June is a prime month on the Vermont arts and entertainment scene, with the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival doing its thing and the start of the outdoor concert season. We’ll touch upon those events in this rundown of 30 fun things to do this June, but you’ll find even more about the jazz fest and fresh-air music in other articles by the Burlington Free Press.
There’s more than just music to be had this month. A couple of professional theater companies get their summer seasons started, another ends its season and comedy continues to create good vibes.
Go forth and seek all of the good vibes the Vermont arts scene has to offer.
Have your Cake and hear it, too
8 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, the outdoor music season starts cooking when ‘90s alternative rock hitmakers Cake make their way to the midway lawn at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction for a show presented by Higher Ground. $59.50; free for ages 12 and under. highergroundmusic.com
Savion Glover, Jason Moran and more
7 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, opening night for the five-day Burlington Discover Jazz Festival has the improvisational performance “The Beat Beneath Us” featuring festival curator and pianist Jason Moran, tap dancer Savion Glover and drummer Chris Dave following movement and music from Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, A Dance Company, the Flynn, Burlington. $38.36-$101.28. flynnvt.org
Trousdale pops into Higher Ground
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, pop trio Trousdale joins verygently for a concert in the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. $22. highergroundmusic.com
Searching for intelligent life in Montpelier
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, Lost Nation Theater begins its run through Sunday, June 14, of Jane Wagner’s venerable stage show “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe,” Montpelier City Hall Arts Center. $15-$44. lostnationtheater.org
Mt. Joy brings the joy, of course
8 p.m. Thursday, June 4, Americana rockers Mt. Joy hit the stage at the midway lawn at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. $66.50 free for ages 12 and under. highergroundmusic.com.
Lots of plays, very quickly
7 p.m. Friday, June 5-Saturday, June 6, 4 p.m. Saturday, June 6 and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 7, the Full Circle Theater Collaborative offers “30Under60,” with a half-dozen Vermont theater artists writing 30 original, two-minute plays and performing them in less than 60 minutes, Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington. $15-$20. offcentervt.com
A Verdi opera in Middlebury
7:30 p.m. Friday, June 5 and Thursday, June 11, 2 p.m. Sunday, June 7 and Saturday, June 13, the Opera Company of Middlebury updates Verdi’s “La Traviata,” Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. $50-$100; free tickets available for audience members under age 26; June 7 performance is sold out. townhalltheater.org
Jesse Taylor celebrates new album
8 p.m. Saturday, June 6, the Burlington-based Jesse Taylor Band celebrates the release this spring of its new album “Feel Everything” with a show also featuring The Leatherbound Books and The Eyetraps, Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. $12. highergroundmusic.com
The Beths sell out
8 p.m. Sunday, June 7, New Zealand indie-pop rockers The Beths return (with opener Squirrel Flower) to the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. Sold out. highergroundmusic.com
‘Ring of Fire’ opens Weston season
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, the Weston Theater Company begins its 90th season with its run through Sunday, July 5, of the Johnny Cash musical “Ring of Fire,” Walker Farm, Weston. $25 – $89. westontheater.org
(Greensky) Bluegrass grows in Shelburne
7 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, the Ben & Jerry’s Concerts on the Green series put on by Higher Ground starts its run with a return to Vermont by Greensky Bluegrass, Shelburne Museum. $51; free for ages 12 and under. highergroundmusic.com
Melissa Villasenor gets funny
7 p.m. Thursday, June 11-Saturday, June 13, and 9 p.m. Friday, June 12-Saturday, June 13, former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Melissa Villasenor does five shows over three nights at the Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington. $35. vermontcomedyclub.com
‘Shakespeare in Love’ in Williston
7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 11, Vermont Repertory Theatre presents a production of “Shakespeare in Love” through Saturday, June 20, at the Isham Barn Theatre, Williston. $20-$30. vermontrep.com
A night with The Wood Brothers
8 p.m. Thursday, June 11, Americana act The Wood Brothers, plus Viv & Riley, play a show presented by Higher Ground at the Flynn, Burlington. $58.44-$84.13. highergroundmusic.com or flynnvt.org
Juneteenth celebration in Montpelier
7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 13, and 4 p.m. Sunday, June 14, the Montpelier Community Gospel Choir, with special guest Shidaa, presents its musical celebration of the Juneteenth holiday with two performances at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier. $15-$20. montpeliergospel.org
Reggae legends at Zenbarn
8 p.m. Saturday, June 13, legendary Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru visits Zenbarn in Waterbury Center. $45 in advance, $50 day of show. zenbarnvt.com
Lucy Darling flies into the Flynn
7 p.m. Sunday, June 14, entertainer Lucy Darling, joined by musician and juggler Mark Ettinger of the Flying Karamazov Brothers, brings her variety show into the Flynn, Burlington. $53.25-$83.83. flynnvt.org
Send off Vermont Stage with ‘The Bake Off’
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, Vermont Stage wraps up its 2025-26 season with “The Bake Off,” an exercise showcasing directors’ unique takes on productions, which this year runs through Sunday, June 21, and features a trio of variations inspired by Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington. $34-$59. vermontstage.org
Ratboys rock at Higher Ground
8 p.m. Thursday, June 18, Chicago indie-rockers Ratboys headline a show that includes Shallowater, Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $20. highergroundmusic.com
Dorset Theatre Festival starts with ‘Deceived’
7:30 p.m. Friday, June 19, the Dorset Theatre Festival begins its summer season with “Deceived,” based on the play (and film) “Gaslight,” running through Saturday, July 4, Dorset Playhouse. $62.-$73.80. dorsettheatrefestival.org
Higher Ground welcomes Kurt Vile
8 p.m. Friday, June 19, lo-fi indie rock act Kurt Vile and the Violators follows The Sadies on stage at the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $41. highergroundmusic.com
Dwight & Nicole & more at Bolton festival
Noon Saturday, June 20, the daylong Mountain Air Music Festival highlights Vermont acts including Dwight & Nicole, Sonido Mal Maiz, Moondogs, Sabouyouma, Noah Kesey and Reid Parsons, Bolton Valley Resort. $30. mountainairmusicfestival.com
Laugh at The Lowdown
7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20, the comedy night known as The Lowdown this month features Jessie Baade, Gordon Clark, Natasha Komarov, Maisie Laud, Ian Paul, Maggie Phelan, Levi Silverstein and host Maggie Maxwell, Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. $15. highergroundmusic.com
Broadway in the Champlain islands
6 p.m. Monday, June 22, Broadway Rocks, organized by Broadway vet and Colchester native Merritt David Janes, offers “Broadway in the Islands” featuring musical performances at Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero. $40-$75. broadwayrocks.live
Guitar virtuosity in Waterbury Center
7 p.m. Thursday, June 25, the guitar-fueled Stephane Wrembel Quartet plays a show at Zenbarn, Waterbury Center. $25 in advance, $30 day of show. zenbarnvt.com
Ruth Garbus heads north to Burlington
7 p.m. Friday, June 26, vocalist-songwriter Ruth Garbus travels from her home in southern Vermont to play a show at the Light Club Lamp Shop adjoining Radio Bean in Burlington. $15. radiobean.com
Classical musicians in West Windsor
7 p.m. Friday, June 26, pianists Sakiko Ohashi and Orli Shaham start the three-day West Windsor Music Festival that also has performances at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 27, by the Salix Piano Trio and 3 p.m. Sunday by Ohashi with violinist Helen Kim, 22 Brownsville-Hartland Road, West Windsor. $15-$25 per concert. westwindsormusicfestival.com
Find the good kind of Deer Tick
8 p.m. Saturday, June 27, folk-rockers Deer Tick, whose new album “Coin-O-Matic” comes out June 5, return to Vermont to play the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $29.50. highergroundmusic.com
Kamasi Washington comes to town
8 p.m. Monday, June 29, saxophone player and composer Kamasi Washington rules the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $45. highergroundmusic.com
Chamber music in Colchester
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, which runs June 28-Aug. 2, begins its Festival Artist Series of concerts with the Balourdet Quartet, Elley-Long Music Center, Colchester. $35-$50. gmcmf.org
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