Events from May 4 – September 11 – Happy Vermont

Vermont Events

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Community Music Jam in Poultney

Green Mountain Community School 1 Brennan Circle, Poultney, VT, United States

Bring your instruments, your voices, and your ideas. Everyone will take turns, teaching each other new song numbers while keeping it simple. Rock, folk, blues, Americana. Feel free to bring lead sheets.

Opening Day at Shelburne Museum

Shelburne Museum, the largest art and history museum in northern New England, opens for the season. The museum’s 45-acre campus includes nine buildings, 25 of which are historic and were relocated to the museum. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 15-Oct. 22, 2023.

Rokeby Museum Opening Day in Ferrisburgh

Rokeby Museum 4334 Route 7, Ferrisburgh, VT, United States

Rokeby Museum opens for the season. The museum’s main exhibition, Free & Safe: The Underground Railroad in Vermont, as well as trails and historic buildings will be open to the public. Tours of the historic house will be at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Admission $8-$10.

Imagine Zero Festival in Brandon

Main Stage at Solar Fest 144 Steinberg Road, Brandon, VT, United States

A music festival dedicated to eliminating waste and reducing our collective carbon footprint. Enjoy performances by musicians aligned with the festival mission to help celebrate a new wave of festival stewardship. Dawes is the headlining band with strong support from New England favorites Kat Wright Band, Myra...

Draft Animal Day in Woodstock

Billings Farm & Museum 69 Old River Road, Woodstock, VT, United States

Teamsters from Vermont and beyond will gather for Draft Animal Day at Billings Farm & Museum. Enjoy a day packed full of demonstrations and activities showcasing draft horses, steers, and oxen. Local 4-H Clubs and Teamsters from across New England will participate in skills development clinics...

Opening Day Celebration at the Old Stone House Museum

The Old Stone House Museum 109 Old Stone House Road, Brownington, VT, United States

Join the Opening Day celebration and enjoy a museum open house and free ice cream. Learn how the Old Stone House was built, gain an understanding of how Mercy Twilight kept all the students fed by walking through the Old Stone House’s period kitchen, and...

Stowe Craft Brew Race and Festival

Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa 1746 Mountain Road, Stowe, VT, United States

The Stowe Craft Brew Race returns for its eighth year! Enjoy a relaxed run (or walk) along the roads and bike path in Stowe, Vermont, and celebrate your achievement with an amazing craft beer event at Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa. All 5k participants and...

History Talk in Bennington: How Route 7 Explains 20th Century Vermont

Bennington Museum 75 Main Street, Bennington, VT, United States

In 1957, Governor Joseph Johnson promised the citizens of southwestern Vermont that the state would rebuild the region’s main north-south highway, Route 7, “to standards comparable with the interstate system.” In the two decades that followed the question of what to do with Route 7...

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Dover Open Mic Night

Dover Town Hall 189 Taft Brook Road, East Dover, VT, United States

Enjoy an evening of music, songs, and community at the historic Dover Town Hall. Open Mic Night features singers, musicians, and other talented locals.  The event is held the second and fourth Wednesday of the month.

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Feast and Field Summer Concert Series in Barnard

Fable Farm 1544 Royalton Turnpike, Barnard, VT, United States

Head over to Fable Farm every Thursday for live music presented by Barn Arts Vermont. May 25: Young Tradition VT traditional/fiddle June 1: Bow, Jack & Krishna blues/rock June 8: Michael Zsoldos and Friends jazz/funk June 22: Ladles folk/pop June 29: Cachitas Now!  Argentine cumbia July 6: Joe K. Walsh, Grant Gordy &...

Live Music to Benefit Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh

Ferrisburgh Community Center 3279 Route 7, Ferrisburgh, VT, United States

Rokeby Museum presents Music with the Museum, featuring an evening of live music with renowned musicians Paul Asbell and Bob Stannard. Enjoy food and drink tastings and a silent auction. Held at the historic Ferrisburgh Town Community Center, all to benefit Rokeby Museum’s Exhibition Fund. Cost: $30 (members); $45...

Poultney Arts Day

Poultney Poultney, VT, United States

A variety of arts organizations, schools, community members and youth will come together on Main Street in Poultney to demonstrate and share with the community the power of art, imagination, sculpture, performance and presentation of creative practice. This opportunity and event is designed to expose...