Saturday, Jan. 5

•Québécois double bill with "La Bottine Souriante and "Le Vent du Nord," fusing the high-energy folk music of France, Scotland and Ireland; 8 p.m., Flynn Theater, Main St., Burlington. Tickets: 802-863-5966.

Thursday, Jan. 10

•Old School Freight Train, which blends pop-fueled bluegrass with soulful jazz improvisations and Celtic and Latin rhythms; shares the bill with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a trio of young musicians reviving the African-American string-band tradition of the rural North Carolina Piedmont; 7 p.m., Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. Tickets: 603-646-2422.

Saturday, Jan. 12

•Middlebury Community Wind Ensemble presents a free concert of music by Percy Grainger, Gustav Holst and Franz von Suppe played by 45 woodwind, brass and percussion players from around the state; 7 p.m., Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

•Classical guitarist Sharon Isbin, the first female ever to win a Grammy for solo classical guitar, plays a program of Latin, 20^th-century and world-folk inspired music; 8 p.m., Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. Tickets: 603-646-2422.

Sunday, Jan. 13

•"Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway: A Celebration in the Spirit of Woody Guthrie," with Jimmy LaFave, the Burns Sisters, Joel Rafael, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion; 7:30 p.m., Tunbridge Church Tunbridge. Info: 802-431-3433.