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Looking for events taking place during your visit? Check out our Calendar page for a full list of daily events in St. Johnsbury, or read on to learn more about signature events to enjoy in every season.
Winter
St. J Sparkles Holiday WeekendDiscover St. Johnsbury's signature celebration of the holiday season! Shopping, crafts, music, food, wagon rides, petting zoos, and more will fill St. J with light and sparkle. Save the date for 2024 festival on Friday & Saturday December 13 & 14. NOTE: EVENT RESCHEDULED for Friday, December 20 & Saturday, December 21.
KCP Presents Live PerformancesSponsored by Catamount Arts, the KCP Presents Performing Arts Series brings world-class, award-winning performers in a variety of genres to the region in the fall through early spring each year. St. Johnsbury is the home base for the series, but you'll find shows happening all around the Northeast Kingdom.
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First Night NorthEight-hour, family-friendly downtown arts festival featuring 70+ performers and a midnight dance party to ring in the New Year, led by Catamount Arts.
NEK Classical SeriesThe NEK Classical Series presents four world-class chamber music concerts during the winter and spring each year.
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St. Johnsbury Farmers' MarketLocal organic produce, crafts, baked goods, prepared foods, craft spirits, and so much more! Outdoors every Saturday from May through October, and indoors on the first and third Saturdays from November through April.
Vermont Humanities Snapshot SeriesThe St. Johnsbury Athenaeum hosts Vermont Humanities' Snapshot lecture series, as well presents its own Arts and Culture lectures throughout the year. The events are free and present expert speakers on a wide variety of topics.
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Spring
PoemTown St. JohnsburyPoetry fills St. Johnsbury in April as the town celebrates National Poetry Month. Hundreds of community-submitted poems are posted in windows throughout downtown St. Johnsbury, with free community events taking place all month long.
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Kingdom Maple FestivalSt. Johnsbury — known as the Maple Center of the World — celebrates the history and heritage of the maple syrup industry with its Kingdom Maple Festival. Join us in downtown St. Johnsbury for a pancake breakfast, a sweet street fair, a Maple Menu Takeover, and other activities on Saturday, April 19, 2025.
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William Eddy Lecture SeriesPresented by the Fairbanks Museum, the William Eddy Lecture Series challenges the ways we think about our place in the world by bringing nationally-known speakers to Vermont. Themes for this series have focused on creativity, communication, society and natural history. Each presentation has sparked discussion, reflection and a chance to re-imagine our habits of thinking.
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Summer
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St. J Final FridaysDiscover St. Johnsbury, the Town of St. Johnsbury, and Catamount Arts present a free summer entertainment series in the heart of downtown St. Johnsbury on the final Friday evenings of June 28, July 26 & August 30, 2024.
Levitt AMP Music Series at Dog MountainCatamount Arts presents the free Levitt AMP St. Johnsbury live music series every Sunday evening in July & August at the magnificent setting of Dog Mountain.
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Autumn
Historic St. Johnsbury Fall FestivalCommunity partners like St. Johnsbury History & Heritage Center and the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum are coming together to host a new fall festival featuring activities that showcase attractions along Main and Summer Streets in the town's beautiful historic district on Saturday, September 28, 2024.
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Fall for St. JohnsburyVisit St. Johnsbury to celebrate the beauty of Vermont's changing scenery during foliage season, with activities all day long, including foliage train rides departing from the St. Johnsbury Welcome Center. The event takes place on Saturday, October 12, 2024.
Halloween ParadeOn Halloween night, St. Johnsbury is filled with ghosts and goblins flying through the trees. Main Street shuts down to car traffic so that thousands of kids can parade in their costumes, and then enjoy safe trick-or-treating.
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