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CRAFTPRODUCERS
CALENDAR 2009
27th Annual Stowe Foliage Arts FestivalTopnotch Field
Stowe, VT
October 9, 10, & 11, 2009
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Stowe always celebrates Vermont’s Foliage season with an exclamation point and that exclamation point is The Stowe Foliage Art and Craft Festival. Nestled between the mountains and the resplendent foliage, the white Camelot tents make for a perfect setting for an event. Many attendees make a point of making lodging reservations for this Columbus Day Weekend event. Since it is also Canadian Thanksgiving, be sure to book well in advance.
200 artists and artisans will be chosen from a vast pool of applicants to participate in the area’s most glamorous art and craft festival. This show represents the pinnacle of artistic quality in the region. Elegant pottery, glimmering blown glass, fantastic furniture, svelte clothing, wondrous weavings, luxurious leather, original art, and fabulous photography are some of the media on display.
As usual, at a Craftproducers Festival, there are no imports and no buy/sell products—just honest creative artists and artisans under the glorious, heated Camelot tents. In a sense it’s like experiencing 200 different boutiques except that there are no bar codes!
All kidding aside, the thousands of attendees, locals and leaf peepers alike, flock to this show to begin (and in some cases end) their holiday gift shopping. While many of the products make wonderful gifts, most customers buy for their own pleasure: home furnishings, clothing, jewelry, furniture, original Art and photography, and more. Truly, our colossal Camelot tents are veritable cathedrals of creativity.
More than shopping, this Festival offers delicious fresh food and live entertainment. There will also be a Wine and Food court featuring wine tasting and food sampling.
This Fall we will once again host the VERMONT CHEESE, BEER, AND SAUSAGE TENT. Yummy! A festival within a festival. More than a dozen micro brews will be available for sampling and drinking along with several different cheese made in Vermont. Just to spice it up a little Vermont made sausages will be available. For those wine aficionados we will also serve a variety of wines that will compliment the cheese and sausages.
The VERMONT CHEESE, BEER, AND SAUSAGE TENT will be open daily 11-4. You may select a sampler special or order a la carte.
Full menus will be posted closer to the show dates.
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Festival Facts* 200 Designer Craft and Fine Art Exhibits under large Camelot Tents
* RAIN or SHINE in HEATED Tents!
* October 9, 10, 11, 2009 from 10 am to 5 pm daily
* Vermont Cheese, Beer, and Sausage Tent open daily, 11-4
* Adult Admission $8, children 12 and under FREE, youth 13-17 $2, Weekend Pass $10, Students $5 with ID
* Free Parking
* No pets, please
Cheese and Beer Pairing Seminar - SaturdayThe Vermont Cheese Council (VCC) has entered its second decade and now represents more than 40 cheesemakers throughout Vermont who are dedicated to the production and promotion of premier cheese. Our mission includes hosting educational events for the public, acting as a resource to cheesemakers, facilitating partnerships between consumers and producers and providing technical assistance to both novice and advanced cheesemakers.
Calley Hastings, the Vermont Cheese Council coordinator and cheesemaker at Fat Toad Farm and Ruth Miller, Vermont’s “Beer and Cheese Maven” will host a Vermont beer and cheese pairing at Stowe Foliage Arts Festival. They will highlight 5 incredible cheese companies from around the state including Crowley Cheese, Cabot Creamery, Fat Toad Farm, Vermont Butter and Cheese Company, Dancing Cow and The Cellars at Jasper Hill. They will pair a variety of cheeses with beer from Rock Art, Otter Creek, and Wolaver’s including one cider pairing from Woodchuck Cider. Come and learn more about the stories behind the cheeses and why they pair so well with these local brews.
Visit our website at www.vtcheese.com or contact Calley Hastings at info@vtcheese.com for more information.
DirectionsTo get to Topnotch Field in Stowe, VT, follow I-89 South and take Exit 10 (Waterbury/Stowe). Turn left onto Route 100 North and proceed to the Village of Stowe. Turn left onto Route 108 (Mountain Road) and continue approximately 4 miles. Topnotch Field will be on the left side of the road.
For information about lodging and other details about the town of Stowe, contact the Stowe Area Association at 802.253.7321 or 877.467.8693 or visit www.gostowe.com.
SHOW ADDRESS: 4000 Mountain Road, Stowe, VT
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