SVDV Chamber of Commerce

Eat Sleep Shop Local 2025
2025-12-01 08:00 - 2025-12-24 15:00 (America/New_York) | Historic Downtown Wilmington, Wilmington, VT, 05363
Local = Wilmington
December 1-24
Shop, then shop some more: for any purchase over $25 at a participating merchant in Wilmington, take your receipt to a redemption location and claim a $5 coupon that works like cash all around the Valley. You’ll also earn raffle tickets for each $20 you spend. With a grand prize of $500 and second prize of a local gift basket, why not keep shopping and earning rewards?!

Lego Club
2025-12-05 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-12 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Pettee Library, 16 South Main Street, Wilmington, VT, 05363, United States
3:00 -5:00 Pettee Memorial Library 16 South Main Street, Wilmington, (802) 464-8557, petteelibrary@yahoo.com, petteelibrary.org We have Lego’s here for you to build with!!!

Poetry Party @ the Pettee Memorial Library
2025-12-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Pettee Library, 16 South Main Street, Wilmington, VT, 05363, United States
Join Jennifer and a group of poetry lovers to read, recite, consider, and explore the art of the written word. Tea, coffee and cookies available to keep up your deep thinking. Join this warm and welcoming group!

Holiday Crafts with Monique
2025-12-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Pettee Library, 16 South Main Street, Wilmington, VT, 05363, United States
Seasonal ornaments!

Cookie Decorating and Santa Visit at Whitingham Pop-Up Shop
2025-12-07 12:30 - 14:30 | Whitingham Vermont Holiday Pop-Up Shop, 6677 Route 100, Whitingham, VT, United States
Decorate some cookies, shop, and visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus!

Visit with Santa at The Dover Free Library
2025-12-07 13:00 - 15:00 | Dover Free Library, 22 Holland Rd Suite 1, Dover, VT, 05341, United States
Take a trip to the library and see Santa! Every child will receive a book!

Ian Campbell at Snow Republic
2025-12-07 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-14 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Snow Republic Brewery, 33 Rte 100 North, West Dover, VT, 05356, United States
Ian Campbell will be playing at Snow Republic on Sunday’s from 1 – 4 pm

Story Time at Pettee Memorial Library
2025-12-08 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-15 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Pettee Library, 16 South Main Street, Wilmington, VT, 05363, United States
Looking for a good story? Take a trip down to Pettee Memorial Library every Monday at 11:00am for story time!

Headshots and Handshakes
2025-12-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Saxton’s River Distillery, 155 Chickering Drive, Brattleboro, 05301, United States
Refresh your headshot while making some great professional connections.

Book Club at Pettee Memorial Library
2025-12-10 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-17 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Pettee Library, 16 South Main Street, Wilmington, VT, 05363, United States
Looking for a fun way to immerse yourself in books? Come join us at Pettee Memorial Library every 4th Wednesday at 6pm!

Writers' Group @ Pettee Memorial Library
2025-12-11 16:00 - 18:00 | Pettee Library, 16 South Main Street, Wilmington, VT, 05363, United States
Lynne runs a lovely writers’ group every second Thursday of the month. Join this group, if not to share your writing and that of others, but for Lynne’s warmth, knowledge and humor.

2025 Chamber Gala
2025-12-11 17:00 - 20:00 | The Hermitage Inn, 25 Handle Road, West Dover, VT, 05356, United States
Join us for a celebration of the season with local business owners, community members, Chamber staff, and Board Members. The evening will include live music, delicious food, and our annual award ceremony.
Tickets Available Now! Ticket sales end Friday, December 5th, at 4:00 pm!

Menu to include:
Stationary and Passed Appetizers
Entrees:
Homemade Sweet Italian Sausage + Orecchietti Pasta
Slow Roasted Chicken Breast
Smoked Potato Fondant

Assorted Desserts

Dover Holiday Craft Fair and Visit From Santa
2025-12-13 10:00 - 15:00 | East Dover Town Hall, 189 Taft Brook Rd, East Dover, VT, United States
Craft fair with local vendors and visit from Santa!

Bright Lights Craft Fair
2025-12-13 10:00 - 15:00 | Memorial Hall, 14 West Main Street, Wilmington, VT, 05363, United States
Join us for this fun and festive show and help support our local artists and crafters. Come in out of the cold and connect with your neighbors. There will be a bake sale and a raffle. December 13, 10 am – 3 pm at historic Memorial Hall on Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont.

SoVTYPs: Valley Craft Ales & Bright Lights Craft Fair
2025-12-13 11:00 - 13:00 | Valley Craft Ales, 18 N Main St, Wilmington, VT, 05363, United States
Celebrate the holiday season with Southern Vermont Young Professionals in beautiful Wilmington. Enjoy the annual Bright Lights Craft Fair and then grab some pizza and a drink at Valley Craft Ales.

Cookies and Stargazing
2025-12-13 13:00 - 18:00 | Pettee Library, 16 South Main Street, Wilmington, VT, 05363, United States
Cookie swap, “Winter Skies” astronomy talk, and “Lights in The Park”!

Santa at The Stack
2025-12-13 15:00 - 17:00 | The stack Restaurant, 70 Spyglass Ln, Wilmington, Vermont, 05363, United States
Visit with Santa over dinner at the Stack.

Tech Help with Alan
2025-12-15 15:00 - 16:00 | Pettee Library, 16 South Main Street, Wilmington, VT, 05363, United States
Join Alan on the 3rd Monday of each month at 3pm for all your tech help needs!

Knowledge Bites: VLCT’s Municipal Operations Support Team Webinar
2025-12-16 12:30 - 13:30
The Southern Vermont ‘Knowledge Bites’ webinar series is designed to connect Southern VT communities and organizations with resources that can help them improve operations and complete important community and economic development projects. For this edition, we are sharing the tremendous suite of resources that the Vermont League of Cities and Towns Municipal Operations Support Team has created for local municipal leaders and volunteers. From templates, webinar recordings, to on-call help, they can help you tackle the many challenges of running a small town. Get help with streamlining operations to moving those important resilience and infrastructure projects forward, finding funding resources, and more. Bring your resource needs and questions.

Teen Group @ the Pettee Memorial Group
2025-12-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Pettee Library, 16 South Main Street, Wilmington, VT, 05363, United States
Once you enter the doors of the library – will you ever escape? Our Youth Librarian Laura will make it EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to leave on Thursday February 20th at 3:00 PM. Are you up for the challenge? As long as you are in your teens, you’re welcome to find out. Advice: Don’t PANIC…!

Strega Nona Pasta Party
2025-12-18 17:30 - 18:30 | Pettee Library, 16 South Main Street, Wilmington, VT, 05363, United States
Celebrate 50 years of Strega Nona with a pasta party!

Bruce Jacques at Snow Republic
2025-12-19 19:00 - 22:00 | Snow Republic Brewery, 33 Rte 100 North, West Dover, VT, 05356, United States
The One Man Comedic Rock Show at Snow Republic!
