The Southern Vermont Art & Craft Festival in Manchester features over 125 artists and artisans selling handmade creations in a beautiful outdoor setting. Enjoy live music in the dining tent hall and delicious local fare, beverages, beer and wine. Admission $10 at the gate, $9...
The Crooked Ram will host a Fall Market in the Yard with more than 15 local artisans and makers. Enjoy a fun afternoon of drinks, snacks and shopping.
Enjoy Halloween activities in a beautiful setting in southern Vermont. Highlights: Movie: Nightmare Before Christmas Magician Tom Joyce Musical spooky stories Arts & Crafts Fortunetelling Face painting Haunted hallway Costume parade Trick or Treat Pre-K Dance Party Bounce House Musical Entertainment Refreshments
Join the Southern Vermont Arts Center for a weekend of holiday shopping! The SVAC Holiday Craft Market will host vendors from around the region. Find a variety of arts and crafts, including baskets, ceramics, decorative fiber, wearable fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media,...
Join the community on the Factory Point Town Green in Manchester for the annual ceremonial lighting of the holiday tree.
A Winter Bazaar in Manchester will feature beautiful holiday decorations created by talented Manchester Garden Club members, as well as works of jewelry markers, fiber artists, potters, painters, bakers and more. Enjoy festive music and hot cocoa while you shop.
Manchester’s annual Lighted Tractor Parade brings plenty of holiday cheer. Prizes will be awarded in several categories, including favorite tractor decoration. The parade begins at Manchester Elementary Middle School (MEMS) and make its way down School Street and turn left on Bonnet Street. It heads...
Join local birders to gather long-term data on the presence of birds, their abundance, and changes in populations. Appropriate for birders of all skill levels, the walks run along forest and meadow trails and around the main house. Free. Some background: In 2000, Vermont was...
Join Vermont author Joseph A. Citro at the Manchester Community Library for holiday ghost stories that explore the darkest shadows of the Green Mountain State. Citro collects and publishes the legends, lore and strange-but-true history of his native Vermont. His mission is to keep these...
Will Drucker, master distiller of Split Spirits, will guide you through a tasting of origin spirits at Ellenbogen Gallery in Manchester. Afterward, get a lesson in the core principles for creating craft cocktails at home.
Join children's book authors Roberta Stone, K. Despres and Ginger Ragaishis at the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester. I Have Four Eyes by Roberta Stone "Why must I have four eyes when most of us have two?" asks a little girl who dislikes wearing glasses. Mama tells her...
Join country blues performers Paul Rishell and Annie Raines at a concert benefiting the Manchester Community Library. Collaborating as a team for 31 years, the duo has recorded six albums, including the award-winning Moving to the Country. They have also performed and recorded with John Sebastian...
