Events & Festivals
Weston Playhouse -- Death of a Salesman
August 26th to September 5thWeston, VT -- Mainstage
Exciting Live Theatre in Vermont's Oldest Professional Theater in Weston, Vermont. Mainstage productions include:
It’s a starry, late-summer event that’s certain to be talked about for years. Christopher Lloyd (the three-time Emmy Award®-winning star of Taxi and Back to the Future) returns to Weston as Willy Loman. Arthur Miller’s timeless Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play is the powerful, heartbreaking story of a traveling salesman fighting changing times while struggling for one last chance to capture the American Dream for his family. Learn more...
It’s a starry, late-summer event that’s certain to be talked about for years. Christopher Lloyd (the three-time Emmy Award®-winning star of Taxi and Back to the Future) returns to Weston as Willy Loman. Arthur Miller’s timeless Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play is the powerful, heartbreaking story of a traveling salesman fighting changing times while struggling for one last chance to capture the American Dream for his family. Learn more...
Maple Leaf Half Marathon
Saturday, September 11th 9:00 amManchester, Vermont
Half Marathon and 5K through lovely Manchester, Vermont during the peak foliage season. Special events, movies, dinners and activities are planned thoughout the two and half day event with the main race taking place on Saturday. Sponsored by The Perfect Wife restaurant and the Spiral Press Cafe. Registration and information is available the Manchester and the Mountains chanber of commerce at 802 362-6313 or online at www.manchestervtmapleleaf.com Learn more...
Live Green! Energy Expo and Music Festival
Saturday, September 11thRiley Rink, Manchester, VT
Don’t miss this 3rd annual Energy Expo and Music Festival! Fun for the whole family featuring exhibitors, workshops, good food and live music.
Our goal: bring together the entire spectrum of green products, services and information in one place, in one day… helping us discover new ways to live green and build sustainable communities.
Call 802 362 0150 x200 for more information. Learn more...
Our goal: bring together the entire spectrum of green products, services and information in one place, in one day… helping us discover new ways to live green and build sustainable communities.
Call 802 362 0150 x200 for more information. Learn more...
Dorset Theatre Festival -- Summer Season
Through Mid SeptemberDorset, VT
The 35th Anniversary summer season at the Dorset Theatre.
July 14 to July 25 -- Fallen Angels by Noel Coward
July 28 to August 15 -- Murder on the Nile by Agatha Christie
August 19 to August 29 -- The Novelist by Theresa Rebeck
September 1 to September 5 -- When Something Wonderfuls Ends by Sherry Kramer
July 10 to August 14 -- Saturday Matinees -- The Fantastic Mr. Fox by Ronald Dahl Learn more...
July 14 to July 25 -- Fallen Angels by Noel Coward
July 28 to August 15 -- Murder on the Nile by Agatha Christie
August 19 to August 29 -- The Novelist by Theresa Rebeck
September 1 to September 5 -- When Something Wonderfuls Ends by Sherry Kramer
July 10 to August 14 -- Saturday Matinees -- The Fantastic Mr. Fox by Ronald Dahl Learn more...
Author Events
August 2010 -- 7:00 pmNorthshire Bookstore
Join noted authors as they discuss their works at local owned and operated Northshire Bookstore.
August 14 Peter Galbraith "Afghanistan: A War of Necessity or Quagmire?"
August 19 Alan Benoit Vermont's Heating Revolution
August 25 Theresa Rebeck Twelve Rooms with a View
August 27 Linda Gravenson, Abigail Thomas, and Jane O'Reilly In the Fullness of Time
August 28 Bone Marrow Registration
September 2 Anita Diamant Day After Night
September 21 Dominique Browning Slow Love Learn more...
August 14 Peter Galbraith "Afghanistan: A War of Necessity or Quagmire?"
August 19 Alan Benoit Vermont's Heating Revolution
August 25 Theresa Rebeck Twelve Rooms with a View
August 27 Linda Gravenson, Abigail Thomas, and Jane O'Reilly In the Fullness of Time
August 28 Bone Marrow Registration
September 2 Anita Diamant Day After Night
September 21 Dominique Browning Slow Love Learn more...
Bromley's Sun Mountain Adventure Park
August 2010Bromley Mountain Ski resort
What's a half-million bucks between friends? To say that last summer's debut of The Sun Mountain Flyer, News England's newest and longest ZipRider, was met with wild acclaim would be putting it mildly. It was crazy, to tell you the truth, and the Flyer sold-out on virtually every day of operation. What to do? Well, what else could we do? We ponied up another five hundred grand, is what we did, and added two more lines, doubling the capacity of the (now) $1,500,000, five-story high, half-mile long, 50 MPH Sun Mountain Flyer! Four seats, less waiting! ... Learn more...
Gondola Rides and More
Through SeptemberStratton Mountain resort
Stratton is an ideal starting point for that Vermont summer getaway. Scenic gondola rides run through September on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm weather permitting. There is also Championship 27-hole golf course-Nature hikes-Paintball-Canoe and kayak tours-Fly-fishing-Tennis-Golf & Tennis School and much much more. Learn more...
Bird Walk
Saturday, September 18thHildene Welcome Center
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free
September 18th Learn more...
September 18th Learn more...
31st Annual Peru Fair
Saturday, September 25thPeru, Vermont
“What is the Peru Fair?”, people ask. Those who know stop, smile and explain, “one of the nicest country fairs you will ever know.”
The Peru Fair began over 30 years ago as the “end of the world tag sale.” but what had evolved is not what a tag saler would ever dream of. Each year approximately 100 exhibitors converge on the tiny village of Peru, Vermont located off Route 11 to display and sell their arts, but most of all to be discovered by craft seekers of all types.
Early in the morning of the fair, booths, displays, and crafts are set up, smells of food begin to stretch across and before too long, the parade of whimsical characters officially opens the Fair and music and entertainment fill the air.
Highlights of the Fair include a pig roast, art demonstrations, church exhibits of yesteryear, music, dancing, and foods of all tastes. Learn more...
The Peru Fair began over 30 years ago as the “end of the world tag sale.” but what had evolved is not what a tag saler would ever dream of. Each year approximately 100 exhibitors converge on the tiny village of Peru, Vermont located off Route 11 to display and sell their arts, but most of all to be discovered by craft seekers of all types.
Early in the morning of the fair, booths, displays, and crafts are set up, smells of food begin to stretch across and before too long, the parade of whimsical characters officially opens the Fair and music and entertainment fill the air.
Highlights of the Fair include a pig roast, art demonstrations, church exhibits of yesteryear, music, dancing, and foods of all tastes. Learn more...
52nd Annual Weston Antiques Show
October 1st and 2ndWeston, VT
Set in the heart of the Green Mountains at the peak of fall foliage, the Weston Antiques Show has been attracting collectors, dealers, residents, and tourists alike since 1959. Regarded as one of the best small shows in New England, thousands of attendees flock to Weston every year to enjoy the show, the setting, and the season.
Located in the Weston Playhouse on the Village Green, the 52nd annual show is October 1 & 2, 2010 with the preview on the evening of September 30. Thirty-five renowned dealers from across the U.S. transform this distinctive venue into three floors of room settings of antiques.
Attendees find quality and variety here: American and English furniture prior to 1900, accessories to 1900, Oriental rugs to 1920, antique and estate jewelry, and paintings and prints to 1935. All merchandise is guaranteed by the exhibitors to be as represented. Learn more...
Located in the Weston Playhouse on the Village Green, the 52nd annual show is October 1 & 2, 2010 with the preview on the evening of September 30. Thirty-five renowned dealers from across the U.S. transform this distinctive venue into three floors of room settings of antiques.
Attendees find quality and variety here: American and English furniture prior to 1900, accessories to 1900, Oriental rugs to 1920, antique and estate jewelry, and paintings and prints to 1935. All merchandise is guaranteed by the exhibitors to be as represented. Learn more...
18th Annual Fall Arts & Crafts Festival
October 1 to 3Hildene meadowlands, Manchester
Fall in Vermont is a stimulating time of year. As the green leaves mutate turning into brilliant red, yellow, orange, and gold, the days offer gentle daytime temperatures and the evenings are cool enough for a cheery fire in the fireplace. The long shadows cast by the October light in the late afternoon frames the resplendent leaves before dusk closes in.
Adding to the allure of Nature, the colossal Camelot tents set in the valley are a veritable cathedral of creativity. 200 jury selected artists and artisans display and sell their latest creations. This is the perfect season for thinking about the home. After all, winter is the season most of us spend prolonged periods indoors. Learn more...
Adding to the allure of Nature, the colossal Camelot tents set in the valley are a veritable cathedral of creativity. 200 jury selected artists and artisans display and sell their latest creations. This is the perfect season for thinking about the home. After all, winter is the season most of us spend prolonged periods indoors. Learn more...
26th Annual Weston Craft Show
October 8th to 10thWeston, VT
"One of Vermont's TOP TEN FALL EVENTS"
Vermont Chamber of Commerce Competition
"There are talented artists throughout the Green Mountain State & the Weston Craft Show finds the best"
The Message
"For a compact look at the work of some of Vermont's top artisans, it's difficult to top the annual Weston Craft Show!"
Rutland Herald Learn more...
Vermont Chamber of Commerce Competition
"There are talented artists throughout the Green Mountain State & the Weston Craft Show finds the best"
The Message
"For a compact look at the work of some of Vermont's top artisans, it's difficult to top the annual Weston Craft Show!"
Rutland Herald Learn more...
Pumpkin Carving Festival
Saturday, October 16thEquinox Valley Nursery
The Equinox Valley, home of the official Manchester Pumpkin Patch, is pleased to host the 5th Annual Pumpkin Carving Festival in Manchester, Vermont.
Come help celebrate! Activities will include kids games, a craft market, food vendors, baking contest, soup competition, fresh cider donuts, wagon rides and the Equinox Nursery’s famous corn maze and more.
Stick around or come back at dusk to enjoy a warm bonfire and don’t miss the Grand Event of Illuminated Pumpkins On Parade.
Back by popular demand will be a PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST. Manchester was proud to achieve the Guinness Book of World Records recognition for the most pumpkins carved in one place at the same time. We are creating a new MANCHESTER record this year. Bring your own pumpkin or buy one out of the official pumpkin patch and help us set our first Manchester record for the most pumpkins carved in one place at the same time. Help create a new record. Learn more...
Come help celebrate! Activities will include kids games, a craft market, food vendors, baking contest, soup competition, fresh cider donuts, wagon rides and the Equinox Nursery’s famous corn maze and more.
Stick around or come back at dusk to enjoy a warm bonfire and don’t miss the Grand Event of Illuminated Pumpkins On Parade.
Back by popular demand will be a PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST. Manchester was proud to achieve the Guinness Book of World Records recognition for the most pumpkins carved in one place at the same time. We are creating a new MANCHESTER record this year. Bring your own pumpkin or buy one out of the official pumpkin patch and help us set our first Manchester record for the most pumpkins carved in one place at the same time. Help create a new record. Learn more...
Farmer's Dinner Series
Friday, October 29thEquinox Resort & Spa, Manchester; $50++ pp to book call 802-362-4700 now.
Enjoy an evening out while celebrating the farmer/chef connection. A short program of farmer anecdotes will tell the story of your meal as it unfolds. The farmers' dinners bring people closer to the wonderful food sources available in Vermont. Those attending the dinners benefit first from a delicious meal made from local foods and from meeting the farmers and growers. The support of the diners allows farmers, growers and chefs to offer the best and freshest food available, in some cases with the food arriving at the table hours after harvest. These partnerships help to create a future in Vermont that includes a viable and diversified farm economy. To purchase your tickets at $50++ per person please call Concierge at 802-362-4700. Interested in making a weekend of it? Check out our Farmer Dinner Weekend package for two under the Dining Tab: Learn more...
