Local Vermont Chamber of Commerce Top 10 Events
Top Ten Summer Event -- 7th Annual Strolling of the Heifers Parade & Festival
Brattleboro, Vermont. June 6 -8, 2008
The light hearted Strolling of the Heifers Parade on Saturday, June 7, is the festival's focal point. The animal and entertainment cavalcade culminates at Brattleboro Retreat Healthcare's ground where the Dairy Fest and Marketplace, which features food, agricultural demos, Vermont farm products and the Family Farm Fun Tent, takes place. This year, a Vermont Farm Aid concert is a new element of the event.
Top Ten Fall Event -- Weston Craft Show
Weston, Vermont. October 10 -12, 2008
In a very crowded field, the Weston Craft Show, celebrating its 25th anniversary, stands apart. Only the best Vermont artisans survive the jurying process! Enjoy imaginative displays of fine art and craftsmanship with a gourmet lunch in the beautiful Weston Playhouse surrounded by glorious fall colors - a show within a show not to be missed.
Top Ten Fall Event -- Dummerston Apple Pie Festival
Dummerston Vermont. October 12, 2008
For 40+ years, the Dummerston Apple Pie Festival has been held each year on the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend, the peak of colorful autumn foliage in Southern Vermont. A full 1500 apple pies are made by many church members and friends and proudly served with Vermont cheese. A farmer's breakfast, grilled lunch, tag sale, and craft fair make the festival a whole day event. Folks from all over the United States travel by motorcycle and automobiles to take part in the festivities.
Other Festivals
The Southern Vermont Art and Craft Festival
Hildene Meadowlands Manchester, Vermont - August 1, 2 & 3, 2008
Now in its thirtieth year, The Southern Vermont Art and Craft Festival returns on August 1st through 3rd replete with glorious white Camelot tents housing 175 artists and artisans. The Art and Craft Festival is on the site of Hildene, Robert Todd Lincoln's summer estate. All media are included: pottery, glass, fiber, photography, leather, jewelry, metal, graphics, painting, prints, wood, furniture, and more. www.craftproducers.com
13th Annual Southern Vermont Garlic and Herb Festival, August 30 and 31st, 2008
Join garlic-lovers from throughout New England as they come to sample food and crafts from 50 different vendors all made from -you guessed it- garlic and herbs!
Everything from garlic ice cream to garlic jelly, pickled garlic, roasted garlic, garlic braids 2007 activities included Giant Garlic Slingshot and Garlic Golf, a hay maze, face painting and hair braiding and other great children's activities.
www.lovegarlic.com
Keene Pumpkin Festival
Keene, NH - October 25, 2008, 10 am to fireworks at ~ 9 pm
Towers of pumpkins fill the downtown skies with grinning, funny, and scary faces. The Pumpkin Festival is clearly the most famous of the Center Stage Cheshire County events. The Festival has been featured on CNN Headline News as well as many network stations throughout the United States. It has also won recognition from the Guinness Book for the largest number of lit jack-o-lanterns in one place at one time in the entire World! Year 2003 was the last World Record breaking year, when 28,952 pumpkins lit up Downtown Keene.
Yellow Barn Music Festival, Putney, VT
Yellow Barn is a summer training program for world-class young musicians embarking on careers as performers and educators and a vibrant festival of chamber music. 2008 concert schedule is not yet available.
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, VT
Marlboro Music is recognized as today's preeminent center for advanced musical studies. It is credited for its pivotal role in the development of chamber music in the U.S., and for training generations of musical leaders. 2008 concert schedule is not yet available.
