Feast & Field 2025
May 29-Sept 25
Sept 11th - Queer Dance Party with DJ Kellarella and DJ Cartier
Celebrate BarnArts Feast & Field Music Series with a late season 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 organizer of Babes Queer Dance Party (QDP). DJ Cartier hails from New Orleans and when not spinning rap, r&b, and pop, they make comics throughout the Upper Valley.
Sept 18th - Pointe Noir Cajun Band - cajun
Pointe Noir finds its rhythm deeply rooted in Southwest Louisiana. Cannon Labrie (accordion) is a long-time Cajun and Zydeco player who also plays with Yankee Chank and Planet Zydeco. Katie Trautz (fiddle) and Chris Hollis (guitar) are seasoned old-time players who drifted south to learn the musical traditions of the bayou. Jay Ekis (guitar) plays everything from indie folk to heavy metal, always with his amp turned way up! Helen Doyle (bass) has never been anywhere near Louisiana and is pleasantly surprised to be in a Cajun band. Michael Bradshaw (drums) can also be heard behind the Zydeco soul of Mango Jam, Vermont surf rockers Barbacoa and many more.
Sept 25th - Equinox Closing Festival with Avi Salloway & Friends - art rock/global grooves
Join Avi Salloway & Friends for a luminous Equinox celebration filled with art-rock and global grooves. The band features Avi Salloway (Billy Wylder/Bombino), Rob Morse (Hadestown/Vorcza), and Anthony Lafond (Billy Wylder). Salloway is an acclaimed musician and activist who recently moved back to Vermont from Los Angeles. Morse is a native Vermonter who spent years in New York studying bass with John Patitucci and honing his composition chops at City College. Lafond is a dynamic drummer who has performed internationally and is currently touring with Billy Wylder.
Equinox Closing Festival
Join your Feast & Field farmer hosts and BarnArts for a season-ending festival amid the apple orchard with the fun, driving music of our friend Avi Salloway! Bonfires, kids activities, and a special Harvest Dinner features the abundance of Fable Farm harvest veggies and optional Eastman meat. A harvest dinner plate will feature the delicious glory of the delicata squash with toppings and salads of your choice.
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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