Arts Festivals
The Cambridge Festival of the Arts.
Celebrate everything from books to jazz and chamber music to granite sculpture in four regions: Northern Vermont, Chittenden County, Central Vermont, and Southern Vermont.
Northern Vermont
Arts Festivals
- Cambridge Festival of the Arts (August)
- Stowe Foliage Arts Festival (October)
- Swanton Arts Spectacular (August)
Music Festivals
- Jeezum Crow Festival (July)
- Newport, Vermont Jazz Festival (August)
- Peacham Acoustic Music Festival (August)
- Spruce Peak Folk Festival (August)
Chittenden County
Arts Festivals
-
Vermont Quilt Festival (June)

Romeo and Juliet performed as part of the Vermont Shakespeare Festival.
Film Festivals
- Vermont International Film Festival (October, November)
Literary Festivals
- Burlington Book Festival (September)
Music Festivals
- Burlington Discover Jazz Festival (June)
- Grand Point North (September)
- Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival (June, July)
- Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival (August)
- Vermont Mozart Festival (July, August)
Theater Festivals
Central Vermont

Morris dancers at Chandler's 24th New World Festival, photo by First Light Studios.
Arts Festivals
- Vermont Festival of the Arts (August, September)
- Rockfire (June)
Dance Festivals
-
New World Festival (Labor Day Weekend)
Film Festivals
- Green Mountain Film Festival (March)
- Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (August)
Music Festivals
- Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival (August)
- Do Good Fest (June)
- Jenny Brook Family Bluegrass Festival (June)
- Middlebury Festival on the Green (July)
- New Music on The Point (June)
- New World Festival (August)
Theater Festivals
Southern Vermont
Arts Festivals
- Art in the Park Fine Art and Craft Festivals (August and October)
- Four Freedoms Festival (July)
- Harvest Arts and Crafts Show (October)
- Hills Alive (year-round)
- Manchester Fall Art and Craft Festival (September)
- NoTown Music and Art Festival (July)
- SolarFest (returns July 2018)
- Southern Vermont Art and Craft Festival (August)
Dance Festivals
Film Festivals
- Brattleboro Film Festival (October, November)
- Women's Film Festival (March)
Literary Festivals
- Brattleboro Literary Festival (October)

Musicians at the Marlboro Music Festival.
Music Festivals
- Basin Bluegrass Festival (July)
- Danby Olde Country & Bluegrass Festival (July)
- Frendly Gathering (June, July)
- Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots (August)
- Killington Music Festival (June, July)
- Manchester Music Festival (year-round)
- Marlboro Music Festival (July, August)
- North Branch Bluegrass Festival (September)
- NoTown Music Festival, (July)
- Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival (July, August)
- Plymouth Folk and Blues Festival (September)
- Springfield Steampunk Festival (September)
- Wanderlust (June)
- Yellow Barn (July, August)
Theater Festivals
- Dorset Theatre Festival (June-September)
- Great River Theatre Festival (July)
Find more music festivals on Vermont Public Radio's website