A festival unlike any other!   Picnicking, Captivating Programming with a world class Orchestra, including music coupled with Acrobatic circus performers and Audience Participation.   Pre-show activities begin at Noon when gates open for individuals, couples and families, including Strolling Entertainers, workshops and more!

Pre-show

Activities begin when the gate opens at and find their finale just before the Main Event.  Pre-show festivities will include:

• Picnicking – pack your blanket and lunch or buy it from on-site vendors
• Beer and wine garden
• Jugglers, Clowns, Strolling Minstrels and more
• Face-painting
• Acrobatic and Circus Workshops
• Drum Ride
• Didgeridoo lessons for kids and adults alike
• Violin Workshop for Czardas recital (see Main Event, below)
• The Dixieland Jazz Buzzards mark the picnic finale!

Main Event

• Bring your fiddle! We’re having a Mass fiddle/violin/Gypsy participation of Vittorio Monti’s Czardas (watch the whole YouTube video – it gets energetic) with orchestra, open to all ages and abilities
• Pastoral/Americana musical selections that specifically evoke Vermont
• Beethoven’s Pastoral meets Tropical Storm Irene and offers “Happy and Grateful Feelings After the Storm,” in an inspiring symbol of community rebirth
• Spirituals and Blues featuring solo vocalists with orchestra
• Excerpts from Pagliacci integrated with circus and trapeze performances by acrobats from the Nimble Arts – Circus Arts & Productions