Upcoming @ 51 Main (March 27 – April 7)

Get Your Tickets for the 2nd Annual Vermont Battle of the Bands!

The 2nd Annual Vermont Battle of the Bands, sponsored by Magic Hat Brewing Company, kicks off next week! We’ve got four great venues offering four nights (April 5-7 and 14) of amazing music, including Split Tongue Crow, The Grift, Prana, Trench Town Oddities, and more. For the full line-up and all the glorious details, go here. And be sure to pick up your tickets ($5 first round; $10 final round) through the Middlebury College Box Office.

Vermont Book Shop Book Discussion, Tuesday, March 27, 7:00 pm

Join the Vermont Book Shop at 51 Main for a discussion of “The Memory Palace” by Mira Bartok. Pick up the book for 20% off at the VBS website or at its brick-and-mortar location on Main St. in Middlebury. Whether or not you have read the book yet, we welcome your participation.

Dayve Huckett, Thursday, March 29, 8:00 – 10:00 pm

Dayve Huckett’s repertoire spans from Zappa to the Beatles and from Sting to Tommy Emmanuel, as well as his own original music on classical, steel string, and electric guitars.

Bob Gagnon Trio, Friday, March 30, 9:00 pm – 12:00 am

Vermont-born jazz guitarist Bob Gagnon began studying guitar in 1971 under the guidance of his father, guitarist Joe Gagnon. Bob grew up hearing and learning songs from the American songbook and went on to study jazz guitar and composition at Ithaca College. Bob returned to Vermont in 1987 to form the first version of the Bob Gagnon Trio. Since then, Bob has studied with Howard Alden and has added Django Reinhardt to his list of influences, which includes Barney Kessel and Bucky Pizzarelli. The current line-up of The Bob Gagnon Trio includes Nick Warner on bass and Bob Levinson on drums, who together add an element of funk to Bob’s traditional jazz approach.

Mad Jack, Saturday, March 31, 9:00 pm – 12:00 am

Mad Jack is a band of musicians from Ticonderoga, NY who been together for close to 10 years and have played in the Northern New York and Albany area. They play a variety of music including Jazz, Rock, folk Rock, Pop, Funk, and several original compositions. The band features Chris Lapointe (acoustic and electric guitar, sax, flute and vocals), Ken MacAlpine (guitar, bass guitar, vocals), Jim Gabler (guitar, guitar synthesizer, bass, and vocals), and Rob Lanoue (acoustic and digital drums).

First Round: Vermont Battle of the Bands, Thursday, April 5, 7:00 pm

Join 51 Main, Two Brothers Tavern, and American Flatbread for the second annual Vermont Battle of the Bands, sponsored by Magic Hat Brewing Company! Prana, Nox Periculum, and Mogani will go head-to-head on the first night of the first round. The battle kicks-off at 7:00 pm at 51 Main. The second and third bands of the night will perform at Two Brothers Tavern and American Flatbread, respectively. The winner, who will be determined through a combination of judging and audience voting, will advance to the final round on Saturday, April 14 at 8:00 pm at Town Hall Theater. Note: In order to vote at the end of the night, audience members must attend all three bands’ performances, so hang on to your ticket stubs! For more information, visit www.vtbob.com.

First Round: Vermont Battle of the Bands, Friday, April 6, 7:00 pm

Join 51 Main, Two Brothers Tavern, and American Flatbread for the second annual Vermont Battle of the Bands, sponsored by Magic Hat Brewing Company! Trench Town Oddities, The Move It Move It, and Stag Line will go head-to-head on the second night of the first round. The battle kicks-off at 7:00 pm at 51 Main. The second and third bands of the night will perform at Two Brothers Tavern and American Flatbread, respectively. The winner, who will be determined through a combination of judging and audience voting, will advance to the final round on Saturday, April 14 at 8:00 pm at Town Hall Theater. Note: In order to vote at the end of the night, audience members must attend all three bands’ performances, so hang on to your ticket stubs! For more information, visit www.vtbob.com.

Fenster, Friday, April 6, 10:00 pm – 12:00 am

Futuristic nostalgia with minimal percussion and echoey guitar riffs with a lyrical bent towards the macabre dada world of dreams. FENSTER, a duo of New Yorker-turned-Berliner and Middlebury alumna JJ Weihl and Berlin-born Jonathan Jarzyna, that plays de-constructed pop music, layering subtle distortions, melodic chords and city soundscapes under dream narratives. Their sound and recording style has analog warmth, exploring the relationship between machine errors in their circuit bended beats and the tactile use of objects and instrumentation. Their influences range from the Velvet Underground to, the sounds of broken records, the hum of a washing machine, or the faint melodies of oldies tunes through their kitchen radio.

First Round: Vermont Battle of the Bands, Saturday, April 7, 7:00 pm

Join 51 Main, Two Brothers Tavern, and American Flatbread for the second annual Vermont Battle of the Bands, sponsored by Magic Hat Brewing Company! Pulse Prophets, Split Tongue Crow (2011 winner), and The Grift will go head-to-head on the third night of the first round. The battle kicks-off at 7:00 pm at 51 Main. The second and third bands of the night will perform at Two Brothers Tavern and American Flatbread, respectively. The winner, who will be determined through a combination of judging and audience voting, will advance to the final round on Saturday, April 14 at 8:00 pm at Town Hall Theater. Note: In order to vote at the end of the night, audience members must attend all three bands’ performances, so hang on to your ticket stubs! For more information, visit www.vtbob.com.

Aunt Martha, Saturday, April 7, 10:00 pm – 12:00 am

Aunt Martha is Brooklyn-based quartet Tim Noyes, Charlie McCanna, Garrett Leahy, and Brian Kim. The band, formed in 2008, plays energetic, melody-driven folk-rock. Aunt Martha’s live shows, which feature anything from barn-burning country songs to rap covers to talking solos, set them apart from Brooklyn’s many up-and-coming indie acts.