Day to day
Winter Carnival Dates
Dec 14: Annual Festival of Lights and Winter Gala, Stratton Mountain, 7-10p,stratton.com.
Feb 1: North Bennington Winter Festival, with penguin plunge, ice carving competition, wagon rides, and many more family friendly events, all day,bennington.com.
Feb 8: Second Annual Grafton Winter Carnival, at the Grafton Ponds Outdoor Center, with sleigh rides, ice skating, bonfire, snow tubing and more,graftoninnvermont.com.
Feb 14-16: Chester, Vermont Winter Carnival, with dogsled rides, outdoor skating, bonfire, and more, yourplaceinvermont.com.
Feb 14-23: 58th Annual Brattleboro Winter Carnival with family fun events, including a carnival, parade, ice fishing derby, skating, and more, with events at various locations and times, brattleborowintercarnival.org.
Feb 15: February Festival at Bromley Mountain Resort, with torchlight parade at 7:15p, followed by fireworks and other fun events at the base lodge,bromlmey.com.
March 14-April 6: Spring Fest at Okemo Mountain Resort, with tons of great spring skiing and riding events, okemo.com.
December
Thru Jan 1: Manchester Merriment. Tree lightings, inn tours, lighted tractor parade, caroling, horse and wagon rides, Elf Express, cooking demonstrations and more, visitmanchestervt.com. All month: Festival of Trees “Around the World” in downtown Bennington, visitvermont.com. 4: Manchester Merriment tree lighting, Dorset Green, time TBA, visitmanchestervt.com. 6: Gallery Walk in and around downtown Brattleboro, 5:30-8:30p, gallerywalk.org. 6: SVAC’s Benefit Gala, “The Tartan Ball,” honoring both old and valued traditions, as well as an openness to new influences, benefits Southern Vermont Arts Center, svac.org for tickets. 7: An Old Fashioned Christmas in Weston, 11a-5p, locations around Weston Village,westonvt.com. 7: Festival of Lights at Jackson Gore Inn, Ludlow,yourplaceinvermont.com. 7: 43rd Community Messiah Sing: A Benefit for the Homeless, Centre Congregational Church, Brattleboro, 1p,brattleborochamber.org. 7: Lighted Tractor Parade, top 10 event, Manchester, 5:30p, visitmanchestervt.com. 7-8: Cherry Street Artisans Holiday Craft Sale, 9a-9p Sat, 11a-4p Sun, Brattleboro, 802 254-3530. 7-8: Our House for the Holidays at Hildene, Manchester, 12-8p, hildene.org. 7-14: Overture to Christmas, 28th Annual, all day, Chester Village, yourplaceinvermont.com. 8: 13th Annual Holiday Bazaar at the Wardsboro Town Hall, visitvermont.com for info. 13: A Community Christmas Celebration, Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium, yourplaceinvermont.com.13-14: Welcome Yule: A Midwinter Celebration, 7:30-10p, Shea Theater, Turners Malls, Mass., brattleborotix.com. 13 & 15: 41st Christmas at Christ Church: “Brightest and Best,” Christ Church, Guilford, Tom Baehr directs the Guilford Chamber Singers in a program of a cappella selections from across several centuries, 8p on the 13th, 4p on the 15th. 13-15: Wassail Weekend, holiday festivities, 8a-5p, Billings Farm & Museum, billingsfarm.org. 14-15 & 21-22:Readsboro Glassworks Holiday Open Studio and Sale, 6954 Main Street in Readsboro, maryangusglass.com. 14: Community Christmas Celebration, 7-9p, Ludlow Town Hall, yourplaceinvermont.com. 14: Christmas in Mount Holly, 4p, Mount Holly Community Center, Belmont, yourplaceinvermont.com. 14: Annual Festival of Lights and Winter Gala, Stratton Mountain, 7-10p, stratton.com. 15:Coolidge Holiday Open House, 10a-4p, President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth, yourplaceinvermont.com. 16: Wolf Kahn Raffle Drawing at the Brattleboro Museum, be the lucky winner of Kahn’s 1979 pastel painting, Spring Slope, 6p, brattleboromuseum.org. 20: Third Friday Art Walk, in and around Bellows Falls, bf3f.org. 20-22: The Flying Nut: A Journey. New England Center for Circus Arts’ annual holiday tradition that puts a high-flying spin on Tchaikovsky’s classic Nutcracker, 7p and 5p, Brattleboro, necenterforcircusarts.org. 21-22:Manchester Center Elf Express Train Ride, enchanting journey through the Green Mountains, manchesterlionselftrain.com. 21: A Brattleboro Museum and Art Center Solstice Celebration. Coax the sun back toward Earth with song, art and light, 4p,brattleboromuseum.org. 21: The 2013 Film Festival at Mount Snow, 5p, West Dover, mountsnow.com. 22: Vermont Symphony Orchestra, heart-warming celebration of the holiday season, First Congregational Church, Manchester Village, 4p, vso.org. 28: Nimble Arts presents A Cirque Spectacular, a stunning display of circus arts with trapezists, jugglers, contortionists and more, Stowe,ruckuscircus.com. 29: Torchlight Parade and Fireworks at Mount Snow,mountsnow.com. 31: Last Night activities, all day, Brattleboro,brattleborochamber.com. 31: Festival of Trees and Gala in downtown Bennington,bennington.com. 31: Okemo’s Family New Year’s Eve, at Jackson Gore Inn, Ludlow, okemo.com. 31: New Year’s Eve at Star Lake, at Star Lake in Belmont,yourplaceinvermont.com.
January
3: Gallery Walk in and around downtown Brattleboro, 5:30-8:30p, gallerywalk.org. 12: Meetinghouse Café in Bennington, featuring Long Time Courting, women’s Celtic music group, 4p, thisisvermont.com. 16: Film: I Have Nothing to Say and I am Saying It, documentary exploring ideas of composer John Cage, 7p, Brattleboro Museum, brattleboromuseum.org. 17: Third Friday Art Walk, in and around Bellows Falls, bf3f.org. 18: Village Stroll in Wilmington, come see thewinter wonderland of ice and sound all around the village, 3-6p, visitvermont.com.25-26: 7th Annual Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival, day long celebration of local and regional musicians representing various northern musical traditions including Irish, Scottish, English and French Canadian, various locations in Brattleboro, bmcvt.org.
February
1: 11th Annual Collegiate A Cappella Concert, annual fan favorite event returns to the recently refurbished Latchis Theater, Brattleboro, 7:30p, latchis.org. 1: The Taste of Vermont, with the area’s finest restaurants, 12-9p, Stratton Lodge,stratton.com. 1: North Bennington Winter Festival, with penguin plunge, ice carving competition, wagon rides, and many more family friendly events, all day,bennington.com. 7: Gallery Walk in and around downtown Brattleboro, 5:30-8:30p,gallerywalk.org. 8: Second Annual Grafton Winter Carnival, at the Grafton Ponds Outdoor Center, with sleigh rides, ice skating, bonfire, snow tubing and more,graftoninnvermont.com. 14: Cloud Nine Nuptials at Mount Snow, all day,mountsnow.com. 14-16: Chester, Vermont Winter Carnival, with dogsled rides, outdoor skating, bonfire, and more, yourplaceinvermont.com. 14-23: 58th Annual Brattleboro Winter Carnival with family fun events, brattleborowintercarnival.org.15: February Festival at Bromley Mountain Resort, with torchlight parade at 7:15p, followed by fireworks and other fun events at the base lodge, bromlmey.com. 17:Seventh Annual Domino Toppling Extravaganza, fun spectacle and crowd favorite, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, 5p, brattleboromuseum.org.20: Torchlight Parade and Fireworks at Mount Snow, West Dover, mountsnow.com. 21: Third Friday Art Walk, in and around Bellows Falls, bf3f.org. 22: Comedian Bob Marley performs at Okemo Mountain, okemo.com. 23: Hidden in the Hills: Rudyard Kipling’s NAULAKHA, guided excursions of this historic landmark, BMAC members only, 11a, Brattleboro, brattleboromuseum.org. 22: Lucy Terry Prince & “The Black Man in Song,” Guilford Community Church, Guilford, 3p, including a presentation on the life of Lucy Terry Prince complemented by pianist Julia Bady and Metropolitan Opera tenor Irwin Reese.
March
1: Mardi Gras party at Mount Snow Resort, with events for the whole family, all day, West Dover, mountsnow.com. 7: Gallery Walk in and around downtown Brattleboro, 5:30-8:30p, gallerywalk.org. 8: Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Reception and Ceremony. Meet the Vermont winners of the 2014 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, 12p, Brattleboro Museum, brattleboromuseum.org. 14-April 6:Spring Fest at Okemo Mountain Resort, with tons of great spring skiing and riding events, okemo.com. 17: Mount Snow St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, all day, West Dover,mountsnow.com. 21: Third Friday Art Walk, in and around Bellows Falls, bf3f.org.21-22: Vermont Maple Open House Weekend, with sugar houses open across the state, vermontmaple.org. 22-24: Reggaefest at Mount Snow, with music and events all day, West Dover, mountsnow.com. 28-30: Soul Stories, Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography, a weekend workshop, Immanuel Retreat Center, Bellows Falls, stonechurcharts.org.
