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  • Va-et-vient concert at Brandon Town Hall

    Bonjour les amies et les amis !  We are thrilled to perform at our lovingly restored local Brandon Town Hall.  We look forward to playing in a safe space with wonderful acoustics.  Vous nous manquez !

    $5.00

    Va-et-vient plays Westport, NY!

    We are pleased to be part of the Ballard Park Foundation's Summer Concert Series!  Our show will be at the Ballard Park Pavillion on 6466 Main Street in Westport, located on the west shore of beautiful Lake Champlain.  Seating is open air, on the lawn, and in case of rain, we will move across the street to the Westport Heritage House.  Chantez..et dansez...avec nous !

    Charlotte’s Grange on the Green welcomes Va-et-vient!

    Mike Walker (mjwalker@gmavt.net) is organizing a Thursday series on the Charlotte town green and Charlotte library porch.  In addition to lively music, the "Grange on the Green" event features food and displays from Charlotte Farmers.  We are delighted to join them, so please bring your appetites, and be ready to chantez avec nous !  

    Va-et-vient plays in the West Cornwall Social Distancing Concert series

    We had our last concert of 2020 in this wonderful outdoor space in October.  Bring your lawn chairs, favorite snacks and beverages, and watch the sunset over the Adirondacks (oh, that view – spectaculaire !).  Family units will be seated together, and Host-with-the-Most (and drummer and chef par excellence) Dan Whittemore ensures that everyone is safe and happy.  We are delighted to return in August!  Free-will contributions  rule the day, and ensure that none are turned away, yet musicians are paid. 14 Audet Rd., Cornwall, VT 05753

    Join us for a Tunes-day Tuesday in Pittsford!

    Pittsford Village Farm is planning to restart a wonderful series of concerts on Tuesdays this summer.  We will be playing under the canopy to an outdoor audience, so come on out to chantez avec nous !  More details to come! 42 Elm St, Pittsford, VT 05763

    Va-et-vient plays the Shrewsbury Meetinghouse Concert Series (check the new time!)

    Kick off your Labor Day weekend of fun with us in Shrewsbury, Vermont!  We'll be performing behind  the Shrewsbury Community Meetinghouse, and our rain date is September 4th.  (Mais il va faire très beau, sans doute...) This concert series features ten great regional bands play from May 29 - October 9, 2021, and is held outside the historic Meetinghouse on 88 Lottery Road in Shrewsbury, VT.  Bring your  generous CASH contribution, picnic dinners, friends and family. Folk, brass jazz ensemble, rock, blues, French-Canadian, originals, bluegrass... they've got it covered.  Lots of room to spread out, dance, and enjoy the company Read More

    Va-et-vient in Portland, Maine!

    Va-et-vient will perform in Portland, Maine on a beautiful autumn Friday.  Mayo Street Arts will be hosting us in the St. Ansgar Lutheran Church on Kennedy Park.  Tickets are $15, and are available through our gracious hosts, located at 10 Mayo Street in Portland,  Call Ian Bannon at 207-879-4629, or email info@mayostreetarts.org for more information, and check out their forthcoming lineup, as the performing world reopens!

    Va-et-vient performs in Saint Johnsbury for First Night North!

    Please plan ahead to join us for Saint Johnsbury’s wonderful New Year’s Eve celebration – the warmth of the audiences more than compensates for the cold outside!  Va-et-vient will again perform two sets, at soon-to-be-announced times and venues, to sing good-bye to 2021 in St. Johnsbury.  Hundreds of fully vaccinated performers at sixteen venues around the city will help you ring out the old and ring in the new in this alcohol-free city-wide festival from 4 pm to midnight.  Get buttons early for this outstanding celebration to welcome in 2022! ($20/adult and $12/student until 12/30, and $22/adult and $14/student on Read More

    Va-et-vient appearing on a screen near you!

    We're excited to be performing for Bristol, Vermont's community television station, NEAT-TV!  The Five-Towns Friends of the Arts are our hosts, at this concert broadcast live from the Lawrence Memorial Library in Bristol.  Now you can chantez avec nous from the comfort of your own living room!   Find us on the website neatbristol.com, and the concert will be available in NEAT-TV's archives for those unable to join us Live.

    Va-et-vient in Lincoln, VT

    Danforth Barn 413 Hall Road, Lincoln, VT, United States

    We're excited to share this small local venue with Richard Ruane and Beth Duquette, friends and long-time collaborators who play original music with a clear traditional-roots influence steeped in tradition, but of its own time. Par la suite, Va-et-Vient (Carol Reed, Suzanne Germaine, and Lausanne Allen) will take you through the centuries from France to Québec and New Orleans with lively dance numbers, touching love songs, kickin’ Cajun and Créole tunes, and rollicking Québecois favorites. Bring what you will:  folding chairs, beverage of choice, blankets and the like.  Remember to bring some cash or Venmo. (freddanforth1@gmail.com ) We ask for $20 each, but emphasize that Read More

    $20