EMAIL WardsboroParade@gmail.comWardsboro Street Fair and 4th of July Parade Southern Vermont's Oldest Independence Day Celebration 61st Anniversary Celebration JULY 4, 2010!
OUR STORY
The Street Fair & Parade evolved from a need to
raise funds for the Methodist Church, which is now the Yoked Parish. A few farsighted souls came up with the idea of a simple street fair with a novelty booth, handicraft booth, games for kids, homemade sandwiches, pie slices, and a little parade with a few floats and kids on bikes. Not only were funds left over for the Church, but the community began to be involved because it was so much fun.
READ MORE about the history of the great parade in the new book (photo above right.)
HELPING OUT
Helping out at the 4th of July Street Fair & Parade has become a tradition in Wardsboro. It is part of the fun of offering entertainment and good food to several thousand visitors.
To volunteer before, during or after the event, click on the email link above.
Please donate good, clean useable items for the WHITE ELEPHANT - for delivery or pickup info, email us.
Please consider entering the PARADE! For details on joining the line-up, email us. Great fun for antique or vintage car buffs, equestrians, musicians, Scouts, kid's' clubs and groups,performers, anyone with a big PATRIOTIC spirit!
VENDOR spaces are limited for CRAFTERS, ARTISTS, and others, so please contact us as soon as possible.
To display a new or vintage quilt in the QUILT SHOW, please email us at the link above.
To donate GOOD USED BOOKS for the Library's BOOK SALE, contact the Library at 802 896.6988. Please do not leave books outside on the porch!!
honoring or in memory of a friend or loved one,email us at the link above. It is a nominal fee and the names are published.
To participate in the ART SHOW in The Red Barn at the Library for 2 days, contact Chris Holden, email - chrisholden@myfairpoint.net
Questions? EMAIL WardsboroParade@gmail.com
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ON MAIN STREET!
|  PARADE ROUTE is along Main Street and back again in Wardsboro, Vermont. Street Fair is along Main Street, both sides. Library Book Sale is at the Library, 170 Main Street. Chicken BBQ is at Town Hall on Main Street. Bingo is at Town Hall. Pie Sale is at Town Hall. Strawberry Shortcake is sold at the Vestry. The Art Show is in the Library's Red Barn (two days). The Quilt Show is inside the Methodist Church.
WHAT WE DID IN 2009 - more events and vendors next year
RUG HOOKING DEMONSTRATION BY FIBER ARTIST LINDA GIFKINS
Library Barn 11:15 (which is about the time the Parade ends)
Free admission
Street Fair - in full swing by 9 AM
Parade - line up is usually underway by 10AM - don't forget - it makes 2 trips - both up and then down Main Street.
PARKING
Parking is in designated lots within a few hundred yards
of the Town Center.
NEW THIS YEAR - The 'Official' 60th Anniversary Tee-Shirt. On sale Parade Day.
 NEW THIS YEAR - The 'Official' Souvenir Book "60 Years of Struttin' Our Stuff" - A photo Diary of the Wardsboro 4th of July Parade and Street Fair.On sale Parade Day.
Click below to
 Wardsboro is a picturesque small town (population 850) on scenic Route 100 between Mount Snow and Stratton Mountain Ski Resorts.
It is 25 miles from Brattleboro. Below, how Main Street looks in the days before the parade.
 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
* old-fashioned hamburger-french fry booth * homemade strawberry shortcake booth * quilts show * homemade pie sale and bake shop *street musicians * bingo * white elephant * more than 40 craft and gift vendors * two-day art show and book sale * Grafton Band * Scout Troops * antique cars * decorated floats (ribbons awarded) * mounted riders * kids’ games
 NEWS FROM MAIN STREET
 Plans for the Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Wardsboro 4th of July Street Fair & Parade are well underway. It will be held on its own day, Saturday.
We know there will be celebrations that day throughout area towns and the state, but we’re not afraid of competition. Our volunteers have spent 60 years perfecting what we do! It's Small Town America at its best.
This year we will have about 50 top-quality vendors and crafters, as well as an expanded food booth, more children’s games, more street musicians, a clown, and bingo after the chicken barbeque. We will again have the art show in the library barn, the book sale outside the library, a dazzling quilt show in the church, home made strawberry shortcake in the Vestry, home made pies and a coffee and bake shop in the town hall.
For 2009, the committee made the hard decision this year to drop the auction due to the difficulty of finding high quality items. Instead of covering the auction, the tent will be used for bingo right after the chicken barbeque. The popular white elephant sale, however, will continue with treasures galore. 
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