Calendar: Day to Day
June
1: West River Trail Run, 11.5 miles, starts South Londonderry, vermontvacation.com.
1: Artist Panel: Art and the Mystery of Life, Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts, Chester, 7p, vtica.org.
5-9: Slow Living Summit, conference focused on developing supportive communities, all day, slowlivingsummit.org.
6-9: Roots on the River Music Festival, Bellows Falls, rootsontheriver.com.
7: Brattleboro Gallery Walk, 5:30p, gallerywalk.org.
7: First Friday events in Bennington, betterbennington.com.
7-9: Strolling of the Heifers Weekend. 10a on June 8 Heifers stroll down Main Street in Brattleboro. Following the parade will be an all-day Slow Living Expo. Weekend features bicycle tours, street festival, farmer’s breakfast, more, strollingoftheheifers.com.
8-9: 27th Manchester Antique & Classic Car Show, fun for the whole family, Dorr Farm, 8a-3p daily, visitmanchestervt.com.
9: Tour de Heifer Cycling Tours, Southeastern Vermont, strollingoftheheifers.com.
9-10: Vermont Days, free admission to all state-owned historic sites and day-use sites in the state, historicsites.vermont.gov.
13-17: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall, Mount Snow’s Howe Farm, Route 100, visitvermont.com.
14: Jazz Series: Mo Jazz Redo, at Wilmington’s Mo Jazz Café, 8p, visitvermont.com.
14: Art and Symbols with Ami Ronnberg, VTica, Chester, 7p, vtica.org.
15: Pitchin’ for Families Bean Bag Tournament, West River Park, Brattleboro, fundraiser for Northeastern Family Institute, for more write LydiaMahan@nafi.com.
20-23: Wanderlust festival of yoga, music and more, all day, stratton.com.
21: Dairy Day, with celebrations at the Bellows Falls Farmers Market, all day, vermonttravelplanner.com.
21: Summer Solstice Street Fest, Main Street in Manchester, 6-9p, visitmanchestervt.com.
22: Bennington Community Natural Health and Food Show, 9a-5p, First Baptist Church, betterbennington.com.
22: Burlington Wine and Food Festival, Waterfront Park, burlingtonwineandfoodfestival.com.
22: Believer in Waitsfield Burlington Ensemble concert, Waitsfield, 7p, burlingtonensemble.com.
22-23: Music in the Meadow Race for the Cure Benefit, Motel in the Meadow, Chester, chestervermont.org.
22-23: Grafton Food Festival, Grafton Inn, graftonfoodfestival.com.
28-Oct. 20: “Red Grooms: What’s the Ruckus?” exhibit, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, brattleboromuseum.org.
29: Okemo Bicycle Hill Climb at Okemo Mountain Resort, all day, Ludlow, okemo.com.
28-July 1: Hills Alive!, world-class stage productions, concerts, play readings, and more, throughout Southern Vermont, visitmanchestervt.com.
29: North Hill, New Plants, New Voices, 18th annual summer symposium on new plants, ideas, and upcoming generation of gardeners, all day, Mount Snow, West Dover, northhillgarden.com.
29: Culinary and Medicinal Herbs class from Second Nature Herb Farm and Horticultural Services, 10a-noon, Wells, 802-645-9346.
29-30: Westminster Garden Tour, 10a-3p each day. Features gardens of Mary and Gordon Hayward, nationally known garden designer, writer, lecturer. Four other Westminster gardens on the tour, westminstercares.org.
July
All month: Midnight Madness in Bennington, betterbennington.com.
TBA: High-bush blueberry picking, grass fed beef, pork, maple syrup, organic seedlings and vegetables for sale, Two Dog Farm, Danby, twodogfarmvt.com.
1, 8, 15: Gettysburg: mini lecture series, Woodstock History Center, 7p, woodstockhistorical.org.
3-Aug 11: Vermont Summer Festival Horse Show, events all month at Harold Beebe Farm, East Dorset, vt-summerfestival.com.
4: President Calvin Coolidge Birthday Celebration, President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Park, Plymouth, historicsites.vermont.gov/coolidge.
4: Old Vermont Fourth at the Billings Farm and Museum, patriotic family celebration, Woodstock, billingsfarm.org.
4: Independence Day Celebration at Baker’s Field in Wilmington, live entertainment, fireworks, 6p, visitvermont.com.
4: Wardsboro Street Fair and Fourth of July Parade, all day, Wardsboro, visitvermont.com.
4: Hometown 4th of July Celebration Fireworks, downtown Bennington, betterbennington.com.
5: Brattleboro Gallery Walk, 5:30p, gallerywalk.org.
5: First Friday events in Bennington, betterbennington.com.
6: Wilmington Village Stroll, 5p, visitvermont.com.
6: Killington Music Festival: Music in the Mountains, all day, killingtonmusicfestival.org.
6: Red, White, and Blues Festival, Jackson Gore Inn, all day, Ludlow, okemo.com.
7: Arts & Crafts Festival, Fletcher Farm School for the Arts & Crafts, all day, Ludlow, fletcherfarm.org.
7-13: 35th Middlebury Summer Festival on the Green, weeklong, family-friendly, free performing arts festival, festivalonthegreen.org.
11-14: Four Days of Dog Shows, the Vermont Scenic Circuit, Tunbridge Fairgrounds, 8a-6p, greenmountaindogclub.org.
13: Tour de Grace bike ride starting at Stratton base lodge, gracecottage.org.
13: 12th annual Waterbury Arts Fest, held on pedestrians-only street with art, music, performing arts, food, more, waterburyartsfest.com.
16-17: Circus Smirkus in Brattleboro, 1 and 7p, smirkus.org.
18: Midnight Madness, downtown Bennington, retail extravaganza and family fun, betterbennington.com.
20: 3rd Annual Jericho Plein Air Festival, 75 New England artists, Jericho, emilegruppegallery.com.
22 thru Aug 10: Burlington Ensemble Summer Serenades, Be Pass, 10 concerts, various locations, burlingtonensemble.com.
25: Open Fields Medieval Festival, Thetford Green, vtmedfest.com.
25: Mount Holly Garden Tour, Mount Holly, mounthollyvt.org.
25: 3rd annual Art in Bloom: Nature complements art, floral artists, paintings, indoor gardens, Newport, memphremagogartscollaborative.com.
25-26: Cheese and Dairy Celebration, Billings Farm and Museum, 10a-5p, Woodstock, billingsfarm.com.
25-27: Danby Old Country Bluegrass Festival, Danby, all day, danbyoldecountrybluegrassfestival.wordpress.com.
26-28: Bookstock 2013, 5th Green Mountain Literary Festival, with 20 regional artists, readings, workshops, vintage book sale, and juried exhibit of book art, all day, Woodstock, bookstockvt.org.
26-Aug 4: Deerfield Valley Blueberry Festival, events all week around West Dover, vermontblueberry.com.
27: 3rd Annual Weston Fine Art Show, Old Parish Church, all day, Weston, weston-vermont.com.
27-28: Deerfield Valley’s Civil War Days, Harris House Museum, all day, vermontcivilwar150.org.
August
All month: 27th Annual Quilt Exhibition at Billings Farm and Museum, Woodstock, billingsfarm.org.
1-Sept 2: Vermont Festival of the Arts, Waitsfield, vermontartfest.com.
2: Brattleboro Gallery Walk, 5:30p, gallerywalk.org.
2: First Friday events in Bennington, betterbennington.com.
2-4: Southern Vermont Art and Craft Festival, with specialty foods, crafts, beer/wine, and demonstrations, all day, Camelot Village, Bennington, craftproducers.com.
3: Rockingham Old Home Days with a 5K race, car show, sidewalk sales, fireworks and more, all day, Bellows Falls, gfrcc.org.
3: Grace Cottage Hospital Auxiliary Fair Day, old-fashioned fair, fun, gracecottage.org.
3: 17th annual Norman’s Attic event, visitmanchestervt.com.
3: Gear Up for Lyme Uphill Bike Race at Mount Equinox, Manchester, gearupforlyme.com.
6-11: Dorset Then and Dorset Artists Now, Bickford Building, Dorset, strattonmagazine.com.
8-11: Manchester Sidewalk Sales, all day, downtown Manchester, visitmanchestervt.com.
10: Woodstock Summer Fest with food, drink, live music, street performers, more, 10a-9p, Woodstock, woodstockvt.com.
10: West Newbury Summer Festival, all day, West Newbury, 802-584-3809.
10: Canning and Preserving Root Vegetables workshop, Wellsmere Farm, Wells, 802-645-9346.
10-11: 52nd Annual Art in the Park Festival/span>, fine arts and crafts fair, Main Street, Rutland, chaffeeartcenter.org.
11: The August West Festival, music festival at Jay Peak Resort, Jay Peak, augustwestfest.com.
11: Southern Vermont Hot Dog Cook-off, music by Bondville Boys, 1-4p, Stone Hearth Inn, Chester, spfldhumane.org.
11: Antique Tractor Day at Billings Farm, Woodstock, billingsfarm.org.
13-15: Circus Smirkus, Montpelier High School, 2 and 7p, smirkus.org.
17-18: Battle of Bennington weekend celebration with parade in downtown Bennington, 12:30p, and more, betterbennington.com.
14-18: The Vermont Challenge, bicycle tour across Southern and Central Vermont, vtchallenge.com.
17-25: Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, featuring a major new work by David Ludwig, festival’s composer in residence; various locations, lccmf.org for full schedule.
23-25: 213th Annual Bondville Fair, family fun and events all day, Bondville, bondvillefair.org.
31-Sept 1: Garlic and Herb Festival, one of the top festivals in the world, at Camelot village, Bennington, betterbennington.com.
September
3-8: Dorset Then and Dorset Artists Now, 11a-6p, Bickford Building, Dorset Green, Dorset
3-8: 4th Annual Plein Air Competition, Bennington County. Selected artists will have four days of plein air painting, grand exhibition and awards presentation Sept. 8. Schedule and info pleinair-vermont.com.
13-15: Vermont Swing Dance Championships, Stratton Mountain Resort, vermontwestcoastswing.net.
26-28: 8th ITVFest, an independent film, TV, multimedia and Web content fest, the only one of its kind, West Dover, itvfest.com.
28-29: 10th annual Vermont Fine Furniture, Woodworking and Forest Festival, Woodstock, all day, vermontwood.com.
