On August 28, 2024
Arts, Dining & Entertainment

New World Festival marks 32nd year at Chandler Center for the Arts

Courtesy Chandler Center for the Arts - Kalos is made up of three innovative interpreters and composers of Celtic roots music: Ryan McKasson, Jeremiah McLane and Eric McDonald

Sunday Sept. 1 at Noon— Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler Center for the Arts, 71 N.Main St., Randolph will host the 32nd annual New World Festival, Vermont’s premier Celtic and Quebecois music and dance festival.  Main St. is shut down each Labor Day Sunday performances are held on four stages, featuring over a dozen bands and artists from noon to 11 p.m. Headlining the event, festival veterans Le Vent du Nord from Quebec will perform a mainstage concert and close down the festival in the dance tent.  

Advance adult tickets are $60, students (under 21) $35, children under 12 Free. The festival offers activities, from arts and crafts, to two performances by No Strings Marionette Company. Main Street is open to the public, offering food and craft vendors from across the state, as well as performances by the Morris Dancers.  The full festival line up includes: Cantrip, Conor Mallon (Connla), Hiraezh: Claire Boucher, Brad Hurley, Lysandre Chartrand, Footworks, Kalos, É.T.É, Le Vent du Nord, Le Winston Band, Mick McAuley, Morris Dancers (Midnight Capers & Border Morris), No Strings Marionettes, The Reel McCoys and Traverse. 

For more information, vist:  Chandler-arts.org.

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