From free community events and family friendly performances to circus workshops, the Vermont Circus Festival is for everybody! Families can enjoy the thrill of live circus shows. Recreational students can join in for fun and engaging learning experiences. Professional artists will have opportunities to teach, train, perform, and build community.

Festival Schedule:

9 – 11am: Bell Beat Bonanza on Hoop/Lyra (Eliza Gaston) (Loft East)

9 – 11am: Intro to Cloud Swing (Bobby Hedglin) (SW/Stage right)

9 – 11am: Intro to Cyr Wheel (Zeb Galipeau) (NW/Stage)

9 – 11am: 
Intro to Teaching Silver Circus (Marissa Peck) (Cotton Mill)
(CM Area)-COTTON MILL Dreamspace Studio

9 – 11am: Intro to Teeterboard (Jon Roitman) (NorthEast/pit)

11am – 12pm: Brown Bag Lunch: Studio Owners Chat (Free) (Cotton Mill) 74 Cotton Mill Hill, Brattleboro, VT 05301

12 – 2pm: Creative Pathways on Aerial Sling (Chelsea Barrett) (Loft East)

12 – 2pm: 
Intro to Beats on Vertical Apparatus (Stacey Strange) (Cotton Mill)
(CM Area)-COTTON MILL Dreamspace Studio

12 – 2pm: Intro to Russian Bar (Jon Roitman) (NorthEast/pit)

12 – 2pm: Intro to Swinging Cloud Swing (Elsie Smith) (NW/Stage Left)

12 – 2pm: Mastering the Art of Spinning - A Figure Skater's Guide (Cyara Hytopp) (SW/Stage right)

2:30 – 4:30pm: Advanced Handstand Foundations and Tricks (Fleeky Flanco) (SouthEast)

2:30 – 4:30pm: 
Circus Game - Ice Breakers & Community Building (Kristen Woods) (Cotton Mill)
(CM Area)-COTTON MILL Dreamspace Studio

2:30 – 4:30pm: Complex Drops for Aerial Fabric (Chelsea Barrett)(NorthEast/pit)

2:30 – 4:30pm: Intro to Aerial Rings (Sophie Kaufman) (Loft East)

2:30 – 4:30pm: Intro to Chinese Pole (Levi Helton) (Pole)

5 – 7pm: Circus Paintings by Karen E. Gersch @ First Friday (Free;118 Elliot) 118 Elliot St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA

5 – 7pm: Clown Crawl (meet at Pliny Park) Pliny Park, High St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA

6 – 7pm: Parallel Exit's I'll Take It (contemporary circus show)(Trapezium) 10 Town Crier Dr, Brattleboro, VT 05301

9 – 10pm: Parallel Exit's I'll Take It (contemporary circus show)(Trapezium) 10 Town Crier Dr, Brattleboro, VT 05301