Ida Mae Specker

10/21/2026

Our final stop on the tour is on Saturday in Chester, VT! Costumes encouraged! Apple c***r, c***r doughnuts and popcorn provided!
CHESTER
Saturday, October 24

📍 Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm Street

🎻🪕6-6:30 Concert
💃🏻6:30-8pm Square Dance with Sarah Gibson and guest caller Sally Newton

🦹🏼Costumes encouraged!

Donations collected for the Chester-Andover Family Center! Come on over after the CAFC’s empty bowl dinner.
🍎🍩🍿Light refreshments provided
Second photo by Will Freihofer Will Freihofer
A HUGE thanks to all our sponsors- NEFA, VT Humanities (who have come to every single event!!), Bill Stetson and Jane Watson Stetson, Vermont Public and our fiscal sponsor the Chandler Center for the Arts!

10/19/2026

Let me fall, let me fall, let me fall 🎶🎵🎻
Thank you Ferrisburgh!! Let’s keep this fire burning- last stop is this coming Saturday in Chester!

10/15/2026

https://vtcommunitynews.org/2026/10/09/stepping-into-community-fall-square-dancing-tour-continues-across-vermont/

Square dance instructor and banjo player Sarah Gibson on stage. Courtesy photo by Michael Tallman Via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship 🎧This story was produced for the ear. We recommend listening to the audio. This fall, Vermont folk musicians Ida Mae Specker ...

10/11/2026

🎶Let me fall, let me fall, don’t let me fall 🎵
Thank you Hardwick 🎻

10/11/2026

10/08/2026

Running a 3-ring circus over here!
Photo by Chloe Powell .

10/08/2026

The Lonely Days Are Gone Tour with the Ida Mae Specker Band and square dance caller Sarah Gibson is heading to Ferrisburgh next Sunday!
Sunday, October 18
Ferrisburgh Town Hall
3279 US-7

2 - 3 - Potluck
3-3:30- Concert
3:30-5 - Square Dance
🎻community old-time jam to follow

All ages welcome, no partner or prior experience needed!
This event is free to all. Bring a dish to share or a friend to the potluck.
This event is being organized with help from the Friends of the Union Meeting Hall and Rogers and Hazard Relief Society. There will be a window dedication ceremony for the Union Meeting Hall during the potluck.
The Lonely Days Are Gone Tour is supported by Vermont Humanities, the New England Foundation for the Arts and generous individual donors, with media support from Vermont Public. The tour is fiscally sponsored by The Chandler Music Hall in Randolph, Vermont.

10/04/2026

The Lonely Days Are Gone tour is heading to Hardwick to the Hardwick Town House next Saturday, 10-10!
Free concerts and square dances across historic Vermont town halls! Here is a clip from the Brandon Town Hall featuring caller Sarah Gibson and the Ida Mae Specker Band.





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10/02/2026

The Lonely Days Are Gone tour rolls into Hardwick on Saturday, October 10th!
Join us for a free concert and square dance at the Hardwick Town House, then head over to the American Legion for a community old-time jam and after party!
No partner or experience necessary!
HARDWICK SCHEDULE
Saturday, Oct 10
Hardwick Town House
127 West Church St, Hardwick VT
•4:30 food truck outside the Town House
•5:00 concert by the Ida Mae Specker Band
•6:00-7:00 Square Dance called by Sarah Gibson
•7:00 head over to the old-time jam and after party at the American Legion
The Lonely Days Are Gone Tour is supported by Vermont Humanities, the New England Foundation for the Arts and generous individual donors, with media support from Vermont Public. The tour is fiscally sponsored by The Chandler Music Hall in Randolph, Vermont.

10/02/2026

“Vermont, Our Home” is an original children’s song written by sisters Ida Mae and Lila Specker. You can hear it performed live tomorrow at the Brookfield Old Town Hall, as part of The Lonely Days Are Gone community square dance tour!
SCHEDULE:
Saturday, October 3
Brookfield Old Town Hall, Brookfield VT

4pm Children’s Folk Music Concert by Ida Mae Specker and Lila Specker
5pm Potluck Dinner- bring a dish to share- BYOB!
6-8pm Concert & Square Dance called by Sarah Gibson

Original art by Lila Specker.