by Songlines Magazine (UK) as one of the top 3 live performances to have been seen. Māmā Mihirangi & the Māreikura are performing at Bluesfest Byron Bay Australia for their 30th Anniversary.

“I was personally overcome by an incomprehensible powerful force emanating from three Māori women performing dance with looped percussion and vocals as Māmā Mihirangi & the Māreikura. Their mesmerising fractal flow and otherworldly theatrics invoked a rapturous level of being that only the purest music is able to conjure." Roots Music Canada.

“I left feeling more womanly and confident in response to their expression of ancient power” - Americana Highways.

“A female trio whose show was fierce and thrilling… a sonic cyclone of song and dance” - The Transcript Oklahoma.

Monday-Friday, August 19-23, 9am-noon

Location:
Catamount Arts
115 Eastern Avenue
St. Johnsbury, VT

Instructor: Meredith Holch

Students will learn how to use a video camera to make original stop-motion animated movies. Working in groups of 2 or 3, participants will create a story line. They will use a variety of art materials to make figures of their characters. They will design and paint their own sets for the figures to move through. In addition to the visual aspect, the youth will record original soundtracks using musical instruments, sound makers, and their own voices for sound effects and dialogue.

Class Fee: Early Bird registration: $85 per student by July 15. Camp fee after July 15: $95.

Stop-Motion Animation Camp is limited to 9 students.

Catamount Arts is committed to offering high quality arts programming for all students, regardless of ability to pay. Please call Anne Campbell at 802-748-2600 x109 for information on scholarships or payment plans.

After paying the class fee, please register HERE.

Meredith Holch is an award-winning Vermont filmmaker and teaching artist whose work has been broadcast on PBS and screened at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, the National Art Gallery in Washington, DC, and at international film festivals, art galleries, and community spaces. She has taught filmmaking and animation to children and adults for over a decade.

with Māmā Mihirangi & the Māreikura

Monday, August 19, 6:30 pm

Location:
Comfort Inn Side Lawn
703 US Route 5 South
St. Johnsbury, VT
Rain location: NVRH Conference Room

Tickets: $25

A cultural journey of Mana Wahine - Prestigious Woman - The female warrior and the power of the feminine. Experience the character, heart, and spirit of the haka. The Women’s Haka is a traditional dance that invokes and expresses a woman’s potency, their power, virtues, culture, lore, and sacredness. It is the summoning of her strength and spiritual power and is a display of unison. Participants will learn the calls, actions, words & their history, meaning, traditions, protocols and power. There are traditional and contemporary haka for many occasions and women have always had their own haka that invokes and expresses her potency, her power, virtues, culture, lore, and sacredness. No singing or dancing experience is necessary.

“I was personally overcome by an incomprehensible powerful force emanating from three Māori women performing dance with looped percussion and vocals as Māmā Mihirangi & the Māreikura. Their mesmerizing fractal flow and otherworldly theatrics invoked a rapturous level of being that only the purest music is able to conjure." Roots Music Canada.

Supported by: Comfort Inn and Suites in St. Johnsbury and NVRH.

Sunday, August 25, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Rd.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Admission: Free!

Website: http://lamisanegra.squarespace.com
Youtube: https://youtu.be/be9w4NvAwjA
Genre: Latin Alternative
Home Town: Oakland, CA

About:
La Misa Negra is a 7-piece band from Oakland, California, known for their unique blend of heavyweight cumbia and high-energy, Afro-Latin music. On stage, they deliver an electrifying performance that explodes with infectious dance grooves and punk rock energy, powered by horn and accordion-driven riffs, a fierce rhythm section, and a vintage-inspired sound.

Since their live debut in the fall of 2011, La Misa Negra has toured the country, sharing stages and festival bills with the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder, Lenny Kravitz, Thievery Corporation, SZA, Mon Laferte, Julieta Venegas, Ana Tijoux, Bomba Estereo, George Clinton, Antibalas, Budos Band, and Ozomatli. On the strength of their wild and one-of-a-kind shows, they have gained a reputation as one of the most exciting live bands to emerge from the Bay Area in recent years, garnering a diverse fan base that transcends musical, cultural, and generational divides.

Founded by composer, guitarist, and accordion player, Marco Polo Santiago, the band consists of Colombian-born Diana Trujillo (lead vocals), Justin Chin (tenor & baritone sax), Morgan Nilsen (tenor sax & clarinet), Craig Bravo (drums & percussion), Elena de Troya (percussion), and Paul Martin Sounder (upright bass & percussion). Together, the unlikely collective combines a wealth of musical influences as diverse as their cultural backgrounds, but it’s Marco Polo’s affinity for hip-hop and heavy metal that inspires much of the band’s sound and identity – evident in their name, on-stage antics, and popular t-shirt designs.

Now, four years after dropping their debut album, La Misa Negra returns with a self-titled, sophomore effort that they’ve dubbed, “the red album.” Channeling Colombia’s Golden Age, they dive into retro-future cumbia, with tracks like “Me Voy Pa’ Porce” and “Acosadora,” and tap deep into their Afro-Colombian influences by incorporating traditional styles, such as currulao and tambora. They showcase their love for Latin jazz on the monster Salsa tune, “Pistola,” and their hyper-speed reimagining of the Cuban classic, “Yayabo.” They also allude to their non-Latin influences, with instrumental tracks and samples that pay homage to Black Sabbath, Alice in Chains, and Wu-Tang Clan. Finding common ground between their heavy metal leanings and mambo-inspired horn lines, La Misa Negra’s arrangements serve as the perfect delivery mechanism for both their humorous storytelling and exploration of heavier subject matter, like gun violence, water scarcity, and gender inequality.

With their second release, the powerhouse septet unleashes 12 tracks that capture the raw energy of their live shows and solidify them as a new force in today’s Afro-Latin music scene.

Sunday, September 8, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Rd.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Admission: Free!

Barika: barikamusic.com Indie / Polyrhythmic Ethereal Dub-Scape soaked in Psychedelic, West African Resonance. Burlington, VT

Daby Toure: dabytoure.net Musician-Singer-Songwriter Paris - Nouakchott

About:

Barika
Barika is a 6 piece funky, dubbed out, psychedelic West African flavored band from Burlington, Vermont. The group is led by Craig Myers who, in addition to leading Barika on the N'Goni, is also a current member of Mike Gordon's band, and was one of the original founding members of Rubblebucket. He has performed alongside many artists and bands including Midnight, Toubab Krewe, Djeneba Seck, and John Brown's Body.

Daby Touré
Born in Mauritania, and raised in Senegal, Daby Touré lived for more than a quarter century in Paris before moving recently to Montreal. While his father and uncles formed the pioneering Afropop band Toure Kunda, Touré has always followed his own musical path, with influences ranging from African folk melodies and desert blues, to jazz, pop, reggae, funk and soul. Blessed with an open mind and an explorer's spirit, Touré's catchy songs are as likely to appeal to fans of African stars Habib Koité and Youssou N'Dour as they are to followers of Bob Marley, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.

Sunday, September 15, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Rd.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Admission: Free!

Website: www.durhamcountypoets.com
Youtube: https://youtu.be/PCxxQEDVMBQ
Genre: Folk/roots
Home Town: Chateauguay Valley Qc

About:
The Durham County Poets are a lively and soulful group, who write and perform an eclecticblend of blues, folk and rock, with tinges of country, gospel.

“The band is anchored by lead vocalist Kevin Harvey, who has to be one of Canada's most underrated blues singers”— Mike Sadiva, Penguin Egss Sept-Oct 2017

“ The Durham County Poets are inventive in their taking musical roots and reshaping them. Soulful folk who make the listener pay attention. In my opinion, they deserve a wide audience. ” — Spike Barkin

Wednesday, September 18, 7:00 pm
Encore- Wednesday, September 25, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adult, $12 Catamount Arts member, $6 student

Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice fully immerses audiences in the life of the last great artist of the Italian Renaissance. With the enchanting narrative voice of twice Academy Award nominee Helena Bonham Carter, cinema audiences visit places that evoke and preserve the memory of the painter, including the State Archives, the Doge's Palace, St. Mark's Square, the Church of San Rocco, and more, all in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Tintoretto’s birth.

Sunday, September 22, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location:
Dog Mountain
143 Parks Rd.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Admission: Free!

Website: www.nomadicmassive.com
Youtube: https://youtu.be/2bWKVBQ99iU
Genre: Hip Hop with a global twist
Home Town: Montreal, Port-au-Prince, Santiago de Chile, Algiers, Buenos Aires, Paris, Kingstown

About:
Nomadic Massive raps and sings in English, French, Creole, Spanish and Arabic. This Montreal based multilingual crew has always pushed its message past all borders. Since its inception in 2004, the collective has had the opportunity to share the stage with top notch artists all around the world, providing an action-packed show, where the crowd is an integral part of the concert.

The crew has several recordings to its credit, including the Nomad’s Land EP (2005), the Supafam mixtape (2012), a self-titled LP (2013) and their most recent album, The Big Band Theory (2016) on the Coop Les Faux Monnayeurs label. All records were well received amongst fans and critics as they await the new EP that is currently in the works.

NOMADIC MASSIVE is an incredible stage behemoth that has seen a fascinating evolution since its inception. With performances around the globe ranging from the International Montreal Jazz Festival to the Rudolstadt TFF Festival in Germany, by way of the Festival International de Louisiane and the Grand Performances in Los Angeles, the group has made its mark as an essential Canadian band. The collective delivers an unbounded hip-hop that skilfully combines live instrumentation with sampling and a wide range of flows.

Wednesday, October 16, 7:00 pm
Encore- Wednesday, October 23, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adult, $12 Catamount Arts member, $6 student

GAUGUIN IN TAHITI: PARADISE LOST traces the legendary life story of Paul Gauguin who left France for Tahiti, feverishly in search of deep immersions into lush nature, for feelings, visions and colors, ever purer and brighter. Audiences join this journey from Tahiti to American museums including New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art in DC, and Boston's Museum of Fine Arts where Gauguin’s greatest masterpieces are now preserved.

with special guest Meow Meow

Monday, October 21, 7:00 pm

Location:
Fuller Hall
St. Johnsbury Academy
1000 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $62, $52, $39, $18
Ticket prices do not include any applicable fees or sales taxes.

Save 20% when you buy by September 21st. Discount is automatically reflected when you choose your seats.

Seniors and Catamount Arts members save $3.00 when ordering in person with id at the box office.

Even the wildly diverse, euphoric crowds emerging from Pink Martini performances would be hard pressed to define the genre-busting band’s ecstatically fun music. Their mix of styles ranges from Latin jazz, Brazilian samba and Afro-Cuban rumba to Japanese film noir and sultry ’30s cabaret songs, creating an exhilarating sound that drapes a global perspective on romance. The 14-piece band performs on an array of orchestral instruments including violins, trumpets, trombone, cello, harp, congas – and features Thomas Lauderdale at the piano and China Forbes singing.

Pink Martini is a "little orchestra" from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1994 by pianist Lauderville, who was joined a year later by Forbes. The band draws inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and classic pop. Featuring a dozen or more regular musicians, Pink Martini performs its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, Northern Africa, Australia and New Zealand, South America and North America. The band made its European debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and its orchestral debut with the Oregon Symphony in 1998. Since then, the band has played with more than 25 orchestras around the world, including multiple engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Boston Pops, the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center, the San Francisco Symphony and the BBC Concert Orchestra in London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Other appearances include three sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Governor's Ball at the 80th Annual Academy Awards in 2008. the opening of the 2008 Sydney Festival in Australia, and the grand opening of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's new Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, with return sold-out engagements for New Year's events from 2004 through 2007. All five Pink Martini albums have gone gold in France, Canada, Greece and Turkey, and have sold well over 2 million copies worldwide.

"All of us in Pink Martini have studied different languages as well as different styles of music from different parts of the world," says bandleader Lauderdale. "So inevitably, our repertoire is wildly diverse. At one moment, you feel like you're in the middle of a samba parade in Rio de Janeiro, and in the next moment, you're in a French music hall of the 1930s or a palazzo in Napoli. It's a bit like an urban musical travelogue.”

"We're very much an American band (with a hint of Mad Men), but we spend a lot of time abroad and therefore have the incredible diplomatic opportunity to represent a broader, more inclusive America - the America which remains the most heterogeneously populated country in the world composed of people of every country, every language, every religion."

The band has collaborated and performed with numerous artists, such as Jimmy Scott, Carol Channing, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Michael Feinstein, filmmaker Gus Van Sant, and the original cast of Sesame Street. Pink Martini has appeared on “Late Night with Conan O'Brien,“ “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” and NPR’s “Toast of the Nation.” They have been featured in films including “In the Cut,” “Shanghai Kiss,” and “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Also TV programs including “The West Wing” and “The Sopranos.”

“Swiftly intoxicating…elegantly chilled.” -- London Times

“Impeccably suave…combining class and kitsch, swooning nostalgia, and delirious romance.” - London Telegraph

Post-post-modern diva Meow Meow has hypnotised and inspired audiences globally with unique creations and sell-out seasons from New York’s Lincoln Center and Berlin’s Bar Jeder Vernunft to London’s West End and the Sydney Opera House.

Named One of the Top Performers of the Year by The New Yorker, the spectacular crowd-surfing tragi-comedienne has been called “Sensational” (TheTimes), “diva of the highest order” (New York Post), and “The Queen of Chanson” by the Berliner Zeitung. Her award-winning solo works have been curated by David Bowie, Pina Bausch, and Mikhail Baryshnikov and numerous international arts festivals.

She has just performed at the Berlin Philharmonic with Pink Martini, then conjured a bespoke creation for Liverpool Culture's "Sgt Pepper at Fifty" involving the city's brass bands. She appears in NY in July, joins PInk Martini in Madrid and Monte Carlo, then for the entirety of Edinburgh International Festival with her show "Meow Meow's Little Mermaid."

“There are not many women who can stun an audience into pin-drop silence with an exquisitely delivered torch song one moment and rock the rafters with laughter the next. Meow Meow... is that rare combination - devilish funny bones and heavenly vocal chords...no one now does it better than Meow” - EVENING STANDARD UK

"There is, in fact, nothing that this woman cannot do." - THE TELEGRAPH UK

Wednesday, November 13, 7:00 pm
Encore- Wednesday, November 20, 7:00 pm

Location:
Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Ave.
St. Johnsbury, VT

Tickets: $15 adult, $12 Catamount Arts member, $6 student

THE PRADO MUSEUM: A COLLECTION OF WONDERS celebrates the 200th anniversary of the storied Prado Museum -- one of the most-visited museums in the world. Hosted by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons, this cinematic journey offers viewers a spell-binding experience, telling the story of Spain and beyond, through the works of Vélazquez, Rubens, Titian, Mantegna, Bosch, Goya, El Greco, and more.