Stroll Weekend Entertainment 2013

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Friday Evening

Strolling of the Heifers Gallery Walk and Street Festival

Friday, June 7, 2013, 5:30-8:30 p.m. — Downtown Brattleboro, Vermont

Entertainment Stage (beside The Works Bakery Café, west side of Main Street)

• 5:30: Lost Cost — original edgy jams and quirky covers
• 6:30: The Snaz — indie rock band, recent Battle of the Bands champion
• 7:00: Gov. Peter Shumlin announces Quiche Cookoff Winners
• 7:30: Jamie Kent Band

North End of Main Street, near corner of High and Main:

• 5:30: Morris Dancing by Guiding Star and Windham Morris.
• 6:30: Bhangra Dancing — participatory dance: come dance the Bhangra on Main Street, CircusYoga Style!
  
• 5:30: More Morris Dancing by Guiding Star and Windham Morris!

South End of Main Street, near corner of Eliott and Main:

• 5:30-8:30: Andrew Pinard Magician
• 5:30-8:30: Alotta Hoopla with Shenandoah Sluter
• 5:30-8:30: Wally Hagadorn — Balloon Artiste

At the River Garden:

• 5:30-7:30 p.m.: Alan Greenleaf and the Doctor

Also:

• Tony Duncan — Street Performer, Juggler
• Robin Zegge — face painting
• Pavement chalk drawing organized by the Boys and Girls Club
• Living statues by New England Youth Theatre

Saturday

Strolling of the Heifers Parade

Saturday, June 8, 2013, 10 a.m. — Downtown Brattleboro, Vermont

Pre-parade entertainment:

• Andrew Pinard, Magician: Strolling Miracles
• Robin Zegge
• Southern Vermont Dance Festival
• Dairy Godmother and Dairy Fairies
• New Orleans Brass Band Project
• Santa Croce

Slow Living Expo — 11 acres of fun, food, entertainment, exhibits, open all day!

Saturday, June 8, 2013, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. — Commons and Retreat Grounds, Brattleboro, Vermont

North Entertainment Tent — near the Retreat entrance:

• 11:15 a.m.: Suffolk Punch, teen original rock trio
• 12 noon: Hilltop Montessori 6th grade band — R&B, pop, originals
• 12:45 p.m.: Truffula Jungle — classic & alternative rock
• 1:45 p.m.: The Snaz — indie rock band, recent Battle of the Bands champion
• 2:45 p.m.: Lost Cost —original edgy jams and quirky covers

South Entertainment Tent — Retreat grounds near the Commons slope

• 11:30 a.m.: Spike Dogtooth — bluegrass
• 12:30 p.m.:  Rise! — eclectic style traditional folk and bluegrass
• 1:30 p.m.: Atom Planet — eclectic acoustic world soul pop
• 2:30 p.m.: The Brattlyn Brothers — 60s and 70s rock and roll “the way it should be played”

West Entertainment Tent with Dance and Jazz — near Lawton Hall (with the columns and porches) at the Retreat

• 11:15 a.m.: Open Music Collective — student jazz group
• 12:15 p.m.: Xopo — music and dance from the Balkans, with audience participation!
• 1:30 p.m.: Jamie MacDonald Group — eclectic jazz
• 2:30 p.m.: Wild Country Cloggers — traditional and contemporary American step dancing

Commons Entertainment Tent — at the center of the Brattleboro Commons

• 10:30 a.m.: Southern Vermont Ukelele Society
• 12 Noon.: Brendon Carey Block – original electronic fiddle music
• 1:00 p.m.: Electric Fence — Southern Vermont-based acoustic/electric quartet
• 2:00 p.m.: Brattleboro Music Center Celtic Group — traditional Scottish, Irish and French-Canadian fiddle tunes

Sunday

Tour de Heifer 15-30-60 mile cycling rides

Sunday, June 9, 2013, starting times 8, 9, 10 a.m. — beginning and ending at Lilac Ridge Farm, West Brattleboro, Vermont

Lunchtime entertainment at Lilac Ridge Farm:

• 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Alan Greenleaf and the Doctor