Events & Things to Do in and around Woodstock
Woodstock has recreation, cultural events, antiquing, gallery shopping and other activities all year round. Take a peek below at some featured activities.
Updated July 5th, 2010
Celebrate Summer with Fun, Food, Music, History and more!
All During the Summer
Wednesdays - Market on the Green
Thursdays - Brown Bag Concert Series - www.pentaglearts.org
July
July 9th - Ice Cream Social & Band Concert - Woodstock Historical Society - 7pm
July 10th - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Special Gardens Tour at 10:30am & Fallout Shelter Tour at 2:30pm
July 11th - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Appalachian TrailsTour at 10:30am & Forest Tour at 2:30pm
July 16th - Summer at Six Concert Series presents JIMMY CLIFF with special guest TREVOR HALL is on Friday, July 16, 2010 at 6:00 pm. Gates will open at 4 pm.
See www.pentanglearts.org for more information.
July 17th - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Civil War Causes & Consequences Tour 2pm
July 17th - Summer Fun at Purple Crayon
July 17th - 83rd Annual St.James Fair on the St. James Green - 10am to 3pm
July 16 to 18 - Killington Wine Festival www.killingtonchamber.com
July 18th Help make and sample four different flavors of homemade ice cream as we celebrate “the great American dessert.” National Ice Cream Day at the Billings Farm
July 18th - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Hidden Spaces Tour at 10:30am & Conservation through the Artists' Eye Tour at 2:30pm
July 24th - Explore Woodstock History! Noon to 5pm - Walking Tour & Reception Woodstock Historical Society will discuss the Woodstock Railway and its impact on Woodstock's hospitality industry, which in turn spawned interest in mineral springs and the creation of ski tows. See www.woodstockhistorical.org for more information.
July 24th - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Appalachian Trails Tour at 10:30am & Fallout Shelter Tour at 2:30pm
July 25th - OPEN House at Marsh-Billings National Historical Park
July 31st - Bookstock: The Green Mountain Festival of Words begins at 10 with out Keynote Speech by David Macaulay and goes through the day with many events - www.bookstockvt.org
July 31st - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Special Gardens Tour at 10:30am & Conservation through the Artists' Eye Tour at 2:30pm
Meet the Producers! Saturday, July 31st & Sunday, August 1st: 11 am - 5 pm
Across the Street at Woodstock Farmers' Market - Meet, sample & support the folks behind our local foods, such as Long Trail Brewery, Blue Moon Sorbet, Fat Toad Farm and many more!
July 31st - Billings Farm 23rd Annual Quilt Exhibition Opens
August
August 1 - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Appalachian Trails Tour at 10:30am & Story of a Vermont Farm Tour at 2:00pm
August 7 - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Civil War: Causes &
Consequences Tour at 2pm and the Spirituality & the Environment Tour at
2:30pm
August 8 - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Green Ideas at Work at 10:30am
Taste of Woodstock! Saturday, August 14th! All day long!
The second Annual Taste of Woodstock, Street festival, sidewalk sales, Pearce Arrow Car Show and more! Elm Street will be closed at 7:30 AM. Live entertainment starts at 10 AM. Food Childrens Entertainment, tastings, and more! www.woodstockvt.com
August 15th - Project Peru Amazon Golf Tournament
August 14th - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Hidden Spaces Tour at 10:30am & Forest Tour at 2:30pm
August 15th - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Spirituality & the Environment Tour at 10:30am & Green Ideas at Work Tour at 2:30pm
August 17 - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Appalachian Trails Tour at 10:30am
August 21 - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Fallout Shelter Tour at 10:30am and Conversation through the Artists' Eye at 2:30pm
August 21st for another Summer at Six Concert Series presents Natalie MacMaster and the Great Big Sea - 5:30pm - see www.pentanglearts.org for more information.
August 22 - Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Special Gardens Tour at 10:30am and Store of a Vermont Farm at 2:00pm
Sunday, August 22, Woodstock Chamber Music Series: Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival, Woodstock Unitarian Universalist Church, 4pm.
Sunday, August 29, Woodstock Chamber Music Series: Annual Mozart Festival with Scott Woolweaver, Our Lady of Snows Catholic Church, 4pm
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
Hiking on Mt. Tom and Mt. Peg and Quechee Gorge; Biking on our country roads; Horseback Riding
Fly Fishing – www.riverexcitement.com
Enjoy History & Culture in one of Vermont's Creative Centers:
Billings Farm & Museum - http://www.billingsfarm.org and the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park - http://www.nps.gov/mabi/
Pentangle Council on the Arts always has something going on - whether it's a live performance or a first-run movie. See http://www.pentanglearts.org
Bridgewater Mill Mall - over 20 shops, artisans & food
Historic Bentley's Restaurant located in the center of Woodstock.
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site - home of America's foremost sculptors
Calvin Coolidge State Park - the birthplace, the inaugural site, and burial site of our 30th President.
Green Mountain Horse Association
Unique Vermont Activities & Shopping:
Sugarbush Farms - enjoy tasting Vermont syrup, cheeses and lots of other goodies
Gillingham's - Vermont's Oldest Country Store
Woodstock Farmer's Market - Find great, fresh & interesting food products
AND Taste Vermont’s best ice cream, great burgers, fried clams and more at the White Cottage Snack Bar in West Woodstock – cool off and dip your toes in the Ottauquechee - both across the street from the Carriage House!
The Woodstock Chamber of Commerce lists wonderful shops, restaurants, activities and current events on its website: http://www.woodstockvt.com
Woodstock is centrally located in Vermont - you can visit many sites in Vermont and New Hampshire within an hours' drive!
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