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Bright Ideas Take the Stage: Artist-Led Music Festival Headlines BCA's Highlight New Year's Eve12/28/2025WCAX3LINK 
Rockin' New Year's: Plethora of Live Music Option to Ring in 202612/27/2025Rutland HeraldLINK 
Step Right Up: Circus Smirkus Returns to BCA's Highlight New Year's Eve12/23/2025WCAX3LINK 
Highlight-ing Vermont Creatives on New Year's Eve: Murmurations Aerial Dance Soars with Support from BCA's Bright Ideas Project12/19/2025WCAX3LINK 
"Let it Be: A Cautionary Tale of the Pine Street Barge Canal" Mural Project12/18/2025Preservation BurlingtonPreservation BurlingtonLINK
BTV Winter Market Returns and is Back Inside City Hall for the First Time in Years12/12/2025MYNBC5LINK 
Highlight Shines Bright: Burlington's Signature New Year's Eve Celebration Returns with Music, Art, and Community Joy for All12/12/2025WCAX3LINK 
St. Albans Cancels New Year's Eve Fireworks, Citing High Cost12/11/2025NBC5LINK 
Burlington City Arts' New Year's Eve Celebration Returns12/7/2025VermontBizLINK 
Burlington's Winter Market Returns with Indoor Format11/29/2025WCAX3LINK 
Burlington City Arts (BCA): Celebrating New Main Street Sculpture "Anthology" and Construction Season Coming to a Close11/6/2025Town Meeting TVLINK 
Will new public art help revitalize Burlington's Main Street?11/6/2025Vermont PublicLINK 
Mourning in America: BCA Center Art Show Explores Private and Public Grief11/5/2025Seven DaysLINK 
The Long Goodbye - BCA’S LATEST EXHIBIT EXPLORES GRIEF AND LOSS THROUGH ART10/16/2025Best of BurlingtonLINK 
BTV Winter Market seeks vendors for a shorter, indoor market this season10/4/2025Burlington Free PressLINK 
Celebrating Dance in Place Sculpture10/2/2025Town Meeting TVLINK 
Burlington celebrates new sculpture near city's biggest development10/2/2025NBC5LINK 
‘Let It Be’ Mural Depicts the History of Burlington’s Barge Canal9/24/2025Seven DaysLINK 
BCA Artist Apprenticeship Mural Unveiling and BCA Community Room Ribbon Cutting9/5/2025Town Meeting TVLINK 

'It's wonderful!': Festival of Fools makes scaled down return to Church Street

8/2/2025NBC5LINK 

Fools return to Queen City for abbreviated block party

8/1/2025WCAX3LINK 

Festival of Fools remade into Fools Block Party thanks to community support

8/1/2025NBC5LINK 

Burlington’s 18th annual Fools Block Party

8/1/2025MyChamplainValleyLINK 

Burlington Mayor's Press Conference: New Visual Art Installation Surrounding Memorial Auditorium

7/24/2025Town Meeting TVLINK 

Summer’s Hottest Sunset Shindig: The Twilight Block Party Brings Live Music, Local Food Vendors, Maker Markets, and Family Friendly Art Activities to City Hall Park

6/2025WCAXLINK 

Music, Busking, and Joy in Downtown Burlington: Local Businesses Rally to Fill the Streets With Fun at the Fools Block Party

6/25/2025Best of Burlington LINK 

Festival of Fools to be revived for 2025 with two-day block party in downtown Burlington

6/25/2025Burlington Free PressLINK 
 

Festival of Fools scaled back to ‘block party’

6/25/2025WCAXLINK 

Burlington will hold downsized ‘Festival of Fools’

6/24/2025MyChamplainValleyLINK 

Fools Block Party to replace Festival of Fools in Burlington this year

6/23/2025My NBC5LINK 

Businesses Rally to Throw a Downsized Festival of Fools

6/20/2025SevenDaysLINK 

Summer in the City Series Aims to Cool Tensions in Downtown Burlington 

6/4/2025Seven DaysLINK 

Have some hot fun in the summertime with these outdoor concerts in Vermont

5/27/2025Burlington Free PressLINK 

Burlington City Arts Bash underway

5/9/2025WCAXLINK 

NEVER SLOWING DOWN

3/7/2025Artscope LINK 

Sounding It Out: Bunny Harvey's Audible Landscapes at BCA 

3/5/2025Seven DaysLINK 

Festival of Fools will not return to Burlington in 2025, BCA says

2/7/2025NBC5LINK 

Long-running Burlington festival hits pause for 2025 with plans to return next year

2/7/2025Burlington Free PressLINK 

Burlington’s Festival of Fools canceled for 2025

2/7/2025WCAXLINK 

Four contemporary art organizations to award $5,000 Vermont Prize

1/25/2025VermontBizLINK 

BCA Opens Diane Gabriel Visual Artist Award Applications January 10

1/14/2025VermontBizLINK 

Burlington company launches new, efficient solar panels

1/13/2025WCAXLINK 

Afghan Muralists the ArtLords Leave Their Mark on Vermont 

1/8/2025Seven Days LINK 

Ending the year with a bang at Waterfront Park during Burlington's Highlight celebration

1/2/2025Burlington Free PressLINK 

Photos from Waterfront Park and Highlight, Burlington's New Year's Eve celebration

1/2/2025Burlington Free PressLINK 

Burlington rings in 2025 with annual 'Highlight' festival

1/2/2025WPTZLINK 

Circus Smirkus delights audiences in Burlington

12/31/2025NBC5LINK 

A busy New Year’s Eve on the Burlington waterfront

12/31/2024WCAXLINK 

Burlington readies for New Year’s Eve ‘Highlight’ celebration

12/30/2024WCAXLINK 
Highlight Brings Caribbean Culture to Burlington on New Year’s Eve12/20/2024WCAXLINK 

Printmaker Jane Kent Takes Viewers 'Between the Covers' 

12/18/2024Seven DaysLINK 
The Hip-Hop Diaspora happens at Contois Auditorium in City Hall on New Year's Eve at 10 pm at Highlight 2024!12/15/2024WCAXLINK 

Get your 2025 off to a fun start with these New Year's Eve celebrations in Vermont

12/9/2024Burlington Free Press
 
 
 

Online or In-Person? We ask shoppers in our area what they prefer

12/7/2024WCAX 

Inkling Explores Inkblot Art with Interactive Exhibition at Highlight on New Year's Eve

1/27/2025WCAXLINK 

Festival of Fools continues its 17th annual event

8/5/2024NBC5LINK 

BCA Summer Concert Series Presents: Moira Smiley

8/2/2024Colchester SunLINK 

Festival of Fools kicks off Friday afternoon

8/2/2024WCAXLINK 

Festival of Fools returns to Burlington

8/2/2024WCAXLINK 

17th annual Festival of Fools kicks off in Burlington

8/2/2024NBC5LINK 

Escape to 'Lake Valley' at Burlington's BCA Center

7/31/2024Seven DaysLINK 

Summer camp season in full swing across our region

7/17/2024WCAXLINK 

Artist Sarah Amos Wins 2024 Vermont Prize 

7/1/2024Seven DaysLINK 

'Embrace and Belonging' Sculpture Unveiled in Burlington's Old North End 

6/27/2024Seven DaysLINK 

Burlington unveils sculpture in the Old North End, a monument to racial equity

6/27/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

'Essential Figure' at BCA Center Reworks an Artistic Tradition

6/26/24Seven DaysLINK 

Monument dedicated to racial ‘Embrace and Belonging’ unveiled in Burlington’s Old North End

6/26/24Vermont PublicLINK 

Tony Award winner from Vermont adds another honor - and $10,000 - for long musical career

6/25/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

Juneteenth events celebrate the occasion in Vermont from Burlington to Brownington

6/10/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

BTV Market returns to Burlington's City Hall Park with crafts, food and music

5/31/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

Summer is coming, and so are the outdoor concerts and festivals in Vermont

5/28/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

Lydia Kern Receives Fourth Annual Diane Gabriel Visual Artist Award

5/10/24Seven DaysLINK 

Burlington City Arts honors multimedia artist Lydia Kern

 Vermont Business MagazineLINK 

These US Cities Benefited Most From Solar Eclipse Tourism

4/10/24BloombergLINK 

How to recycle your eclipse glasses in Burlington area after the big event

4/8/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

Howling at the moon on a Monday afternoon. Eclipse brings thousands to Vermont.

4/8/24The Christian Science MonitorLINK 

How Burlington is preparing for the largest influx of visitors seen in one day

4/8/24The Vermont CynicLINK 

April arts picks in Vermont offer enough entertainment to (ahem) overshadow total eclipse

4/1/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

Where will you be for the total solar eclipse? Check out these events around Vermont

2/19/24Vermont PublicLINK 

Solar eclipse planning: What will be happening at Burlington's city parks

3/21/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

Burlington officials confident city can accommodate 50,000 eclipse visitors

3/22/24mychamplainvalley.comLINK 

Total solar eclipse: How to get free glasses in Vermont

3/25/24NBC5LINK 

Get your eclipse shirts and merch for April 8 total solar eclipse designed by VT artists

3/25/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

VT artist-made cards and posters to give as gifts to celebrate the total solar eclipse.

3/25/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

Vermont artists get their moment in the sun (and moon) creating eclipse memorabilia.

3/26/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

Eclipse events to enthrall and entertain as Vermont gets ready for totality

3/27/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

Anticipating Massive Crowds, Burlington Preps for the Eclipse

3/25/24Seven DaysLINK 

Zany eclipse-themed items you never knew you wanted - created by VT artists

3/25/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

Burlington visitor's guide: Get to know Vermont's largest city

2/23/24NBC5LINK 

How Burlington is preparing for influx of eclipse visitors

2/15/24WCAXLINK 

Vermont's first total solar eclipse in almost 100 years is now just over two months away

2/2/24mychamplainvalley.comLINK 

Countdown to the eclipse is on

2/12/24WCAXLINK 

A Bernie Sanders mittens sculpture? A flannel statue? Vermont artist imagines attractions

2/7/24Burlington Free PressLINK 

Arts and culture nonprofits in Vermont generated almost $160 million in economic activity in 2022, report finds

1/18/24VTDiggerLINK 

Beat the winter blues with these upcoming Vermont art exhibitions

1/17/24Vermont PublicLINK 

Greater Burlington area nonprofit arts organizations generate $93.5M for economy

1/17/24Vermont Business MagazineLINK 

Burlington's Highlight 2023 bringing fun to downtown for all ages

12/31/23NBC5LINK 

Preparations underway for Burlington's Highlight 2023

12/28/23NBC5LINK 

Burlington gets ready to ring in the new year with Highlight

12/28/23WCAXLINK 

Vermont New Year's Eve Celebrations to Inspire a Brighter 2024

12/27/23Seven DaysLINK 

Highlight leads list of New Year's Eve events fostering fun, sense of community in Vermont

12/6/23Burlington Free PressLINK 

Burlington City Arts releases Highlight 2023 New Year’s Eve Lineup

12/1/23NBC5LINK 

Spotify Wrapped makes Burlington a “Sound Town” for millions

12/1/23MyChamplainValleyLINK 

A Breakdown of Spotify Wrapped’s Suggested Sound Towns

12/1/23TimeLINK 

Did Spotify tell you to move to Burlington, Vermont? You’re not alone

12/1/23Vermont PublicLINK 

Why Does Spotify Think I Belong in Burlington?

11/30/23New York TimesLINK 

What is Spotify Wrapped’s ‘Sound Town’ and why are these 4 cities the most popular?

11/30/23New York PostLINK 

Is Spotify Wrapped suggesting everyone's music taste matches with Burlington, Vermont?

11/29/23NBC NewsLINK 

Why Spotify thinks you belong in Burlington, Vt.

11/29/23Washington PostLINK 

'Texture & Response' at BCA Center Is All About the Feels

11/8/23Seven DaysLINK 

Seven Can’t-Miss Vermont Winter Events to Stave Off Cabin Fever 

11/8/23Seven DaysLINK 

Downtown Burlington offers rich bounty of murals

8/22/23Burlington Free PressLINK 

The BCA Center Showcases Inimitable Vision in ‘Outstanding: Contemporary Self-Taught Art’ 

8/9/23Seven DaysLINK 

Festival of Fools returns for 16th year in Queen City

8/7/23NBCLINK 

Festival of Fools takes over Church Street Sunday

8/6/23WCAXLINK 

Fools descend on Queen City for wacky weekend

8/4/23WCAXLINK 

Best place to take an arts class 

8/2/23Seven DaysLINK 

Jazz Quest: Under the Radar Shows at the 2023 Jazz Fest 

6/7/23Seven DaysLINK 

Burlington City Arts prepares events for summer season

5/20/23WCAXLINK 

Raphaella Brice: the artist behind the Fletcher Free Library mural on her rise to success

4/7/23Burlington Free PressLINK 

A New Exhibit at the BCA Center Presents the Possibilities — and Pitfalls — of AI-Generated Art

3/8/23Seven DaysLINK 

Artwork By Ukrainian Children to Be Sold at Burlington Fundraiser

1/10/23Seven DaysLINK 

A Burlington New Year’s Eve Celebration Preview

12/29/22ABC/FOXLINK 

Burlington preparing to celebrate New Year's Eve downtown, safety measures in place

12/28/22NBCLINK 

Rain won't slow down New Year's Eve events this coming weekend

12/27/22NBCLINK 

New Year's Eve Is Back in a Big Way in Burlington and St. Johnsbury 

12/21/22Seven DaysLINK 

Chris Cleary to Burn a Wooden Champ Sculpture on New Year's Eve

12/19/22Seven DaysLINK 

Highlights of Highlight: Schedule for Burlington New Year's Eve party revealed

12/7/22Burlington Free PressLINK 

Soundbites: Highlight's Amazing NYE Lineup

12/7/22Seven DaysLINK 

Winter Must-Dos in Vermont: Holiday Markets, Forest Bathing and Snowshoe Tours

12/6/22Seven DaysLINK 

Why some neighbors don’t like plans for a sculpture in a Burlington park

11/28/22WCAXLINK 

In 'Roxham Road to North Elba,' Photographer Bill McDowell Documents a Path to Freedom

11/23/22Seven DaysLINK 

BTV's Winter Market opens up

11/22/22NBCLINK 

It's holiday market season in Vermont. Here's when and where to find them.

11/17/22Burlington Free PressLINK 

Ribbon-cutting reveals new phase of the Moran Plant

11/15/22WCAXLINK 

Valerie Hird’s 'The Garden of Absolute Truths' Beautifully Confronts Beliefs

11/9/22Seven DaysLINK 

Concert postponed over security concerns rescheduled in new location

11/8/22WCAXLINK 

Old North End Sculpture Plan Causes a Stir

11/4/22Seven DaysLINK 

Burlington City Arts requests qualifications from artists for Main Street Project

11/2/22Vermont BusinessLINK 

Leaning into Winter: Exploring Burlington, Vermont

Nov-Dec '22Harvard MagazineLINK 

City Hall Park Concert Canceled Due to Size Concerns

10/6/22Seven DaysLINK 

Free concert at City Hall Park in Burlington postponed after security concerns

10/5/22NBCLINK 

Security concerns postpone free concert in downtown Burlington

10/5/22WCAXLINK 

BCA offering grants to local artists

9/24/22WCAXLINK 

Free hip-hop festival planned in Burlington’s City Hall Park

9/22/22WCAXLINK 

Downtown Burlington festivals are helping out the local economy

8/8/22NBCLINK 

Doggone fun at Burlington’s Festival of Fools

8/5/22WCAXLINK 

Festival of Fools returns

8/5/22WCAXLINK 

Festival of Fools returns to Burlington this weekend

8/5/22NBCLINK 

On a Burlington Mural, a Black Madonna Conveys Liberation and Love

8/3/22Seven DaysLINK 

Burlington City Arts behind the scenes of most murals, public art

8/3/22Burlington Free PressLINK 

Burlington's New BTV Market Puts the World on the Menu

8/2/22Seven DaysLINK 

'More Than an Object' at the BCA Center Explores New Takes on the Still Life

7/27/22Seven DaysLINK 

Will Kasso Condry wins inaugural 2022 Vermont Prize

7/3/22Vermont BusinessLINK 

Artist Will Kasso Condry Wins First Vermont Prize

6/30/22Seven DaysLINK 

Soundbites: Festival of Fools Returns

6/22/22Seven DaysLINK 

Burlington’s Jazz Festival returns to the Queen City

6/3/22WCAXLINK 

Seven Shows Not to Miss at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival

6/1/22Seven DaysLINK 

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: Here's one show every day that you shouldn't miss

5/27/22Burlington Free PressLINK 

Travel 2022: Small-town charm with world-class outdoor activities in Burlington, Vt.

5/22/22The Daily GazetteLINK 

Burlington Farmers Market upset over competition from new city-run market

4/8/22Burlington Free PressLINK 

Burlington's new outdoor market is causing concern for farmers market vendors

4/7/22NBCLINK 

Burlington Plans New Outdoor Market in City Hall Park

4/5/22Seven DaysLINK 

In Eric Aho's Paintings at the BCA Center, Landscape Is Exuberantly Abstract

3/9/22Seven DaysLINK 

In Sarah Trad’s 'What Still Remains,' the Foreign Becomes Familiar

3/2/22Seven DaysLINK 

Burlington City Arts unveiling spring exhibitions

2/13/22WCAXLINK 

BCA Diane Gabriel Visual Artist Award applications now open

1/22/22WCAXLINK