31st Annual
Quechee Balloon Festival
Click above for the 2010 Quechee Balloon Festival Schedule
The 2011 schedule is available in early May 2011.
Features....
In addition to the FIVE hot air balloon ascensions
The KID ZONE- presented this year by the
Green Mountain Children's Center.
TETHERED BALLOON RIDES (Saturday & Sunday weather permitting)
JUMPTOWN PARACHUTISTS
NEW ENGLAND DISC DOGS
FOOD COURT, BEER & WINE TENT
JURIED ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR
COMMERCIAL & NON-PROFIT VENDORS
And LOTS OF GREAT ENTERTAINMENT including....
The Rubblebucket Orchestra
A wild young band from Boston, Brooklyn, and Burlington, Vermont (i.e. Ver-brook-ston) that currently tours as an 8 piece. Their banging horn sounds and dance beats provide a backbone for the mesmerizing vocals of lead singer, Kalmia Traver. Rubblebucket's trip-rock sound has been compared to Talking Heads, Bjork, Fela Kuti and Portishead but what's in the bucket is completely their own.
Rubblebucket won the 2009 Boston Music Award for Live Act of the Year and is featured in the December 2009 issue of Relix Magazine's "On The Verge: 5 Artists You Should Know." Additionally, they were named "Best New Band of 2008," by Seven Days Vermont. The title had previously been held by Grace Potter & the Nocturnals (2005, 2006) and Phish (2003, 2004).
Hey Mama featuring Avi & Celia
"You can tell right away that this music comes from the very fiber of their souls and it is absolutely spellbinding to listen to."
–Rock and Roll Report
"Immaculately crafted, rock-tinged blues-folk.”
–Seven Days
“.....infused with rock, soul, and blues. It’s more electric, but doesn’t let go of that rootsy twang that is signature in Avi & Celia’s previous work.”
–pH Balanced
Banjo Dan & the Mid-nite Plowboys
“The South doesn't have the corner on good bluegrass groups anymore. In New England...Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plowboys can pick and sing with the best.”
Bluegrass Unlimited
“In Vermont, bluegrass means Banjo Dan.”
Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus