Culture Country
GREATEST DENSITY OF WRITERS AND ARTISTS
Vermont’s independent spirit has nurtured a creative culture that far exceeds its size. With hundreds of performing arts organizations, galleries, and museums, plus countless festivals, the state stands out as a lasting cultural hub. This vitality is rooted in both place and mindset: the quiet, distraction-free landscape invites reflection, while the same hands-on ethos that built farms and small businesses continues to shape its creative spaces.
A Stage Against a Lofty Mountain Backdrop
Vermont Events
At the Dummerston estate where Rudyard Kipling wrote “The Jungle Book,” a rhododendron tunnel the length of a football field opens up for one weekend in June every year. Grammy Award headliners soundtrack weekly concerts beside Lake Morey. In Greensboro, wheels of hard Jasper Hill cheese double as curling stones in this high-spirited tournament. These are just a few of Vermont’s distinctive events. Follow the echoes of music and uncover Vermont’s culture country.
Art Lives Outside, Too
Outdoor Art Spaces
A suspended black locust tree in Vermont’s biggest city recalls the state’s history as a lumber and rail hub. More than 50 sculptures sprawl across acres at Cold Hollow Sculpture Park in Enosburg. In Vermont, nature sets the stage for outdoor art.
Showtime
Vermont’s Performing Arts
Up north, an opera house straddles the U.S./Canada border. On the other end of the map, a stone church has a second life as a live music venue, hosting everything from soft folk to head-banging metal. In the Northeast Kingdom, Bread and Puppet Theatre has been performing since 1963, using puppetry to dive deep into politics and community. Your seat is saved in Vermont.
History Starts With Stories
Vermont’s History Unfolds
Here, history doesn’t live behind glass. 480-million-year-old fossils are scored into stone in the Champlain Islands. In Ferrisburgh, a museum dives deep into stories of the Underground Railroad. America’s oldest cheddar recipe is alive and well in Plymouth. Start anywhere; Vermont’s stories are calling.
Take the Winding Trail
Experience
Art and Culture in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom
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Art and Culture in the Greater Burlington Region
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