
Brown Bag Lunch Concert Series
Last summer, Monteverdi hosted the legacy noon concerts downtown Montpelier — the Brown Bag Lunch Summer Concert series. Despite a not-small amount of rain the summer brought, we enjoyed some excellent music, audiences, and even weather. This series is a beloved part of our City’s summer vibes, and bringing it back in 2025 is only possible with support from our friends at Montpelier Alive, Hunger Mountain Coop, Bear Pond books, Capitol Grounds, Woodbury Mountain Toys, Skinny Pancake, the Drawing Board, and more!. Thank you all for prioritizing free music and public art!
SUMMER 2025 Line Up

Get Up With It
Jazz Fusion Funk band featuring Raz Moshe on sax, Keith Gibson on drums, Emily Lanxner on steel drums, and Callum Robechek on bass.


Trad Music Day w/Summit School
Join Joanne Garten and friends as they bring fantastic Old Time and Traditional music from our local young and less-young players!

Festival of Creative Pianists - selections
Pianists from all over the country are in town for the Festival of Creative Pianists right here in Montpelier! Join us to hear some selections from accomplished pianists of all genres.
Monteverdi Youth Showcase
Youth music teacher, piano and viola player, director of Green Mountain Youth Symphony, and all around awesome Montpelier resident Erin Eberhardt leads this fun youth showcase with everything from classical piano to freshly written original songs by our area’s small musicians!

Beecharmer
An acoustic duo from Wilder, Vermont, Jakob and Jes have distilled 10 years of touring into a sound that is part festival and part mountain top. Both multi-instrumentalists, they bring skillful flatpicking, clawhammer banjo, virtuosic fiddle, upright bass, time-polished harmonies, and award winning songwriting with elements of bluegrass, old-time, jazz and pop. This Beecharmers show is not to be missed!

Sarah Bell Band
With lyrics that cut to the core and melodies that won’t leave you for days, local singer/songwriter Sarah Bell brings her magic to downtown Montpelier this summer. Sarah was one of a few NPR Tiny Desk contest applicants recently featured on Vermont Public. Along with rhythm section Aaron Scoti & Jolynda Burton, this trio will bring unforgettable Bell originals and a few choice covers to your BYO lunch hour.

Chloe Brisson & Evan Allen
Undeniable contemporary jazz vocals paired with to-die-for piano make this duo a must-see penultimate Brown Bag concert!

Green Mountain Swing Band
A Brown Bag Lunch summer concert tradition continues as we close out our beloved 10-concert series with our friends at Green Mountain Swing. Bring your dancing shoes and take in the sounds of the swing era.

New Lost Nation String Band
New Lost Nation is an old-time string band that has emerged out of the vibrant traditional music scene of Central Vermont. The line-up features Dana Robinson on fiddle, Grant Marolf on banjo, Susan Robinson on guitar, and Neal McNaughton on bass.
New Lost Nation's sound is distinctly Southern-Appalachian, and inspired by the Round Peak style in North Carolina, as well as the deep well of old-time fiddle tunes and traditional songs from throughout North America.


Footworks
Footworks brings us some foot-stomping Cape Breton music as we get ready to close out our Brown Bag Lunch concert series for the year.




Bent Nails House Band
Bent Nails House Band is Dee Davis, Carrie Cook, Marc Gwinn, Timothy Quigley, and Terry Youk.