The Waterbury-Montpelier Region is the home of the nation's smallest state capital, Montpelier. Montpelier is located in a remarkable valley along the Winooski River. Montpelier's intimate size, historic neighborhoods and diverse community make it a wonderful city in which to visit, live, and do business. The Waterbury-Montpelier Region is also known for it's many institutions of higher learning, it's historic and architectural riches, it's world class skiing, and just being a great place to just be. Come ski Mad River Glen or Sugarbush Ski Resorts.
In 2010, Yankee Magazine, listed several Vermont towns in their slideshow of "Top 25 Foliage Towns in New England," including the town of Waitsfield.
Waterbury is the home of the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory. Take a tour and a taste their world famous ice cream. The area is home to many retail shops including Vermont Teddy Bear and Lake Champlain Chocolates. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is located in Waterbury, Vermont as well. The entire Waterbury-Montpelier Region is rich in Vermont quality and tradition.
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Vermont Events in October
Stowe Mountain Film Festival - Level 1, Romance
10/25/19 - 10/25/19
Stowe Mountain Film Festival presents a family-friendly screening of Romance – the final chapter of annual films by Level 1, which captures a modern-day Golden Age in skiing. Featuring a generation of talent that came of age in the best time to ever do it. Tweaking the formula, tweaking the grab, and in it for nothing but the love
The Moon Shells in Concert
10/26/19 - 10/26/19
The Moonshells are a Connecticut based trio featuring Brain Slattery, Maggie Shar and Laura Murawski. Grounded in the Appalachian fiddle tradition, drawing on Louisiana, West Africa, and Eastern Europe, they create a fusion of traditional oldtime stringband music with deep rhythms and joyful songwriting.
Fresh off the release of the band's first two albums—Seaside Asylum, an album of original songs and tunes, and Screech Plank, an album of traditional fiddle tunes done in neo-traditional style—the Moon Shells are embarking on a series of shows that will take them across New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont throughout October.
Oldtime Banjo and Fiddle workshops
Saturday, October 26th at 4pm
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