Events in Winooski today

Forever Linked returns for a second year at the Empower Med Spa Fall Festival, offering on-the-spot permanent jewelry so guests can create bracelets, anklets, necklaces, rings, and bangles in 14k gold-filled or sterling silver. These pieces are suited for best friends, couples, mothers and daughters, or anyone celebrating a special connection, and walk-ins are welcome. Enjoy shopping and fall festivities with local vendors in a cozy autumn atmosphere while supporting small businesses.

Empower MedSpa presents its third annual fall festival, a mostly outdoor celebration featuring more than 25 vendors and a coffee and food truck. Explore offerings from Empower MedSpa, Forever Linked Permanent Jewelry, Lexie’s Beaded Bliss with handcrafted accessories, Customs by Savanah with tumblers, hats and shirts, Lori Minor with Lemon Spa, Belonging Blends and its mobile scent bar for custom fragrances, Earth, Glaze & Fire of Vermont with custom pottery, MJ’s Tasty Bakes with unique baked goods, Kaylas Crotchet with custom crocheted animals, Bloom & Buttercream with individual cake tins, Bamboujee Babes with custom bamboo clothing, Crystalline with beaded glass and crystal suncatchers, Northwoods Native Nursery with perennial wildflowers and pressed flower art, Heather’s Vermont Flower Farm with homemade jarred goods, flavored sugars, salts and more, Fairy Hair VT, Vermont Hat Bar, Timeless Threads with handcrafted sewn items, Gracie’s Barkin Biscuits, K&K Brew Mamas, and Taylor & Eleanor Sourdough. This festival is hosted and sponsored by Empower MedSpa.

Fall Fest brings the start of autumn to the Strand Center for the Arts with a full day of creative activities. Highlights include an annual pumpkin carving contest, a chalk challenge, kids activities, live art demos, and tours of the Art Center and Theatre. The gallery will also be open with free entry. The event is free and open to all ages.

The CHFD Ladies Auxiliary is organizing a 5K fundraiser. Updates will be announced as plans are finalized.

Barbacoa Smoke devotes Saturdays to the menu classics, highlighting smoked ribs, pulled pork sandwiches, brisket, and other comfort barbecue favorites. Drivers who arrive in a vehicle at least 20 years old receive a 3 dollar discount on their choice of ribs, a pulled pork sandwich, or a brisket sandwich. Vintage vehicles and timeless barbecue set the tone for an easygoing Saturday.

Explore a friendly, low-pressure space for making arts and crafts. Activities change each week, with options like painting, DIY projects, and seasonal creations, so there is always something new to try for every skill level. All materials are provided at no cost. Enjoy an upbeat atmosphere where people can connect, express creativity, and share in a sense of community. Open to all.

RePlay appears at AuSable Brewing Company in Keeseville, bringing great tunes to pair with the brewery's wonderful beverages.

Lot 6 Brewing Company hosts a live performance by singer and songwriter David Karl Roberts, highlighting local talent. The set takes place at the brewery.

Hosted at Shelburne Museum, the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s brings the community together to raise funds for Alzheimer’s care, support, and research. Each year it takes place in more than 600 communities across the country, making it the world’s largest fundraiser dedicated to this cause. The day includes registration, an opening ceremony, and a walk on the museum grounds. This family friendly event also offers participants the chance to explore the museum afterward at no cost.

A weeklong plein air immersion in Vermont’s autumn landscape, led by T. M. Nicholas and Leo Mancini-Hresko, offers focused painting time with personalized guidance, daily critiques, and conversations that aim to strengthen technique and deepen personal style. Registration is required. The retreat welcomes artists at any level who already have a basic working knowledge of oil painting and general painting, and it is not intended as an introductory program. The fee includes daily group meals, one-on-one instruction with the instructors, group critiques, informative discussions, and a balance of structured sessions and independent time to paint and unwind, all designed to build confidence and creative momentum. Travel, lodging, ground transportation, traveler’s insurance, equipment, and individual materials are not included. Lodging is available through a partner arrangement with Smugglers’ Notch Resort, with reservations handled by Smugg’s Resort Group Vacations at 1-800-521-0536, and participants may also choose their own accommodations. Pricing is 1550 USD for members and 1650 USD for non-members, with payment plans offered through the Gallery. Registrants can use the promo code BMGMember to receive the member rate.

A welcoming, judgment-free postpartum support circle where participants can speak openly, feel validated, learn coping tools, and connect with others navigating similar experiences. Babies up to twelve months are welcome. Confidentiality is essential, so discussions are meant to remain within the group. The gathering is facilitated by a full-spectrum doula who is also a parent and is not a medical or mental health professional. It is a community support space rather than therapy or medical treatment, though details for local mental health providers can be shared. Open to anyone in the postpartum period, with an inclusive environment that affirms LGBTQIA+ community members, BIPOC participants, people with visible or invisible disabilities, and anyone seeking connection. Held in a new perinatal provider space inside the Ballet School of Vermont building... after entering, head to the door on the left.

An all-ages performance featuring Katie Pruitt, the Georgia-raised singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for thoughtful songs about identity, self-acceptance, and the courage of living honestly. Her debut album Expectations earned widespread praise and an Emerging Artist of the Year nomination from the Americana Music Association. With her newest release, Fools for the Fleeting, the Nashville-based artist reflects on impermanence, ecological concern, the delicate nature of love, and the isolation that can accompany an increasingly digital world. Conceived as music rooted to the earth, it treats nature as a lens for inner life and leans into a purposeful Americana and indie-rock sound built on acoustic textures and the unpolished energy of live performance. The album includes contributions from guitarist Juan Solorzano, known for work with Ruston Kelly and Parker Millsap, and drummer Aksel Coe, who has performed with Ella Langley and Sierra Ferrell. As her third full-length and the follow-up to 2024’s Mantras, it highlights a warm, soulful voice and a perspective that centers transience, grief, connection as survival, and the change that comes with presence and surrender.

Enjoy a free get-together for gardeners of every experience level and any style of gardening. Put together by members of the Milton Community Garden, this casual monthly gathering offers time to celebrate successes, work through challenges, swap ideas, and connect with fellow gardening enthusiasts. Attend as many or as few meetings as you prefer. Everyone is welcome.

Olive Ridley’s hosts a big band from the Adirondacks that brings 18 local musicians together on one stage. The performance is free and open to all ages.

Briscoe takes the stage as a Texas-bred duo whose tight harmonies and vivid storytelling were shaped by long stretches on the highway and the landscapes that rolled past the windshield. After releasing West Of It All while finishing school at UT Austin, Philip Lupton and Truett Heintzelman hit the road and refined a blend of folk and rock that pairs road-worn momentum with reflections on family and home. Their second album, Heat of July, created with Grammy-nominated producer Brad Cook, broadens the sound with richer arrangements and contributions from notable collaborators, drawing on desert vistas, personal milestones, and narrative songs like Flashlights in the Canyon. The performance centers on roots-driven melodies, intertwined voices, and lyricism that carries the feel of travel while always circling back to where they started. This event is all ages.

This all-ages event features Benjamin Tod, the singer-songwriter who leads Lost Dog Street Band, arriving with songs shaped by a newfound ease and capacity for love. After years of writing from darker places, he has turned toward gratitude and stability, and that evolution informs his latest solo album, Shooting Star. Working with some of Nashville’s finest, he explores country from many angles, threading honkytonk through tunes that brush outlaw and red dirt, with folk and indie roots still present. The sound leans toward the classic side of country while holding tight to honesty and vulnerability. Raised in the rough and tumble of Nashville’s Lower Broadway, where he busked for spare change and learned hard lessons young, Tod now sings with clear purpose, hoping his music helps people face their struggles and reconnect with spirit, family, and community. It is a portrait of an artist stepping into a new chapter, steady, thankful, and ready for what comes next.