The second annual Fiddlehead Festival kicks off in Dover on Memorial Day weekend, May 23 and 24. This year, the festival will be bigger. Visitors can taste the harbinger of spring, the fiddlehead fern, and enjoy live music, a craft fair, and many children's activities.
The fest features a line up of regional bluegrass bands: Gang of Thieves, Blind Owl Band, Brummy Brothers, and Jatoba under the tent at the Dover Forge/OMT in West Dover on Saturday, May 23.
This all-day event also features craft fair and bouncy house for children. Tickets are $10 single, $15 couple or $20 family.
On Sunday, May 24, downtown Wilmington is the location for a full day of events. The annual Make a Wish Duck Race kicks off in the morning. Visitors can check out the Artists on the Lawn at the Crafts Inn. The day wraps up with the Fiddlehead Block Party, from 5 to 8 p.m., on South Main Street.
There will be live music, vendors and a new competition to compete in and eat at: the Salsa Competition.
This event is sponsored by the towns of Dover and Wilmington, Southern Vermont/Deerfield Valley Chamber of Commerce, Wilmington Works, and Dover Forge/OMT