Northern Roots Festival: Daytime Programming

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The 17th annual Northern Roots Festival once again offers daytime workshops, a Saturday evening concert, and Sunday pub sessions to delight lovers of traditional northern musical traditions which this year include Irish, English, French Canadian, Scandinavian, and New England.

A cornerstone of the traditional music calendar in New England, the Festival begins Saturday, January 27, from noon to 5 p.m., as the Brattleboro Music Center hosts workshops on a wide variety of topics. Attendees can learn more about everything from Fiddle styles and harmony singing, to Irish set dancing and tunes from around the northern hemisphere. There will also be a special session introducing participants to the materials in the Tony Barrand Library, a selection of which is currently on display at the BMC.

On Saturday evening at the BMC, a 7:30 p.m. concert will feature the Irish music and dance of Eight Feet Tall (Rebecca McGowan, Dan Accardi, Armand Aromin, Jackie O’Riley); the Scandinavian stylings of Triga (Eric Boodman, Anna Breger, Yaniv Yacoby); and local performers Jake Grieco and Cedar Stanistreet, Amanda Witman, and Traddleboro 2024 (Laurel Swift, Lissa Schneckenburger, Liana Moskowitz).

The Festival continues on Sunday, January 28, with sessions including a Pub Sing, French Canadian Session, and Irish Session, all hosted downtown at the River Garden Marketplace from 1 to 5:30 p.m.