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Mark the beginning of your year with a series of community-produced experiences: a larger than life parade; fireworks; a giant bonfire (fire dancers included!); hands-on creative activities; diverse cultural events; modern art installations; music from across the world; storytelling sessions; and more! Highlight brings Vermont’s creative thinkers, doers, makers, and friends together to create fun and purposeful happenings across the city. Thank you to our presenting sponsors Burlington Telecom and Lake Champlain Transportation!
TICKETS: $5 KIDS | $10 ADULTS Avoid online fees and get your bracelet in person at one of our regional locations. Now through Dec. 28!
On Monday, Dec. 31st, the following venue locations have box offices active when the venue is operating:
BURLINGTON Phoenix Books (191 Bank St.) Pure Pop (115 S Winooski Ave.) Skinny Pancake (60 Lake St) Foam Brewing (112 Lake St)
ESSEX JUNCTION Phoenix Books (2 Carmichael St.)
BCA Center (135 Church St.) Contois Aud., City Hall (149 Church St.) ECHO Center (1 College St.) Edmunds School Gym (275 Main St.) Fletcher Free Library (235 College St.) FlynnSpace (153 Main St.) Karma Bird House (47 Maple St.) Main Street Landing (60 Lake St.) ONE Community Center (20 Allen St.) Unitarian Universalist (152 Pearl St.)
HINESBURG Bristol Bakery (10240 Route 116, Suite 101)
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CHARLOTTE Old Brick Store (290 Ferry Rd.)
MIDDLEBURY Rosie’s (886 Rt 7 South) MONTPELIER Onion River Outdoors (20 Langdon St.) MORRISVILLE Black Cap Coffee (53 Upper Main St.) SHELBURNE Shelburne Country Store (29 Falls Rd.) STOWE Black Cap Coffee (144 Main St.) WATERBURY Vermont Trailwear (2653 Waterbury Stowe Rd.)
We worked hard to keep our ticket prices low enough to create accessibility for a wide range of Vermonters, but if our pricing doesn’t fit into your budget, please reach out to us at hello@highlight.community Please note that our event operates on a first-come first-served basis; all venues have a limited capacity, so while we have plenty to offer, if there’s something you really want to see, please arrive early!
WILL CALL now through December 29 at the BCA Center, at 135 Church St. from Tue–Thu, 12–5pm, or Fri-Sat, 12–8pm. PURCHASE ONLINE: HIGHLIGHTBTV.ORG. Online purchases reserve your bracelet,
but you still need to pick it up! Bring a matching ID or receipt for proof of purchase.
SCHEDULE The BCA Center 2-5pm: Kids Lantern Creation for the Highlight Parade! 2-5pm: Tectonic Industries: Dreams Can Come True
YMCA 1-5pm: Kids Stay & Play @ the YMCA
Church Street Marketplace 5:30-6pm: Highlight Parade!
College St. Congregational Church 2-6pm: Acoustic Holiday 2-3pm: The Burlingtones 3:30-4:30pm: Beulah Land Jubilee Gospel Quartet 5-6pm: Quartet D’ Arco
Contois Auditorium 1-6:15pm: Community Show & Tell 1pm: Say It Forward 2:15pm: Movement for Parkinsons 3pm: “I Love Tibet” w/Migmar Tsering 4pm: Abenaki Sounds w/ Bryan Blanchette 4:45pm: Thrive! BHS Lake Semester 5:45pm: Sabouyouma 7:30-1am: Hour 99: Gallery and Fashion Show
ECHO Leahy Center 6-7:30pm: Girls Rock VT Variety Show 7-12:30am: The Illuminated Waterfront 7-12:30am: The Funky Town DJs 8:30-10pm: Soule Monde 10-12:30am: Higher Love
Edmunds Middle School 2-4:30pm: Circus Smirkus 2pm: Performance 2:45pm: Circus Skills Workshop 4pm: Performance
Evolution Yoga 3:15pm-4pm: EvoFamily Yoga with Emily Kayoi 4:30pm-9pm: Flow & Restore Yoga + Kirtan Chanting 4:30–6pm: Yoga with Kate Floyd: Flow & Restore 7–9pm: Chant in the New Year – Candlelight Kirtan with Jeanette Bacevius & Friends
Fletcher Free Library 1-4pm: Young Tradition VT + the Instrument Petting Zoo 1-2pm: Instrument Petting Zoo 2-3pm: Ava White, Merry Kimble, Annabelle Creech, Shannon Adams & Rachel Hebert 3-4pm: Romy & Ben Munkres 4-5pm: The Giant Family Drum Circle For event and artist information, visit highlightbtv.org
SCHEDULE FlynnSpace 2 & 3:15pm (2 shows): The Mister Chris and Friends Band 6-11:15pm: Ray Vega + Mal Maïz = Latin! Cumbia! Jazz! 6-7pm: The Maïz Vargas Caribbean Combo 7:30-9pm: Ray Vega + his Latin Jazz Dance Party 9:30–11:15pm: Mal Maïz + his Afro-Cumbia Jazz Orchestra
Foam Brewers 12-8pm: Items Dropped 12-2pm: Local Dork 2-4pm: Moochie 4-6pm: DJ Svpply 6-8pm: Taka
Main Street Landing 7-Midnight(+): SnowBall 2019 7:15-8pm: Barbacoa 8:45-9:45pm: Red Hot Juba 9:45-10:30pm: Spielpalast Cabaret 10:30–Midnight(+): Red Hot Juba
North End Studios 7-11pm: Punks @ Highlight
ONE Community Center Downstairs (Event Hall) Schedule 12-11pm: Snacks & Ethnic Food Court 12-4pm: Kids’ Arts & Crafts with ONE Arts 1-2pm: Jeh Kulu, learn African drum & dance 2-2:30pm: Mais Sandoval, Street Performer/Juggler 2:30-3pm: Michele Choiniere and Isabella Rottler, French-Canadian music and song 3-4pm: Nepali & Tibetan Dancers 4-5pm: Judi Emanuel, learn to play Jamaican music 10-11pm: Dance to World music w/ DJ Jacob Edgar Upstairs (Gymnasium) Schedule 5-6pm: A2VT 6-7pm: Jenni Johnson – Sock Hop 7-8pm: Jenni Johnson – Swing Dance 8-9pm: McFadden Academy of Irish Dance 9-10pm: Judi Emanuel (Jamaica) 11-1am: Sixties Flashback with Mellow Yellow
Soda Plant 2-8pm: Bluegrass + Honky Tonk from the Green State w/ Brett Hughes 2-8pm: The Creative Cocktail Project
Karma Bird House 8-1am: Nova
For event and artist information, visit highlightbtv.org
SCHEDULE Leddy Arena 1pm-2:45pm: Ice Skating @ Leddy Park Arena
Unitarian Universalist 1-3pm: Advance Music | VT Singer / Songwriter Showcase 4-6pm: The Moth Story Slam 6:30-9:30pm: Anaïs Mitchell w/ special guest Henry Jamison
Vermont Comedy Club 2-7pm: Good Clean Fun: Family Friendly Improv Comedy 2-3pm: VCC Touring Company 4-5pm: Kamikaze Comedy 6-7pm: VCC Touring Company
Waterfront Park 6-9pm: Fireworks! Bonfire! Cirque De Fuego! 7:45pm: Cirque De Fuego 8pm: Fireworks 8:15pm: Cirque De Fuego 6-12:30am: The Illuminated Waterfront
For event and artist information, visit highlightbtv.org
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BATTERY ST.
FOAM BREWERS
INTERSTATE 89 EDMUNDS MIDDLE SCHOOL N. UNION AVE.
YMCA
COLLEGE ST. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
CONTROIS AUDITORIUM
EVOLUTION YOGA VERMONT COMEDY CLUB MAIN ST.
PINE ST.
MAIN ST. LANDING LAKE ST.
ECHO CENTER
SODA PLANT
KARMA BIRDHOUSE
KILBURN ST.
FLYNNSPACE
MAPLE ST.
COLLEGE ST.
BURLINGTON CITY ARTS
LIBRARY
SHUTTLE BUS AND PARKING Safe rides! Farrell Distributing and Bud Light are pleased to be sponsoring a safe and convenient shuttle system for Highlight. Working with Green Mountain Transit, these shuttles will run on two routes from 1pm to 12:30am, approximately every 30 minutes.
N. WINOOSKI AVE.
UNIVERSALIST UNITARIAN
ONE COMMUNITY CENTER PARK ST.
EAST / WEST ROUTE
NORTH / SOUTH ROUTE
COLLEGE ST. SHUTTLE
PEARL ST. PEARL ST.
NORTH ST.
ELMWOOD AVE.
CHURCH ST.
BATTERY ST.
LAKE ST. TRANSIT STOPS
HIGHLIGHT FREE PARKING
INTERSTATE 89
UVM GUTTERSON FIELD HOUSE
EDMUNDS SCHOOL
FLETCHER FREE LIBRARY
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N. WINOOSKI AVE.
HOWARD ST.
CITY HALL PARK
SODA PLANT
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PINE ST.
MALTEX BUILDING
ECHO CENTER INTERCHANGE
LAKESIDE AV.
MAPLE ST.
COLLEGE ST.
BCA
MILLER CENTER
KID FRIENDLY 12-4pm: Highlight the ONE! | ONE Community Center 1-6:15pm: Community Show & Tell | Contois 1-3pm: Advance Singer Songwriter Showcase | UU 1-4pm: Young Tradition VT | Library 1-5pm: Stay and Play at the Y | YMCA 1-2:45pm: Ice Skating | Leddy Arena 2 & 3:15pm: The Mister Chris & Friends Band | FlynnSpace 2 & 4pm: Circus Smirkus | Edmunds 2:45pm: Circus Workshop | Edmunds 2-5pm: Lantern Making | BCA Center 2p-3pm: BHS Burlingtones | College St Congregational Church 4pm: Giant Family Drum Circle | Library 5:30pm: Highlight Parade | Church St 6-9pm: Cirque Fuego, Bonfire, Fireworks | Waterfront Park 6-7:30pm: Girls Rock VT | Echo
TEENS 12p-12am: Highlight the ONE! | ONE Community Center 1-3pm: Advance Singer Songwriter Showcase | UU 2, 4, 6pm: Good Clean Fun | VT Comedy Club 1-6:15pm: Community Show & Tell | Contois 1-2:45pm: Ice Skating | Leddy Arena 4pm: Giant Family Drum Circle | Library 5:30pm: Highlight Parade | Church St 6-9pm: Cirque Fuego, Bonfire, Fireworks | Waterfront Park 6-11:15pm: Latin! Cumbia! Jazz | FlynnSpace
6-7:30pm: Girls Rock VT | Echo 6:30-9:30pm: Anais Mitchell w/ special guest Henry Jamison | UU 7:30pm-1am: Hour 99 | Contois (18+)
FOR THE ADULTS 12-8pm: Items Dropped | Foam Brewers 1-6:15pm: Community Show & Tell | Contois 1-3pm: Advance Singer Songwriter Showcase | UU 1-2:45pm: Ice Skating | Leddy Arena 2-8pm: Bluegrass + Honky Tonk | Soda Plant 2-8pm: The Creative Cocktail Project | Soda Plant 2, 4, 6pm: Good Clean Fun | VT Comedy Club 4-6pm: The Moth Story Slam | UU 4-5pm: Giant Family Drum Circle | Library 5pm-1am: Highlight the ONE | ONE Community Center 5:30pm: Highlight Parade | Church St 6-9pm: Cirque Fuego, Bonfire, Fireworks | Waterfront Park 6-11:15pm: Latin! Cumbia! Jazz | FlynnSpace 6:30-9:30pm: Anais Mitchell w/ special guest Henry Jamison | UU 7pm-12am: SnowBall 2019 | Main St Landing 7pm-12am: Punks @ Highlight | North End Studios 7:30pm-1am: Hour 99 | Contois 8pm-1am: Nova | Karma Bird House 8:30-10pm: Soule Monde | ECHO 10:30pm-12:30am: Higher Love | ECHO
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