We will be having a smaller festival this year and it will be in August rather than our usual second week of July.
This year, due to the pandemic, we will be having only one band a night at 7:00pm, Monday August 2 through Friday August 6.
*The festival will be held with summer Covid guidelines in place.
We will be back in 2022 with a full festival, Brown Bag shows and a street dance!
This year, due to the pandemic, we will be having only one band a night at 7:00pm, Monday August 2 through Friday August 6.
*The festival will be held with summer Covid guidelines in place.
We will be back in 2022 with a full festival, Brown Bag shows and a street dance!
The Middlebury Festival on the Green was cancelled for 2020, but we could still use your support. Please click on the “Please Donate” button above to make a donation or buy a 2020 t-shirt by clicking on the "2020 Festival T-Shirts for Sale!" link above.
MCTV of Middlebury very graciously showed many historic performances from our forty-one previous festivals during what would have been our 2020 festival week. Many of those performances are still available to be seen on the MCTV YouTube channel:
youtube.com/user/MCTVVermont
Just scroll down on that site and you'll see the Festival on the Green videos.
See you next year back on the Middlebury Green!
youtube.com/user/MCTVVermont
Just scroll down on that site and you'll see the Festival on the Green videos.
See you next year back on the Middlebury Green!
There's plenty of room under our big tent. Never let a possibility of rain stop you from coming.
There are many wonderful restaurants in easy walking
distance from the green. Get a meal to go and have a picnic! Middlebury Ambulance will have hot dogs, snacks and ice cream.
There are many wonderful restaurants in easy walking
distance from the green. Get a meal to go and have a picnic! Middlebury Ambulance will have hot dogs, snacks and ice cream.
Brown Bag Specials
Monday-Friday, 12:00-1:00
“Brown Bag Specials,” performances designed for a family audience, are presented at noon Monday through Friday. Festival-goers bring a bag lunch or picnic from home, or patronize one of the nearby restaurants for take-out. These shows, which feature storytelling, dance, music, and puppetry, are enjoyed by an audience sprinkled with lively toddlers from local day care centers, youthful residents of nearby camps, downtown shoppers. All events take place rain or shine under the big tent at The Recreation Park/Mary Hogan Field.
Monday-Friday, 12:00-1:00
“Brown Bag Specials,” performances designed for a family audience, are presented at noon Monday through Friday. Festival-goers bring a bag lunch or picnic from home, or patronize one of the nearby restaurants for take-out. These shows, which feature storytelling, dance, music, and puppetry, are enjoyed by an audience sprinkled with lively toddlers from local day care centers, youthful residents of nearby camps, downtown shoppers. All events take place rain or shine under the big tent at The Recreation Park/Mary Hogan Field.
Evening Performances
Sunday 7:00-9:00
Monday-Friday, 7:00-10:00
There are two evening performances, 7:00 and 8:30pm with two different musical acts! The week's program features something for nearly every musical taste drawn from Vermont and international touring artists. A menu of music including folk, jazz, world, bluegrass and much, much more!
All events take place rain or shine under the big tent at The Recreation Park/Mary Hogan Field
Due to downtown construction, there will be no Street Dance in 2020. The Street Dance will be back in 2021!
Street Dance
Saturday Evening 7:00-9:00
Since 1984, our capstone event has been the Street Dance, featuring big-band selections by the always-popular Vermont Jazz Ensemble. The Vermont Jazz Ensemble is a 17 member instrumental music group that performs music, most of which is in the jazz or big band style. This is a wonderful event for the whole family. Come early and learn some dance steps from Jim Condon!
Main street will be closed from Merchants Row to the post office for the dance.
Street Dance
Saturday Evening 7:00-9:00
Since 1984, our capstone event has been the Street Dance, featuring big-band selections by the always-popular Vermont Jazz Ensemble. The Vermont Jazz Ensemble is a 17 member instrumental music group that performs music, most of which is in the jazz or big band style. This is a wonderful event for the whole family. Come early and learn some dance steps from Jim Condon!
Main street will be closed from Merchants Row to the post office for the dance.
