For years the Young Tradition Festival Contest has encouraged young musicians and dancers to keep traditions alive and to support their involvement in traditional music and dance. This year, join us for standout performances from several past winners, including including Jordan Bélanger (2015, 2017), Eric George (2014), Jaden Gladstone (2008, 2012), Addie Herbert (2015, 2017), Owen Kennedy (2021, 2022), Romy Munkres (2018), Fern Tamagini-O'Donnell (2022), Duncan Yandell (2008), Oliver Scanlon (2010, 2011), McKinley James (2010, 2011, 2014, 2017) and others.
Purchase tickets at the door ($10, sliding scale), or buy an all-festival ticket online:
This concert will also be livestreamed and recorded. By purchasing an all-festival ticket, you will also get access to the livestream link.
The Young Tradition Festival is a celebration of multi-generational relationships from traditional music and dance communities. Children, youth and young adults are the focus, along with those who support them as teachers, mentors, friends, and families.
The theme for the 2023 festival is "family songs, tunes, and dances," highlighting material inspired by families, learned within and from families, and performed and shared by families. In keeping with the theme, this year’s festival hosts are La Famille LeBlanc.
The Festival is presented by Vermont Folklife, with support from Burlington City Arts, Church Street Marketplace, North Country Federal Credit Union, Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region, the Windjammer Inn & Conference Center, the Nelson Family Foundation, the Turrell Fund, the Vermont Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and others.
Email ytv@vtfolklife.org with questions.