New England Street Food Festival 2023

September 30 Brattleboro, VT

Common Downtown Brattleboro, VT from 11 am - 5 pm

Brought to you by & Sponsored by:

Bounce House and Dunk Tank

Whetstone Beer Co., Vegan A.F., Hawaiian Shaved Ice & Lemonade, Mexican Street

Tacos, Mach’s Wood-Fired Pizza, Junior’s Food Truck, Totally Thai, Frisky Cow Gelato, Love Buzz Coffee, Scott Farm, Local Craft Vendors

New England Center for Circus Arts will be performing at 1:30 and 3:30

Feel free to bring a lawn chair or blanket!

Angela Sherman, Broker V T & NH Christine Lewis, Broker V T & NH

Tim Berg, Realtor V T

Kristen Ziter Taylor, Broker/Owner

Rebecca Seymour Realtor V T & NH

Stephaine Peduzzi-Baker, Realtor V T & NH Marcia Jensen Broker V T & ME

Vic toria Woods, Realtor V T & NH

Emily Webb, Realtor V T & NH

Stephanie Wilde, Realtor V T & NH

Kerr y Mulverhill, Realtor V T & NH

Randi Ziter, Realtor V T & NH

Winchester, Realtor

Melloy, Realtor

6th Annual New England Street Food Festival

EVENT SPONSORS

selling Vermont and New Hampshire Real Estate. Their real estate services continue beyond the scope of the real estate transaction as over a thousand satisfied clients and customers have found out during the last 40 years. Referrals abound from all over the United States and are a major part of their business. List your Vermont of New Hampshire property with confidence.

Leader Beverage, Pepsi of Brattleboro

ern Vermont and two in Western Massachusetts. We pride ourselves on employee/family loyalty, hard work, customer service, community involvement and promoting from within. We have grown over the years to become a premier beverage provider. We employee over 70 full-time area residents, not laying off one employee during the pandemic, as an “essential business” to the Southern Vermont area.

Whetstone Beer Company

Whetstone Beer Company is proud to partner with the New England Street Food Festival for its 6th event this September.

Brattleboro Area Realty

Brattleboro Area Realty has been serving the Southern Vermont and Southwestern New Hampshire real estate markets since 1973. They have been voted Greater Brattleboro’s Best Real Estate Agency for the 15th year running by Market Survey’s of America. Brattleboro

Area Realty is not a typical Real Estate office. They excel at listing and

Leader Distribution Systems, Inc.Pepsi-Cola, Brattleboro, is a local, family owned Pepsi-Cola Franchise, started in 1951 in Connecticut. The family franchise expanded over the years from Fairfield, Connecticut to Northampton, Massachusetts and finally into Southern Vermont in the early 1970’s. Now, in 2023, we are committed to servicing our 5 franchise counties; three in South-

Pictured: People turn out for the 5th New England Street Food Festival at Kampfires Campground in Dummerston, on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. All photos by Kristopher Radder.

Pictured: Callie Wicker, a performer from the New England Center for Circus Arts, does a routine during the 5th New England Street Food Festival at Kampfires Campground in Dummerston, on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022.

VENDORS

Junior’s Food Truck

Family run food truck from Southern Vermont serving up Italian sausage, Philly cheese steaks, cheesy fries, regular fries, hot dogs and more.

Crossroads

A small local business serving up delicious street tacos! Many different varieties including chicken and steak tacos with all the fixings including their delicious homemade salsas.

Vegan A.F.

Vegan A.F. was born to bring vegan food to a higher level. Normalize it. Help mainstream it. We are the future of real food. We are committed to creating a space that is socially responsible through ethical eating. Restaurant is located at 105 Canal Street in Brattleboro and open Sunday, Monday, Friday and Saturday.

Mach’s Wood-Fired Pizza

Located in Pawlet Vermont. Mach’s Wood-Fired Pizza has been serving the heart of Vermont and beyond for 11 years. Their woodfired pies are handmade using the highest quality of local and seasonal ingredients. Always fresh, always delicious and made with love.

Totally Thai

Based out of Peterborough, NH, Totally Thai can be found at local farmers markets in New Hampshire and at local events. Serving up their famous dishes which include, crab Rangoon, dumplings, spring rolls, fried rice, chicken cashew nuts and much more!!

Frisky Cow Gelato

Frisky Cow Gelato is made with love in Keene, NH. They make the best tasting, highest quality, artisan gelato which is made from 100%

NH milk and cream, and flavor ingredients sourced as locally as possible. Their retail shop, located at 80 Krif Road in Keene, NH is open Fridays from 4pm-8pm, Saturday and Sunday from 12 noon - 9pm (MaySeptember) and scheduled pop up days in the off season.

Hawaiian Shaved Ice and Lemonade

Mary Jo Occhialino, the owner of Hawaiian Shaved Ice and Lemonade, can be found at local events and fairs. She makes homemade Hawaiian Shaved Ice and has many different flavors to choose from. She also makes her delicious homemade lemonade!! To reach her for local events, you can email her at mjocc@aol.com

Love Buzz Coffee

Love Buzz Coffee sells organic coffee, tea and breakfast items.

They serve espresso, drip coffee, various organic teas, juices, bagels and cream cheese. They also offer heavy whipping cream for “bulletproof coffee”, offering an alternative for intermittent fasters. Love Buzz is open Monday-Saturday and is currently located at 972 Putney Road, in the Black Mountain Square in Brattleboro.

Scott Farm

The Scott Farm has been a working farm since 1791 and they grow 130 varieties of heirloom apples and an array of different pears, plums, peaches, cherries, all sorts of berries and other fruit they find interesting. They also offer the scenic grounds and 120-person Apple Barn as an event venue for community events, weddings and more! At the Scott Farm, they also host many events. For their full list of events, visit scottfarmvermont.com

Redoodle Dolls

Local artist and costumier, Sandy Klein, makes and sells one of a kind handmake dolls and animals made from recycled and antique fabrics. They are perfect holiday gifts for all ages!

Wheelhouse Clay Center

Co-owners Shari Zabriskie and Teta Hilsdon have decades of ex-

perience between them working in clay, teaching and managing a studio. Wheelhouse Clay Center offers a variety of engagement for adults and teens in clay arts. They are open until 8:30 on Friday evenings as they often host Clay Play Events and Sip N’ Spin parties. Visit the Gallery, get a tour or enjoy one of our Clay Play activities. They also have special sales, open houses and visiting artist lectures as scheduled. Visit them

Bounce Above The Rest

ATK Customs

Is located in Dalton, Massachusetts and they make customized tumblers, candles, key chains, earrings and so much more! You can find them on Facebook or you can email them at atkcustoms5@gmail.com

Chicken Niblets

Owner and artist, Walter Hagedorn, makes oil painting of chickens. He makes oil paintings on canvas, cards, stickers and more! His work can be found at local businesses including Titos Tacos in Brattleboro, the Newfane Store in Newfane, The Void in Downtown Brattleboro and he also can be found in Brattleboro for Gallery Walk.

ENTERTAINMENT

New England Center for Circus Arts

The New England Center for Circus Arts is a leader of circus arts training in the United States with new circus building right here in beautiful, vibrant Brattleboro.

NECCA is a not-for-profit circus school dedicated to offering people of all ages and abilities a unique opportunity to experience the physical and creative opportunities that the broad spectrum of circus arts offers. Recreational and professional students share the NECCA training center in a noncompetitive environment where they explore the charms and challenges of traditional circus form as well as new circus, aerial dance, adrenaline fitness and physical theater.

NECCA’s instructors are awardwinning performers and dedicated educators at the leading edge of curriculum development for social empowerment and recreational circus as well as for aspiring professionals.

The New England Center for Circus Arts is pleased to participate in the New England Street Food Festival with two performances at 1:30 and 3:30. To learn more about NECCA classes, camps and shows, visit necenterforcircusarts.org or stop by 10 Town Crier Drive in Brattleboro.

Wyld Nightz Band

The Wyld Nightz Band was formed over ten years ago in Brattleboro, Vermont. Founding members, Michael McKinney, guitar, trumpet and vocals, and Jeff Brewer, guitar and vocals, have worked with various members to emphasize dance music with exciting ensemble playing. Fred “Freighttrain” Epstein plays drums, and Matt Martyn on bass guitar anchor the rhythm section. Keyboard duties and vocals are covered by none other than Tony Speranza of Simon’s Rock. Anthony Speranza Jr. appears regularly on lead and background vocals, Alto & Tenor saxophones, acoustic guitar, and penny whistle.

With over 150 years of combined performing experience, The Wyld Nightz Band has entertained at a wide variety of memorable events including weddings, parties, and the Jaffrey Fireworks performing for over 20,000 people!

Bounce Above the Rest

We have everything you need to throw unforgettable, once in a lifetime events. Whether it’s in your backyard or a huge corporate event, we specialize in making sure your event is a fun, stress free experience from start to finish. To find out more information or to book us for your event, check out bounceabovetherest.com

In 2023 our season will run from April 20-October 31 and our hours will be:

Thu.-Sat: 12-8 pm, Sun: 12-6 pm

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The Frisky Cow Gelato scoop shop, the Monadnock Region’s ONLY Gelateria, is located at 80 Krif Rd in Keene, NH. Here you will find the tastiest and freshest homemade gelato in flavors created just for

Pictured: Pagie McManus, a performer from the New England Center for Circus Arts, does a routine during the 5th New England Street Food Festival at Kampfires Campground in Dummerston, on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022.

ABOUT THE 6TH ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND STREET FOOD FESTIVAL

Street Food Festival seeks to stuff Brattleboro Common

BRATTLEBORO — The sixth annual New England Street Food Festival is set to be more accessible and bigger than ever as it moves to the Brattleboro Common.

“We want to bring it downtown to help the businesses,” said Bud Lolatte, advertising representative for the Reformer. “It’s a more wide-open space, which gives us flexibility for more things like bounce houses we’re going to have this year for the kids. We’re having a dunk tank. It gives us more room to be able to spread out because we have the whole Common.”

The festival is happening rain or shine from noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 30. Also new this year are partnerships with the Brattleboro Buddy Walk and Que for a Cause.

Created by the Brattleboro Reformer with partners in 2017 and skipped in 2020 due to COVID, the festival is now in its sixth year. Previously, the event was held at Kampfires Campground in Dummerston.

Meters at the Common will be bagged so the spaces can be used by those with mobility issues. Access had been a concern at the previous location.

Lolatte hopes to get 3,000 to 4,000 attendees who might go visit downtown businesses during the day. The partnership with Whetstone Beer Co., whose owners also own Kampfires, and Brattleboro Area Realty continues.

The sponsors were consulted before the move. They also wanted to see if the new spot would raise the event’s visibility

and make it easier for people to get to, Lolatte said.

Lolatte noted the “very picturesque” park and bandstand at the Common.

“It’s a nice visual,” he said.

The decision also has to do with the town’s recent ordinance change. With a valid liquor license, alcohol can now be served on the premises.

Bounce houses and inflatable obstacle courses are coming thanks to Bounce Above the Rest. New England Center for Circus Arts will offer flying trapeze shows.

The second annual Que for a Cause, a barbecue contest to raise funds for Black Mountain Assisted Family Living, will “feature competitors cooking up a storm to try and take home the trophy and bragging rights,” states bmafl.org/que. Lolatte said

three judges will be eating the food.

“I’m grateful to be partnering up with the New England Street Food Festival and the Buddy Walk for a day of mission driven fun on the Brattleboro Common,” said Peter “Fish” Case, president of the Black Mountain Assisted Family Living Board.

“Street Food vendors at one end, barbecue competition on the other, it will be a day of mouthwatering excitement for all that attend.”

The Brattleboro Buddy Walk will start in the morning. The walk raises awareness about Down syndrome and funds to cover the expenses of the event and support Special Olympics programs in Windham County. To register, visit brattleborobuddywalk.org/register-for-buddy-walk.html.

Lolatte said the partnership with Buddy Walk came about after he went to reserve the Common and found out the event was planned for the following weekend. He contacted organiz-

ABOUT THE 6TH ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND STREET FOOD FESTIVAL

ers of Buddy Walk and Que for a Cause, and they decided combining forces would be mutually beneficial.

“It seemed like a good fit,” Lolatte said. “Our goal is to have the Common full of event stuff between the food trucks, NECCA, Que for the Cause, the bouncy house, inflatables. It would be nice to have 90 percent of the Common covered, then we’ll see what we draw. It will be all about the weather at that point.”

With lots of tree cover, Lolatte said a light sprinkle shouldn’t affect the festival fun.

Wyld Nightz, a local classic rock and roll band, is headlining. The band specifically selects songs that get crowds up and dancing. The band performed at the festival two years ago and as a trio at Buddy Walk a few years ago.

Combining the events is “pretty cool,” said Michael McKinney, lead guitar and trumpet player in Wyld Nightz. He described his band’s repertoire as being “pretty wide and eclectic.”

“We kind of lean on that,” he said.

One moment, the band might have a banjo out and be playing bluegrass. The next, the musicians could be deep in heavy swing. The band plays lots of classic rock such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Recently, it has added Journey and Van

Halen tunes to the mix. Wyld Nightz is constantly perfecting its four-part harmonies.

The band, established in the 1990s, has mostly included the same members since the 2000s.

Whetstone will have food and beer. Berkley & Veller Greenwood Country Realtors is sponsoring free Koozies. Leader Beverage Pepsi Brattleboro also is a sponsor.

Vendors include Vegan A.F., Mexican Street Tacos, Mach’s Mobile Wood-Fired Pizza, Junior’s Food Truck, Totally Thai and Frisky Cow Gelato. As of Aug. 1, four or five were still being sought including those with non-food offerings.

“We are super excited to host our annual Street Food Fest again this year,” said Jordan Brechenser, publisher of the Brattleboro Reformer. “It was a tough decision to move its location to the Common downtown, but we felt this would make it more accessible and visible. Additionally, partnering with the Buddy Walk and Que for a Cause helps bring light to these local organizations, both with great purpose in our community. Since this is a free family event, we couldn’t have pulled it off without our valued sponsors, Whetstone Station and Brattleboro Area Realty.”

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