Spice on Snow Winter Music Festival

11/06/2024

It's been awhile, but Summit School of Traditional Music and Montpelier Alive are teaming together to bring the Spice on Snow Festival back! We look forward to seeing you January 17-19th in Downtown Montpelier, Vermont for a full weekend of old-time, Cajun and roots music. We'll keep you posted and direct you to the webpage soon...stay tuned.

08/28/2022

We’ll that’s a wrap! Summer Spice was a success! See you this winter…we hope….

08/24/2022

Please note that Kids 16 and under are FREE to attend the Spice Summer music festival this Saturday in Montpelier, VT! Buy your adult tickets here: www.summit-school.org.

08/23/2022

Hi - the Summer Spice music festival in Hubbard Park this Saturday August 27th NEEDS at least three more volunteers! Get free admission to a lovely folk music celebration with Nationally known performers: Jake Blount (banjo), Sammy Lind (fiddle and banjo) and Nadine Landry (guitar/vocals). Set up and Parking volunteers are a high priority. Email [email protected] if you're interested.
Thanks so much!

08/22/2022

Summer Spice festival is this weekend in Hubbard Park, Montpelier, VT! We will be joined by the delicious food cart La Bonne Crepe, so come picnic with us and listen to some great folk music 5-7pm. Concert tickets include the 3pm square dance, so come early for some extra fun 🤩 www.summit-school.org.

08/12/2022

Summer Spice Tickets are on Sale NOW: www.summit-school.org. Here is a preview Summer Spice Celebration Schedule 2022
Old Shelter, Hubbard Park, Montpelier, VT
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11am – 12pm Intermediate Clawhammer Banjo workshop with Jake Blount: learn tunes and style from one of the old-time scene’s newest experts!

12pm-1pm Lunch (bring your own and picnic with us), Jam sessions

1-2pm Intermediate Old-time Fiddle workshop with Sammy Lynd

1-2pm Intermediate Old-time Rhythm Guitar workshop with Nadine Landry

*Join these two members of the renowned Foghorn Stringband for workshops focused on tunes and style. Musicians will join at the end to play the tunes together.

2-3pm Old-time Bluegrass Harmony singing workshop with Nadine Landry

3-4pm Square Dance with our Festival musicians and dance caller Jennifer Johnson

4-5pm Jams

5-7pm Picnic and Concert with our featured musicians Jake Blount, and Nadine Landry and Sammy Lynd

There will be a wonderful local food vendor called La Bonne Crepe joining us for dinner!

05/03/2022

We are back in action! Old-time on the Onion, our annual fiddler's gathering, has been scheduled for July 22-24. Trad Camp for kids and families will be August 5-7, and our Summer Spice day-long Music Festival will be August 27th in Montpelier's Hubbard Park. Visit our website for more info: www.summit-school.org.

Join us for a free-form, family-friendly weekend of acoustic music-making in the Green Mountains. Mostly jams, mostly old-time, but all traditions welcome.