Here we go with another season of ART & COMMUNITY, of course it's Gallery Walk (and Bratt First Fridays). That's right, from here on out we'll refer to the 16 walkable gallery stroll as Gallery Walk (May-Dec), and the Block Party style festivities with street closure + food + music + libations as Brattleboro First Fridays (May-October). We hope this messaging will make our communication more clear about what's happening when.
Gallery Walk- JUNE!
16 Galleries open their doors to you with new exhibits, activities, artist meet & greets, performances and more. Our galleries this year include:
118 Elliot
Tower Bar & Lounge
Harmony Collective
Vermont Center for Photography
High Street & Green Building
First Proof Press
The Green @ Centre/ Centre Church
Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts
Penelope Wurr
In-Sight Photography Project
Gallery in the Woods
Persephone
Beadniks
Vermont Artisan Designs
River Gallery School
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
The printed program, with exhibit descriptions and more detail, is available at any of these galleries and digitally at brattleboro.com
Bratt First Friday- JUNE!
Elliot Street & Harmony Lot will be closed to traffic making a big ol' hub of festivities in the center of downtown.
Outdoor Beer Garden (Harmony Lot): Stone Church will once again be slinging beer, wine and seltzers, and frosty ones at that!
The Stage (Harmony Lot): Every month Harmony Lot becomes an outdoor music hall featuring live music from 6-9pm. This month we welcome: The All Night Boogie Band- a blues, rock & roll, and soul-inspired band hailing from the Green Mountains of Burlington, Vermont. Formed in late 2021, the young yet experienced quintet expresses a unique sound full of originality, vigor, and dedication to the resonance of great American music.
All Night Boogie Band won “Vermont Rising Stars” in the 2023 New England Music Awards and were nominated for “Best Blues Artist” in the 2023 & 2024 Seven Daysies Awards.
Food Trucks (Harmony Lot): You can expect a rotating group of 10-12 food trucks at each event. Our vendors include:
Sustainable Eats
Cousins' Lobster
Anon's Thai
Amy's Macs
Hidden Bean
Frisky Cow
Keene Cookie Co
Smokin' Bowls
Taza Naan
Street Tacos
802 Soul Kitchen
Susan's Lemonade
The Maker’s Market (Elliot Street) at Brattleboro First Fridays is where local artists, makers, and vintage vendors can show off their wares. Each month 30+ vendors transform Elliot Street into a vibrant marketplace with a wide array of unique and eclectic goods. Find ceramics, jewelry, cards + prints, natural medicinals, home goods, clothing, plants + flowers, and more!
Extra Fun!
Sometimes, there are extras- extra performances, extra activities, opportunities to become part of the art-making. Sometimes a sprinkler! This month's Extra Fun includes:
BMAC (at BMAC): Fluxus line dancing, inspired by "Nye Ffarrabas: Truth IS A Verb!," on the lawn in front of the museum. Details at BrattleboroMuseum.org
NEYT: Every month a contingent of NEYT actors will claim a small stage in Harmony Lot and dazzle you with their chops at 5:30pm
Cheshire Cats Jump-Roping Team: For the third year running, the Cheshire Cats will perform in harmony Lot
Vermont Armored Combat: Knights clashing steel for entertainment, we're in! Located in Harmony Lot
Viscera Nefarious performs a circus sideshow act that will shock & amaze
New England Center for Circus Arts brings their aerial rig downtown for a gravity defying performance
Jesse Q Thomas lights it up in Harmony Lot with his fire-spinning show
Also check out other Arts events in Brattleboro, Music events in Brattleboro.
