(View the entire listings of happenings in the area. – Vermont Standard Calendar)
There is no shortage of events this Columbus Day weekend. There’s something for outdoor enthusiasts and families. There are bake sales, craft fairs and auctions.
Go to Killington Oktoberfest at the Snowshed Lodge at Killington on Friday and Saturday to listen to live music, drink some beer and participate in a bratwurst eating contest.
There’s a fall foliage walk at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park beginning at 2 p.m. Friday. View vibrant autumn foliage in this ranger-led walk along historic carriage roads while learning about the conservation story of the Mt. Tom forest. For more information go to nps.gov/mabi or call (802)-457-3368 ext. 22.
Chris Bakriges and friends will fill ArtisTree with the sound of jazz for this one evening special performance over Columbus Day weekend Friday from 7-9 p.m. $20. Reservations required. For more information go to artistreevt.org, call 802-457-3500 or email info@artistreevt.org.
The annual Apples and Craft fair put on by Woodstock Rec Center will be held at Bailey’s Field in East Woodstock, off Route 4. The fair is Saturday 10-5 p.m. and Sunday from 10-4 p.m.
Saturday, October 10 from 4-8 p.m. There will be a Turkey Dinner with all the fixins‘ served family style. Local vegetables, homemade pies. $12 adults / $8 child Take-out available Masonic Lodge, Route 4 East of the Village, Woodstock
Have breakfast at the Bridgewater Congregational Church on Saturday from 7-10 a.m. The cost is $5.
Rummage and Bake Sale Benefit will be held on Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Brownsville Town Hall. Benefits go to West Windsor Fire Dept and Freedom in Christ Church Woman’s Ministry. Contact Krista at (802) 245-4215 for details.
Take a guided hike on Saturday. Join Northeast Temperate Network staff for these two-hour hikes at Marsh-Billings Rockefeller National Historical Park to learn how you can become a “citizen scientist.” Binoculars and a smartphone are helpful, but not required. The hike is a moderate, 3-mile walk. All programs run 10 a.m. to noon.
Go to Harvest Weekend, a celebration with a husking bee and barn dance, cider pressing, harvesting root vegetables, “putting food by,” and more at Billings Farm and Museum on Saturday and Sunday. There will also be spiced cider and homemade doughnuts. Billings Farm and Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The 42nd annual Woodstock Rotary Club Penny Sale will be held at Woodstock Union High School Saturday at 7 p.m.
Celebrate eagles, hawks, falcons and owls with Vermont Institute of Natural Science at Radical Raptor Rendezvous on Saturday. During the peak of raptor migration, discover these amazing creatures through crafts, special programs and hands-on adventures. Get an up close encounter with these predators of the sky and be enraptured by raptors. All added programming included with general admission for the day. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Harpoon Octoberfest, which takes place at the Windsor brewery Saturday and Sunday at noon, is much like the festival of the same name in Boston with nonstop live oompah music, chicken dancing, cake eating, bratwurst, and of course, barrels upon barrels of freshly brewed Harpoon beer. But instead of Boston as the backdrop, you’ve got Vermont’s beautiful Upper Valley in the peak of foliage season. The Harpoon Octoberfest Road Race kicks off this Sunday at 11 a.m. Work up an appetite for Harpoon Octoberfest beer, Kayem bratwurst by kicking up your heels on this scenic, 3.6-mile course at the brewery. All proceeds will go to the Friends of Norris Cotton Cancer Center. For more information, go to harpoonbrewery.com.
Archer Mayer will read from his new book “The Company She Kept.” Mr. Mayor will be at Norman Williams Public Library courtesy of Yankee Bookshop reading from his new mystery novel Saturday at 2 p.m. His book will be available for purchase at the event.
The First Universalist Church of Hartland Four Corners, will hold its annual Family-Style Turkey Supper on Saturday Oct. 10, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The menu will include roast turkey with all the fixings, plus homemade pies and rolls. A Silent Auction will be held all three weeks. Admission is $12 for adults, $6 for children 12 and under; preschoolers are free. For further information contact 802 436-2323.
There is a Four-Hand Foray piano duo concert Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Damon Hall in Hartland. The cost is $20 for adults, children free. The Weiser/Liston-Kraft piano duo has been called a ‘force of pianistic energy.”
Woodstock History Center will host a program with architectural historian Jack Anderson on the Fisher and Gillingham Blocks — how these two cornerstones of Woodstock’s commercial district have evolved and the stories behind the people who worked there — Sunday at 2 p.m. Public invited. Free. The Woodstock History Center is located at 26 Elm St. For more information, call: (802) 457-1822.
If you feel like catching a movie “Black Mass” is playing at Pentangle Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
(View the entire listings of happenings in the area. – Vermont Standard Calendar)