What's Up Wilmington: May 2025

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So Vermont
May 02, 2025

Welcome to your local update! Here's everything happening around Wilmington and southern Vermont this month.

Events

Valley Craft Ales

Allegra Larson — May 7th & May 14th

Join us every Wednesday night for a laid-back evening of live music, cold beer, and industry love at Valley Craft Ales. We’re keeping the midweek energy alive with rotating local musicians in the VCA taproom and special perks for our fellow service industry folks. Whether you just clocked out or

www.valleybeer.io/concerts/allegra-larson

Sammy B — May 14th

Join us every Wednesday night for a laid-back evening of live music, cold beer, and industry love at Valley Craft Ales. We’re keeping the midweek energy alive with rotating local musicians in the VCA taproom and special perks for our fellow service industry folks. Whether you just clocked out or

www.valleybeer.io/concerts/sammy-b-1

Cedar — Friday May 16th

This Show Is Donation-Based We’re proud to host live music as part of what makes this place special—but as a small pizzeria and brewery, we rely on support from folks like you to make it sustainable. If you’re enjoying the music tonight, consider buying a “ticket” online to chip in. It’s not requi

www.valleybeer.io/concerts/cedar

Shannon Roy — May 21st & May 28th

Join us every Wednesday night for a laid-back evening of live music, cold beer, and industry love at Valley Craft Ales. We’re keeping the midweek energy alive with rotating local musicians in the VCA taproom and special perks for our fellow service industry folks. Whether you just clocked out or

www.valleybeer.io/concerts/shannon-roy-2

Pettee Library

Wilmington Village Pub

Bennington

VERMONT HOMEBREW FESTIVAL

The location for the May 3rd, 2025 event will be the ​ Tuttle Lot located at 113 Depot Street, Bennington Vermont!

www.vthomebrewfests.com

38th Annual Mayfest Arts & Crafts Festival | Downtown Bennington

The 38th Annual Mayfest Arts & Crafts Festival is held in downtown Bennington, VT. The festival transforms Main Street into a vibrant hub featuring an exciting variety of craft and food vendors, music, entertainment, a kid's zone, and more! Free admission for all!

www.betterbennington.com/event-details/38th-annual-mayfest-arts-crafts-festival

Bennington Theater

Twelve Angry Jurors

A Gripping Courtroom Drama Comes to Bennington Theater!

This May, Bennington Theater presents Twelve Angry Jurors—a tense, thought-provoking drama that will keep you on the edge of your seat. A powerful adaptation of Reginald Rose’s classic Twelve Angry Men, this compelling play explores the fragility of justice, the weight of prejudice, and the power of one voice to change everything.

Trivia Night Live

Gather your friends, family, or colleagues and join us at the Bennington Theater for a fun night of questions and answers led by trivia master Jim Thatch!

There will be seven rounds of trivia to test your knowledge of movies, music, television, food, geography, science, sports, and other unique categories!

Prizes will be awarded to the top 2 teams!

Bennington Museum

Black Box, a photographic memoir

This event is included with Museum admission. Free for Members. Celebrate Dona Ann’s McAdams’ photographic memoir, Black Box Please join us to celebrate the publication of the new photographic memoir from Sandgate photographer Dona Ann McAdams. Black Box marries McAdams' iconic images

benningtonmuseum.org/event/black-box

August Kretschmer and the Stoneware Decorators of Western New York

In the 19th century, New York state was home to many of the US’s most productive potteries, and the industry supported many local trades, playing a vital role in the regional economy. We have some records about the people who made these utilitarian stoneware products, but less is known about those highly skilled

benningtonmuseum.org/event/stoneware2025may

Museum ABCs: Stitching the ABCs

Children long ago began learning to sew at the same age they learned their ABCs. Girls made needlework samplers to show off their sewing skills and their knowledge of the alphabet. We’ll see some of those samplers and use kid-safe tools to try stitching a few letters ourselves. Museum ABCs is a collaboration between

benningtonmuseum.org/event/abcs2025may

Fearless Monk

Called “an altogether extraordinary pianist” by Michael Redmond in the Newark Star Ledger, “the Downtown Keyboard Magus” in the New Yorker, and “a witty, genial and adventurous pianist and composer” in the New York Times, Jed Distler has premiered works by Frederic Rzewski, Lois V Vierk, Wendy Mae Chambers, Simeon ten

benningtonmuseum.org/event/fearless-monk

Pangaea Takeover

benningtonmuseum.org/event/pangaea-takeover

Ira Allen of Vermont

a Bennington Historical Society presentation Land speculator, revolutionary, pamphleteer, politician, and empire-builder, Ira Allen was a key figure on the late eighteenth-century Green Mountain frontier. Based on his new book Ira Allen: A Biography, J. Kevin Graffagnino’s lively talk evaluates Allen’s checkered career and

benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2025may

A Monument Society Event: Schenectady

Join Bennington Museum’s Executive Director on a cultural fieldtrip to Schenectady, NY with a walking tour led by a seasoned guide with the Schenectady Historical Society. The tour will be about an hour and a half and will cover 1.5 miles beginning at the Historical Society and

benningtonmuseum.org/event/a-monument-society-event-schenectady

Brattleboro

Brattleboro Brewers Festival – May 31st 2025

brattleborobrewersfestival.com

Lego-Palooza

www.brattleboro.com/events-calendar/#!/details/lego-palooza/11522464/2025-05-01T15

Stone Church

Saturday May 3rd

8:00 PM

Sunday May 4th

7:00 PM

Tuesday May 6th

8:00 PM

Friday May 9th

8:00 PM

Monday May 12th

8:00 PM

Thursday May 15th

8:00 PM

Friday May 16th

8:00 PM

Saturday May 17th

Wednesday May 21st

7:30 PM

Friday May 23rd

8:00 PM

Tuesday May 27th

7:00 PM

Wednesday May 28th

8:00 PM

Thursday May 29th

8:00 PM

Friday May 30th

8:00 PM

Saturday May 31st

8:00 PM

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