The Mad River Valley Village

SKATIUM Open Air Ice Skating Rink
2025-03-02 12:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-08 12:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-09 12:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-15 12:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-16 12:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-22 12:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-23 12:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-29 12:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date | Skatium Ice Rink, 40 Slow Road, Waitsfield, 05673
Come and enjoy open air ice skating and stick n’ puck hockey in the heart of downtown Waitsfield!
We will be open weekends and holidays from 12pm – 10pm, weather permitting. If we cannot open or our hours will change, we will post an update on facebook.com/skatium.
For more information and to purchase a Season Pass, see our website at skatiumvt.org.

LIVE MUSIC & PUB NIGHT Featuring Ragged Company!
2025-03-05 17:30 - 20:30 | Mad River Barn
Join us in the pub for all your favorite Mad River Barn menu items with live music from Ragged Company. Open 5pm – 9pm.

The 2025 Vermont Flower Show
2025-03-07 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-03-08 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-03-09 10:00 - 16:00 | Champlain Valley Exposition, 105 Pearl St, Essex Junction, Vermont, 05452, United States
Join us at the 2025 Vermont Flower Show at the Champlain Valley Expo as we celebrate and recreate gardening through the ages and discover how we as humans learn from the past as we cultivate our own gardens and plant for the future. At this year’s show you will stroll through fields of tulips, experience an English Cottage Garden and Tea House Garden. You will take a walk back in time through Medieval, Islamic and Victory gardens. As we look toward spring and planning our own gardens, no matter how small or large, the 2025 Vermont Flower Show is sure to inspire your own style of gardening.
The show is open to the public on Friday, March 7 from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday, March 8 from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Sunday March 9 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The daily cost of admission is $28 ($26 until Dec. 31!) for adults, $23 ($21 until Dec. 31!) for seniors (60+) & college students, $10 ($8 until Dec. 31!) for students (ages 5-17), and free for children 4 and under. Tickets can be purchased in advance at https://vnlavt.org/event/the-vermont-flower-show/. Parking for this event is free!

LIVE MUSIC & PUB NIGHT Featuring Al’s Pals!
2025-03-12 17:30 - 20:30, 2025-03-26 17:30 - 20:30 | Mad River Barn
Join us in the pub for all your favorite Mad River Barn menu items with live music from Al’s Pals. Open 5pm – 9pm.

LIVE MUSIC & PUB NIGHT Featuring Justin LaPoint!
2025-03-19 17:30 - 20:30 | Mad River Barn
Join us in the pub for all your favorite Mad River Barn menu items with live music from Justin LaPoint. Open 5pm – 9pm.

Net-Zero Retrofit and High Performance Expansion of a 1782 Vermont Farmhouse (Yestermorrow Spring Speaker Series)
2025-03-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 7865 Main Street, Waitsfield, 05673
Join us for the first talk in our Spring 2025 Speaker Series: Innovative Homes! Each talk takes place in the Yestermorrow main studio. Free and open to the public.
Net-Zero Retrofit and High Performance Expansion of a 1782 Vermont Farmhouse with Brian Cali
When 20 year old Revolutionary War veteran Moses Chaplin first built the timber frame structure that will be the topic of this talk, achieving net-zero energy and reducing embodied carbon were most certainly not part of the planning. In the 2020s, these goals were front and center during the work to retrofit the original house and expand to allow for single story living and meet other programming goals of the next stewards of this property. Owner Brian Cali will provide an overview of the journey to this project (spoiler alert: Yestermorrow played a key role!), the major design elements, and the process of retrofitting the original building and strategies employed for the addition (which utilized off-site construction).

Not (Just) Little Boxes: Designing for Performance, Affordability, and Joy (Yestermorrow Spring Speaker Series)
2025-03-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 7865 Main Street, Waitsfield, 05673
Join us for the third talk in our Spring 2025 Speaker Series: Innovative Homes! Each talk takes place in the Yestermorrow main studio. Free and open to the public.
Not (Just) Little Boxes: Designing for Performance, Affordability, and Joy with Andy White, Boreal Design and Construction
How do you build a home that meets rigorous energy performance criteria, on a tight budget, that is still functional, comfortable, and exciting? Join Andy White, founder of Boreal Design and Construction, to discuss how an innovative new home in the Mad River Valley addresses this important question. From the schematic design phase through the execution of the build, we will examine the strategies employed in the project, the lessons learned, and how this work can inform future housing development in the region.

Boots & Burgers: Monthly Community Line Dancing @ Afterthoughts
2025-03-27 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-24 19:00 - 21:00 | After Thoughts, 8 VT 17, Waitsfield, Vermont, 05673, United States
After a great December Line Dancing pop-up at Afterthoughts, we’re making it a regular event!
LAST THURSDAY of the MONTH | every month through May, 2025
Join us for some low-stakes social dancing you can do solo. All are welcome!
Grab your boots and come have a bite courtesy of Peace Burger before line dancing with Larissa 7 to 9PM!
+ Peace Burger & bar are open from 5 PM
+ Line Dancing lessons + open dancing from 7 to 9 PM
Admission is pay what you wish at the door: Venmo (preferred) or cash
What to expect:
Dancing:
+ Larissa will be reviewing/teaching several line dances at multiple entry levels, starting with beginner and going up from there
+ see tutorial videos on the Farmsprung Gatherings event page to review dances that were taught at previous pop-ups
Venue:
+ Afterthoughts has a full bar that will be OPEN! I’ll build in some beverage breaks during the lesson
+ delicious smashburgers and MORE available for purchase from Peace Burger
Parking
+ along guard rail in main parking lot shared with Valley Meade
+ across Route 17 behind the Chamber of Commerce (next to Cousins Brewery—be careful crossing the road!)
+ a few spots up top along Route 100 in front of the Valley Meade sign (these are the Accessible spots)
Looking forward to dancing with you soon!

LIVE MUSIC & PUB NIGHT Featuring Red River North!
2025-04-02 17:30 - 20:30 | Mad River Barn
Join us in the pub for all your favorite Mad River Barn menu items with live music from Red River North! Open 5pm – 9pm.

Bringing Mid-Century Modern Homes into the 21st Century (Yestermorrow Spring Speaker Series)
2025-04-02 18:30 - 20:00 | Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 7865 Main Street, Waitsfield, 05673
Join us for the fourth talk in our Spring 2025 Speaker Series: Innovative Homes! Each talk takes place in the Yestermorrow main studio. Free and open to the public.
Bringing Mid-Century Modern Homes into the 21st Century with Britton Rogers
Yestermorrow’s Executive Director Britton Rogers will discuss the historic preservation and deep energy retrofit of his mid-century modern home. Britton will present on design considerations for maintaining historic character while incorporating renewable energy systems like solar heat and hot water, passive thermal architecture, and resilient landscape design.

UVM String Quartet Visits Inklings Children’s Books!
2025-04-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Inklings Children’s Books, 106 Mad River Greeen, Waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Inklings is proud to host the UVM String Quartet on Saturday, April 5th at 10am!
Join us for a celebration of the power of music; beginning with a reading of PLAYING AT THE BORDER, followed by a performance from the UVM String Quartet!
FREE and Open to All.

SUNDAY LIVE MUSIC & PUB NIGHT Featuring Al’s Pals!
2025-04-06 17:30 - 20:30 | Mad River Barn

Affordable Efficiency: Achieving Green Standards on a Budget (Yestermorrow Spring Speaker Series)
2025-04-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 7865 Main Street, Waitsfield, 05673
Join us for the fifth and final talk in our Spring 2025 Speaker Series: Innovative Homes! Each talk takes place in the Yestermorrow main studio. Free and open to the public.
Affordable Efficiency: Achieving Green Standards on a Budget with Jonathon Goldhammer, Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity
Join Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity for a discussion about energy efficient building in Northwestern Vermont while embracing a perpetually affordable housing mission. Topics in the discussion will range from Net Zero Energy Homes, building to Efficiency Vermont’s Certified 2.0 and 3.0 specifications and passive solar home construction. Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity is building safe, energy-efficient, affordable homes through partnerships, giving families a hand-up (not a handout) to a better life.

Mad River Valley Community Easter Egg Hunt
2025-04-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom, 3898 Main Street, Waitsfield, 05673
Save the date for the Mad River Valley Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 12th!
This year’s event will return to WCVT’s main business office located at 3898 Main Street, across from Waitsfield Elementary School.
The egg hunt will commence promptly at 10:00 a.m., refreshments available at 9:30 a.m. The event is free and open to children of all ages!
For more detailed information, please contact Lorraine Keener at 802-496-3391 or lkeener@corp.wcvt.com.

Nature Movie Night – “A Life On Our Planet”
2025-04-17 18:00 - 19:45 | Moretown Town Hall and Library, 1147 Route 100B, Moretown, 05660
Join Moretown Library and Friends of the Mad River for a nature movie night featuring David Attenborough’s “A Life on Our Planet”.
In this moving film, celebrated naturalist and nature documentarian David Attenborough recounts his career, the devastating natural changes he’s seen during it, and his vision for our path forward.
Full of both grief and hope, this film is a must see for anyone who cares about our wild places and their fate.

LIVE MUSIC & PUB NIGHT Featuring Jaded Ravins!
2025-05-08 17:30 - 20:30 | Mad River Barn
Join us in the pub for all your favorite Mad River Barn menu items with live music from Jaded Ravins! Open 5 pm – 9 pm. Live music every Thursday in the summer!

LIVE MUSIC & PUB NIGHT Featuring Al’s Pals!
2025-05-15 17:30 - 20:30 | Mad River Barn
Join us in the pub for all your favorite Mad River Barn menu items with live music from Al’s Pals! Open 5 pm – 9 pm. Live music every Thursday in the summer!

Waitsfield Farmer’s Market
2025-05-17 09:00 - 13:00 | Mad River Green Shops, 107 M, waitsfield, VT, 05673, United States
Rain or Shine, May 17th to October 18th. 9AM to 1PM.
Enjoy local food, live music, and support local Vermont small businesses.
Our vendors consist of 57+ small family farms, handmade artisans, and unique culinary producers.
