Nov. 23 Will Patton Sextet at Barbes, 376 9th St., Park Slope, Brooklyn. The big band, in one of the hippest joints going on in the Apple. »

Nov. 24 Will Patton and the Sextet, at the Turning Point, Piermont, N.Y. - just over the Geo. Washington Bridge and up the Palisades Parkway a bit from NYC. »

Nov. 25 Will Patton and the Sextet, Jazz Brunch, at the Garage Restaurant and Cafe- 99 7th Avenue South, NYC, in the West Village. 12-4 »

Dec. 30 Petestock '07 - a celebration of the music of Pete Sutherland, with Pete, Colin McCaffrey, Jeremiah McLane and Karen Sutherland, at the Vergennes Opera House, Vergennes, VT -7:30 »

Mar. 1 Shepardstown, WV Contradance, with Elixir. »

Mar. 2 Glen Echo Park, waltz session, followed by contradance, Glen Echo, MD. with Elixir »

Mar. 12 Will Patton, Dono Schabner and David Gusakov, at the Good Times Cafe in Hinesburg, Vt. Music starts at 8. We'll be playing some gypsy jazz, Brasilian choros, French musettes and other tunes impossible to classify.

June 1 Will Patton Ensemble outdoors on Church Street, in front of Leunigs Bistro. 6-10 - part of the Discover Jazz Festival.

June 6 Will Patton Ensemble outdoors on Church Street, in front of Leunigs Bistro. 7-11 - part of the Discover Jazz Festival. Hot jazz and cool choro under the stars!

June 8 Anna Patton CD Release Party, Hooker-Dunham Theater in Brattleboro, Vt. 7-10. My talented clarinetist daughter has just released a wondrful, eclectic CD of swing, musette and originals, and will perform same with a lot of her musical friends.

June 18 Will Patton Quartet, Leunig's Bistro, Church St. Marketplace, Burlington, Vt. 7-10

June 28 The Missing Cats, vocal jazz from the '40s, presented by River Arts, Morrisville, Vt. 7:30-10 featuring Lewis Franco, Will Patton and Dono Schabner

July 5 Maple Corners Annual 4th of July Bash - Maple Corners, Vt. near Montpelier (yes, this is the little town where the Men of Maple Corners doffed all for a calendar shoot to raise money for the new septic system!) with The Missing Cats, Lewis Franco and Dono Schabner - '40's hipster swing vocals and some gypsy jazz...

July 10 Will Patton with Dono Schabner, others, at the storied Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, Vt. 7-9

July 20 Will Patton Quintet, Rochester Concerts on the Park Series, Rochester, Vt. ...evening

July 24 Will Patton with Dono Schabner, others, at the storied Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, Vt. 7-9

August 1 The Missing Cats at the 25th Annual Champlain Valley Folk Festival - Kingsland Bay Park in Ferrisburgh, Vt. This is one of the best little festivals in the country, in a beautiful venue. »

Aug. 2 & 3 Champlain Valley Folk Festival - I"ll be playing with the Sweetback Sisters, honky tonk harmonies from the wide open plains of Brooklyn.... fresh from their success on Prairie Home Companion. Also I'll be playng some choro music with Naquele Tempo. » info at cvff.org

August 16 The Missing Cats at the Valley Stage Festival up in the hills of Huntington, Vt. times TBD

Oct. 24 Will Patton Sextet at Barbes in Park Slope, Brooklyn NY - our favourite hip haunt in the city, 7-9 or so

Oct. 25 Will Patton Sextet at The Garage Restaurant, 7th Ave. South, West Village, NYC - great food and always good music - we'll be playin brunch, 12-4.