Chandler Center for the Arts presents Jake Blount, award-winning interpreter of Black folk music based in Providence, Rhode Island, to kick off its 2025 season on Saturday, February 8. Join Blount for an Artist’s Talk at 5 p.m., followed by a Community Potluck Mixer at 6 p.m. The concert opens at 7 p.m. with The Speckers – fiddlers and vocalists John and his daughter Ida Mae based in Andover, Vermont – followed by headliner Blount. 

Arrive early for the opening of our Smithsonian Gallery Show, “Crossroads: Change in Rural America,” which explores how rural American communities changed in the 20th century. Meet local artists featured in the show from 4-5 p.m.

Jason Lorber – comedian and former VT State Representative – headlines in "Comedy at the Core." His new show compares what 13-year-old Jason thought his life would be...and what it became (so far).

The state's funniest comic -- a designation from the Vermont Comedy Club -- Mike Thomas will open the show.

Swan Lake is a ballet masterpiece that tells the story of a prince who falls in love with a beautiful swan princess under a spell. The ballet is renowned for its stunning choreography, intricate set design, and Tchaikovsky's captivating music. Its themes of love, sacrifice, and redemption continue to resonate with audiences of all ages and backgrounds, making it a timeless classic that has endured for more than a century.

A new vision of America's greatest play about love, life, and afterlife, including live covers of songs by Vermont's own Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Noah Kahan.

Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground is visually a bluegrass band. Born of a yearning to return to bluegrass roots, Fine Ground takes time-honored traditions and imbues them with original tunes and exceptional songwriting.

*This show is scheduled to take place upstairs in the Esther Mesh room. If it sells out, it will move into the Main Hall.

Audition dates to be announced soon!

Prepare to be dazzled and delighted as friends and neighbors display their talents as singers, dancers, musicians, poets, actors, and more—fun for, and by all ages.

Handel’s masterwork — a dramatic setting of texts inspired by John Milton and William Shakespeare — explores joyful, sad, and “moderate” musings. In English, with featured renowned soprano Amanda Forsythe.

The Vermont Fiddle Orchestra (VFO) 2025 Spring Concert.

The VFO plays traditional and contemporary fiddle and dance tunes from the British Isles, Ireland, Scandinavia, Quebec, Appalachia, New England, Vermont and beyond. The orchestra isdirected by Peter Macfarlane, a long-standing member of the Vermont fiddle community who originally hails from the other side of “the pond,” and who is a member of the bands Atlantic Crossing, and Frost and Fire. Peter is assisted by Susan Reid, a well-known local fiddler and a member of the band Larks in the Attic.

Dance of Hope is a Ugandan youth based performing arts ensemble that brings Africa’s rich cultural heritage to the world through concerts and outreach with their vibrant spectacle, pulsating with invigorating drum beats, exhilarating choreography and enchanting harmonies.

2025 Spring Concert

Overture to Der Freischütz - Carl Maria von Weber
Piano Concerto in G Major - Maurice Ravel
Alison Cerutti, piano
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, 90 - Johannes Brahms

The most popular and sought after big band of all time returns to the Chandler Music Hall for one night only! On May 8, The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra will perform their greatest hits, including “In The Mood”, “Chattanooga Choo Choo”, “American Patrol”, “A String Of Pearls”, “Little Brown Jug”, “Pennsylvania 6-5000”, Tuxedo Junction”, and of course their theme song “Moonlight Serenade” as they continue their national tour. The orchestra, along with the music director Erik Stabnau, vocalist Jenny Swoish and The Moonlight Serenaders, will perform their catalog of big band classics just the way they would have over 80 years ago when Glenn Miller stood in front of his band. It is a show that continues to transport audiences back in time and is as nostalgic as it is exciting.

Having performed with her parents and acclaimed fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy for over 600 shows, genre-defying fiddling (and piano) sensation Mary Frances Leahy is branching out with her fantastic debut solo album First Light. The innovative, eclectic nine-track collection of originals, co-produced by Mary Frances and Cuban guitarist Elmer Ferrer, is an amazing blending of Celtic, Latin, and Jazz influences.

A mix of genres: classical, rock, folk & movies inspired by the theme "Meditation to Mirth."