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:

8:30 – 9:15am: Gentle Warm-up (Trapezium)

8:30 – 9:15am: 
Invigorating Warm-up (Cotton Mill)
(CM Area)-COTTON MILL Dreamspace Studio

9:30 – 11:30am: Aerial Sling - Drops, Beats and Spin Pathways (Chelsea Barrett) (NorthEast/pit)

9:30 – 11:30am: Handstand Foundations (Fleeky Flanco) (SouthEast)

9:30 – 11:30am: Intro to Swinging Trapeze (Violet Defiant) (NW/Stage Left)

9:30 – 11:30am: Lassos for Rope (Sophie Kaufman) (Loft East)

9:30 – 11:30am: Mastering the Art of Spinning - A Figure Skater's Guide (Cyara Hytopp) (SW/Stage right)

9:30 – 11:30am:
Mime Techniques for Expressive Movers (Cotton Mill)
(CM Area)-COTTON MILL Dreamspace Studio

11:45am – 12:45pm: Brown Bag Lunch: Concussions & Brain Injuries (free) 10 Town Crier Dr, Brattleboro, VT 05301

1 – 3pm: Fabric Lab - Applied Mechanics (Mykelle Walton) (Loft East)

1 – 3pm: Hoop/Lyra - Moving with Splits (Eliza Gaston)) (NorthEast/pit)

1 – 3pm: Intro to Cyr Wheel (Zeb Galipeau) (SW/Stage right)

1 – 3pm: Intro to Swinging Trapeze (Violet Defiant) (NW/Stage Left)

1 – 3pm: Intro to Tight Wire (Sophie Kaufman) (SouthEast)

1 – 3pm: 
The Art and Work of Juggling (Kyle Driggs) (Cotton Mill)
(CM Area)-COTTON MILL Dreamspace Studio

1 – 3pm: Tramp Wall - Foundations and Progressions (Ryan Shinji) (Tramp)

3:30 – 5:30pm: Hoop/Lyra - Rockin' Rolls (Maia Castro-Santos) (NorthEast/pit)

3:30 – 5:30pm: Intro to Aerial Pole (Emma Hoyle)) (Loft East)

3:30 – 5:30pm: 
Physical Acting / Physical Comedy (Mark Longergan) (Cotton Mill)
(CM Area)-COTTON MILL Dreamspace Studio

3:30 – 5:30pm: Sliding into Wire (Sophie Kaufman) (SouthEast)

3:30 – 5pm: A Brush with History: Art in Circus & Circus in Art (free; w/ Karen E. Gersch) (118 Elliot) 118 Elliot St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA

5:30 – 7:30pm: Festival Social Gathering (118 Elliot) 118 Elliot St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA

7:30 – 8:30pm: Alumni Cabaret (Trapezium) 10 Town Crier Dr, Brattleboro, VT 05301

9 – 10pm: Alumni Cabaret (Trapezium) 10 Town Crier Dr, Brattleboro, VT 05301