What to do in Burlington in October 2026

Saturday, October 17, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Oct 25

  America 250 at Shelburne Museum

  Shelburne Museum · Shelburne

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Oct 25

  Big River: Ogden Pleissner in Wyoming

  Shelburne Museum · Shelburne

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Oct 25

  Carl D'Alvia: (mono)LITHS

  Shelburne Museum · Shelburne

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Oct 25

  Log Cabin Quilts

  Shelburne Museum · Shelburne

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Oct 25

  On Point: Needlework from the Garthwaite Family Collection

  Shelburne Museum · Shelburne

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Oct 25

  Varied & Alive: New and Rarely Seen Treasures from the Collection

  Shelburne Museum · Shelburne

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Oct 25

  Norman Rockwell: At Home in Vermont

  Shelburne Museum · Shelburne

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until May 22

  Wolf Kahn: Conversations in Color

  Wolf Kahn

  Fleming Museum of Art · University of Vermont

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 12

  Catalyst: Art as Inquiry

  Fleming Museum of Art · University of Vermont

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Oct 31

  night shades

  SEABA Center · South End Arts District

  • Visual arts

• Theatre

  until Oct 18

  The Aliens

  Royall Tyler Theatre · University of Vermont

  • Theatre

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 AM

  Six String Sunset Live @ L'Autre Brasserie | Acoustic Vibes 🎸🍻

  L'Autre Brasserie

  • Music

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• Music

  10 AM

  Very Eric Carle Exhibit

  ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain · Waterfront

  • Music

• Literature

  1 PM

  Read to a Therapy Dog | Phoenix Books Essex

  Phoenix Books Essex · Essex Junction

  • Literature

• Comedy

  4:30 PM

  Good Clean Fun

  Vermont Comedy Club · Downtown

  • Comedy

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  5:30 PM

  Elley-Long Music Series: Vermont Youth Philharmonia Fall Concert

  Vermont Youth Orchestra Association · Colchester

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  6 PM

  A Hollywood Halloween Candlelight Experience In Rutland, VT - Saturday October 17th

  Grace Congregational UCC

  • Music

• Comedy

  6 PM

  Bob The Drag Queen

  Flynn Center for the Performing Arts · Downtown

  • Comedy
  • Cabaret

• Music

  6 PM

  Live Music Ft. Two Towns Band

  39 River Rd, Suite 6, Essex Junction, VT, United States, Vermont 05452

  • Music

• Comedy

  6:30 PM

  Kendall Farrell

  Vermont Comedy Club · Downtown

  • Comedy

  Tickets ↗

• Nights out

  7 PM

  GMAPA Annual Halloween and Player Appreciation Party

  Vermont Pool and Bar

  • Nights out

• Cabaret

  7 PM

  Haus Of Star Pop-Up Drag Show

  316 Cornelia St Suite 28, Plattsburgh, NY

  • Cabaret

• Music

  7 PM

  Los Sóngoros

  The Venetian Soda Lounge · South End Arts District

  • Music

  $10–$15

• Music

  8 PM

  Adam Ezra Group

  Higher Ground · South Burlington

  • Music

  $25–$30 Tickets ↗

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• Music

  8 PM

  Baby Fearn

  Foam Brewers · Waterfront

  • Music

  Free

• Music

  8 PM

  SPARKOMATIK

  Monkey House · Winooski

  • Music

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Judge

  Judge · Get a Grip · Outnumbered

  Higher Ground · South Burlington

  • Music

  $30–$35 Tickets ↗

Sunday, October 18, 2026

• Music

  10 AM

  Very Eric Carle Exhibit

  ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain · Waterfront

  • Music

• Music

  1 PM

  Jeff & Gina

  Foam Brewers · Waterfront

  • Music

  Free

• Music

  2 PM

  The Lonely Days Are Gone: Community Square Dance Tour w/ Ida Mae Specker & Sarah Gibson- Ferrisburgh

  Ferrisburgh, Vermont

  • Music
  • Dance

• Music

  3 PM

  An American in Paris: Hummel, Gershwin, Schoenberg

  Vermont Youth Orchestra Association · Colchester

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  4 PM

  Old Time Jam

  The Venetian Soda Lounge · South End Arts District

  • Music
  • Old-time

• Other

  6 PM

  Venetian Karaoke Sundays

  The Venetian Soda Lounge · South End Arts District

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Good Time Line Dancing

  Higher Ground · South Burlington

  • Music
  • Nights out
  • Line dancing

  $15–$18 Tickets ↗

Monday, October 19, 2026

• Music

  10 AM

  Very Eric Carle Exhibit

  ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain · Waterfront

  • Music

• Other

  7 PM

  Trivia with Craig Mitchell

  Monkey House · Winooski

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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Music

  10 AM

  Very Eric Carle Exhibit

  ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain · Waterfront

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  Faul Durand, Maggie Lawrence, and Josh Linker & Evan Lynch

  Faul Durand · Maggie Lawrence · Josh Linker · Evan Lynch

  Monkey House · Winooski

  • Music

  Free

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Rehash

  Rehash · The Flooks

  Higher Ground · South Burlington

  • Music

  $20–$25 Tickets ↗

• Music

  8 PM

  All Them Witches

  All Them Witches · Emma Ruth Rundle

  Higher Ground · South Burlington

  • Music

  $35–$40 Tickets ↗

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Music

  10 AM

  Very Eric Carle Exhibit

  ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain · Waterfront

  • Music

• Music

  6 PM

  Bluegrass Nights

  Foam Brewers · Waterfront

  • Music
  • Bluegrass

  Free

• Comedy

  6:30 PM

  VCA: $5 Improv Night!

  Vermont Comedy Club · Downtown

  • Comedy

  $5 Tickets ↗

• Music

  7 PM

  House Trivia Night

  The Venetian Soda Lounge · South End Arts District

  • Music
  • House

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Beatrice Anne & Odin Scott Coleman w/ Danny and the Parts

  Beatrice Anne · Odin Scott Coleman · Danny and the Parts

  Monkey House · Winooski

  • Music

  $10

• Comedy

  8:30 PM

  VCA: Standup Open Mic

  Vermont Comedy Club · Downtown

  • Comedy

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Bucket Golf

  McCarthy Arts Center (Saint Michael's College) · Colchester

  • Music

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Music

  10 AM

  Very Eric Carle Exhibit

  ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain · Waterfront

  • Music

• Music

  5 PM

  Lincoln Sprague: Live Blues and Jazz Piano

  Lincoln Sprague

  The Venetian Soda Lounge · South End Arts District

  • Music
  • Blues
  • Jazz

• Nights out

  6 PM

  Jatoba at Party on the Patio

  Waterhole

  • Nights out

• Comedy

  6:30 PM

  Sam Jay

  Vermont Comedy Club · Downtown

  • Comedy

  Tickets ↗

• Literature

  7 PM

  Melissa H. Cronin: The Peach

  Melissa H. Cronin

  Phoenix Books Burlington · Downtown

  • Literature

• Nights out

  7 PM

  Two-Step & Line Dancing Thursday at Zenbarn!

  179 Guptil Road, Waterbury Center, VT, United States, Vermont 05677

  • Nights out
  • Line dancing

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Bored Teachers: Is It Friday Yet?

  Flynn Center for the Performing Arts · Downtown

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Dead Gowns w/ Helenor

  Dead Gowns · Helenor

  Monkey House · Winooski

  • Music

  $15

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Dana and Alden

  Dana and Alden · Alex Amen

  Higher Ground · South Burlington

  • Music

  $25–$30 Tickets ↗

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Gaelic Storm

  Higher Ground · South Burlington

  • Music

  $29–$34 Tickets ↗

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Music

  10 AM

  Very Eric Carle Exhibit

  ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain · Waterfront

  • Music

• Music

  5:30 PM

  Champ's Halloween Party

  ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain · Waterfront

  • Music

• Nights out

  6 PM

  Ghouls & Fools Halloween Costume Party

  104 Margaret St, Plattsburgh, NY

  • Nights out

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