Visitor Events
View Business EventsGame of Logging Levels 1 & 2
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - Sunday, September 22, 2019
Time: 9:00 am
Expert instructors from Northeast Woodland Training will teach the fundamentals of safe chainsaw use, precision tree felling, and equipment care. Take the guesswork out of sawing- your safety matters!
Pre-registration required; space is limited, so sign up early!
Location: NorthWoods Stewardship Center,154 Leadership Drive, East Charleston, VT
Contact: NorthWoods Stewardship Center
Phone: 802-723-6551
Email: forestry@northwoodscenter.org.
Website: www.northwoodscenter.org
Second Annual Peacham Fall Fondo
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2019
Time: 10:30 am
A scenic 50 mile non-competitive gravel bike ride in and around Peacham. This is a new 5$5K bike ride. Kid and family-friendly.
Other events: Peacham Library pie sale, smoothies provided by NVRH, first aid workshops on the Green, pizza and beverages,genuine Jamaican live music, a silent auction, Proceeds from the ride and silent auction benefit LoveYourBrain Foundation. Further information and fees on website.
Location: 56 Church Street, Peacham, VT
Website: www.peachamfallfondo.com
Lunenburg Grub on the Green
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2019
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Annual "Grub on the Green,"¯ a community wide potluck meal. All welcome - residents of Lunenburg and neighboring communities, not so neighboring communities, as well as visitors to the area, and those just passing through.
As with other potluck meals, those attending are asked to please bring some food of their choice to share (main dish, side dish, or a combination) and maybe a lawn chair. There will be electrical outlets to accommodate some crock-pots and large bowls for chips. Paper goods, drinks, desserts, and picnic tables will also be provided.
Live entertainment by Comfort Country will liven things up while you enjoy your meal and visiting time on the Common. The town playground is adjacent to the Common and a portable restroom is close by for your convenience.
This annual community potluck meal provides a time for socializing in a beautiful setting with the bonuses of local cuisine and live music. It also has been a pleasant way for visitors to the area to experience the Lunenburg community.
Location: Lunenburg Common, Route 2, Lunenburg, VT
Contact: Chris
Phone: 802-892-6654
Email: questions@topofthecommon.org
Website: www.topofthecommon.org/8.html
St. Johnsbury History & Heritage Center's Festival of Traditional Crafts
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Festival of Traditional Crafts will include traditional crafts and exhibits on St. Johnsbury's history, including on quilting, candle dipping, shingle making, spring pole lathe, apples, toys & games, Civil War traveling forge, pump-log boring, hand-hewn timbers, model sawmill and more.
Check out the newly completed Fairbanks Scales exhibit in the barn, along with exhibits on ice cutting and vehicles of yesteryear.
Location: 421 Summer St., St. Johnsbury (St. Johnsbury History & Heritage Center)
There will be a book signing, from 1-3 p.m., featuring Allen Hodgdon and his newly published book, "The Life, Times & Works of Lambert Packard, Architect."
Contact: St. Johnsbury History & Heritage Center
Phone: 802-424-4090
Email: stjohnsburyhhc@gmail.com
Website: stjhistory.org/wordpress/
Nomadic Massive
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2019
Time: 4:00 pm
Levitt AMP St. Johnsbury Music Series: Montreal-based global hip-hop supergroup Nomadic Massive raps and sings in English, French, Creole, Spanish and Arabic, spreading its musical message of positivity and unity through its engaging, high-energy performances.
Free. Dog and family friendly. Beer and Food vendors.
Location: Dog Mountain, 143 Parks Road, St. Johnsbury VT
Contact: Molly Stone, Catamount Arts
Phone: 802-748-2600 ex 106
Email: mstone@kcppresents.org
Brit Readers of the NEK Book Club
Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
September’s featured book is Circe by Madeline Miller.
These books are available on Athenaeum Kindles for patrons, also.
This event is free and open to the public. Handicapped accessible.
Location: St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 1171 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: St. Johnsbury Atheneum
Phone: Kathy Emerson: 413-219-2518; Adele West-Fisher: 802-745-1392
Email: kelizemerson@gmail.com; awestfisher@stjathenaeum.org
Website: www.stjathenaeum.org
Northern Harmony
Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
An ensemble of nine brilliant young singers, based in Vermont, presents a concert of world harmony traditions, including South African songs and dances, traditional polyphony from Georgia, Corsica, and the Balkans, and American shape-note singing and quartet gospel.
Led by Larry Gordon, Northern Harmony is the premier performing group of the world music organization Village Harmony, active in New England and beyond. Students from Lake Region High School in Barton will join in the concert, in the culmination of a day-long workshop with Northern Harmony leaders. Tickets are $15, Seniors 20% off, Students $5.
Location: Highland Center for the Arts, 2875 Hardwick Street, Greensboro, VT
Contact: Tiffany Quinn
Phone: 802-533-2000
Email: boxoffice@highlandartsvt.org
Website: www.highlandartsvt.org
Mid-Week Movie: Brooklyn
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Young Irish immigrant Eilis Lace (Saoirse Ronan) navigates her way through 1950's Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother's home for the shores of New York City.
The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her past disrupts her new vivacity, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within. Tickets are $5.
Location: Highland Center for the Arts, 2875 Hardwick Street, Greensboro, VT
Contact: Tiffany Quinn
Phone: 802-533-2000
Email: boxoffice@highlandartsvt.org
Website: www.highlandartsvt.org
Training -> Leadership Workshop Series: Facilitating Great Meetings
Date: Thursday, September 26, 2019
Time: 8:15 am - 12:15 pm
Facilitating Great Meetings: $75. Meeting facilitators will learn how to plan, run, and follow up on a meeting to maximize its effectiveness.
Topics will include planning the agenda, goals, norms, and logistics of meetings; group dynamics and participation; strategies for challenges during a meeting; and minutes, correspondence, and other post-meeting actions.
Location: St. Johnsbury Academy, 1000 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT
Leadership Training
Contact: Marina Cole
Phone: 802-748-7738
Email: mcole@stjacademy.org
Website: https://www.stjacademy.org/academics/adult-education
Do North Coworking
Date: Thursday, September 26, 2019
Time: 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Co.Starters is a 9-week entrepreneurship program at Do North Coworking that helps a cohort of prospective business owners explore, test, and build their business ideas into a profitable reality. Each week, guest speakers discuss their personal experiences with a relevant topic. The public is invited to attend to hear the local experts speak and participate in a short Q&A, while also supporting the professional journey of the entrepreneurs of the Co.Starters cohort.
This series Topic includes: Building to Scale: Eric Berry will talk about how his business has changed and grown from his original concept. How did what he envisioned shift to accommodate the realities of business ownership? (over Mosaic restaurant)
Location: Do North Coworking, 930 Broad Street, Lyndonville, VT
Contact: Do North Coworking
Phone: 802-626-4867
Website: www.facebook.com/DoNorthCoworking
Paper Making
Date: Friday, September 27, 2019 - Saturday, September 28, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
With Gretchen Bittner. Learn tried and true methods that have been around for hundreds of years to create beautiful one-of-a-kind pieces of paper. You will collect material from the grounds of the museum.
Cost: $43/ person; $38/members. Pre-registration required. Sept. 27th: 5-7 pm; Sept. 28th: 3-4 pm.
Location: Old Stone House Historic District, 109 Old Stone House Road, Brownington, Vermont
Contact: Old Stone House Museum
Phone: (802) 754-2022
Website: www.OldStoneHouseMuseum.org
Classic Movie Night: Captain Blood
Date: Friday, September 27, 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Come enjoy an evening with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Basil Rathbone.
Dashing, swash buckling pirates! Beautiful heroine! Action, Adventure, and Romance.
An adult movie.
Location: St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 1171 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: St. Johnsbury Atheneum
Phone: 802-748-8291
Email: inform@stjathenaeum.org
Website: www.stjathenaeum.org .
Patti Casey & The Wicked Fine Players
Date: Friday, September 27, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
With bodacious vocals and smokin' instrumentals beating with the heart of Vermont's Green Mountains, this hot band and its amazing singer songwriter brings tunes you know (and some new ones, too) to the Main Stage.
With a little more blue in the bluegrass, a little more swing, and a whole lot of fun, Patti Casey and the Wicked Fine Players features Colin McCaffrey's beautiful fiddle and killer vocal harmonies, Kirk Lord's spot-on, low-key, rock-solid acoustic bass, Steve Light's award-winning banjo and dobro, and of course, Patti's voice and songs, which have not only won many national awards, but many hearts as well. "Some of the finest vocals and creative songwriting you're liable to hear anywhere ... a voice like expensive chocolate."- Seven Days
Tickets start at $15, Seniors 20% off, Students $10.
Location: Highland Center for the Arts, 2875 Hardwick Street, Greensboro, VT
Contact: Tiffany Quinn
Phone: 802-533-2000
Email: boxoffice@highlandartsvt.org
Website: www.highlandartsvt.org
Westmore Mountain Challenge
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2019
Time: 8:00 am
A marathon!!! Moose – Hor – Pisgah – Haystack – Bald
1 Day. 5 Mountains. 26 Miles.
Standard Registration: $115/person. Please email or call for more information.
Location: NorthWoods Stewardship Center,154 Leadership Drive, East Charleston, VT
Contact: NorthWoods Stewardship Center
Phone: 802-723-6551
Email: info@northwoodscenter.org.
Website: www.northwoodscenter.org
STATEWIDE National Parks Fees Free Day
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2019
Time: 8:00 am
Natural Public Lands Day. Free admission at US National Parks in Vermont, Appalachian National Scenic Trail and Marsh Billings Rockefeffer National Historial Park.
Location: National Public Parks, Vermont
Website: www.nps.gov/findapark/freeparks.htm
Burke Fall Foliage Festival
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2019
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
East Burke Village welcomes fall with a day of festivities.
The day's events include: Parade starting at 10 am, BBQ, live music, horse drawn wagon rides, Kids Area, craft show, cow flop bingo and more!
Location: Route 114, East Burke, VT
Contact: Burke Area Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 802-626-4124
Email: burkechamber@burkevermont.com
Website: www.burkevermont.com/fall-foliage-festival.php
Family Movie Night: BFG
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2019
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Join Sophie and BFG, the Big Friendly Giant, as they travel through Giant Country trying to save England from man-eating giants. All families welcome.
Location: St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 1171 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: St. Johnsbury Atheneum
Phone: 802-748-8291
Email: inform@stjathenaeum.org
Website: www.stjathenaeum.org
Chicken Pie Supper
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Menu: chicken pie, mashed potato, gravy, squash, apple rings, coleslaw, rolls, cranberry sauce, pickles, apple crisp, and beverage.
Prices: Adults $15/each; children 12 & under $6/each; preschoolers are free. Dining room is first come, first served and no reservations are taken; we’ve never turned anyone away! If you want a delivered take-out in the St. Johnsbury/Danville area, you must reserve by Sept. 26th.
Location: North Danville Baptist Church, 4243 Bruce Badger Memorial, North Danville, VT
Contact: Betty: 802-684-2183; July: 802-748-8519
Annual Newark Chicken Pie Supper
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Newark Volunteer Fire Department is holding its annual Chicken Pie Supper.
All proceeds benefit the Newark Volunteer Fire Department. Prices: Adults - $11; Children 6-8 - $6; Kids 5 and under are free.
Location: Newark Street School Gym, 1448 Newark Street, Newark, VT
Contact: Lilly Young
Phone: 802-274-3194
Email: info@newarkvtfire.org
Website: https://www.newarkvtfire.org
Farm To Table Dinner Conversation and Open Reception
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2019
Time: 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Catamount Arts is pleased to present Sachiko Akiyama, Terra Incognita. There will be an exhibition of sculpture and prints on view in the Fried Family Gallery from September 6-November 1, 2019.
A wine and cheese free open reception is Sept. 28th from 5pm - 6:30pm. at Catamount Arts, 115 Eastern Avenue. All are welcome to attend. Dinner is Sept. 28th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm at Fried Family Gallery, 142 Eastern Avenue. Cost: $28. Limited to 20.
Location: Catamount Arts, 115 Eastern Avenue, St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: Catamount Arts
Phone: 802-748-2600
Website: www.catamountarts.org
Fly to Pie -Kingdom Marathon
Date: Sunday, September 29, 2019
Time: 8:00 am
Run it, Bike it, Hike it, Do it! There are four great routes, offering four very different options to all types of athletes, runners, bikers, and hikers of all ages and all abilities. A tough, “vista riddled,” and spectacularly beautiful full marathon that will challenge the best marathon runner.
Hosted by Kingdom Games, Lakeview Aviation and Parker Pie, West Glover.
20% of all fees will be donated to the Halo Foundation, financially helping Orleans County families dealing with cancer.
Location: SkiBurke Base Lodge, 223 Sherburne Lodge Rd., East Burke, VT
Contact: Ski Burke Base Lodge
Phone: 802-626-7300
Website: www.skiburke.com
Northeast Kingdom Fall Foliage Festivals - Marshfield, Walden, Cabot, Plainfield, Peacham, Barnet & Groton, Vermont
Date: Sunday, September 29, 2019 - Saturday, October 5, 2019
Time: 9:00 am
Annual Northeast Kingdom Fall Foliage Festival, seven festivals in seven days, each in a different town. Each has something unique to offer, including music, crafts, farmer's markets, parades, tours, history and great food! Specialty church suppers each night.
More details for each specific town can be found under each date. For full schedule, click here.
Location: Northeast Kingdom, VT
Contact: Northeast Kingdom Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 802-748-3678
Email: nekinfo@nekchamber.com
Website: https://www.nekchamber.com/media/NEKFFF%202019.pdf
Vermont's Northeast Kingdom Annual Fall Foliage Feastival - Marshfield
Date: Sunday, September 29, 2019
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
The first of the seven unique festivals being held over seven consecutive days is in Marshfield today!
Marshfield Harvest Festival from 11 am to 3 pm. Free Family Friendly Activities: face painting, cider pressing, arts and crafts, field games, music and more! Book sale, bake sale, horse and wagon rides, yard sale, craft sale and 50/50 raffle. “Chili-Cook-off”: 11 am to 2 pm in our “Chili tent” and then vote for your best tasting chili and the cook will win a prize!! Salads and corn bread will complement the chili. $8 adults and $4 children. Barbecue if you don’t like chili: hamburgers from a local farm, hot dogs and veggie burgers will be for sale. Slide show and talk about the ten cemeteries of Marshfield. (Sponsored by the Marshfield Historical Society). Old Schoolhouse Common, 122 School St. Marshfield 05658 For info: jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com or 802-426-3581.
Click for full week's schedule.
Location: Marshfield, VT
Phone: 802-426-3581
Email: jaquithpubliclibrary@gamil.com
Website: https://www.nekchamber.com/media/NEKFFF%202019.pdf
Vermont's Northeast Kingdom Annual Fall Foliage Festival - Walden
Date: Monday, September 30, 2019
Time: 9:00 am
The second of seven unique festivals being held over seven consecutive days, held in Walden today.
Begin your day at Walden Church in Noyesville Village (signs - just off Route 15) with registration, coffee & donuts at 9:00 am. Visit with Walden crafters and take driving tours to meet artisans at their home businesses. A homemade soup and sandwich lunch will sustain you as you enjoy afternoon tours through the hills and along roadways not usually seen on travels from here to there. Enjoy musical entertainment as the prelude to the Barbecued Beef Supper, served family style, with mashed potatoes, veggies, rolls and home-baked pies, beginning at 5:30 pm. For supper reservations and information, call Judy Clifford evenings at 802-563-2777 or daily at 802-793-5011, PO Box 54, West Danville, VT 05873. Please stop by; we’re excited to meet you! Lifelong friends are made here! (Events and info subject to change.)
Click link for week long schedule.
Location: Walden, VT
Contact: Judy Clifford
Phone: 802-563-2777 (evenings) or daily @ 802-793-5011
Website: https://www.nekchamber.com/media/NEKFFF%202019.pdf