On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 4:00 pm, the 17th Annual Calais Folk Concert will be held at the Old West Church in Calais, Vermont. This year’s concert entitled “Heirloom” will showcase Vermont performers passing the music on to the next generation. Franco American Folk singer Michèle Choinière performs with her eight-year-old daughter Isabella, Deb Flanders sings with her niece Esther Nemethy, Fiddler David Gusakov performs with his son Nate who plays banjo and Pete Sutherland performs with his protégé fiddler Oliver Scanlon. Musicians from the Vermont Symphony Orchestra cellist John Dunlop and violinist/fiddler Laura Markowitz will also join the concert for an afternoon of memorable music making.

The 17th Annual Calais Concert is featured in Vermont Arts 2015, a year-long celebration highlighting arts events, concerts, festivals, exhibits and openings that will occur all across the state in 2015 by the Vermont Arts Council.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Vermont Folklife Center. General admission at the door is $15.

For more information call: 802-233-1015 or www.debflanders.net.

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