5 Days until the Biggest and Best Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival Ever!

Exciting news! The first 250 people to enter the VT Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival on Sunday, October 1st will each receive a $5 Dunkin' gift card. The festival opens to the public at 11 am.

Come check out the amazing arts and crafts vendors from all over Vermont as well as Maine and New Hampshire. More than 35 vendors will be selling pottery, jewelry, maple products, candles, honey, macrame, clothing, artwork, woodworking, knitted items, and much more!

We are also so excited about the food vendors at the 14th Annual Pumpkin Chuckin Festival! We hope to see you there!

Pizza Bottega, LLC Jenna's Promise Roasting Co., Green mountain kettle corn, streettreatsvt,  Mediterranean Mix

Craft Fair Vendors

This year's Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival on October 1st will have over 35 Craft Fair vendors selling pottery, jewelry, maple products, candles, honey, macrame, clothing, artwork, woodworking, knitted items, & much more! Here is our poster...

14th Annual VTPC Poster

Pumpkin Chuckin' 2023 - Sunday, October 1st - Schedule of Events

 8:00 AM:     

• Trebuchet contestants begin setting up
• Volleyball set up and registration

9:00 AM:     

• Volleyball tournament begins

11:00 AM:     

• Doors open to public
• Food trucks open
• Craft Fair starts 
• John Smyth (local singer/songwriter) begins performing
• Kid activities start
• Trebuchet registration

11:30AM:     

• Deadline for Chili Cookoff contestants
• Giant Robot demo

11:45 AM:     

• Kirkland the Band begins performing

12:00 PM:     

• Festival introduction covering rules and motivation for event
• Chili Cookoff starts: Tastings begin, public vote for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place

12:30 PM:     

• First round of chuckin'
• Announcing by Sean Morrissey and Jake St. Pierre from the award winning local
• TV program “Grand Isle Back Yard”
• Stowe track team provides accurate measurement of shot distance

1:15 PM: 

• Giant Robot demo

1:30 PM: 

• Second round of chuckin'

2:00 PM:

• End of Chili Cookoff

2:15 PM: 

• Announce Winners of Chili Cookoff

2:30 PM: 

• Third round of chuckin'

3:30 PM: 

• Announce winners of Lightweight, Middleweight Junior, Middleweight Open and Heavyweight divisions and Grand prize awarded to most efficient trebuchet across all divisions.

3:45 PM: 

• Kirkland the band plays

4:00 PM: 

• Winners of volleyball tournament announced
• Craft fair ends
• Food trucks close
• Kid activities end
• Festival closes