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Did you know that making and enjoying music can stimulate your brain, trigger memories and emotions, connect you with other people and enrich your life, according to a report from AARP’s Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH).
Music engages multiple parts of the brain — including those involved in memory, thinking skills, movement, attention, language and emotion — and helps them work together, according to the report, which is based on a review of scientific literature by independent experts.
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To read more about music and brain health, check out these links:
The Magic of Music and the Brain
The Extraordinary World of Music and the Mind
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Get to know AARP Vermont at events and concerts around the state with discounted admission, sponsored by AARP. Discover new possibilities in your community and get to know us and what we're doing in Vermont. We look forward to seeing you!
*Please note that none of the events listed are AARP events. Any information you provide to the host organization will be governed by its privacy policy.
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VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
October 16 – 25, 2026
Main Street Landing, Burlington
Tickets: vtiff.org
AARP Members & Guests get $2.00 off the General Admission festival ticket cost. Use code 50Plus to access the discount. To get the discount, go to vtiff.org, select your film, and be sure to click "Know a promo code?" before adding a ticket to your cart. Once the code is added, you will be offered a discounted ticket. Discount may not apply to select films/events such as Opening Night. Tickets go on sale to members on October 2 and to the general public on October 6.
Vermont's premier film festival is back, October 16-25, with diverse, independent films from the USA and around the world - screening in downtown Burlington. 10 days, over 50 films, Q&As with filmmakers, and receptions. Become a Patron Member or buy a pass for advance access and the best value!
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VSO HOLIDAY POPS
December 4, 5, 6, 2026
Burlington, Rutland, Barre
Tickets: https://www.vso.org/
AARP Members & Guests get 15% off ticket prices. Use code JINGLE15 to access the discount.
We’re celebrating the season with music that is both reflective and radiant—sending audiences home with a melody in their hearts and a sense of holiday warmth. Our upcoming Holiday Pops concerts feature the full orchestra alongside VSO’s 80-voice chorus, leading spirited sing-alongs and performing festive favorites by Leroy Anderson, George Frideric Handel, Duke Ellington, and Georges Bizet. This year’s program also introduces two works new to VSO audiences: Margaret Bonds’ The Ballad of the Brown King, a powerful cantata honoring Balthazar with text by Langston Hughes, and Bob Krogstad’s Christmas at the Movies, a nostalgic medley featuring themes from The Grinch, The Polar Express, Miracle on 34th Street, and more. Beloved traditional carols round out this joyful, family-friendly holiday tradition.
Andrew Crust, conductor
with the VSO Chorus
December 4, 2026 | Paramount Theatre 30 Center St, Rutland, VT, United States
Tickets: https://www.vso.org/vso-event/holiday-pops-rutland-2/
December 5, 2026 | Barre Opera House 6 North Main St, Barre, VT, United States
Tickets: https://www.vso.org/vso-event/holiday-pops-barre-2/
December 6, 2026 | Flynn Center 153 Main Street, Burlington, VT, United States
Tickets: https://www.vso.org/vso-event/holiday-pops-burlington-2/
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THE WALRUS: A Mindblowing Tribute to the Beatles
December 12, 2026
Higher Ground, South Burlington
Tickets: https://highergroundmusic.com/events/the-walrus/
AARP Members & Guests get 10% off ticket prices. Use code WALRUS26 to access the discount.
Now in their 24th year, The Walrus is a supergroup of New England's finest working musicians, fronted by Spencer Albee (The Speed of Sound, As Fast As, Rustic Overtones) and Sean Morin (Love Letter, Big Magic). They pride themselves on executing the music — no costumes, no wigs, no bad accents.
The band sells over 10,000 tickets annually in Maine, anchors a 3-night run at Portland's State Theatre every Thanksgiving weekend, and has set attendance records at the Prescott Park Arts Festival in Portsmouth, NH for five consecutive years — an estimated 3,500 people this year.
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THE GETAWAY DRIVER by Deborah Salem Smith & Charlie Thurston, directed by Curt Columbus
February 3-21, 2027
Northern Stage Company, White River Junction
Tickets: https://northernstage.org/getaway/
AARP Members & Guests get 15% off ticket prices. Use code VTSAVE15 to access the discount.
Based on the true story of Katherine Ann Power and Clare Schroeder, this gripping new drama follows two women bound by a single, life-altering moment. It’s 1970. College student Power joins an activist group to protest the war. When their resistance turns deadly, Schroeder must grow up in the shadow of her father’s murder while Power disappears and spends decades on the FBI’s Most Wanted List. Years later, when Power resurfaces seeking redemption, she must confront Schroeder and the past that shaped their lives. Unfolding like a true crime thriller, this remarkable story asks: How far is too far in the fight to do what’s right?
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JERSEY BOYS
March 23 & 24, 2027
Flynn Theater, Burlington
Tickets: https://www.flynnvt.org/see-and-do/jersey-boys/
AARP Members & Guests get 10% off ticket prices. Use code SAVE10 to access the discount.
They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard...and the radio just couldn’t get enough of. But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story—a story that has made them an international sensation all over again. The show features all their hits including “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Oh What a Night,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” “Beggin’” and “Working My Way Back to You.”
Go behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the Tony Award®-winning, original Broadway sensation, JERSEY BOYS. From the streets of New Jersey to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this is the musical that’s too good to be true.
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TBD
Winter/Spring 2027
Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro
Tickets: https://highlandartsvt.org
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TBD
Winter/Spring 2027
Next Stage Arts, Putney
Tickets: https://www.nextstagearts.org/#/events
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