The Annual Keene Pumpkin Festival

Date: Saturday, October 22, 2011
Time: 12:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Downtown Keene, New Hampshire
Cost: FREE, Donations

Gaze at towers shimmering with hundreds of jack-o’-lanterns and enjoy the messages and artistic renderings carved in orange orbs!

Activities:

• Carve pumpkins
• Bring your own carving creations to show off!
• Food Court (new this year)

We hope to see you there!

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18th Annual Family Halloween at Billings Farm and Museum

Date: Sunday, October 30, 2011
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: 5302 River Road, Woodstock, Vermont 05091
Cost: $12.00 Adults age 16-61, Children 15 and under in costume have FREE admission

There will be horse-drawn wagon rides, cranking pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin carving, doughnuts-on-a-string, “not-so-scary” Halloween stories, pumpkin games, and animal programs.

Costume parades at 12:00 & 2:00 pm, will be led by one of the Billings Farm’s friendly Southdown ewes and all children will receive a ribbon.

Admission to A Family Halloween includes all programs and activities, plus the working dairy farm, farm life exhibits, and farm house.

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11th Annual Harpoon Octoberfest

Date: Saturday, October 8, 2011 – Sunday October 9, 2011
Time: 12:00 am – 6:00 pm
Location: Harpoon Brewery, 336 Ruth Carney Drive, Windsor, Vermont
Cost: $15.00 per person. This admission fee includes 2 Harpoon beer tickets or non-alcoholic beverage tickets. It does not include food. Must be 21 years or older with proper ID to be served beer. Children under 12: admitted free, but must be accompanied by a parent

The Harpoon Brewery’s famous Octoberfest now happens twice a year! Come to the Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, Vermont for our German style Octoberfest. Come enjoy fresh Harpoon Octoberfest beer, German food, and German Oompah music. Ja!

What it’s all about?

• A festival of beer, German music, and Fall at the Harpoon Brewery in Vermont
• Sunday features a Road Race that starts and ends at the annual Octoberfest
• A wide selection of fresh Harpoon beer including UFO Hefeweizen and IPA.
• Plenty of delicious German style food sold by a local vendor
• The best Chicken Dancing this side of the Alps and the famous keg bowling game
• Harpoon Brewery Octoberfest Race!
• Featuring an outdoor Bavarian style “Beer Garden”
• Live music featuring The Jolly Kopperschmidts
• Free Brewery tours given by the Harpoon brewers all weekend long

Designated Drivers:
Remember to plan ahead and figure out how you will be getting home. Harpoon supports a Designated Driver program at each Festival. All designated drivers should visit the Customer Service booth when they arrive at the Festival where they will receive complimentary non-alcoholic beverages.

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26th Annual Harvest Weekend at Billings Farm & Museum

Date: Saturday, October 8, 2011 – Sunday October 9, 2011
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: 5302 River Road, Woodstock, VT 05091
Cost: Adults are $12.00; 62 and over are $11.00; children 5-15 are $6.00; 3-4 are $3.00; under 3 are free.

The Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont’s rural heritage, will host the 26th Annual Harvest Weekend. Harvest Weekend features a husking bee and barn dance each day plus a variety of 19th century harvest activities and programs for the entire family.

Each day a traditional husking bee will begin at noon, followed by a barn dance from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Lend a hand pressing cider, preserving apples, threshing grain, and making butter and ice cream. Harvesting the heirloom vegetable garden will be nearing completion and children can help dig potatoes and other root crops and see how the crops are “put up” for the winter.

Other activities include: shelling beans, fence building, apples-on-a-string, and 19th century games. Hot-spiced cider and homemade doughnuts will be on hand for all! Admission includes all programs and activities.

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The 29th Annual Vermont Apple Festival and Craft Show – Springfield, Vermont

Date: Saturday, October 8, 2011
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: 13 Fairground Road, Springfield, VT, 05156
Cost: Admission is FREE.

The 29th Annual Vermont Apple Festival & Craft Show will be coming up Columbus Day Weekend, October 8 2011 FROM 9 AM – 5PM at Riverside Middle School in Springfield, Vermont. It’s a fall tradition and was honored as a 2007 Top Ten Fall Event in the state by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce! There’s the annual Apple Pie contest! There will be two categories for Best Pies, Traditional & Non-Traditional. Pies need to be in by 10:30 am on Saturday and the contest will take place at Noon!

The Vermont Apple Festival & Craft Show is a celebration of the fall harvest, with over 50 crafters, live entertainment, agriculture and activities for the whole family, and, of course, Apples!

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The Pumpkin & Apple Celebration at Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, Vermont

Voted one of the Top 10 Events of Vermont by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, this much anticipated event is just around the corner!

Date: October 1st and 2nd, 2011
Time: 10 am – 5 pm.
Location: 5302 River Road, Woodstock, VT, 05091
Cost: Adults $12, seniors $11, children ages 5-15 $6, ages 3-4 $3, 2 and under free.
Contact: www.billingsfarm.org or 802-457-2355.

Hands-on activities and programs will highlight these two versatile fall crops, their historical importance, and many uses…

Apple taste test and visitors vote for their favorite. Sample pumpkin bread, lend a hand in pressing cider, make pumpkin and apple ice cream, and dry apples. Check out the apple races, pumpkin bowling, apples-on-a-string, and apple butter making.

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250th Anniversary Celebration – Ludlow

Date: 9/16 & 9/17/11
Time: TBA
Location: The Village of Ludlow, VT
Description: Ludlow is celebrating it’s 250th year of being a chartered town in the State of Vermont! Join us for an exciting two days full of activities, historic and not! Events will include: walking tours of the town, sidewalk sales, live music and BBQ’s, a street dance (or two!), and of course a parade! Please check back for updates.
Contact: For more details call the Ludlow Town Office at 802-228-2841.

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2nd Annual Mini Cooper Rally Through the Okemo Valley

Date: 9/10 & 9/11/11
Time: Starts 8:30am on 9/10, see below for more times
Location: Rally Begins at The Fletcher Farm School fields, Route 103, Ludlow, VT
Description: Come tour the Okemo Valley in your Mini Cooper! Or just come and watch them race around. A banquet and awards ceremony will follow the rally. Sunday is the back seat drivers competition (NOT TO BE MISSED!) and a display of cars will take place on Sunday also.

For registration see the below contact details. The cost to enter is $30.

SATURDAY:
This will be an untimed fun rally looking for answers to clues with a scavenger hunt component. Mostly paved roads with a few good dirt roads included. The rally enthusiasts will assemble in Belmont, VT at around 8:30 am for a continental breakfast. Belmont is in the town of Mount Holly of Route 103. The rally finishes at the Outback Pizza in Ludlow covering about 80 miles. Prizes will be awarded starting at 4pm. Outback will be happy to serve you dinner!

SUNDAY:
On Sunday we will have a back seat driver competition at the Jackson Gore area of Okemo. This will start at 10 am. Don’t miss out on all of the fun!!!

**A packet of information will be mailed/emailed out with registration information.**
Contact: For more details or to register please call 802-259-2443 or email paulknevin@gmail.com.

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Plymouth Cheese and Harvest Festival

Date: 9/10/11

Time: 10am – 4pm

Location: President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Rte 100A Plymouth Notch, VT’

Description: Celebrate the bounties of the harvest and the award-winning world of Vermont-made cheese. Cheese sampling offered by Vermont Cheese Council members, guided tours of the Plymouth Cheese Factory, wagon rides, historic farm & craft demonstrations, cheese recipe contest, barbecue, and other activities for the entire family.

Contact: For more details please visit www.historicvermont.org.

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The 33rd Annual Fireman’s Auction and Tag Sale in Ludlow, Vermont

Date: 9/3/11

Time: 8:30am – 3:30pm (or when it’s over)

Location: Ludlow Fire Station, Route 103, Ludlow, Vermont

Description: One day only! All proceeds benefit the Ludlow Volunteer Fire Department. The Ludlow Fire Department is planning on having their 33rd Annual Auction and Tag Sale, rain or shine. There are new and used items, antiques, gift certificates, dry seasoned firewood, and much much more. Food and beverages available. Come and spend the day with your local heroes and support the volunteer team.

Contact: For more details call 802-228-2211.

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