festival of fools

Burlington Festival of Fools and Voter Registration 08/03/2024

Charlie Giannoni, Town Meeting TV field producer, interviews some of the organizers from Burlington's Festival of Fools. Also, a vendor is encouraging people to vote and informing voters about voter registration.

From Burlington City Arts:

BTV’s annual gala of goofs, rite of ridiculousness, and preposterous pageant of merrymaking returns August 2-4, 2024!

The Festival of Fools brings over 100 free performances to Burlington, Vermont’s historic Church Street, with street performance, busking, music, and more!

For more information visit: www.vermontfestivaloffools.com

All of the Rivers Performance at Festival of Fools 08/03/2024

From the Festial of Fools:

All of the Rivers is a global journey through song, story, and dance curated and directed by musician and activist Avi Salloway (Billy Wylder / Bombino). The dynamic performances will feature over 20 international musicians and dancers who have recently resettled in VT. All of the Rivers includes Burlington based, Congolese Choir, percussionists from Senegal, Ghana, and Guinea, Steeve Valcourt from the Haitian band, Lakou Mizik, Pia Zapata from Chile, Andric Severance from VT, all in collaboration with Salloway's Billy Wylder band mates, Pia Ella from Peru and Ricardo Guerra from Miami/Cuba. The lively and unique show will amplify immigrant voices (in 5 languages!) and weave together themes of migration, identity, justice, love, freedom, home, and connection.

For more information visit: www.vermontfestivaloffools.com/performer/rivers-ensemble

African Variety Show: A Conversation with Senator Martine Larocque Gulick & Musician Avi Salloway 07/25/2024

From Dr. Wetchi:

Host Dr. Wetchi is joined by Senator Martine Larocque Gulick, Vermont State Senate, to discuss recent legislation. Also on the show is musician Avi Salloway, who discusses Burlington City Art's Festival of Fools and performs the songs "We Are the Ones" and "The Great Blue Heron".

For more information visit: www.vermontfestivaloffools.com | www.billywylder.com

Municipal Updates: Burlington City Update 08/07/2017

The Burlington City Council meets on Mondays, three times each month at 7pm. Their meetings air live on Channel 317 (Burlington Telecom) and on Channel 17 at the air times listed below.