The City of Vergennes, VT and the Vergennes Area Chamber of Commerce (a division of the Addison County Chamber of Commerce) invite you to their 27th annual city-wide celebration with festivities to appeal to all ages! ACTR shuttle service (free) will be available to all venues and VUHS parking lot. Restrooms in Park and City Hall.
Interested vendors can download an application here: Application
| TIME | LOCATION | ACTIVITY |
| 7-11 pm | City Park | Street Dance, Music by the "Hitmen" Donations will be taken. |
| TIME | LOCATION | ACTIVITY |
| 7 am-10:30 am | Fire Dept. | Pancake Breakfast (adults $7, children under 12 - $5, under 6 free) |
| 9 am | City Park | Little City 5K and 10K Race and Walk (start at Vergennes Opera House) Pre Registration 802-877-1159 or www.RunVermont.org. Race day registration 8:00-8:45am at Steven's House—corner of Main and North Green St. |
| 10 am-11 am | City Park | Vergennes City Band |
| 10 am-12 noon | VUHS Soccer Field | Champlain Valley Flyers (radio controlled airplanes) |
| 10 am-2 pm | Bixby Library | Book Sale Vergennes Area Rescue Squad will provide food, give out goodie bags Safe Kids Addison County will inspect and fit a limited supply of bike helmets. |
| 10 am-2 pm | Aubuchon Hardware | Celebrate Aubuchon's 100th anniversary with a hamburger and hot dog cookout to benefit Vergennes Area Rescue Squad |
| 10 am-3 pm | Falls Park at the Basin (KidZone) | Amyland Amusements (rides, bounce house, cotton candy, hot dogs, etc. $) Games and Face painting by the Boys & Girls Club |
| 10 am-4 pm | American Legion | Energy Expo-learn how to save energy, learn about alternative energy and safety measures for wood or pellet stoves and where to go for crises help. Information and organization representatives will be available for questions and answers concerning winter fuel crisis and fire safety awareness.
If you need help filling out assistance forms, please bring all needed information and someone will help you complete them in confidentiality. We will have fuel and commodity assistance applications available.
There will be Flea Market items and Baked Goods for sale; the proceeds will be used to help with the Winter Crisis Fund.
If you have questions we will try to find answers for you or where you can obtain them. We also will have sign up sheets for things that you may need done and are unable to do it yourself. Please come: it is a day of your neighbors trying to help YOU to avoid any winter crisis. |
| 10 am-4 pm | VUHS | Army National Guard Vehicles |
| 10 am-4 pm | VUHS | Car Show (802-475-2853) tractors, trucks and engines Green Mountain Flywheelers Engine Club |
| 10 am-4 pm | City Park | 75 plus crafters/vendors |
| 10 am-4 pm | City Park | Horse-drawn Wagon Rides (Free) by Clay Country Farms—www.claycountryfarms.com |
| 11 am | Otter Creek Basin | Otter Creek narrated historical cruise with Carillon Cruises. RSVP at www.carilloncruises.com or 802-897-531. $12 adult/$9 kids |
| 11 am | City Park | "Books for Bikes" drawing sponsored by: Bixby Library, Vergennes Rotary and Safe Kids Addison County |
| 11:30 am-12:30 pm | City Park | Snake Mountain Blue Grass Band |
| 11:30 am-2:30 pm | Fire Dept. | Open House Fire protection table Children’s games Fire extinguishing training every 1/2 hr.: 11:30-2:00 Continuous: 1925 Boyer truck on display w/slide show Live smoke demo 12:00 and 1:30pm Fire gear demo: 12:15, 1:15, 2:15 |
| 1 pm-2 pm | City Park | Take Two (Pat & Tammy O'Brien) "great musical variety performance" |
| 1 pm until gone | City Park | Lions Chicken BBQ |
| 1:30 pm | Otter Creek Basin | Otter Creek narrated historical cruise with Carillon Cruises. RSVP at www.carilloncruises.com or 802-897-531. $12 adult/$9 kids |
| 2:00 pm | Vergennes Opera House | Addison County Gospel Choir (40 singers w/4pc. Band) non-profit group representing 7 Addison County churches. Donations accepted to benefit Vergennes Opera House. |
| 2:30 pm-4 pm | City Park | LC Jazz |
| 3:30 pm | Falls Park at the Basin (KidZone) | Rubber Duckie Race by Rotary (tickets available at Rotary booth in City Park) |
| All Day | Merchants' Special Sale Addison County Transit Shuttle Bus (ACTR) between 8 venues and VUHS Parking Lot (FREE) |
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, Gaines Insurance Agency Inc., Jackman Fuels Inc., Merchants Bank, Neat Repeats, Small City Market, Vergennes Animal Hospital.
