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Sat. Dec. 6th 7:30
John Doyle with Cathie Ryan
An Irish Christmas
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John Doyle & Cathie Ryan with The Irish Music Masters
​Join us for an evening with John Doyle & Cathie Ryan for a holiday celebration Irish Christmas concert!
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They have toured as a duo throughout Europe, are both members of The Irish Music Masters, are featured on the PBS’ television special The Soul of Christmas, and are long-time songwriting partners. Cathie and John’s songs are inspired by their love of traditional music.
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An Irish Christmas will be woven through with song and stories from beloved carols, through favorite traditional tunes and airs, to newly composed songs for the season presented by two of Irish music’s most highly regarded performers.
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​​From a musical family in Dublin, John Doyle's influences include well known English folk singers Nic Jones, Martin Carthy, Richard Thompson, and The Watersons; Scottish singers Dick Gaughan and John Martin; and fellow Irishmen Paul Brady and Al O’Donnell as well as his father, Sean Doyle.
John went on to form the highly acclaimed super group, Solas, with Seamus Egan, John Williams, Karan Casey and Winifred Horan which took the folk and Celtic music worlds by storm. As a member of Solas, John performed to sold out audiences nationally and internationally as well as appearing on many national TV and radio programs.
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"Doyle on guitar has risen to a level occupied by him alone. No one in Irish traditional music is a better guitarist than him right now. His chops, always assured and adroit, have now entered a rarefied zone of inspired, instinctive, in-the-moment creativity that made me gasp in awe and for breath. In my Wall Street Journal article on him this past March, I described John as one of the world’s best acoustic guitarists. I now think that may be an understatement." -Earle Hitchner, The Wall Street Journal and the Irish Echo
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For over twenty-five years, including five solo albums, countless musical collaborations, and multiple awards, Cathie Ryan has been in the vanguard of Irish music. She is blessed with a voice of luminous clarity and a gift for unearthing gems from Irish and American song traditions, creating her own heart-stirring originals, and for showcasing writers whose work deserves wider recognition. Wrap this musical integrity into a consummate entertainer and it is no wonder the Wall Street Journal calls her music, “a revelation.” Cathie Ryan was also an original member and founder of the group, Cherish the Ladies.
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​​​Doors at 7:00 Music starts at 7:30 for two sets with a short intermission. Homemade refreshments will be available.​​
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Sat. January 3rd 7:30
Caitlin Canty
Tickets HERE
Join us as we welcome Caitlin Canty back to the Burnham Presents stage!
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“A beautiful voice both strong and deliberate. Her stage presence is radiant and her songs pack a big lyrical punch” — NO DEPRESSION
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Caitlin Canty’s songs harness the grit and spark at the heart of American music, tempered with a voice both haunting and distinct.
Since the release of her critically-acclaimed Reckless Skyline in 2015, Canty has put thousands of miles on her songs, touring throughout the U.S. and Europe. She won the Telluride Troubadour songwriting competition at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 2015.
Her song, “Get Up,” was nominated for Song of the Year in the Folk Alliance International Music Awards and was featured on NPR Music’s, “Songs We Love.” Her songs have appeared in film and TV, including Code Black, House of Cards, Money Heist, and Rebuilding, and have garnered over 40 million streams on Spotify alone.
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A Proctor,Vermont native, Caitlin Canty returned home to the Green Mountain state a few years ago after several years in Nashville.
Her career continues to grow and blossom. She'll be releasing a new album this fall, Night Owl Envies Mourning Dove.
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From Folk Alley~"An exquisitely cinematic writer, she captures in a single scene the spacious splendors of trees, meadows, and mountains as the backdrop for the passionate yearnings of innocence and the tempered emotional wistfulness of experience. The title of her forthcoming album, Night Owl Envies the Mourning Dove, out on October 2, 2025, perfectly conveys the moment when wisdom, sometimes jaded and weary, meets wide-eyed wonder."
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Doors at 7:00 Music starts at 7:30 for two sets with a short intermission. Homemade refreshments will be available.​
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Sliding scale admission
We absorb the ticket processing fees and all proceeds after expenses go to the musicians. Cuts in funding for the arts are being felt far and wide for the touring musicians that perform at Burnham Presents.
A generous admission is most appreciated.
$25 general
$30 generous
TICKETS HERE
Kids 12 and under $10- Pay at door.
Youth on laps are free.
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​*If the admission fee is a challenge- please contact us directly at burnhampresents@gmail.com or 802-349-3364 ~Everyone is Welcome.
Sat. Feb. 14th 7:30
Damn Tall Buildings
Tickets HERE
We are thrilled to add Damn Tall Buildings to our season line-up! I've had the great fortune to see them perform at several festivals in the northeast and was part of crew that brought them to Middlebury Festival on the Green in 2022. They are a wonderfully fun trio!
“Think of: The Carter Family for the millennial generation. Old Crow Medicine Show meets Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros meets Flatt & Scruggs meets Nickel Creek, with a dash of Avett Brothers and a sprinkle of Johnny Cash. The band coined the term “guerrilla roots” to describe its sound, which draws on early-20th-century Americana/bluegrass music, “repurposed for a modern audience.” - The Boston Globe
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“...they bring influences from outside the Appalachian mountains to their sound, like rootsy rock and American musical theater, but express their original songs with banjo, fiddle, guitar, and bass ”
— Bluegrass Today
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Doors at 7:00-Music starts at 7:30 for two sets with a short intermission. Homemade refreshments will be available.
​Sliding scale admission
We absorb the ticket processing fees and all proceeds after expenses go to the musicians.
Cuts in funding for the arts are being felt far and wide for the touring musicians that perform at Burnham Presents.
While we try and keep admission sliding scale, a generous rate is most appreciated.
Thank you.
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$20 general
$25 generous
$30 generous+
​TICKETS HERE
Kids 12 and under $10- Pay at door.
Youth on laps are free.
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​*If the admission fee is a challenge- please contact us directly at burnhampresents@gmail.com or 802-349-3364 ~Everyone is Welcome.
Sat. March 7th 7:30
Garnet Rogers
Tickets HERE
We are looking forward to welcoming the great Garnet Rogers to the Burnham Presents stage! There was a time when Garnet would make an annual pilgrimage to Addison County to play at The After Dark Music Series in Middlebury hosted by Carol & Harvey Green. It's been a number of years since then and we are thrilled that he'll be joining us in Lincoln.
By the time he was barely out of high school, Garnet Rogers was on the road as a full-time working musician with his older brother Stan. Together they formed what has come to be accepted as one of the most influential acts in North American folk music.
Since then, Garnet Rogers has established himself as ‘One of the major talents of our time”. Hailed by the Boston Globe as a “charismatic performer and singer”, Garnet is a man with a powerful physical presence – close to six and a half feet tall – with a voice to match.
With his “smooth, dark baritone” (Washington Post) his incredible range, and thoughtful, dramatic phrasing, Garnet is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of the finest singers anywhere.
His music, like the man himself, is literate, passionate, highly sensitive, and deeply purposeful. Cinematic in detail, his songs “give expression to the unspoken vocabulary of the heart” (Kitchener Waterloo Record).
An optimist at heart, Garnet sings extraordinary songs about people who are not obvious heroes and of the small victories of the everyday. As memorable as his songs, his over-the-top humour and lightning-quick wit moves his audience from tears to laughter and back again.
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Doors at 7:00 Music starts at 7:30 for two sets with a short intermission. Homemade refreshments will be available.​
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Sliding scale admission
We absorb the ticket processing fees and all proceeds after expenses go to the musicians. Cuts in funding for the arts are being felt far and wide for the touring musicians that perform at Burnham Presents.
While we try and keep admission sliding scale, a generous rate is most appreciated. Thank you.
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$20 general
$25 generous
$30 generous+
Tickets HERE
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Kids 12 and under $10- Pay at door.
Youth on laps are free.
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​*If the admission fee is a challenge- please contact us directly at burnhampresents@gmail.com or 802-349-3364 ~Everyone is Welcome.
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***Garnet requests that when possible, the presenter (us) coordinates with the local food bank or shelter and encourages audience members to bring non-perishable donations of food,and items of personal care (shampoo,toothpaste, soap)to help the less fortunate in the community. Thank you
Sat. April 4th 7:30
Hildaland
with Eli Glasser and Henry Kervick opening
Tickets HERE
We welcome Louise Bichan and Ethan Setiawan to the Burnham Presents stage!
Orkney (Scotland) born fiddler Louise Bichan and Indiana (USA) mandolinist Ethan Setiawan present a collaboration and meeting of their musical worlds in Hildaland.
A path steeped in the fiddle traditions of their respective sides of the Atlantic, the journey taken wends through Scottish and American soil, celebrating their foundations while intertwining with contemporary composition.
Bichan’s fiddle is a melodic foil to Setiawan’s counterpoint and harmonic depth, and the two weave in and out seamlessly.
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Setiawan has won such accolades as the 2014 National Mandolin Championship, the 2017 RockyGrass Mandolin Championship and has shared the stage with the likes of Julian Lage, Darrell Scott, Bryan Sutton, Mike Marshall, Tony Trischka, Darol Anger, Casey Driessen, the Steel Wheels, Don Stiernberg, Matt Flinner, and Jacob Jolliff.
Bichan has won awards for her compositions and playing, and has travelled far and wide to perform in various line ups since a young age. She has appeared at the likes of the BBC TV's Hogmanay Live show, Edinburgh Castle, Reading Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Lorient Interceltique Festival, Milwaukee Irish Festival and Sligo Live festival. In 2016 she released her first solo album, Out of My Own Light, to great acclaim.
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Opening the concert will be Eli Glasser and Henry Kervick.
Glasser is pianist, fiddler and member of the VT Youth Orchestra,
Henry Kervick plays fiddle and has a special passion for Scandinavian music. They are both part of the touring ensemble Sugar in the Pan, which will bring its wide repertoire of traditional music to Washington, DC for Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Both Sugar in the Pan and the Touring Group are dedicated to nurturing young people who are engaged with traditional music.
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Doors at 7:00-Music starts at 7:30 for two sets with a short intermission. Homemade refreshments will be available.
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Sliding scale admission
We absorb the ticket processing fees and all proceeds after expenses go to the musicians. Cuts in funding for the arts are being felt far and wide for the touring musicians that perform at Burnham Presents.
​
While we try and keep admission sliding scale, a generous rate is most appreciated. Thank you.
$20 general
$25 generous
$30 generous+
TICKETS HERE
Kids 12 and under $10- Pay at door.
Youth on laps are free.
​
​*If the admission fee is a challenge- please contact us directly at burnhampresents@gmail.com or 802-349-3364 ~Everyone is Welcome.
Sat. May 2
The Tenderbellies 7:30
Tickets HERE
Join us for an evening of roots and bluegrass with the Tenderbellies.
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I've been hearing about this band for a long time and finally had an opportunity to see them at The OssipeeValley Music Festival in Maine this summer. They brought the house down with thier instrumental skill, energy and great harmonies. They all attended CVU right next door in Hinesburg. Perfect way to end the season at Burnham Presents by bringing it all back home.
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The Tenderbellies have been recognized as one of Vermont’s finest, winning the “Seven Daisies” Award for Best Bluegrass Group in Vermont seven times in a row, a testament to their beloved place in their music scene.
The Tenderbellies have held local residencies in the Burlington area, shared the stage with nationally touring acts, toured on the west coast and performed at music festivals, clubs and community events throughout New England. The band values bringing communities together by sharing their original music and energetic live performance.
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Their music ranges from bold and brazen to delicate and somber through tightly arranged songs and improvisational exploration. The band thoughtfully bridges a variety of musical influences, creating a distinctive sound with a bluegrass backbone, but that also incorporates elements of blues, rock, soul, jazz and Dawg music. We hope you can join us for this great evening of music.
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Doors at 7:00 Music starts at 7:30 for two sets with a short intermission. Homemade refreshments will be available.​
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Sliding scale admission
We absorb the ticket processing fees and all proceeds after expenses go to the musicians. Cuts in funding for the arts are being felt far and wide for the touring musicians that perform at Burnham Presents.
While we try and keep admission sliding scale, a generous rate is most appreciated. Thank you.
$20 general
$25 generous
$30 generous+
Tickets HERE
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Kids 12 and under $10- Pay at door.
Youth on laps- Free
*If the admission fee is a challenge- please contact us directly at burnhampresents@gmail.com or 802-349-3364 ~Everyone is Welcome.
For all inquiries about renting Burnham Hall for an event,
please contact
Contact for the music series
Burnham Presents
at Burnham Hall
52 E. River Rd Lincoln, Vermont 05443
802-349-3364
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