Instrument Petting Zoo and Performance
in partnership with Vermont Folk LifeTry out some instruments and then see them in action!
Have you ever played a sarangi? How about an autoharp or banjo? Join us for an Instrument Petting Zoo with Vermont Folklife and discover a wide variety of folk instruments, including fiddles, ukuleles, sarangis, guitars, banjos, mandolins, autoharps, cellos, basses, drums, kazoos, maracas, recorders, thumb pianos, tin whistles and more! Then stick around after the zoo to watch some of the instruments in action with Sugar and the Pan, a group that includes students and alumni members of Vermont Folklife's world-renowned touring group.
Registration is encouraged but not required. Recommended for ages 6 and up.
Photographs will be taken at this event. By attending, you agree to be photographed and video recorded. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
With thanks to our Season Sponsor – Community Programming: The Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation.
Founded in 1984, Vermont Folklife is a nationally known education and cultural research nonprofit that uses ethnography, the study of cultural experience through interviewing, participation and observation, to strengthen the understanding of the cultural and social fabric of Vermont's diverse communities.
Vermont Folklife's mission is to deepen our understanding of each other by engaging with communities across the state to document and share everyday expressions of tradition, innovation and culture.
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