Music Under the Stars: Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra (PESO)

Perennial favorite Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra  (PESO) headlines the return to Retreat Farm of our popular Music Under the Stars series Saturday, June 27.

The Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra, two-time New York Panorama Competition Winner, is a steel pan band that brings world class music to appreciative audiences around the U.S. and overseas. Founded in 2015 and based in Brooklyn, NY, the band uses its platform to promote unity throughout the culture and steel pan community.

“We cannot wait to kick off Music Under the Stars,“ says Wayne Bernard of PESO. “Make sure to come out and bring your dancing shoes, as we present a sizzling performance of different genres with a twist of island vibes.”

Admission is free with donations welcome. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. at Retreat Farm, 45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro, with the concert at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to bring lawn chairs and a picnic dinner. Please note that no outside alcohol is permitted, but beverages are available for purchase on site. Vernon Creemie and Letty’s Besitos Authentic Tacqueria will also be on site! Also, please leave your dog at home unless it is a service animal.

There will be a pre-concert workshop at 5:45 p.m., where concert-goers can meet the pannists, and try their hand at the pans.

Other scheduled concerts include the Vermont Jazz Center Big Band featuring Peter Eldridge of the New York Voices Saturday, July 11, and Celtic Night with Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy with  Armand Aromin and Ben Gagliardi Saturday, August 22.

Music Under the Stars series sponsors include Guilford Sound, Friends of the Brattleboro Music Center and the Vermont Jazz Center, the Vermont Arts Council, and other generous donors.