
Middlebury Festival on the Green, Middlebury, Vermont: July 10 – July 16. The unofficial “Vermont state BBQ championship,” the event supports the Rotary Club of Waterbury. Green Mountain BBQ & Music Festival, Farr’s Field, Waterbury, Vermont: June 25-26Īs part of Waterbury’s Not-Quite Independence Day celebration, the Green Mountain BBQ & Music Festival brings together over 50 pit masters and 6,000 BBQ fans through the Northeast. It’s for sure one of the most anticipated events of the summer in Vermont. One of Vermont’s biggest music festivals, Discover Jazz brings artists such as Randy Newman, The Afro-Cuban All Stars and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones to the Waterfront for a week of live music. Burlington Discover Jazz, Burlington Waterfront, Burlington, Vermont: June 3 – 12. Summer Events in Vermont: Vermont Music Festivals
If you’re game for a splurge, the BIP Pass (Beery Important Person) gets you beer, food, a t-shirt and VIP bathroom access. Don’t miss The Grift and their ’80s bluegrass alter-ego Dojo (Vermont’s best good-time-party band) at noon to kick off the festival.
Hop Jam, Bolton Valley Resort, Bolton, Vermont: August 20įull pours of New England’s best craft beer (think Lawson’s Finest, Bissell Brothers, Treehouse), meets a rockin’ day of music at Bolton. Music, crafts and local food round out the lineup at the Okemo event. Hops in the Hills Beer & Wine Festival, Jackson Gore Courtyard, Okemo Mountain Resort: August 5įor the beer drinkers and winos among us, the Hops in the Hills Beer & Wine Festival is one of few in Vermont that gives equal weight to hops and grapes in Southern Vermont, along with cider as well. There is also a VIP hour pay a little extra and get to sample with any lines. Keep your eye out for early-bird tickets. This year, Vermont’s very own Waylon Speed will be playing Saturday night. Last year was the first Stowe Brewers’ Festival, and the event draws a different set of breweries than Hop Jam or the Vermont Brewers’ Festival, as well as a food truck round-up for some tasty eats. Stowe Brewers’ Festival, Stowe Events Field, Vermont: July 29-30. This is one of few festivals where Hill Farmstead makes an appearance, along with some newbies on the Vermont craft beer scene. Vermont Brewer’s Festival, Waterfront, Burlington: July 15-16 (if you haven’t gotten tickets left, you might be out of luck for this one…) The crème de la crème of Vermont beer festivals, this waterfront beer event brings over 45+ breweries to Burlington for two days of craft beer sampling. It’s called “The Bad Liver Valley” for a reason… $35 This six-annual Sugarbush summer event brings 20+ breweries to the Mad River Valley for a day of beer, bluegrass and local eats. Sugarbush Brew-Grass Festival, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, Vermont: June 11. With the goal of “changing the complexion of craft beer,” this Vermont beer festival has the goal of introducing more women in Vermont to craft beer through education, conversation and tasting.
Betty’s Beer Fest, Big Picture Theatre, Waitsfield, Vermont: June 4.
Summer Events in Vermont: Vermont Beer Festivals
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Cold beer, time on the lake and in the garden, and copious Vitamin D are on all my checklist for making the most of this summer, along with a host of summer events in Vermont. While every season in Vermont is beautiful, summer brings with it a seriously full calendar of events for us to get outside and enjoy the warmth, blue skies and lush vegetation that is so characteristically Vermont.įor when you’re not hiking Camel’s Hump, paddle boarding on Champlain, cooling off in a Vermont swimming hole or sipping some of Vermont’s finest suds in the backyard, here are some of Vermont’s best summer events that are filling up my calendar this summer. Where will you be this summer? Share your recommended summer events in Vermont for 2016. The sudden pop of leaves and blooms this week has me jonzing for full-blown summer.