Vermont Arts, Crafts & Foods

Plymouth Cheese & Harvest Festival
Sept. 20, 2008 Come celebrate at this 2008 “Top 10 Fall Event” featuring the bounties of the harvest and the award-winning world of Vermont-made cheese! Featuring live entertainment, food tastings and more at the historic Calvin Coolidge Homestead.

Vermont Life Wine and Harvest Festival
September 26-28, 2008 The Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce and Vermont Life Magazine present a premiere annual wine and harvest festival. Activities take place in the Southern Vermont town of Wilmington with additional events occurring in the nearby towns of Dover and Whitingham.

Stowe Foliage Arts & Crafts Festival
Oct. 10-12, 2008 Featuring 185 juried art and craft exhibitors under large tents with great food and entertainment.

Dummerston Apple Pie Festival
October 12,2008 A 40+ year-old heritage events featuring 1,500 home-made apple pies to taste and take home. It starts at 9am and continues until they are sold out.

South Hero AppleFest
October 11-12, 2008 Come to the scenic Lake champlain islands for music, craft show, flea market, petting zoo, and lots of apples, apple pie and more. Friendly folks and a feast of fall flavors.

Community

41st Annual Vermont Maple Festival
St Albans, April 25 – 25, 2008 A community wide celebration of a historic and delicious Vermont tradition.

The Strolling of The Heifers
Brattleboro, June 6-8, It's Vermont's answer to the running of the bulls amidst a carnival atmosphere.

Southern Vermont Garlic Festival
Bennington, Aug. 30-31, 2008. Celebrate, and taste, everything garlic from ice cream to garlic jelly, pickled garlic and more.

Burlington First Night
Dec. 31, 2008 Annual New Year's Eve substance-free arts festival. Thirty downtown sites.

Music & Film

10th Annual Green Mountain Film Festival
Montpelier, March 21-30, One of New England’s top film festivals, showing foreign and US features and documentaries.

Discover Jazz Fest
Burlington, May 30 - June 8, 2008. Big name performers and up-and-coming stars make music all around Burlington.

The Basin Bluegrass Festival
Brandon, July 11-13, 2008. Food, crafts and a whole weekend of America's original roots music.

25th Annual Champlain Valley Folk Festival
Ferrisburg, Aug. 1-3, 2008. Traditional music and dance at Kingsland Bay State Park on Lake Champlain.

7th Annual Lake Champlain Bluegrass Festival
Alburgh, August 8-10, 2008. Lake Champlain forms the backdrop for this great music event featuring nationally-known and top-notch local bands.

History & Heritage

Vermont History Expo 2008
Tunbridge, June 21-22, 2008 8th annual statewide heritage festival; 140 local historical society & museum exhibits; performers on 3 stages, more.

Bennington Battle Day Parade & Reenactment Festival
Aug. 11-17, 2008, Parade Aug. 16. The August 16th Battle of Bennington holiday honors the key revolutionary War battle of 1777.

16th New World Festival – Festival du Nouveau Monde -
Randolph Aug. 31, 2008. A festival of Celtic and French-Canadian culture at historic Chandler Music Hall and throughout Randolph.