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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

• Jeffersonville Art Jam (June)
• Stowe Foliage Arts Festival (October)
• Vermont Renaissance Fair (June) 

Music Festivals

• Jeezum Crow Festival (July)
• Newport, Vermont Jazz Festival (August)
• Peacham Acoustic Music Festival (August)
• Stowe Jazz Festival (August or September)

Specialty Food Festivals

• The Kingdom Maple Festival (April) 
• Vermont Maple Festival (April)

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Chittenden County

Arts Festivals

• South End Art Hop (September)

Film Festivals

• Vermont International Film Festival (October, November)

Music Festivals

• Burlington Discover Jazz Festival (June)
• Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival (June, July)
• Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival (August)
• Festival of Fools (August) 

Specialty Food Festivals

• Burlington Food and Wine Festival (June)

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Central Vermont

Arts Festivals

• Rockfire (June)
• Quechee Hot Air Balloon Festival (June) 

Dance Festivals

• Junction Dance Festival (June)

Film Festivals

• Green Mountain Film Festival (2024)
• Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (August)

Music Festivals

• Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival (August)
• Do Good Fest (July)
• Jenny Brook Family Bluegrass Festival (June)
• Middlebury Festival on the Green (July)
• New Music on The Point (June)
• New World Festival (September)

Specialty Food Festivals

• Foodaroo (August)

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Southern Vermont

Arts Festivals

• Art in the Park Fine Art and Craft Festivals (August and October)
• Hills Alive (July)
• SolarFest (July)
• Southern Vermont Arts Festival (September)
• Southern Vermont Arts Center’s Holiday Craft Market (November)

Film Festivals

• Brattleboro Film Festival (October, November)

Literary Festivals

• Brattleboro Literary Festival (October)
• Bookstock (June) 

Music Festivals

• Basin Bluegrass Festival (July)
• Danby Olde Country & Bluegrass Festival (July)
• Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots (August)
• Killington Music Festival (June, July)
• Manchester Music Festival (July)
• Marlboro Music Festival (July, August)
• Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival (August)
• Plymouth Folk and Blues Festival (September)
• Yellow Barn (June-August)

Theater Festivals

• Dorset Theatre Festival (June-September)

Specialty Food Festivals

• Brattleboro Brewers Festival (May)
• Vermont Blueberry Festival (July) 
• Garlic Town USA (September) 

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