Punk Rock Flea Market, Merchants Hall, Rutland, Saturday, March 29:
For the fourth year in a row, Nick Grandchamp — guitarist of Dead Street Dreamers and the unofficial mayor of all things hip in Rutland — hosted his Punk Rock Flea Market. At vendor tables, Vermont punk rockers sold everything from shirts and vinyl to instruments and art. Among them was Rough Francis guitarist Julian Hackney and his Young at Heart ginger beer, photographer T.L. Cook, guitarist/vocalist Dominique Darko of the grindcore band Augrah, and designer Jon Testa with his Mean Folk brand of sassy wearables and stickers. A DJ team of Selector David and Unhappy Hour, aka David Zacharis and Bobby Hackney Jr., kept the room rocking. I left with a pretty good deal on a broken guitar pedal and an amplifier from Grandchamp’s personal stash — and also a gigantic hug and a sincere “Thank you for coming” from the man himself, two things I consider priceless. It was a good day for punks at the flea market.
This article appears in The Money & Retirement Issue 2025.
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