There are many fun and enriching events happening in and around the Inn at Valley Farms to entertain and  engage you during your stay. From civic events like concerts and plays, to parades and art shows there is almost always something to do in Walpole and the surrounding areas.

Regularly Occurring Events:



Outdoor Farmers' Markets in this region run May through October and are held rain or shine. The following are all less than a 30-minute drive from the inn:
Walpole, NH : Every Friday afternoon 3-6pm. On the town common, Walpole, NH. 
Bellows Falls, VT: Every Friday afternoon 4-7pm. Waypoint Center, Bellows Falls, VT.

Chester, VT: Sundays 11-2pm. Routes 11 &103 (in front of Zachary’s Pizza), Chester, VT. Tel. 802-875-2703

Brattleboro, VT: Saturdays 9-2pm and Wednesdays 10-2pm. Route 9, Brattleboro, VT.

Keene, NH: Tuesdays and Saturdays 9-2pm. Gilbo Avenue Parking Lot, Keene, NH. Tel. 603-446-9474
Putney, VT : Sunday afternoons in front of the Putney Co-op, Main Street Putney
Winter Farmers Market : One Saturday per month November - May at Stonewall Farm from noon-4pm.

Listed below are some of our favorite local annual events. There are many more regularly occurring events held in the area, some of which can be found on our attractions page.

 

Events for January
January 22nd: Winter Farmers Market: This market will have a full supply of veggies, beef, eggs, milk, honey, jellies, baked goods, and much more! Held once a month on Saturdays from noon - 4pm. For more information call 603-357-7278 or ahopkins@stonewallfarm.org.
 

Events for February
February 19th: Winter Farmers Market: This market will have a full supply of veggies, beef, eggs, milk, honey, jellies, baked goods, and much more! Held once a month on Saturdays from noon - 4pm. For more information call 603-357-7278 or ahopkins@stonewallfarm.org.
 

Events for March
March 12th: Winter Farmers Market: This market will have a full supply of veggies, beef, eggs, milk, honey, jellies, baked goods, and much more! Held once a month on Saturdays from noon - 4pm. For more information call 603-357-7278 or ahopkins@stonewallfarm.org.

 

March 19 & 20: New Hampshire Maple Weekend. Over 60 sugar houses across the state will participate in this open house weekend. Visit as many sugar houses as you like to learn how maple syrup is made and the modern methods used to carry on this ancient tradition. Enjoy free samples, horse-drawn rides, sugar on snow, pancake breakfasts and more! Fun for the whole family. For a list of participating sugar houses and what each is offering, check the NH Maple Producers website after mid-March or call 603-225-3757.

 

March 26th: Stonewall Farm's 12th Annual Sap Gathering Contest. Learn more about the story of maple sugaring in New England. Each year, Stonewall Farm invites about twenty teams of draft horses and their owners to race along a course set up in the woodlands behind the Learning Center. They gather sap from old-fashioned buckets, which are then dumped into a large holding tank at the end of the run. Teams are judged for technique, time and quantity, and both spectators and participants have a blast. The sap will be boiling there will be food for sale, obstacle courses, maple syrup sundaes, hayrides, and lots more. Location: 242 Chesterfield Road. Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Cost: NA. Information: 603-357-7278 or visit www.stonewallfarm.org.

 

Events for April
April 16th: Winter Farmers Market: This market will have a full supply of veggies, beef, eggs, milk, honey, jellies, baked goods, and much more! Held once a month on Saturdays from noon - 4pm. For more information call 603-357-7278 or ahopkins@stonewallfarm.org.
 

Events for May
 
 

Events for June

June 3rd-5th: Get ready for the 9th Annual Strolling of the Heifers weekend. Three days filled with great events to entertain and educate the whole family highlighted of course by the world famous strolling of the heifers parade, Saturday, June 5th 10 am on Brattleboro, VT's historic Main Street followed by the Dairy Festival and Green Expo.

 

June 4th:  Farm Tour. A highly educational tour of our 105-acre family owned and operated pasture based farm. Visit our animals, see our"chicken tractors" and "egg mobile" in action, view our historic three-story post and beam barn, learn about intensive rotational grazing, tour our no till vegetable garden, and more. Come with your camera and your questions. Learn how real food is grown! Reservations required.Visit WalpoleValleyFarms for more information.

 

June 23rd through June 26th: Walpole Old Home Days. A series of events over multiple days to celebrate our great town's heritage and bring our community together.The weekend evens will be kicked off with a block party event with live music in the streets and include a production by the Walpole Players, the perennial favorite parade and more. Stay tuned for more details.

 

June 25th and 26th: 47th Annual Gilsum Rock Swap and Mineral Show. More than 60 dealers and swappers with gems, jewelry and minerals available for sale or trade. Pan for minerals, scale the rock climbing wall, enjoy an old fashioned New England ham and bean dinner with home made pies, sit down for a Chicken Barbeque lunch and more! Rain or shine.

 

Events for July

July 2nd: Farm Tour. A highly educational tour of our 105-acre family owned and operated pasture based farm. Visit our animals, see our"chicken tractors" and "egg mobile" in action, view our historic three-story post and beam barn, learn about intensive rotational grazing, tour our no till vegetable garden, and more. Come with your camera and your questions. Learn how real food is grown! Reservations required.Visit WalpoleValleyFarms for more information.

 

July 4th: Don't miss Saxtons River, Vt's annual patriotic celebration complete with an old-fashioned parade, pie contest, live music, street water polo, bar-b-q, fireworks and more. Main Street, Saxtons River, VT. This is an annual favorite not to be missed!

 

July 30th: Our Annual Outdoor Movie Night! The fun begins at 7pm with classic cartoons then @ 7:30 this year's feature film - the 2000 British animated family film... Chicken Run! Popcorn, drinks and homemade cookies provided. Bring your own blanket or chair or sit on the hay bales provided and watch great cinema projected on the side of our century-old barn. Open to the public. Free will donations appreciated. Bring a pot luck dessert to share if you can. Don't miss this great family event!

 

 

Events for August

August 3rd-7th: Cheshire Fair . Local fair with all the trimmings - midway, 4H demonstrations, horse shows, tractor pulls, farm animals, and more. Cheshire Fairgrounds, Swanzey, NH.

 

August 6th: Farm Tour. A highly educational tour of our 105-acre family owned and operated pasture based farm. Visit our animals, see our"chicken tractors" and "egg mobile" in action, view our historic three-story post and beam barn, learn about intensive rotational grazing, tour our no till vegetable garden, and more. Come with your camera and your questions. Learn how real food is grown! Reservations required.Visit WalpoleValleyFarms for more information.

 

 

Events for September

September 3rd:  Farm Tour. A highly educational tour of our 105-acre family owned and operated pasture based farm. Visit our animals, see our"chicken tractors" and "egg mobile" in action, view our historic three-story post and beam barn, learn about intensive rotational grazing, tour our no till vegetable garden, and more. Come with your camera and your questions. Learn how real food is grown! Reservations required.Visit WalpoleValleyFarms for more information.

 

September 23rd and 24th: 7th Annual Oktoberfest Celebration at Burdick Chocolates. Offering a mostly traditional German menu with some contemporary and seasonal dishes that will focus on originality with a few creative twists. Live music, special German cakes and pastries, as well as a selection of fine German beer and wine will be the primary feature again this year. Additionally, we will be hosting a soccer game on Saturday, September 25th at 11:00am – USA vs. DEUTSCHLAND - it should be great fun!

 

September 25th: Clarence Demar Marathon . The marathon has been run since 1978 in the honor of Clarence Demar. Demar was a seven-time winner of the Boston Marathon who lived and worked in the Monadnock Region during the 1930s. The race begins in Gilsum, ends in Keene and brings runners from all over. Official qualifier for the US Olympic trials and the Boston Marathon.

 

 

Events for October

October 1st: Farm Tour. A highly educational tour of our 105-acre family owned and operated pasture based farm. Visit our animals, see our"chicken tractors" and "egg mobile" in action, view our historic three-story post and beam barn, learn about intensive rotational grazing, tour our no till vegetable garden, and more. Come with your camera and your questions. Learn how real food is grown! Reservations required.Visit WalpoleValleyFarms for more information.

 

October 1st and 2nd: Cheshire Craftsmen's Association Annual Crafts Fair. 9am - 3pm Juried local craftspeople with food concession on site. Free admission and free parking. A great start to holiday shopping! Keene Recreation Center, 312 Washington Street, Keene, NH.
 

 

Events for November

November 25th, 26th & 27th: 8th Annual Walpole Artisan's Tour . Friday 1-8pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm. Come experience art in all its diversity during the 8th annual Walpole Artisan Tour. The starting point will be the Walpole Artisans Cooperative located at 52 Main Street in downtown Walpole. From here follow the map and signs to artisans' studios and galleries. Artisans will be available during the tour to discuss their work. Watch demonstrations in glass blowing, painting, woodworking, and more.

 

November 25, 26th & 27th: 32nd Annual Putney Craft Tour: 10am-5pm daily. The Putney Craft Tour open house venue provides a unique opportunity to see the transformation of paper, clay, glass, wood, metal and fiber into beautiful handmade pieces of art. Tour just a few or all of the 25 working studios.

 

Events for December