July

July 1 - Opening Night - the Dorset Theater presents “Merton at the Movies” by George S. Kaufmann. …a young man travels west to become a serious actor… Runs through July 18

July 4 & 5 - Stratton Mountain hosts their annual Bluegrass Festival and Fourth of July Celebration

July 8 - Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning brings the Lake George Opera to Manchester to perform "Madame Butterfly"

July 9 - Opening Night of the Manchester Music Festival Summer Season The Hedwig Montgomery Memorial Concert featuring work by Saint-Saeans and Schumann

July 11 - The Southern Vermont Art Center presents the Dukes of Dixieland - a 21st Century take on traditional jazz and Dixie - Admission Charged

July 16 - Manchester Music Festival presents Haydn's Symphony No. 97 and Brahms Quartet for Piano and Strings

July 18 - SVAC presents a tribute to Frank Sinatra with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra -

July 21 - Northshire Performing Arts Presents “The Five Browns” at the Southern Vermont Art Center …five siblings, five Steinway pianos…

July 22 - Opening Night - the Dorset Theater presents “The Hollow” by Agatha Christie …A typical Christie murder mystery…

July 23 - Manchester Music Festival presents music by Beethoven, Ravel and Vivaldi

July 26 - Manchester hosts the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure - come and run or come and watch!

July 31 - The First Annual Vermont Cheese, Wine, and Beer Festival at the Southern Vermont Art Center …a two day celebration of artisan cheese, fine local wines and hand-crafted beers and ales. Taste it all, then add jazz, classical, and rock music throughout and top it off with Saturday's gala gourmet dinner…

August

August 1 and 2 - 31st Annual Southern Vermont Art and Craft Festival

August 13-16 - Bring your Shopping Shoes! Manchester Retailers present their Best of Summer Sidewalk Sales!

August 16 - Manchester Music Festival presents pieces by Shubert, Shostakovich and Dvorak with special guests The Hyperion String Quartet