Visitor Events
View Business EventsFall for St. Johnsbury
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Time: 8:00 am
Experience foliage season, with historic architecture, beautiful view, and a bustling downtown.
8 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.: Pancake Breakfast at St. Johsbury House, Good Living Senior Center, St. Johnsbury House, 1207 Main Street. By donation.
9 a.m. - until sold out: Annual Pie Sale at St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 1171 Main Street. $15 per pie.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Secondhand Book Sidewalk Sale at Secondhand Pose, 1222 Main Street.
9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.: Pumpkins & Mums Sale at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 1265 Main Street.
11 a.m.: St. Johnsbury Town Band Concert at Courthouse Park, 1126 Main Street.
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Fall Brunch at United Community Church, 1325 Main Street.
Location: St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: Discover St. Johnsbury
Phone: 802-748-8575
Website: www.discoverstjohnsbury.com
10th Annual Fall Festival at Vermont Reindeer Farm
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023 - Sunday, October 8, 2023
Time: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Free hay rides, free barrel train rides, nature trail, visit real live reindeer, Highland cows, goats, donkeys, ponies, and many more farm animals. Our own hand pressed apple cider, Maple cotton candy, yummy hot chocolate. Food will be available in our cook shack.
$10 each admission for all events. Book your tickets on line.
Location: Vermont Reindeer Farm, 3108 Chilafoux Road, West Charleston, VT
Contact: Vermont Reindeer Farm
Phone: (802) 754-9583
Website: www.vtreindeerfarm.com
8th Annual JCRC Oktoberfest
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Time: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Trebuchet Horse Drawn Wagon Rides, Cow Plop, 50/50 Raffle, Silent Auction, and Vendors. Pumpkin Pi(e)Run/Walk (3.14 km) at JCRC Trails. All ages are welcome to Oktoberfest Celebration.
8:30 a.m. - Registration for events. $5 per person.
9:00 a.m. - Pumpkin Pie run/walk. Pumpkin pie for all finishers!
10:00 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Huge silent auction at Town Hall
10:00 a.m . - 3:00 p.m. - Vendors, food, Pumpkin Trebuchet, and Kingdom's horse drawn wagon rides
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - ZUKO and the Gang at the Jay Village Inn, with Bierhall and drink and food specials
1:00 p.m. - Buy Cow Plop tickets to benefit the Jay Focus Group Scholarship Fund (win up to $1800).
Rain or shine.
Location: Rte. 242, Downtown, Jay, VT
Fundraising event for the Jay Community Recreational Centre.
Contact: Denise M. Rossignol
Phone: 516-901-1857
Email: denisemrossignol@cs.com
Website: www.jaycommunityrecreationalcentre.org
75 Family Yard Sale & Fall Festival
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
75 plus families are donating to this much loved event: furniture, housewares, tools, sports gear, books, craft and office supplies, clothing, baby supplies, linens, and boutique items will all be in great supply at very low prices.
Location: Riverside School, 30 Lily Pond Road, Lyndonville, VT
Contact: Riverside School
Autumn Market & Antiques
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
A multi-vendor vendor fall market. There is something for everyone - antiques, collectibles, handmade crafts and art. Photo session.
Location: 995 Morrison Hill, Barnet, VT
Cobleigh Library Annual Book Sale
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Cobleigh Library will be opening their doors for Free Books for educators. The best selection will be during the sale, but they would like to get as many remaining books from the sale in people's hands as possible.
Location: Lyndon Town Office, 119 Park Ave, Lyndonville, VT
Contact: Cobleigh Public Library
Phone: (802) 626-5475
Groton 2023 Fall Foliage Festival
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Time: 10:00 am
Peter Paul Historical House is open from 10a.m. - 3 p.m. with a special exhibit of Groton family wedding dresses & photos and focusing on Bristol Bill and his counterfeiting gang, coming to Groton from England in the 1890s. Help is available for those researching their Groton property history.
Visit our library 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Annual Parade at 1:30 p.m.
Participate in the Great Pumpkin Weigh-in 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Old Fashioned Hymn Sing at the Methodist Church at 7 P.M.
Our World Famous Chicken Pie Supper at 4:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. with take-outs available. Order supper tickets.
Location: Groton, VT
Contact: Peter Lyon
Phone: 802-584-3020
Website: www.grotonccc.org
7th Annual Morgan Fall Festival
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Vendor Fair. Food, fun, miniature horse rides, home made baked goods, cookout, live music, seasonal draft beer, silent auction, pie raffle, door prizes, and 50/50 raffle.
Events proceeds from fund raising will be donated to the restoration project at our local Community house.
Location: Morgan Country Store & Cafe, 84ll Vt. Rte. 11, Morgan, vt
Contact: Morgan Country Store & Cafe
Phone: (802) 895-2726
20th Annual Ducky Derby
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Food tent, multiple prizes and raffles.
Duck Swim at 11:00 a.m.
Location: Ben's Mill, 2236 West Barnet Road, Barnet, VT
Phone: (602) 381-0943
Fall Maple Open House Weekend
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023 - Sunday, October 8, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Offering sugarhouse and sugarwoods tours so you see how the sap travels from tap to container. We will have sugar-on-snow, maple products and syrup samples. Also, the unveiling of our holiday shopping options.
Event by Deer Ridge Maple and Jessica Kimball Judd.
Location: Deer Ridge Maple, 94 Cedar Crest Dr, Derby, VT
Contact: Deer Ridge Maple
Phone: (802) 766-5447
Fall Dog Party
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
It’s the most beautiful time of the year in New England, and it’s time once again to celebrate the season at Dog Mountain’s annual Fall Dog Party! We hope you can take the time to grab your camera, hop in the car, and take the scenic ride to leaf-romping, four-legged fun and smiles at Dog Mountain. Your dogs will thank you with many wags of their tail and wet kisses.
The Fall Dog Party is free to the public and will be held rain or shine.
Location: Dog Mountain, 143 Parks Rd, St Johnsbury, VT
Contact: Dog Mountain
Phone: (800) 449-2580
River of Life Camp
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Time: 5:30 pm
Night Corn Maze, inflatables, rally, food, drive-in movie and much more!
Fee: $5 per person (5 and under are free).
Location: River of Life Camp, 1145 Rte.14, Irasburg, VT
Out of This World
Date: Saturday, October 7, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm
A Poetry Reading From Outer Space: 100 Poems, with planetarium visuals. Editor Midge Goldberg and contributors Robert Crawford and Martin Elster will read from the anthology "Outer Space: 100 Poems," which includes poets, astronomers, and scientists from the 12th century BCE to today, from all around the world.
$15-25 cash/check suggested donation goes to the instructor.
Location: Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, 1302 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, VT
Contact: Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
Phone: 802-748-2372
Website: www.fairbanksmuseum.org