Mount Philo State Park

The Mama Tried String Band plays the perfect tunes for a fabulous mountaintop concert: Bluegrass, country, Americana, blues, originals - it'll put you in the mood to savor your surroundings and sing around your campfire when night falls. Featuring Rebecca Padula's smokin' vocals, guitar, and ukulele; Linda Kallinger soaring fiddle solos and harmonies, Ukulele Clare's banjo, ukulele, harmonica, and vocals, and Kathy Mulligan's fine baselines.

Concert free with park admission. Meets at the shelter.

Hailing from the hills of VT, Remember Baker plays music ranging from old-time classics to Americana and bluegrass. 

Concert free with park admission. Meets near the shelter.

Join the eclectic mix of covers from the Smokey Newfield Project. From folk to rock to country to pop, this show is sure to delight all ages!

Concert free with park entry. Meets at the park shelter.

The Rustics will play family-friendly music. The music is best described as Americana folk and jukejoint blues.

Concert free with park entry. Meets at the shelter.

Echoing the sounds of Parisian cafes of the 1940's along with American standards and bossa too.

Concert free with park entry. Meets at shelter.

Join Trimbtych on Saturday Oct. 4 at Mt. Philo State Park and listen to a hauntingly ethereal sound that borders on the realms of neo-classical and americana-avant-folk. Kick off your weekend in Vermont with sonorous melodies of a vocal/saxophone quartet accompanied by primitive drum and bass rhythms defined by the trimba, a unique percussion instrument. The concert features music by Louis Hardin, AKA Moondog — the inventor of the trimba, and Julian Calv.

Concert free with park admission. Meets near the shelter.

Young Writers Project (YWP) is an independent nonprofit that began in 2006 in Burlington, VT, with a mission to inspire, mentor, publish, and promote young writers and artists. All programming is free and revolves around the YWP website, youngwritersproject.org, where teens create and connect with each other, receive mentoring and support, and experience the joy of being published.