The Ripton Community Coffee House is a non-profit concert series held the first Saturday of each month throughout the year (except for August). Concerts are held in The Ripton Community House located at 1305 Vermont Route 125, Ripton, Vermont, a block up from the Ripton General Store, just next to the town office.
Join us Saturday June 2nd for a concert with
website link~ Louise Taylor and Ray Bonneville
"Taylor brings a new sophistication and eclecticism to her music, which reaches beyond simple folk constructions and references such diverse musical idioms as African rhythms, world music, blues and percussive jazz. Taylor's guitar work is front and center on this collection of songs which represents a unique talent coming of age in contemporary music." --- Paste Magazine, Ralph Digennaro
“Ray is like Gunpowder and Opium . . .”
— Ray Wylie Hubbard
“a master of the slow burn, the gentle funk, the infectious rhythm.”
“a deceptively simple soundtrack for life augmented by seductive guitar lines that weave through each composition…it’s a hot summer drive down a familiar road with the windows down.”
For this concert we will have a shortened open mic segment (3 slots) to allow more time for our featured performers.
No advance ticket sales~Admission at the door.
Doors open at 7:00
Call 802-388-9782 for day of show information
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link : The Ripton Community Coffee House
Since we started the Ripton Community Coffee House in May 1995, we have been very fortunate to have a consistent, enthusiastic, and attentive audience at each performance.
The coffeehouse is held in the historic Ripton Community House, a beautiful wood frame meeting hall with a small balcony. It seats about 120 people.
Our concerts start at 7:30 with a one-hour open mic set (generally very interesting). This is followed by an intermission during which beverages and baked goods are available. The money generated by the refreshment sales benefit a different local non-profit organization for each concert. The featured performer(s) then do a single set. The set lasts an hour to an hour and a quarter.
There are no advance ticket sales. Admission is $9.00, $6.00 for teens and seniors & $3 for children. Our featured performers are paid from the door receipts, as are our expenses.
Our concerts are publicized in area newspapers and radio stations. In addition, the concerts are announced by flyers and posters at area locations.
There is no alcohol or smoking allowed at the Ripton Community House.
The Ripton Community Coffee House is extremely fortunate to have our coffee donated by the Vermont Coffee Company. In addition to being passionate about roasting delicious organic coffee, the Vermont Coffee Company is also dedicated to fair trade: buying their coffee at a price that provides a living wage and covers production costs for the farmers. They are also good local citizens. Please support them.
NEAT-TV (Northeast Addison Television) is a community television station located in Bristol, Vermont, serving Bristol, New Haven, Starksboro, Lincoln, Monkton, and Huntington. They often record our coffeehouses for broadcast on Comcast Channel 16 in that area. You can also watch the videos of our coffeehouse performances online via NEAT's Video on Demand. Just click here and then choose "Music". You'll see a selection of recent coffeehouses listed.
Farm Fresh Radio 102.9 has been very supportive of our efforts. They have played music from our artists on their radio station, and also kept everyone involved with the coffeehouse happily tuned into their wonderful eclectic mix of music. If you are in the Champlain Valley, give these guys a listen. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, commercial-free, community-supported radio.
We have received generous support from the Vermont Arts Council, the New England Foundation for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. The continued health and growth of arts in our communities are greatly helped by their efforts. We are very grateful for their assistance. If you also support the work of these important organizations, please be sure to let your elected representatives know how you feel.
The Ripton Community Coffee House is a member organization of the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance (the Folk Alliance for short), an organization that brings together musicians, dancers, presenters, radio stations, record companies and others. They work year-round as advocates for the folk music and dance industry. They also host an annual conference every February -- four days of non-stop workshops, music and fun. Some serious work gets done there as well.
Our local regional chapter of the Folk Alliance is the Northeast Regional (NERFA) NERFA hosts an annual conference every November that is smaller and easier to deal with than the full Folk Alliance one, but certainly no less productive or fun. These organizations have been very helpful to us. We appreciate the incredible efforts the people from both organizations have made in support of folk music.
Open Mic Performers can sign up for one of the five slots starting two weeks before the next concert by calling Andrea Chesman or Richard Ruane at 802-388-9782. It is a ten-minute slot. Please don't use email to sign up for the open mike.
To arrange to have your non-profit organization provide refreshments at a concert or for more information about the Ripton Community Coffee House, contact Andrea Chesman or Richard Ruane at 802-388-9782 or via email at rcchfolks@gmail.com.
Performers interested in being a featured performer should read the Booking Guidlines page.