Pizza by the Pond

Performing: Thursday, June 26, 2025

Bread and Bones is an award-winning Vermont-based acoustic trio performing original music that is steeped in tradition but of its own time. Their songs have been called well crafted, soulful, rootsy, haunting, and intelligently infectious.

Bread and Bones is Richard Ruane on vocals, guitar, tenor and 5 string banjos, mandolin and ukulele; Beth Duquette on vocals and Mitch Barron on fretless, fretted and upright basses and vocals.

Performing: Thursday July 10, 2025

O & Schu are Dave Ogrodowczyk and Mike Schuster from Addison County Vermont. Dave and Mike have been playing together for a few years now. Dave sings and plays guitar and mandolin. Mike sings and plays upright and Ukulele basses. The duo performs many original tunes by Dave O and selected covers. Their music is a combination of bluegrass, country, and folk and fits well within the Americana genre.

Performing: Thursday July 10th

Inspired by the high-energy Celtic music of Cape Breton, Footworks is Vermont-based band that features a dynamic blend of powerful rhythms and red-hot fiddling. Seven Stars Arts describes Footworks as a band with “Fabulous, engaging energy,” whose impeccable timing and deep connectedness as a group make it impossible for audiences to keep still. Footworks' haunting songs, rollicking fiddle, lovely Irish whistle, and driving guitar accompaniment make for a delightful and unforgettable musical experience.

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Preforming: Thursday, July 17th, 2025

A trio of veteran Vermont performers, Brisson Boss & Pelletier delivers original songs and acoustic covers with skilled playing and stirring vocal harmonies. The group is based in Addison County, where its members are well-known as players in amplified bands that include the Horse Traders and Deb Brisson and the Hay Burners.  Deb also used to play Halvors0n’s back in the ‘90s, with the duo Brisson & Cooper.   This is a lighter, acoustic compilation of some of the songs you’ll hear from those groups, by American songwriters we really like - some well-known, others not as much. We do covers by Nanci Griffith, Melissa Ethridge, Adelle, U2, Madeline Peroux and Kasey Chambers, along with songs that Mark and Deb have written. Wanna dance a little too? They have a fun selection of classic tunes to get you up and moving.

Performing Thursday July 24, 2025

Formed after a serendipitous jam session at a Vermont bluegrass festival, Bloodroot Gap is a musical collaboration between brothers Rob and Jim McCuen (Swing Noire), Freeman Corey (Catamount Crossing, Big Spike Bluegrass) and Jake Munson.

Corey, a fiddle player who grew up on a dairy farm in Benson, is the son of an old-time fiddler. He started playing at age 10, learning hundreds of Irish, Scottish and French-Canadian fiddle tunes from his father. Corey has become one of Vermont’s most sought-after traditional fiddlers, gracing the stage with Bob Amos and Catamount Crossing, Big Spike Bluegrass, The Haymakers and Spare Parts among countless other notable groups and musicians.

The McCuen Brothers have been performing side-by-side for nearly 30 years, founding the bands Wiley Dobbs, Acoustic Undermind, and Swing Noire, and sharing the stage with the likes of Frank Vignola, Jamie Masefield, Charlie Hunter and Doug Perkins. The brothers provide tight vocal harmonies and rhythmic accompaniment, as only twins can. Rob dazzles audiences with his fluid solos on mandolin and guitar, while Jim holds down the low end on upright bass.

Munson sings and plays guitar with the skill and confidence of someone who was raised in a musical family, and he’s performed onstage with nationally recognized, award-winning instrumentalists like Matt Flinner and Jake Scheppes. Jake has become an integral band member, adding even more depth and complexity to their sound.

Performing FRIDAY August 1st, 2025

Four long-time musicians from some of Addison County’s favorite bands come together to play a selection of old covers and new originals.  Members of the Doughboys, the Avant-garde Dogs, and The Horse Traders join forces to reproduce the acoustic vibe and vocal harmonies of some timeless songs from the 60s, 70s, and 80s.  You’ll recognize the guitar licks, realize you know all the words and enjoy remembering the fun you had when you first bought the record.  Interspersed through this uninhibitedly nostalgic set of tunes by CSNY, the Dead, and the Doobies are some new compositions that transport the free-spirited and soulful sounds of this golden era of songwriting to the present.  Come enjoy a good time with the Traveling Middleburys, where the days are longer and the nights are stronger than moonshine.

Fred Lower, Jon Rooney, and Steve Abbott vocals and guitars; Daniel Scharstein bass.

Performing: Thursday August 14th, 2025

Hot Pickin' Party is a bluegrass band comprised of guitarist Doug Perkins, bassist Mike Santosusso, and dobro player Adam Frehm. The trio first appeared on the Vermont music scene over 20 years ago as the core members of the popular newgrass jamband Smokin' Grass who released two critically acclaimed full length recordings, appeared on numerous cd complications, and toured nationally, performing in over 30 states. Hot Pickin’ Party’s music celebrates the reunion of these fine players with heartfelt harmonies, dynamic musical interplay and a spirit of exploration of journeys old and new. At a Hot Pickin' Party performance you'll hear a mix of original songs, traditional bluegrass songs, familiar yet eclectic classic covers and the occasional completely improvised jam. A Hot Pickin' Party show is hot and cool, fun and funny, and always a party.

Performing: Thursday, August 21, 2025

Brett Hughes has been a stalwart champion of and long-time collaborator in the dynamic Burlington, Vermont music scene, as member of seminal local and regional bands (Decentz, viperHouse, Chrome Cowboys, Monoprix), as engineer/producer (Surprise Me Mr. Davis, NOLA’s Duke Aeroplane and the Wrong Numbers, Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz, Esther Rose...) an Emmy Award-winning composer (Windy Acres), and singer/songwriter/bandleader in myriad VT-based outfits. He hosted the beloved Honky Tonk Tuesday at Burlington’s Radio Bean for over ten years, played the Bonnarroo, Mountain Jam, moe.down festivals with Mike Gordon (Phish) in Ramble Dove, and toured much of the US and Europe with Nashville-based Shannon McNally. He’s currently scoring a film soundtrack and healing up from surgery after tearing off his bicep tendon while telemark skiing in the woods at Mad River Glen.

Grammy-nominated mandolinist Matt Flinner has made a career out of playing bluegrass and American roots music in new ways. His projects and collaborations range from bluegrass to jazz to classical to New Acoustic music, all with the common thread of American roots music with a creative edge. Grammy-nominated mandolinist Matt Flinner has made a career out of playing acoustic music in new ways. Whether it's with his own Matt Flinner Trio or with Phillips, Grier and Flinner, the Frank Vignola Quartet, Darrell Scott, Steve Martin, Robbie Fulks, the Ying Quartet, Leftover Salmon or the Modern Mandolin Quartet, Flinner's style and compositional ability have established him as one of the most accomplished and musically diverse mandolinists in the world.

Performing: Thursday, Sept 18th, 2025

Jaded Ravins members Kelly Ravin and Halle Jade began performing together in 2017 after Halle joined Kelly in the recording of his 5th highly acclaimed album "Engine".  

Ravin, former lead singer and guitarist of  Waylon Speed now performs his soulful americana, and country rock originals with Halle Jade. Halle's tasty harmonies and Kelly's powerful voice along with their engaging entertainment style make them a dynamic and expressive duo. 

Kelly and Halle, who have been called a modern day Johnny and June, perform in large and small venues from New England to Nashville. Whether they're playing at home in backcountry bars, or in big city clubs, Jaded Ravins are always ready to pour their hearts out on stage.