Feast & Field 2025
May 29-Sept 25
Aug 21st - Beecharmer - old timey/bluegrass
Beecharmer is a modern acoustic string band from Wilder, Vermont. A fresh take on a long-time collaboration between husband and wife duo, Jes Raymond and Jakob Breitbach, Beecharmer distills 10 years of international touring into a sound that is part festival and part mountain top. It’s a playful twang with artful arrangements, tight time-polished harmonies, virtuosic fiddle, skillful flatpicking, clawhammer banjo, and Upright Bass. Performing as a duet, or backed by a rotating cast of talented believers, Beecharmer is a joymaker.
Aug 28th - Bow Thayer Big Band - improvisational rock
As Seven Days puts it, “Bow Thayer has been kicking up a beautiful racket in Vermont for many years now.” Bow’s music is always evolving and unpredictable, spanning genres of Americana, folk, prog, blues, world music, and psychedelia on his journey to bring backwoods music to the present. Bow has devoted his life to spreading his tales, truths and fantasies about the human condition wherever he goes and invites you to catch an earful.
Bow will be joined by his good friends Jeff Berlin, Krishna Guthrie, Steve Ferraris, River Thayer, Tyler Boles, and Chazz Canney, bringing forth his rocking older tunes as well as new songs for an evening sure to include plenty of dancing and grooving!
Sept 4th - Timbermash - bluegrass/Americana
Timbermash brings an eclectic sound full of sweet harmonies, driving bass lines, heartfelt solos, and an overall sound that will get you moving! The band is an evolution of the Upper Valley duo, Mountain Dog (Justin Parks and Mark Burds), as they were craving a more full sound. Fiddler Jen Friese was an obvious addition, as her flexibility as a musician is a perfect complement to their diverse styles. Ben Kogan (bass), was the last important piece of the puzzle, giving Timbermash its steady backbone and creative flair.
Sept 11th - Queer Dance Party with DJ Kellarella and DJ Honey Butter
Celebrate the winding down of the 2025 BarnArts music series season with a Queer Dance Party! DJ kellarella, is a queer trans critter who is a community change artist, the director of Health & Wellness programs at Pride Center of Vermont, and organizes the Queer Dance Party (QDP) at Babes.
Dj Honey Butter is a dancer, mom, personal trainer and bodyworker based in Montpelier. She loves bringing people together to enjoy dance and music on the dance floor.
Sept 18th - TBD
Sept 25th - Equinox Closing Festival with Avi Salloway & Friends - art rock/global grooves
Join Avi Salloway & Friends for a luminous Equinox celebration! The band features Avi Salloway (Billy Wylder/Bombino), Rob Morse (Hadestown/Vorcza), and Anthony Lafond (Billy Wylder). Salloway is an acclaimed musician and activist and recently moved back to Vermont from Los Angeles. A native of Vermont, Morse spent years in New York studying bass with John Patitucci and honing his composition chops at City College. Anthony Lafond is a dynamic drummer who has performed internationally and is currently touring with Billy Wylder.
Feast & Field
The Details
Gates open: 5:30
Music sets: 6-7pm & 7:30-8:30pm
Food & drink available starting at 5:30
Event takes place Rain or Shine - we have a 40X60 tent for intimate, rainy nights.
Some picnic tables & seating available; your own chairs or blankets welcome!
No outside food or alcohol permitted
About Feast & Field
Feast & Field is a weekly celebration of music, food and community held in the Fable Farm Orchard in Barnard, Vermont - every Thursday - from late May thru September. The Feast & Field Music Series is run by BarnArts and the Feast & Field farmers provide locally sourced food and drink, much of which is harvested and produced right in Barnard.
BarnArts and the Feast & Field LLC are an unusual partnership of a nonprofit and local businesses. BarnArts provides the music, but the Feast & Field Farmers (Fable Farm, Eastman Farm and Kiss the Cow) provide the land, the food & drink, and also act as our Thursday hosts in the beautiful Fable Farm Orchard. What unites us is a love of community, locally-sourced food, an exceptional music series, and the beautiful Vermont outdoors!
Our new Music Program Manager, Victoria Johnson, curates our music series to be a world-class lineup that balances genre, gender and race, and features regional and international bands, while staying true to our home-grown heart. Vermont-led bands fill 50% of our line-up.
Our vision of Feast & Field includes serving the community and making sure that everyone can attend the gathering, which is why our tickets are sliding scale $5-25 per person, free for kids 12 and under. BarnArts and Feast & Field LLC split the gate revenue but both groups' expenses are only partly met by the gate funds. Please consider sponsoring the Music Series or supporting BarnArts with a donation or becoming a friend of Feast & Field to further each groups sustainability and mission.
Visit the Feast & Field Collective website for more information about the the event and its history.
Also, you can pre-order your food!
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