Come join us on the farm during harvest season for Champlain Orchards' free outdoor acoustic concert series! Bring the family and enjoy some of Vermont's finest pickers as they string up and play old-time, bluegrass, folk, and acoustic rock. Always fun and family-oriented, these concerts will be the soundtrack to your day in the orchard. You'll be picking Macintosh and Empires as the musicians pick banjos, mandolins and guitars, bow fiddles and sing well-loved melodies. Also, be sure to be here for our Annual Harvest Celebration!!!

September 20, 2009, 1-3 pm
Brendan Taaffe and Sarah Blair

Known foremost for his Irish fiddling, Brendan Taaffe is a multiple threat: on lively fiddle, intricate and driving guitar, on the button accordion and as a singer and songwriter. Lauded for “playing with heart as well as virtuosity,” his music is lively and infectious, his voice warm and inviting. Brendan teams up with Sarah Blair for our September 20, 2009 show. "Sarah Blair is one of Vermont's finest fiddlers - her playing is a rare combination of heart and soul that balances with technique and an intimate knowledge of the culture behind the music." - Robert Resnik of Vermont Public Radio

October 11, 2009, 1-3 pm
Run Mountain

During our annual Harvest Celebration you'll enjoy our delicious food and drink while listening to the sounds of Run Mountain. From rollicking fiddle breakdowns to mountain ballads to hillbilly blues, this energetic old-time string band breathes new life into American roots music. Paula Bradley, Bill Dillof, and Jim Burns are an exciting and engaging ensemble featuring powerful vocals accompanied by banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmonica & ukulele, with flatfoot dancing to boot!   Run Mountain draws their inspiration from rare 78 rpm recordings of the southern "old-time" music of the 1920s and 30s, including artists such as Fiddlin' Powers and Family, Earl Johnson and his Dixie Clodhoppers, Ernest V. Stoneman, Seven Foot Dilly and his Dill Pickles, Leake County Revelers, Mainer's Mountaineers and many others.

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Previous years' free concerts include:
-Sunday Jazz with Chris Hamel and Frank Spatafora,
-Old-timey tunes with the Lemon Fair String Band,
-Family fun with the Swing Peepers,
-Hard drivin' bluegrass with the Route 7 Ramblers,
-Traditional fiddle music from Pete and Karen Sutherland,
and more!
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***October 11, 2009, 11am - 4pm --
Champlain Orchards' Annual Harvest Celebration***

Join the entire Champlain Orchards family as we celebrate the bounty of the fall harvest. We'll be serving Champlain Orchards BBQ pork, our own applesauce, apple cider and fresh baked apples pies, great side dishes - all to the sounds of down-home acoustic music provided by Run Mountain. A fun and delicious way to celebrate the fall season! Cost is $12 per plate, $6 for kids. We hope to see you here!