Things to do in Burlington, VT

286 events · Music, Literary, Nightlife

Today · Tuesday, September 8

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Tue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM

All That Jazz Open Mic Comedy

The 126

Tue · Sep 8 · 8:30 PM

HONKY TONK TUESDAY W/ MARLEY HALE & WILD LEEK RIVER

Radio Bean

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Tue · Sep 8 · 9:00 PM

Big Easy Tuesdays with Jon McBride

The 126

Tomorrow · Wednesday, September 9

Literary

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Wed · Sep 9 · 10:30 AM

Children's Storytime with Christine

Wild Meadows Books & Cafe · Williston

Literary

Wed · Sep 9 · 6:00 PM

September Fantasy Book Club

The Eloquent Page · St. Albans

Wed · Sep 9 · 6:30 PM

FFL Book Discussion Group: My Friends

Fletcher Free Library · Burlington

$30.00-$35.00

Wed · Sep 9 · 7:00 PM

WAX + DJ Hoppa

Higher Ground

Wed · Sep 9 · 7:30 PM

Wax w/ DJ Hoppa

Showcase Lounge at Higher Ground · South Burlington

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Wed · Sep 9 · 9:00 PM

Weekly Jazz Jam Session

The 126

Thursday, September 10

$52.50-$56.50

Thu · Sep 10 · 5:30 PM

Lukas Nelson & Molly Tuttle

Higher Ground

Literary

Thu · Sep 10 · 6:00 PM

Craft Night

Wild Meadows Books & Cafe · Williston

$15.00-$20.00

Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM

Thesaurus Rex

Higher Ground

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Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM

Jazz with Alex Stewart and Friends

The 126

Thu · Sep 10 · 8:00 PM

RADIO BEAN PRESENTS... DAVID LIEBE HART (of the tim & Eric Awesome , great job!) w/ James Kochalka Superstar & an afterpArty from "strelka" LIVE AT THE MONKEY HOUSE!

Radio Bean

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Thu · Sep 10 · 9:00 PM

The 126 Weekly Funk Jam

The 126

Friday, September 11

Fri · Sep 11 · 12:00 AM

Spark! Opening Reception

Vermont Humanities · Montpelier

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Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM

Friday Jazz Night

The 126

$17.00-$25.00

Fri · Sep 11 · 8:30 PM

All Your Friends

Higher Ground

Saturday, September 12

Sat · Sep 12 · 12:00 AM

Bridging Divides in a Nation at War: A Vermont Conversation on Peace and Power

Vermont Humanities · Montpelier

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Sat · Sep 12 · 1:00 PM

The Poetry Experience

Fletcher Free Library · Burlington

$58.50-$62.50

Sat · Sep 12 · 6:30 PM

Rainbow Kitten Surprise

Higher Ground

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Sat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM

Saturday Jazz Night

The 126

Sat · Sep 12 · 8:00 PM

Rainbow Kitten Surprise w/ Spacey Jane

Champlain Valley Exposition · Essex Junction

Sat · Sep 12 · 8:30 PM

JOHNNY FRANCO AND HIS REAL BROTHER DOM PLUS THEIR SIX PACK OF BUDS

Radio Bean

Sunday, September 13

Literary

Sun · Sep 13 · 10:30 AM

Special Storytime: PAW Patrol!

Wild Meadows Books & Cafe · Williston

Sun · Sep 13 · 3:00 PM

Food For Talk Cookbook Club: Feast

Fletcher Free Library · Burlington

$40.00-$50.00

Sun · Sep 13 · 7:00 PM

Jim Norton

Higher Ground

$20.00-$25.00

Sun · Sep 13 · 7:00 PM

Sicard Hollow

Higher Ground

Tuesday, September 15

Tue · Sep 15 · 5:30 PM

Fletcher Free's Fictional Book Club: Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

Fletcher Free Library · Burlington

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Tue · Sep 15 · 7:00 PM

All That Jazz Open Mic Comedy

The 126

$1.00

Tue · Sep 15 · 7:15 PM

Marcus King Band

Higher Ground

Tue · Sep 15 · 8:00 PM

Marcus King

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts · Burlington

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Tue · Sep 15 · 9:00 PM

Big Easy Tuesdays with Jon McBride

The 126

Literary

Tue · Sep 15

Rotary Day at Wild Meadows

Wild Meadows Books & Cafe · Williston

Wednesday, September 16

Literary

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Wed · Sep 16 · 10:30 AM

Children's Storytime with Christine

Wild Meadows Books & Cafe · Williston

Wed · Sep 16 · 3:00 PM

Vermont Reads 2026 at UVM: Charity, Sylvia & the Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Vermont Humanities · Montpelier

Literary

Wed · Sep 16 · 6:00 PM

September True Crime Book Club

The Eloquent Page · St. Albans

$20.00-$25.00

Wed · Sep 16 · 7:00 PM

Alela Diane

Higher Ground

$30.00-$35.00

Wed · Sep 16 · 7:00 PM

John Craigie

Higher Ground

Wed · Sep 16 · 7:30 PM

Alela Diane

Showcase Lounge at Higher Ground · South Burlington

Wed · Sep 16 · 8:00 PM

John Craigie w/ Humbird

Higher Ground

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Wed · Sep 16 · 9:00 PM

Weekly Jazz Jam Session

The 126

Thursday, September 17

$1.00

Thu · Sep 17 · 6:30 PM

Graham Nash

Higher Ground

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Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM

Jazz with Alex Stewart and Friends

The 126

$15.00-$20.00

Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM

Gooseberry

Higher Ground

$25.00-$40.00

Thu · Sep 17 · 7:30 PM

POSTPONED: Hazlett

Higher Ground

Thu · Sep 17 · 8:00 PM

JAKE MCKELVIE w/ a box of stars, riverbed, izzy jones LIVE AT THE MONKEY HOUSE!

Radio Bean

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Thu · Sep 17 · 9:00 PM

The 126 Weekly Funk Jam

The 126

Friday, September 18

Fri · Sep 18 · 12:00 AM

Vermont Reads 2026 Author Presentation at UVM

Vermont Humanities · Montpelier

$138

Fri · Sep 18 · 3:00 PM

Grand Point North - Two Day Pass (Friday/Saturday)

Waterfront Park · Burlington

$76-$132

Fri · Sep 18 · 3:00 PM

Grand Point North - Single Day (Friday)

Waterfront Park · Burlington

$204-$384

Fri · Sep 18 · 3:00 PM

Grand Point North Festival - 3 Day Pass

Waterfront Park · Burlington

$47.00-$100.00

Fri · Sep 18 · 6:00 PM

Old Crow Medicine

Higher Ground

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Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM

Friday Jazz Night

The 126

Fri · Sep 18 · 7:30 PM

Charity, Sylvia, and Cleopatra

Vermont Humanities · Montpelier

Saturday, September 19

Sat · Sep 19 · 12:00 AM

Words in the Woods: Eli Clare

Vermont Humanities · Montpelier

Literary

Sat · Sep 19 · 10:00 AM

Green Mountain Book Festival: Climate, Critters & Canopies

Fletcher Free Library · Burlington

Literary

Sat · Sep 19 · 1:00 PM

Stephen D'Agostino

Bear Pond Books Stowe · Stowe

$76

Sat · Sep 19 · 2:15 PM

Grand Point North - Single Day (Saturday)

Waterfront Park · Burlington

Literary

Sat · Sep 19 · 4:00 PM

Green Mountain Book Festival

Fletcher Free Library · Burlington

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Sat · Sep 19 · 7:00 PM

Saturday Jazz Night

The 126

$23.00-$35.00

Sat · Sep 19 · 7:00 PM

Scoochie Boochie

Higher Ground

Sat · Sep 19 · 7:00 PM

Author Ethan Tapper: Green Mountain Book Festival Keynote Lecture

Fletcher Free Library · Burlington

Sat · Sep 19 · 8:00 PM

JOE KAPLOW w/ Fuzzy Bones & Paper Castles (solo)

Radio Bean

Sunday, September 20

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Sun · Sep 20 · 12:00 AM

A Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted

Vermont Humanities · Montpelier

Literary

Sun · Sep 20 · 10:30 AM

Special Storytime: Lola Racette

Wild Meadows Books & Cafe · Williston

$76-$132

Sun · Sep 20 · 4:00 PM

Grand Point North - Single Day (Sunday)

Waterfront Park · Burlington

$54.50-$58.50

Sun · Sep 20 · 6:00 PM

Of Monsters and Men

Higher Ground

$25.00-$30.00

Sun · Sep 20 · 7:00 PM

Alex Cameron

Higher Ground

Sun · Sep 20 · 7:00 PM

Brad Williams

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts · Burlington

$27.50-$32.50

Sun · Sep 20 · 7:30 PM

Jensen McRae

Higher Ground

Sun · Sep 20 · 7:30 PM

Alex Cameron

Showcase Lounge at Higher Ground · South Burlington

Monday, September 21

Mon · Sep 21 · 12:00 AM

Ira Allen and the Green Mountain Frontier

Vermont Humanities · Montpelier

$7.11-$30.00

Mon · Sep 21 · 7:00 PM

Cheekface

Higher Ground

Mon · Sep 21 · 7:30 PM

Cheekface w/ Apes of the State

Showcase Lounge at Higher Ground · South Burlington

Tuesday, September 22

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Tue · Sep 22 · 7:00 PM

All That Jazz Open Mic Comedy

The 126

$20.00-$25.00

Tue · Sep 22 · 7:30 PM

Violet Grohl

Higher Ground

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Tue · Sep 22 · 9:00 PM

Big Easy Tuesdays with Jon McBride

The 126

Wednesday, September 23

Literary

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Wed · Sep 23 · 10:30 AM

Children's Storytime with Christine

Wild Meadows Books & Cafe · Williston

$18.00-$23.00

Wed · Sep 23 · 7:00 PM

Bywater Call

Higher Ground

$30.00-$33.00

Wed · Sep 23 · 7:30 PM

Madison Cunningham

Higher Ground

Wed · Sep 23 · 8:00 PM

SOVA w/ Tom Pearo

Radio Bean

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Wed · Sep 23 · 9:00 PM

Weekly Jazz Jam Session

The 126

Thursday, September 24

Literary

Thu · Sep 24 · 5:30 PM

Screening of No Country For Mothers

Bridgeside Books · Waterbury

Thu · Sep 24 · 6:30 PM

A Conversation with Author J.J. Green and Champlain College President Alex Hernandez

Fletcher Free Library · Burlington

Literary

Thu · Sep 24 · 6:30 PM

September Book Club

Wild Meadows Books & Cafe · Williston

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Thu · Sep 24 · 7:00 PM

Jazz with Alex Stewart and Friends

The 126

$30.00-$35.00

Thu · Sep 24 · 7:00 PM

Luna

Higher Ground

Thu · Sep 24 · 7:30 PM

Luna

Showcase Lounge at Higher Ground · South Burlington

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Thu · Sep 24 · 9:00 PM

The 126 Weekly Funk Jam

The 126

Friday, September 25

Literary

Fri · Sep 25 · 6:00 PM

Romantasy Book Club

Wild Meadows Books & Cafe · Williston

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Fri · Sep 25 · 7:00 PM

Friday Jazz Night

The 126

$25.00-$30.00

Fri · Sep 25 · 7:30 PM

Tophouse

Higher Ground

$20.00-$25.00

Fri · Sep 25 · 7:30 PM

A Band of Brothers

Higher Ground

Saturday, September 26

Literary

Sat · Sep 26 · 11:00 AM

Elaine Cole-Kerr

Bear Pond Books Stowe · Stowe

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Sat · Sep 26 · 1:00 PM

The Poetry Experience

Fletcher Free Library · Burlington

$25.00-$30.00

Sat · Sep 26 · 7:00 PM

Dwight + Nicole

Higher Ground

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Sat · Sep 26 · 7:00 PM

Saturday Jazz Night

The 126

$30.00-$35.00

Sat · Sep 26 · 7:30 PM

Donna the Buffalo

Higher Ground