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Annual Model Train Show is Vermont's largest model train show on the first or second Saturday of every March, at the Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, Vermont. The show will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ^popular Click here to read more.

Penguin Plunge for Special Olympics is your chance to Freeze your butt off for a good cause! Jump into Lake Champlain in the middle of February and raise money for Special Olympics Vermont. It's fast. It's easy. It's fun! ^popular Click here to read more.

The Vermont Hand Crafters hosts their Annual Holiday Craft Show during about 3 days in November (Thursday and Friday show hours are from 10 Am - 8 PM, Saturday, 10 AM-6 PM and Sunday 10 Am-5 PM). Over one hundred and seventy five juried Vermont artisans, including at least a dozen new members, will be on hand to sell their high quality handmade baskets, fabric appliqué pillows and quilts, lampshades, pottery, dolls, note cards, clothing and accessories, fine, gemstone, titanium, silver and polymer clay jewelry, dried arrangements, furniture, photographs, and much more. ^popular Click here to read more.

Vermont Home & Garden Show is held annually... at the Champlain Valley Exposition.... With over 250 exhibitors occupying five buildings, this is the place to be to one-stop shop for products related to the home and garden. ... Admission is $5 per adult and children under 16 are free. Senior citizens are invited to come on Friday and receive $1 off admission. To get you into the spirit of spring, the “Garden Display” will be the highlight in the center of the State Building. Exhibitors related to the home and garden will be located around the perimeter of the building. The center will be enhanced with local landscapers and stone companies. This display will give you wonderful ideas for your yards and gardens. ^popular Click here to read more.

LakeChamplain.com Calendar of Events ^popular Click here to read more.

Burlington Winter Festival will be February 15 & 16, 2003 in Burlington, VT. Presented by Banknorth Vermont and produced by The Burlington Parks and Recreation Department, the festival will include activities for all ages. Check out the Family Expo at the Radisson Hotel where there will be crafts, activities, games and a huge inflatable obstacle course. Down the hall is the Kids Vermont Camp and School Fair where parents can see camps and school programs that will be offered in the summer. At the Burlington Waterfront, you'll find the Vermont State Snow Sculpture Competition where teams compete for the opportunity to represent the state of Vermont at the national competition in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin next January. There will be a mini obstacle course; a broomball tournament; wagon rides, Champlain flyer rides with entertainment on board; and more. Burlington Rail Jam and Line Skis will have a rail course on lower College Street for those interested in trying out this new sport. ^popular Click here to read more.

Magic Hat Mardi Gras Parade and Block party is put on during the Burlington Winter Festival to Benefit the Women's Rape Crisis Center. 40 Floats compete for a 2 day ski trip to Smuggler’s Notch. Many of the float participants were picked from a “Call for Floats” contest. Floats will be loaded with thousands of glorious beads, genuine Louisiana Moon-Pies, and Lake Champlain Chocolates. Through the float “admission fee,” $1800.00 was raised for the Women's Rape Crisis Center. ^popular Click here to read more.

Kid's Day is an event specifically for children. It starts with the parade, which starts around 9:30 in the morning. And best of all, most of the events are free. If you want to be in the parade you should show up at Edmunds School on Main Street by 9:00, for the line up. You can decorate your stroller, bike, or wagon, and join the fun! Traffic is stopped on Main Street in Burlington this morning for a parade. It isn't a national holiday - but a celebration of kids. It was a day dedicated to the kids. All kinds of kids: from two legged "older" kids, to four legged pets-- dressed to impress Some commercial kid-favorites were on-hand ... not to mention some unique mascots. The parade led to a waterfront carnival. At the waterfront you will find many free events for children until about 3:30 in the afternoon. Though arts and crafts -- and sometimes-even goo -- parents were thankful for what kids got out of the day. ^popular Click here to read more.

Champlain Valley Fair ^popular Click here to read more.

Intervale Festival is a full day of Vermont's best home grown music, food, history and ecologically-inspired inventions. The Intervale Festival celebrates the bounty of the farm in Vermont's largest city. Once farmed by the Abenaki people and early American hero, Ethan Allen, the Intervale today bustles with organic farms, miles of trails, a museum and hundreds of community garden plots. Come celebrate Vermont ingenuity, past and present, with horse-drawn hay rides, 3 performance stages, garden tours, Abenaki drumming, electric car rides, river boat tours, and a mammoth harvest cook-out. Children will delight in unique local inventions like the Living Machine, the Bicycle Carousel, the Tomato Maze and Garden Olympics. ^popular Click here to read more.

MarketFest is a fall sale and celebration on the Church Street MarketPlace, which runs from a Friday evening to Sunday afternoon in mid-September. So, celebrate September at the annual MarketFest in downtown Burlington. Enjoy live music, local performers and fun activities for the whole family. Join us for the annual Fortune Cookie Shopping Sale with discounts from 10% to 40% off at the your favorite stores. ^popular Click here to read more.

Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson returns to the Contois Auditorium stage in Burlington's City Hall for a five-show, two-weekend run, every December. Pageant brings the expected warmth of the holiday season with a delightful twist. Anyone who has ever been involved with the annual Christmas pageant at school or at church will recognize the trials of Grace Bradley as she "inherits" the task of directing this year's production. Most of us, though, have never had to deal with the likes of the Herdmans--undoubtedly the meanest, nastiest, most inventively awful kids in the entire history of the whole wide world. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and the newly added HollyDaze Pre-Show Sing-Along together features a cast of over 35 children and 10 adults. Numerous sets of talented parents and their children will share the stage this year. Some ensemble members are making their 2nd and 3rd appearances in this holiday classic. ^popular Click here to read more.

First Night Burlington is a community-based, substance-free New Year’s Eve festival of the arts in downtown Burlington. For 20 Years, First Night brings the best Vermont and regional artists to the largest one-day festival of the arts in Vermont. It is a safe, family-friendly day-long event, culminating in a spectacular fireworks display at midnight. It is the largest one-day arts festival in Vermont, and typically draws 20,000 people. First Night is a concept that has grown to 225 cities across the United States and the world. In 1983, First Night Burlington was the fourth city to join the celebration, which began in Boston in 1976. First Night Burlington is one of six finalists for the First Night International's "Creative Programming" award at the upcoming conference the last weekend of April in Pittsburgh. ^popular Click here to read more.

Discover Jazz Festival is one of Vermont's largest multi-cultural events! Enjoy Jazz, Blues, Latin, Swing, Zydeco, Worldbeat, Gospel and more on the shores of Lake Champlain! ^popular Click here to read more.

Irish Heritage Festival offers our community a week packed with activities, both fun-filled and informative, which celebrate Irish-American culture and community. The combination of music, lectures, movies, drama and dance provides a little something for everyone. Most of the festival events are presented with free admission, making our fundraising raffle a great draw, with wonderful prizes to win. ^popular Click here to read more.

The Annual Essex Fall Craft & Fine Art Show features more than 350 artisans. The show is a festival of traditional, contemporary and country crafts, fine art, gourmet food, demonstrations and live entertainment. ... For over 20 years, Vermont Craft Workers, Inc. has been doing their annual Essex Fall Craft & Fine Art Show around the last weekend of October (Friday 12-8, Saturday 9-6, Sunday 10-5) at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, Vermont. Free parking and on-site shuttle service is provided. ^popular Click here to read more.

Stunt Night, Rice High School's annual skit competition has traditionally been performed the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving at Memorial Auditorium, and has served as a reunion of sorts for alumni. School officials say they decided to move the show to the Flynn Theater this year to better showcase the talents of their students. That move forced them to hold the performance the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, leaving many alumni to fear that their old classmates won't make it to town in time to attend. ^popular Click here to read more.

Burlington Vermont area Community Calendar is a free calendar for free and low-cost public events that are happening in Burlington, South Burlington, and Winooski. Everyone is invited to sign up to post free and low cost events that they would like to see on the community calendar. Signing up for a user name and password will allow you to add, change, and delete your events on the calendar. The advantage of having a username and password, is that you will be able to change and delete any event that you posted, reguardless of how many minutes, days, or months later you decide to do so, as long as you can remember you username and password. Any free and low cost event can be posted, providing it is viewable by the general public. ^popular

Vermont Brewers Festival is held at Burlington's scenic Waterfront Park. The Festival's tent village setting is perfect for enjoying the magnificent views of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains, so bring your friends and family. The Vermont Brewers Festival is the longest running outdoor brewers festival in the East, and it's no wonder since Vermont is home to more breweries per capita than any other state. Brewers' participating in this event do so by invitation only, based on brewery capacity, distinctiveness, and quality of their products. Enjoy a wide range of offerings, including traditional lagers, ales, and unique products such as fruit beers, barleywines, and Belgian-style white beers. You'll also enjoy gourmet foods, demonstrations, and top quality entertainment. ^popular Click here to read more.

Burlington Latino Festival This fun-filled festival is now in its 9th consecutive year!. There will be music, dancing and activities designed to instill an appreciation for Latino culture! Please call 864-0123 for more information or check out the Latino Festival web site . Some events are free. Others require tickets. ^popular Click here to read more.