Music Under the Stars: Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra

Perennial favorite Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra returns to Retreat Farm to kick off the 2025 Music Under the Stars series Saturday, June 21. The Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra, 2024 New York Panorama 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, all while personifying the band motto of “Together As One.”

Admission is free with donations welcome. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. at Retreat Farm, 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. Also, please leave your dog at home unless it is a service animal.

Other scheduled concerts include the Vermont Jazz Center Band, with Carmen Bradford, Saturday, July 19, and Celtic Night with Keith Murphy & Becky Tracy and Jenna Moynihan & Màiri Chaimbeul, Saturday, August 23.

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.