All events are within a 1-hour drive from West Dover.
Events may be canceled or changed, especially with the wet rainy weather headed our way. Make sure to confirm details with organizers in advance.
Have an event to add? Let us know at jill@themaplebear.com!
Saturday, 31 December
West Dover
5 pm: New Year’s Eve Celebration at the 1846 Tavern with special entrees, live music, and a midnight champagne toast. All seating is first come, first serve, except for hotel guests and Tavern Club Members.
6 pm: New Year’s Eve Torchlight parade and fireworks with instructors skiing and riding the Canyon trail with torches at Mount Snow, free
8 pm: New Year’s Eve at the Snow Barn with Neon Wave (21+), $25 – Sold out!
New Year’s Eve Menu at Two Tannery Road, $120
New Year’s Eve Prix Fixe at the Farm Road Estate with special music and DJ, $175 (5-8 pm) & $250 (9 pm-12 am)
New Year’s Eve Prix Fixe at the Hermitage Inn with fireworks at 8 pm, $95 per guest, $35 (kids) – fully booked but waitlist available
Wilmington
9 pm-1 am: New Year’s karaoke at the Wilmington Village Pub with a champagne toast at midnight, 21+
New Year’s Eve Dinner at Alpenglow, $120 1st 2 seatings, $175 ball drop seating
The Stack Restaurant Saturday Night Fever Disco NYE party, $150, RSVP
Stratton Mountain
6-8 pm: Family Buffet – sold out
6-8:15 pm: New Year’s Eve Kids’ Night Out, $149
7-9 pm: New Year’s Eve Firework Hike to watch the fireworks on the mountain, $99, limited space
8-9 pm: New Year’s Eve Fireworks and Torchlight Parade, free
8 pm-2 am: 21+ New Year’s at Grizzly’s, $75 including tax and gratuities
Brattleboro
Events throughout the day and evening at Last Night Brattleboro, cost varies, Outing Club events are canceled due to weather
9-10:30 am: Special Anusara Alignment Yoga offering at Inner Heat Yoga in Brattleboro
10 am-9 pm: Downhill skiing and snowboarding at the Living Memorial Park, $5
11:30 am-1 pm: Senior pizza party at the Brattleboro Senior Center, free, RSVP
2-4 pm: Children’s bowling at the Brattleboro Bowl, $10 plus tax, shoes included
4-5 pm: Alejandro’s Old Tyme Magic Show family performance, cost is a non-perishable donation to Project Feed the Thousands
5 pm or 7:30 pm: Bowling at the Brattleboro Bowl, $69 at 5 pm or $79 at 7:30 pm, reserve a lane in advance
6-7:30 pm: Family contra dance, free but donations to Last Night Brattleboro are welcome
6-9 pm: Free ice skating at Living Memorial Park, $3 for rentals
8-9:30 pm: New Year’s Eve fire pit and fireworks with s’mores at the Retreat Farm in Brattleboro
1-2:30 pm: Last night family-friendly snowshoe or woods walk with the Brattleboro Outing Club – canceled
Bennington
8-11 am: Moon Scones pop-up bakery is selling scones made with local ingredients and sweetened with maple syrup until they are gone at 66 Main St in North Bennington
11:15 am-12:15 pm: Noon Year’s Eve Party at the Bennington Museum
6 pm: New Year’s Eve cello concert in North Bennington, limited seating. Free tickets can be picked up at the McCullough Library, Powers Market, and the Bennington Bookshop
Manchester
9 pm-12:30 am: Adults-only NYE Celebration at the Chop House at the Equinox with DJ KRYME, food stations, and a sparkling wine or cider toast at midnight, $35
5-8 pm: Kids’ New Year’s Eve Countdown Buffet at the Chop House at the Equinox with buffet, arts and crafts, music, and a magician, adult $32, kid $20, under 5 $2
5:30-6:45 pm: New Year’s Celebration at the Inn at Manchester with the Taconic String Band and a cash bar, $30 general admission
10-11:30 pm: New Year’s Eve at the Union Underground with Vermont old time, blue grass, & honky tonk, 21+, $10
Grafton
4:30 pm-12:30 am: Celebrate New Year’s Eve in the Phelps Barn at the Grafton Inn with live music by the Miles Band from 8:30 pm-12:30 am and a limited menu of shared appetizers from 4:30-7:30 pm, first come, first served, free
NYE Dinner at the 1801 Tavern, Pine Room Bar & Garden, $120
Arlington
8 pm-12 am: New Year’s Eve Party at the Arlington Inn & Spa with a live 4-piece jazz band, hors d’oeuvres and a champagne toast at midnight, $50, tickets must be purchased in advance
Sunday, 1 January
10-11:15 am: Empowerment Vinyasa Yoga at Inner Heat Yoga in Brattleboro
10 am: First-day hike with the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum at Hogback Mountain in Marlboro
11 am: Free First-Day Hike at Lowell State Park in Londonderry