March events offer laughter, Irish music, and ... wigs? Things to do in Vermont.

March always tempts us with glimmers of spring that, more often than not, get buried under a big dumping of snow. This year, March is also tempting us with glimmers of declining COVID-19 numbers, giving us hope that we can start gathering relatively safely once again for arts-and-entertainment events to feed our wounded souls.

Those windows of opportunity have come and gone in the two years since the pandemic began, so if this is one of those times when the windows are open, it just might be time to climb through. Most venues require proof of vaccination to enter, and if that precaution eases your worries, these Vermont events might just be enough to lure you out as winter slides into spring.

Through March 13, the exhibition “A Vacant Chair,” a reflection on homelessness by artist Susan Calza that opened Feb. 4, continues at the Suzan Calza Gallery, Montpelier. Free. www.susancalza.com

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, comedian and former “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” correspondent Hasan Minhaj performs at the Flynn, Burlington. $62-$104. www.flynnvt.org

3-5 p.m. Thursday, March 3, “Darken,” an exhibit of new work by artist Tara Thacker that runs through April 1, will be celebrated with a reception and artist talk, Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Dibden Center, Northern Vermont University-Johnson campus. Free. www.northernvermont.edu

7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3-Saturday, March 5, Actors from The London Stage — the theater group co-founded by “Star Trek: The Next Generation” actor Patrick Stewart — presents three performances of Shakespeare’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing,” Wright Memorial Theatre, Middlebury College. $5-$25. www.middlebury.edu/arts

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Thursday, March 3-Sunday, March 6, the Global Roots Film Festival, presented by the Vermont International Film Festival, features indigenous films and filmmakers in screenings at the Main Street Landing Film House and ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington as well as the Savoy Theater in Montpelier and online. $6-$12 per film, $25-$50 for festival pass. www.vtiff.org

8 p.m. Friday, March 4, pop band The Regrettes joins Kississippi in the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $22 in advance, $25 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

8 p.m. Friday, March 4, Higher Ground presents the Chris Thile-led folk-Americana group Punch Brothers, who follow Haley Heynderickx to the stage at the Flynn, Burlington. $39.75-$191. www.highergroundmusic.com or www.flynnvt.org

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7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, indie-act Fever Dolls follows Burlington groups Father Figuer and Guy Ferrari in a concert at Higher Ground’s Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. $15 in advance, $18 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, the Ripton Community Coffee House “On the Road” series presents Celtic guitar players/singers Yann Falquet and Keith Murphy, Burnham Hall, Lincoln. $15-$25. www.rcch.org

8 p.m. Saturday, March 5, DJ/producer Bonobo, with opening act Jordan Rakei, returns to the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $30 in advance, $35 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

March 8-31, “The Light of Truth Upon Them,” an oil painting by South Burlington artist Cynthia Cagle that celebrates International Women’s Day, is on display at the Vermont State House, Montpelier. Free. www.statehouse.vermont.gov

8 p.m. Tuesday, March 8-Wednesday, March 9, blues-rocker Marcus King stays in town for two shows with Hannah Wicklund, Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $29.50 in advance, $32.50 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

7 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 7 and 9 p.m. Friday, March 11-Saturday, March 12, another multi-night visit features comedian Hari Kondabolu, Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington. $30. www.vermontcomedyclub.com

7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10, Irish music gets concertgoers in a St. Patrick’s Day mood when Danu performs, Robison Concert Hall, Middlebury College. $5-$25. www.middlebury.edu/arts

7:30 p.m. Friday, March 11, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s intimate Jukebox chamber music series returns to ArtsRiot, Burlington. $10-$30. www.artsriot.com

9 p.m. Friday, March 11, the Burlington neo-disco band The Medallions hits the stage at Nectar’s, Burlington. $12. www.liveatnectars.com

6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, the South Burlington Artmix, benefiting the South Burlington Friends of the Arts scholarship fund, features Kat Wright as well as the work of student artists, Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $15-$20. www.highergroundmusic.com

7 p.m. Saturday, March 12, comedian and podcaster Marc Maron returns to the Flynn, Burlington. $48-$62.50. www.flynnvt.org

4 p.m. Sunday, March 13, Valley Stage presents the traditional New England/British Isles music of Kalos, Richmond Congregational Church. $22 in advance, $25 day of show. www.valleystage.net

4 p.m. Sunday, March 13, the Westford Music Series hosts The Dale and Darcy Trio, an Irish/Americana duo, at the Westford Common Hall. Free; donations accepted.

8 p.m. Sunday, March 13, the Montana-based Americana act Satsang follows Tim Snider & Wolfgang Timber in the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. $15 in advance, $18 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

7 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, comedian, actor and podcast host Tom Segura performs a sold-out show presented by Higher Ground at the Flynn, Burlington. www.highergroundmusic.com or www.flynnvt.org

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, the University of Vermont Department of Theatre and Dance opens its run (through Sunday, March 20) of the dramatic comedy “She Kills Monsters” by Qui Nguyen, Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, Burlington. $10-$22. www.uvm.edu/cas/theatreanddance

8 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, “’72 Review” encapsulates the music of that year half a century ago with a lineup of Vermont musicians that includes Bob Wagner, Russ Lawton, Ray Paczkowski and Rob Compa as well as guests Ryan Miller, Kat Wright, Josh Panda, Craig Mitchell and more, Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington (also via livestream). Free. www.highergroundmusic.com

7 p.m. Thursday, March 17, Catapult, once a finalist on “America’s Got Talent,” brings its show “The Amazing Magic of Shadow Dancing” to the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe. $20-$35. www.sprucepeakarts.org

7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 17, Irish band Lunasa makes a St. Patrick’s Day appearance at the Flynn, Burlington. $15-$50. www.flynnvt.org

9 p.m. Thursday, March 17, reggae artist Mighty Mystic and his band the Hard Roots Movement join The Naya Rockers, Satta Sound and Yaadcore, Zenbarn, Waterbury Center. $10-$15. www.zenbarnvt.com

7 p.m. Saturday, March 19, Jazz at Lincoln Center, under the musical direction of Riley Mulherkar, performs “Songs We Love,” Paramount Theatre, Rutland. $35-$40. www.paramountvt.org

7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19, John Cameron Mitchell, star and co-creator of the fantastical musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” offers songs from that show in a performance titled “The Origin of Love,” the Flynn, Burlington. $25-$55 (the first 100 audience members in attendance will receive a free wig; everyone is encouraged to bring one). www.flynnvt.org

7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19, comic, actor, musician and Vermont icon Rusty DeWees returns to perform at the Vergennes Opera House. $15-$25. www.vergennesoperahouse.org

3 p.m. Sunday, March 20, German Lopez, a musician from the Canary Islands, joins Spanish guitarist Antonio Toledo in a matinee performance presented by the University of Vermont Lane Series, UVM Recital Hall, Burlington. $5-$30. www.uvm.edu/laneseries

8 p.m. Sunday, March 20, Mdou Moctar, guitarist/songwriter from Niger, and his band follow Emily Robb, Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $20 in advance, $23 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

8 p.m. Sunday, March 20, in the same venue at the same time as Mdou Moctar, indie act Clap Your Hands Say Yeah plays the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. $20 in advance, $25 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

8 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, Higher Ground presents Postmodern Jukebox, the jazz-pop group that filters modern hits through a historical musical lens, at the Flynn, Burlington. $43.25-$168. www.flynnvt.org

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, Vermont Stage presents its first indoor play in two years when it stages the spooky Lucas Hnath play “The Thin Place,” which runs through April 10, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington. $31.05-$38.50. www.vermontstage.org

7 p.m. Thursday, March 24, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet Anne Boyer visits as part of the visiting writer program, Red Mill, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson. Free. www.vermontstudiocenter.org

7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24, Canadian roots musician Sam Weber, following opening act The Ladies, plays Higher Ground’s Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. $12 in advance, $15 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

7:30 p.m. Friday, March 25-Sunday, March 27 and 2 p.m. Saturday, March 26, the Burlington-based Foul Contending Rebels Theatre Collective presents Sarah Ruhl’s evocative “Eurydice” in the Lake Lobby at the Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington. $20 suggested admission. www.foulcontendingrebels.org

8 p.m. Friday, March 25, formerly the leader of the indie-pop group Thao and The Get Down Stay Down, Thao Nguyen now simply goes by her first name, and headlines a show including Becca Mancari and Why Bonnie, Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $25 in advance, $27 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra features Canadian conductor Tania Miller, its latest candidate for the vacant position of music director, leading a concert that incudes British pianist Stephen Hough performing Rachmaninoff, the Flynn, Burlington. $8.35-$54.23. www.vso.org

8 p.m. Monday, March 28, multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi returns with Tall Tall Trees to the Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, in a show postponed from April 2020. $23 in advance, $25 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, superstar violinist Itzhak Perlman, accompanied by pianist Rohan De Silva, plays in concert at the Flynn, Burlington. $75-$125. www.flynnvt.org

8 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, British rockers Black Midi follow NNAMDI in a performance in the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington. $22 in advance, $25 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com

7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, the Irish music ensemble Celtic Woman presents a concert titled “Postcards from Ireland,” the Flynn, Burlington. $42.35-$162. www.flynnvt.org

8 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, veteran singer-songwriter Al Stewart brings his band The Empty Pockets to the Double E Performance Center, Essex. $45-$75. www.doubleevermont.com

Contact Brent Hallenbeck at bhallenbeck@freepressmedia.com. Follow Brent on Twitter at www.twitter.com/BrentHallenbeck.

This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Things to do in Vermont in March 2022: Arts scene springs to life