PLEASE NOTE: Tonight’s event, originally scheduled in Grafton, has been MOVED TO OUR RAIN SITE: Horowitz Hall at Vermont Academy, 10 Long Walk, Saxtons River, VT 05154. Due to weather and safety concerns, including poor ground conditions from recent downpours, we’re unable to safely access and set up on Grafton Fields today. We appreciate your understanding and apologize for the inconvenience.

Doors open at 5:30 (no picnicking). Concert start 7:30. There are no fireworks after the concert.

The rain site capacity for this event is SOLD OUT.

We hope to see you this evening or at a future VSO event soon!

Come feel the love with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra as we embark on our 2025 Summer Festival Tour. This year’s dynamic program, Summer of Love, features works from across the world and a range of genres, including pieces from Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, John Williams’ Star Wars Theme, Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story, and pop hits such as “I Put A Spell On You” and “Nature Boy.” This summer the VSO welcomes mezzo Nikola Prinz as the tour’s special guest vocalist. 

An annual VSO tradition, the Summer Festival Tour celebrates music, community, and the summer season. This year’s tour will take place from July 1-6, 2025 in the following locations: Castleton, Grafton, East Burke, South Pomfret, Shelburne, and Stowe. All locations will include VSO’s Musical Petting Zoo where the audience can explore a variety of orchestral instruments, available before the performances, and Grafton’s concert features fireworks at the close of the program.

EVENT DETAILS & THINGS TO KNOW

Please note this event has been moved to our RAIN SITE:
10 Long Walk, Saxtons River, VT 05154

For accessibility information at this venue, please contact Grace Spain at the VSO at (802) 864-5741 ext. 110

Doors open at 5:30 pm (no picnicking)
Concert begins at 7:30 pm

Advance Ticket Prices:
Adults: $33
Ages 6-17: $5
5 and under: Free

Gate Prices:
Adults: $40
Ages 6-17: $5
5 and under: Free

Rain site is ON for 7/3:  Horowitz Hall at Vermont Academy, 10 Long Walk, Saxtons River, VT 05154

PROGRAM

Andrew Crust, conductor
Nikola Prinz, vocals

Frances Scott Key – The Star-Spangled Banner
Leonard Bernstein/Mason – West Side Story Selections
Franz Lehár– Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiß
Georges Bizet – Habanera from “Carmen”
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

INTERMISSION

Lalo Schifrin – Tango de Atardecer
John Williams – Across the Stars Love Theme from Star Wars Episode II
Heitor Villa-Lobos/Krance – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Nat King Cole/De Vol – Nature Boy
Nina Simone/McKenzie – I Put a Spell on You
John Philip Sousa – Our Flirtation
John Philip Sousa – Stars and Stripes Forever

This concert is generously supported by the Windham Foundation, AARP Vermont, M&T Bank (Musical Petting Zoo sponsor), 802 Credit Union, Cota & Cota, and generous individual donors.