Mid Vermont for All Seasons

Vergennes Day - 27th Annual Event

Friday, August 22 & Saturday, August 23, 2008

The City of Vergennes and the Vergennes Area Chamber of Commerce invite you to their annual city-wide celebration with festivities to appeal to all ages! ACTR shuttle service will be available to all venues FREE! Contact: 802-388-7951 or info@midvermont.com

Interested vendors can download an application here: Application

Friday's Schedule:

Friday Night Street Dance - August 22
7-11 pmMusic by the "Hitmen"

Saturday's Schedule:

Vergennes Union High School
10:00-4:00Army Vehicles
Car Show of Antique Vehicles, Tractors and Engines
Fire Department
7:00-10:30Pancake Breakfast (Admission)
11:00-2:00Kid's program to be announced
City Park
9:00Little City 5K Race (starts at Vergennes Opera House).  To register: 802-877-1159 or www.RunVermont.org Race Day Registration: 8-8:45 at Steven's House, corner of Main and North Green St.
9:00-4:00 Farmers Market
10:00-2:00KidZone Bucks - free at VACC booth. Value $2 and for use at Amyland Amusements or Harry the Party Donkey at KidZone Park in Falls Park.
10:00-4:0075 plus crafters/vendors
Free Horse-drawn Wagon Rides by Clay Country Farms
10:00-11:00Vergennes City Band
11:30-12:30Snake Mountain Blue Grass
1:00-2:00"Take Two" - Pat & Tammy O'Brien. Great musical variety performance.
2:00"Books for Bikes" Drawing sponsored by Bixby Library and Rotary
1:00 til goneLions Chicken BBQ—($9 half chicken, $7 quarter chicken)
2:30-4:00LC Jazz
Bixby Library
10:00-2:00Book Sale
Vergennes Area Rescue Squad will provide food, fit children w/Free Bike Helmets, inspect old helmets, give out water bottles and goodie bags
Vergennes Opera House
2:00Addison County Gospel Choir
Otter Creek Basin
11:00Lake Champlain Maritime Museum www.lcmm.org. Program TBA
12:30-2:30Public boarding of  Philadelphia II
KidZone - Falls Park at the Basin
10:00-3:00Amyland Amusements (rides, bounce house, cotton candy. $)
Games and Face painting by the Boys and Girls Club - Free
KidZone Bucks worth $2 each available free at the VACC booth in City Park
12:00-3:00Brooks to Bays Nature Tours - free kayak paddling for families
3:30Rotary's Rubber Duckie Race - tickets available at Rotary Booth in City Park until 3:00
Main Street
All DayMerchants' Special Sales
All DayFood Sale and Luncheon at St. Peter's Parish Hall
Addison County Transit Bus (ACTR) running free shuttle between all venues and parking lots of VUHS and Goodrich Corp. (10-4)
Shopping Plaza
10:00-2:00 Aubuchon Hardware celebrating 100th anniversary with children's activities, and hamburger and hot dog cook-out

InFocus (MCTV Channel 15) with host, Jerry Germain on site.

A special thank you to our event sponsors: Addison County Chamber of Commerce, Addison County Chiropractic, American Legion Post 14, Casella Waste Management, Foote's Insurance Agency, Goodrich Corp., H.J. Leboeuf & Son, Inc., Jackman Fuels, Inc., LyndonBank, Merchants Bank, Neat Repeats, Pioneer Environmental Associate LLC, Small City Market, Vergennes Animal Hospital, Vergennes Large Animal Association.