Visitor Events

Colors of the Kingdom Community Festival (CANCELLED/COVID-19)

Date: Saturday, September 19, 2020
Time: 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Events being held all day SATURDAY in Downtown St. Johnsbury, including Train Rides, Farmers’ Market, Vendor Fair, Bluegrass Festival, Parade & more! Visit our cultural attractions, local shops and restaurants.

8 am-Noon    ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT PANCAKE BREAKFAST, St. Johnsbury House, 1207 Main St. Benefits St. J. Meals on Wheels program. By donation. (Ham, scrambled eggs, beverage & Maple Grove Farms of Vermont pancakes & syrup).

9 am-1 pm    CALEDONIA COUNTY FARMERS’ MARKET, with musical performance, Chickweed, on Pearl Street, behind TD Bank. Open to all. FREE.

9 am-1 pm    RUMMAGE SALE, in front of St. Johnsbury House, 1207 Main St. Benefits Good Living Senior Center.

9:30 am    TRAIN RIDE, St. Johnsbury Welcome Center. Round trip to East Ryegate, 1 ½ hours. Please follow signs for parking. $14, $7 (12 & under), “lap-kids” free.

10 am    PARADE, "NEK Spice of Life,” Main Street/Eastern Ave./Railroad Street. FREE.

10 am-all sold    PIE SALE, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum lawn, 1171 Main St., to benefit Friends of the Athenaeum.

10 am-3 pm    BOOK SALE, Secondhand Prose, 1222 Main St., to benefit Friends of the Athenaeum.

10 am-3:45 pm    COLORS OF THE KINGDOM VENDOR FAIR, inside & outside of the St. Johnsbury Welcome Center and on Railroad Street. Handmade crafts, artwork, flea market, goodies and food vendors.

COOKIE WALK, St. Johnsbury Welcome Center (inside), hosted by Grace United Methodist Church. Home-made cookies; you choose what you like to fill your tin, and hot coffee sold.

10 am-4 pm    ST. JOHNSBURY HISTORY & HERITAGE CENTER, 421 Summer St. Tours offered. Exhibit on St.     Johnsbury Town Band. Admission by donation.

10 am-5 pm+    DOWNTOWN ST. JOHNSBURY ACTIVITIES, inside & outside of stores on Railroad Street & Eastern Avenue. Downtown activities, sidewalk sales. Shop our stores! Visit our restaurants!

10:30 am-12:30 pm    DROP-IN CRAFT CLASS FOR ALL AGES, Catamount Outback Artspace, 107 Eastern Ave. Make your own construction-paper banjos. FREE.

10:30 am-5:30 pm    ART EXHIBIT, Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild, 430 Railroad St. Exhibit in Back Gallery: “We Will Always Be One,” new and classic stained-glass works, by Elizabeth Robbins. FREE.

11 am-2 pm    WINE TASTING, at Moose River Lake & Lodge Store, 370 Railroad St. Must be 21 or older.

11 am-4 pm    POP UP ART INSTALLATION/DOLCETTI: GELATO WITH A MISSION, 142 Eastern Ave. Interactive art installation, with gelato available for sampling & purchase. Benefits Umbrella.

11:30 am    TRAIN RIDE, St. Johnsbury Welcome Center. Round trip to Ryegate, 1 ½ hours. Please follow signs for parking. $14, $7 (12 & under), “lap-kids” free.

12:30 pm    PLANETARIUM SHOW, Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, 1302 Main St. Cost $7.

1-5:30 pm-ish    2nd ANNUAL ST. JOHNSBURY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL, outside Kingdom Taproom, 397 Railroad St. Performers include Beg, Steal or Borrow, at 1 pm; The Kowal Family, at 2:15 pm; Bob Amos

& Catamount Crossing, at 2:45 p.m.; and Jes & Jakob and the Blackberry Bushes, at 4 p.m. Sponsored by Catamount Arts & Kingdom Taproom & Table. FREE.

1:30 pm    TRAIN RIDE, St. Johnsbury Welcome Center. Round trip to Ryegate, 1 ½ hours. Please follow signs for parking. $14, $7 (12 & under), “lap-kids” free.

2-5 pm    ST. JOHNSBURY DISTILLERY RUM TASTING, 1350 Main St. Must be 21 or older.

3:30 pm    TRAIN RIDE, St. Johnsbury Welcome Center. Round trip to Ryegate, 1 ½ hours. Please follow signs for parking. $14, $7 (12 & under), “lap-kids” free.

PLANETARIUM SHOW, Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, 1302 Main St. Cost $7.

6 pm    ANNUAL GHOST WALK, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 352 Mt. Pleasant St. A series of sundry stories about local people, done in costume. By St. Johnsbury History & Heritage Center. Admission by donation.