Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward Talks the Future of the Sound of Music Festival

October 9, 2025

Burlington's signature Sound of Music Festival has fallen on hard economic times. Organizational changes have left the festival in a disarray resulting in the City of Burlington providing loans to bail out the festival both of the last two years. Naturally this is not a financially sustainable model for the festival or the city. Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward provides an update.