Winter Festivals

Winter festivals in Vermont celebrate the states winter traditions like fishing, sledding, ice skating, skiing and more while families also enjoy music, games, food and fun. They are a great time to gather to celebrate winter and share warmth, from bonfires to duct tape sled races. Check out our list of winter celebrations and plan your family excursion. For more events, check out event calendar. We will keep adding festivals to the list as we find them, so mark to revisit soon!

Events

Winter Renaissance Faire @ Champlain Valley Expo

Chester Winter Festival

Highgate Winter Carnival

Winter Faire @ Orchard Valley Waldorf School

Waterbury Winterfest

Colchester Winter Carnival

Great Ice Festival in North Hero

Rutland Winterfest

Westford Winter Festival

Igloo Build @ The Montshire Museum

Wintervale

Winterlude @ Schmanska Park

Montpelier Winterfest

Subaru Winterfest @ Killington Resort

St. Albans Winter Carnival

Stowe Winter Carnival

Milton Winter Festival 2025

Free Ice Fishing Day

Winter Carnival @ Smugglers' Notch Resort

Fairy House Festival @ The Nature Museum

Fall Into Winter @ Okemo Mountain Resort

Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival

Fall Festival @ Isham Family Farm

Burke Fall Festival

Old Fashioned Harvest Market

Rutland's Whoopie Pie Festival

Pride Vermont Parade and Festival

South End Art Hop

The Tunbridge World's Fair

Caledonia County Fair

Vermont State Fair

Addison County Fair & Field Days

Orleans County Fair

Champlain Valley Fair

Lunenburg Old Home Day

Cabot Arts & Music Festival

Harvest Celebration @ Billings Farm & Museum

Manchester Music Festival presents: Music & Art with Mussorgsky’s Pictures

Middlebury Car Show & Fall Festival

Bristol Harvest Festival

Vergennes Day

Winter Renaissance Faire @ Champlain Valley Expo