The Annual Vermontville Maple Syrup Festival is the “granddaddy” of Them All! It is the Original Maple Syrup Festival in Michigan and Came About in 1940, When Local Syrup Producers Gathered in a Barber Shop to Discuss a Way to Sell Their Product.
Our Festival is Always Held During the Last Full Weekend in April. The Local Syrup Producers Place Themselves Throughout the Village to Sell Syrup, Candies, Crème, and Other Treats Like the Ever-popular Maple Syrup Cotton Candy.
The Weekend Offers Something for Everyone - Carnival Rides, a Talent Show, Arts and Crafts, a Flea Market, Two Parades, a Petting Zoo, a Princess Pageant, Various Displays, Games, Free Entertainment, a Pancake Derby, and Arm Wrestling.
We Invite You to Join Us and Enjoy Pancakes With Real Maple Syrup Offered by the Maple Valley Band Boosters and the American Legion.
Hope to See You There!
Schedule:
7:00am - 5:00pm
Band Boosters Pancake Fundraiser
Fire Station
8:00am
5k Run/walk
Tiffany Blakley, Chairperson
Maple Valley High School
All Day
Maple Syrup Exhibits @ Maple Manor
Antique Tractor Show
Historical Museum
Displays
Throughout Vermontville
10:00am
Master of Ceremonies - Dale Dixon
Main Stage
10:00am
Brian Bristol and Mike Farnum
Main Stage
10:00am
Michigan Mini-horse Pulls
Fourth St. @ Elm St.
10:00am - 5:00pm
Petting Zoo
Sponsored by the Vermontville Jr. Farmer’s 4h Group
Maple Barn
10:00am - 6:00pm
Vermontville Arts & Crafts Show
Jason and Cheryl Sheridan, Chairpersons
Maplewood School
10:00am - 7:00pm
Vermontville Flea Market
Leslie Wagner, Chairperson
E. Main St.
11:00am Start
(While Supplies Last)
Chicken Dinner Fundraiser
Vermontville Lions Club
Ace Auto
11:00am Start
(While Supplies Last)
Chili Fundraiser
First Congregational Church
11:00am
Children's Parade
The Magic of Maple Syrup
Kelly Dunham, Chairperson
Main Street Downtown
11:00am - 11:00pm
Carnival Rides
Family Fun Tyme Amusement
Downtown
11:30am
Presentation of Queen, Court, and Grand Marshals
Main Stage
11:45am
Maple Valley High School Choir
Ryan Rosin, Director
Main Stage
12:15pm
Glen Erin Pipe Band
Main Stage
1:30pm
Geech
Lansing Area-based Rock 'n Roll, Blues, Country, and Top 40 Cover Band
Main Stage
3:00pm
Grand Parade
The Magic of Maple Syrup
Tim and Michelle James, Grand Marshals
Carla Rumsey, Chairperson
Main Street Downtown
4:00pm
Cooper Johnson
Main Stage
6:00pm
Little Miss Syrup Pageant
Brittney Flory, Chairperson
Opera House
Date: April 26-28, 2024