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The Ramble is a free, annual event, celebrating the creativity and community of Burlington’s Old North End, held on the last Saturday in July.

The Ramble is a grassroots arts festival celebrating the unequivocally creative culture of The Old North End community, where the most racially and economically diverse population of Vermont densely resides with the highest concentration of Burlington’s working artists.

From Mission Bazaar:

Mission Bazaar hosts live musicians on Saturday, July 30 for the Old North End Ramble. We start with Tom Pearo, who will bestow blessings to help you start your afternoon. At 1:30pm, don’t be fooled by the name Happy Spangler, who will bring you on a roller coaster of emotions as you move your body. Then at 3pm Mickey Western will play his legendary tales of lives lost and found on the dusty trail. Finally, Caudia Maria will make her Burlington debut, 'tis a mystery that will be revealed. Everything subject to change!!! All this with food trucks, a shrimp boil, tarot readings, vendors, ping pong, and so much more.

Dennis McMahon speaks with photographer Peggy Reynolds about her upcoming exhibit "What Happens When No One Is Looking?" and Ken Signorello, owner of the Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction, the venue for the event.

For more information, visit: darkroomgallery.com

Molly Gray hosts a concert to bring music to Vermont families at home and to benefit Vermont COVID-19 relief efforts. The concert includes performances from artists hailing from around Vermont, including Noah Kahan of Strafford, Caitlin Canty of West Rutland, Pete Bernhard (of the Devil Makes Three) of Putney, Patrick Ross of Newbury and Bow Thayer of Stockbridge. Vermonters are able to enjoy the family-friendly concert from home for free through the campaign’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.

The concert features messages of hope and support along with music from the performing artists. To make donations to the Vermont Foodbank’s COVID-19 Hunger Relief Fund, viewers are encouraged contribute here: https://fundraise.vtfoodbank.org/give

Community producer James Gero records the concert of Dayna Kurtz as part of the Burlington City Arts Summer Concert series.

From the BCA concert description:

Dayna Kurtz

Over the past decade, the New Jersey-born vocalist/writer/musician/producer (now dividing her time between New Orleans and the mountains of Vermont) has been bestowed with many awards and praises, including being named the Female Songwriter of the Year by the National Academy of Songwriters. Dayna was recently nominated as 2017 New Orleans Songwriter of the Year in the Offbeat Magazine poll. Norah Jones and Bonnie Raitt have raved about her in interviews, and she's performed on such high-profile radio shows as World Cafe, Mountain Stage, NPR's Morning Edition, and Tell Me More. She's toured and opened for the likes of Elvis Costello, Richard Thompson, Mavis Staples, Rufus Wainwright, B.B. King, Dr. John, Richie Havens, Madeleine Peyroux, Chris Whitley, and the Blind Boys of Alabama. Festivals that have asked Dayna to perform are the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the French Quarter Festival, Celebrate Brooklyn, Lincoln Center Out of Doors and Roots on the Rails.