VERMONT’S HARVEST & FOLIAGE SEASON HAS BOUNTIFUL FESTIVALS & EVENTS

Monday, September 12, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts: 
Steve Cook, Deputy Commissioner
Vermont Department of Marketing and Tourism
(802) 828-3516 or steve.cook@state.vt.us

Jen Butson, Public Affairs Director
Ski Vermont
(802) 223-2439 or jen@skivermont.com

VERMONT’S HARVEST & FOLIAGE SEASON HAS BOUNTIFUL FESTIVALS & EVENTS

Head to Vermont’s towns and mountains this fall for a slew of seasonal "Bests." The state is proud to celebrate harvest season over several weekends packed full of events. Come enjoy crisp mornings with warm cider next to fiery red and orange mountainsides. Customize your trip with family events, Oktoberfests or romantic concerts and dining. Here are some crowd pleasers: 

Tunbridge World's Fair, Tunbridge  
September 15, 2011
www.tunbridgeworldsfair.com/

Colors of the Kingdom Festival, St. Johnsbury
September 17, 2011
www.vermont.com/events.cfm?eventId=3258

Stowe Rotary's Oktoberfest, Stowe
September 23, 2011
www.stoweoktoberfest.com/

Vermont Fine Furniture & Woodworking Festival, Woodstock  
September 24, 2011
www.vermontwoodfestival.org/

Burke Foliage Festival and the 5^thAnnual Burke Mountain Music Festival
September 24, 2011
http://skiburke.com/main/?p=938

Pumpkin & Apple Celebration at the Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock  
October 1, 2011
www.billingsfarm.org/programs-events/special_events/pumpkin_apple.html

Killington Brewfest, Killington
October 1, 2011
www.killington.com/summer/activities/mountain_events/Killington_Brewfest

Okemo Mountain Resort's Annual Parrothead Party
October 8, 2011
www.okemo.com/okemosummer/resort/events/parrothead_party.asp

Trapp Family Lodge Oktoberfest with the Chad Hollister Band, Stowe
October 1, 2011
www.trappfamily.com/activities/special-events

Green Mountain Foliage Festival at Sugarbush, Warren
October 2, 2011
www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/greenmountain/htm/greenmountain/links/press/docs/weeks_act_posterR3_08232011.pdf

Columbus Day Weekend & 50th Anniversary Kick Off, Stratton Mountain Resort
October 7-9, 2011

www.stratton.com/events/columbusday_50thkickoff.htm

Discover Wine and Food, Smugglers’ Notch Resort, Jeffersonville
October 8, 2011
www.smuggs.com/pages/universal/press/discoverfoodandwine.php

MountSnow Oktoberfest, West Dover
October 8-9, 2011
http://mountsnow.com/events/event-calendar/

TAKE TIME FOR ONGOING FOLIAGE ACTIVITES:

Apples to Ipods: Go apple picking at any of Vermont’s 15 orchards. Find the wooden apple hidden in the trees and win an Ipod. www.applestoipods.com

Take to the Fields: Corn Mazes are open in Danville, Stowe, Williston, Weybridge, Colchester and many more. The Hathaway Farm in Rutland has dubbed their 12 acres of corny meandering the “Celebrate 250 Years” Corn Maze, honoring the town’s birthday: www.hathawayfarm.com/corn-maze/.

Get Lifted: Foliage chairlift rides are all across the map, at Vermont ski resorts.

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