
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
6:00 pm
Local Dork: Spinning the wax back into your ears. Turn on, Tune in, dork out. Back just in time for summer every Tuesday.
Location:
Foam Brewers - Burlington Waterfront
FREE

Tuesday, August 5, 2025
6:00 pm
Location:
Foam Brewers - Burlington Waterfront
Local Dork is a staple of Burlington’s vinyl and DJ culture. A duo made up of Vermont musicians Bob Wagner (Kat Wright, Bob Wagner & Friends) and Matt Hagen (The High Breaks, Purple [Prince Tribute], Darkside of the Mountain, Burning Monk, Savage Hen & more). Rooted in analog authenticity, community interaction, and genre-spanning selections, their weekly Tuesday night sets at Foam Brewers continue to draw local fans, earning them a reputation as cherished fixtures in Vermont’s music scene.
Thriving on vinyl purity, surprise, and sonic variety, Local Dork crafts sets that are less genre-bound than vibe-focused. Expect jazz grooves, funk rhythms, indie flair, and occasional improvisational detours, all delivered through carefully curated analog selections designed to keep the room engaged.
6-9pm every Tuesday at Foam.


Saturday, September 19, 2026
7:00 pm
Sarah Umphlett, performing as Skipipop, is a DJ who channels her passion for sound art into high-energy sets by blending genres like electro-pop, garage, and house to bring liveliness to her crowds.
Location:
Foam Brewers - Burlington Waterfront
FREE

Thursday, September 24, 2026
7:00 pm
While he is known most for his Indie Rock band Paper Castles, Are You Now? is Paddy Reagan's instrumental ensemble with a rotating cast of musicians playing his arrangements of songs from the late American Songbook including The Beatles, Arthur Russell, and Radiohead.
Location:
Foam Brewers - Burlington Waterfront
FREE

Friday, September 25, 2026
9:00 pm
Vermont-raised pianist, composer and producer Parker Shper blends acoustic piano, analog synths, tape-machine drones and electronic textures into richly layered music spanning ambient, jazz and experimental sound.
Location:
Foam Brewers - Burlington Waterfront
FREE

Monday, September 28, 2026
7:00 pm
Radio Bean Presents Ora Cogan at Foam Brewers: a spellbinding blend of haunted folk, psych rock, and shadowy country. Supported by Burlington's own Alice Grace.
Location:
Foam Brewers - Burlington Waterfront
$15 Adv / $20 dos

Saturday, October 10, 2026
8:00 pm
Virginia's Dogwood Tales mix indie rock, alt-country, and heartfelt storytelling inspired by life in the Shenandoah Valley. Supported by Burlington's own Blueberry Betty.
Location:
Foam Brewers - Burlington Waterfront
FREE. RSVP ENCOURAGED

Friday, October 16, 2026
7:30 pm
Ali McGuirk has never been a church mouse. Her 2022 album, Til It’s Gone, was met with widespread acclaim and praised for its “earthy tenderness and smart introspection” (Boston Herald). She now returns with a new album, Watertop, that elevates her signature soulful and smoldering sound to new heights—this time, the production is richer, and the message is unflinching.
Location:
Foam Brewers - Burlington Waterfront
FREE. RSVP ENCOURAGED.

Friday, October 23, 2026
9:00 pm
Hailing from Northern Vermont, Wild Leek River is a regular 5-piece country band. The songs they play vibrate with sounds of new and old, steady back-beats and good stories. Their style and performances trace its roots from the honky tonks of days gone by, with rowdy shows across Vermont and throughout the Northeast.
Location:
Foam Brewers - Burlington Waterfront
FREE.

Saturday, October 31, 2026
8:00 pm
Halloween at Foam brings SHEBAD’s soulful jazz-funk and Psymon Spine’s psychedelic dance grooves together for a night of live music, plus a surprise opening act we're keeping under wraps. Come early, stay late.
Location:
Foam Brewers - Burlington Waterfront
$20 Adv / $25 DOS

Saturday, November 21, 2026
8:00 pm
Eliza Edens is a Brooklyn-based songwriter who writes songs that dance inside the white-hot intersection of pleasure and pain. Bold and sincere, their songs are like antique cameo necklaces–snapshots of tenderness, worn close to the heart.
Location:
Foam Brewers - Burlington Waterfront
FREE. RSVP ENCOURAGED.