The New World Festival has been designated a Vermont Chamber of Commerce Top 10 event so many times — more than 10 — that it now holds a permanent status as one of the Time-Honored Events of Vermont. This 27th annual celebration of the state’s Celtic and French American heritage highlights traditional music and dance with concerts, workshops, kids’ activities and open dancing on five downtown stages. Cape Breton musician and step dancer Wendy MacIsaac, Irish singer and guitarist John Doyle, and Québécois fiddle, flute and accordion trio Genticorum (pictured) are among more than 70 regional and international acts in the lineup.
