Visit Vermont’s official Blueberry Festival: July 27th – August 5th, 2018
Do you love all things blue?
The Blueberry Festival is the place for you!
2018 Schedule of Events
Friday July 27
5:30 – 7:30pm Opening Cermemony of the 11th Annual
Deerfield Valley Blueberry Festival.
Blueberry Jello Slip & Slide at Twin Valley Elementary School
Customer Appreciation at People’s United Bank
29 East Main St. Wilmington
9am-5pm Field of Blue- Blueberry Picking
Boyd Farm 125 East Dover Rd, Wilmington. 802-464-5618
Saturday July 28
8-11am Blueberry Pankcake Breakfast
Sponsored by Deerfield Valley Rotary at West Dover Fire House on Route 100.
8am – 2pm Snow Mountain Market Customer Appreciation Day
Blueberry passport = free small coffee 323 Rte 100 West Dover
10th Annual Blueberry Festival Parade
Route 100 West Dover, Vermont from the Dover Town Offices to the Dover Town Park. Road closes at 10:45 am. Parade kicks off at 11am.
10am Valley View Saloon Blue
$5 Breakfast sandwich w/coffee, blueberry beer & cocktails
10am-5pm 32st Annual Time Line Event
Route 100 at Dover Forge Restaurant 802-368-7913
10am-3pm 8th Annual Craft Fair
Layla’s Riverside Lodge 145 Route 100 West Dover
11:30 -2:30pm Don’t Be Blue Kid Zone
Valley Trail Route 100 West Dover
11am Blueberry BBQ
Dover Forge/OMT 183 Route 100 West Dover
12pm-5pm Blueberry Bash
Live music and games. Mount Snow Resort West Dover
5:30 Blueberry Wagon Ride & Farm to Table BBQ
Adams Family Farm Reservations Required. www.adamsfamilyfarm.com 802-464-3762
5:30pm-10:30pm Jessica’s Closet 8th Annual Blueberry Fundraiser
Formal Attire required
802-368-2534
10am-4pm Botanical Art Show
Confluence 7012 Main St. Readsboro www.readsboroarts.org
10am – 5pm Open Studio and Blueberry Festival Sale
Readsboro Glassworks 6954 Main St. Readsboro www.maryangusglass.com
Sunday July 29
1-5pm Blueberry Splash at Harriman Reservoir
Sponsored by the Town of Wilmington. Best viewing spots are Ward’s Cove and the Fairview Avenue Boat Launch picnic areas in Wilmington.
2pm Blueberry Boat Parade
Meet at High Country Marina at 2pm.
10am- 2:30 32st Annual Time Line Event
183 Route 100 West Dover
Noon-4pm Botanical Art Show
Confluence 7012 Main St. Readsboro www.readsboroarts.org
10am – 5pm Open Studio and Blueberry Festival Sale
Readsboro Glassworks 6954 Main St. Readsboro www.maryangusglass.com
Tuesday July 31
125 East Dover Rd, Wilmington
11am-3pm Tie Dye your T-Shirt
7 – 7:30pm Blueberry Pajama Party and Story Time
7:30 pm Fire on the Mountain
Bonfire & Live music jam session
802-464-5619
Wednesday August 1
6pm Blueberry Bingo with the Masons
7 East Main Street Wilmington (Masonic Temple)
Thursday August 2
5 – 8 pm Family Fun Frenzy
Twin Valley Elementary School Route 100 Wilmington
Friday August 3rd
Jacksonville Festivities
3-7pm Sprague & Son Sugar House
Maple Creemees, sugar on snow & tours 1631 Rt 100
802-368-2776
IN THE VILLAGE
4-8 pm Chalk Walk & Street Fair
Live music, tastings, and farmer’s market.
Tasting at Honora Winery/J’ville Brewery and Spoonwood Cabin
5-7pm Spaghetti Dinner with Blueberry Crisp
Jacksonville Community Church Rt 112
7pm Blue Eye Contest
Municipal Center / Town Offices Rt 100
Saturday August 4
WILMINGTON VILLAGE
10am-6pm Vermont Bowl Company
Free jar of Blueberry jam & free gift with purchase over $50
111 West Main St.
3-8pm Feel the Blues at Jim McGrath Studio
22 West Main St. Wilmington
5-8pm Sampling at Ratu’s Liquor & Market
Growlers $2 off 34 West Main St.
BLOCK PARTY
5-8pm Live Music , vendors and more.
6pm Blueberry Pie Eating Contest
South Main Street, Wilmington
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9:30am-12pm Haystack Hike with Jake White
Meet at Trailhead on Upper Dam Rd in Chimney Hill Wilmington
11:00am – 1:00pm Country Roads Ride & Rally
Benefits Wede Dover Congregational Church and
Deerfield Valley Rescue
Meet at 104 Route 100 West Dover 802-464-2042
Sunday August 5
farm.o.l.o.g.y
Boyd Family Farm 125 East Dover Rd, Wilmington 802-464-5618
Berries, Vintage Cars, Music, and Food. If it’s blue, it’s probably happening in the Southern Vermont Deerfield Valley area towns of Wilmington, Whitingham and Dover in late July and early August.
The Deerfield Valley Blueberry Festival is the culmination of a community effort coordinated by Janet Boyd from Boyd Family Farm in Wilmington and the Southern Vermont Deerfield Valley Chamber of Commerce in which dozens of businesses, organizations and individuals have created blueberry or blue themed events happening the first ten days of August. “It’s fun, it’s silly, and something everyone can take part in,” Boyd says of the event.
Visitors to the Valley will find a Big Blue Parade, a Blue Street Fair, children’s activities, jam making, blueberry themed specials in the local eateries, blue music events, a blue car auto show, blueberry bake sales, blue beer, as well as pick your own blueberry opportunities. Don’t miss Boyd Farm’s “Fields of Blue” public art display. Inspired by Christo and Jean-Claude’s Central Park orange canvas display “The Gates”; Vermont farmers Janet and Buck Boyd’s display of blue tarps in their fields will have you chuckling.