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Local Events in and around Woodstock this April

Friday April 8th 2022 10-4 PM: Kick off the weekend with a stop at Billings Farm and Museum Opening Day! The Jersey Cows would sure love to see your smiling faces during your visit. Enjoy free ice cream to celebrate the new 40th season! 

Friday and Saturday April 8th & 9th 2022 7:30 PM, Sunday April 10th 3PM: Catch a movie at Pentangle Arts, this weekend's feature is "The Lost City" starring Sandra Bullock, Channing Tantum, Daniel Radcliffe, and Brad Pitt. "Brilliant but reclusive author Loretta Sage has spent her career writing about exotic places in her popular romance-adventure novels featuring handsome cover model Alan...." watch how her novels come to life and she sets out on her own real adventure. This adventure comedy will not disappoint. Purchase tickets here

Friday and Saturday April 8th & 9th at 7:30 PM, Sunday April 10th at 2PM: You still have time to catch the brilliant play "A streetcar named Desire".

"..Fragile, worn and desperate Southern belle Blanche DuBois moves to New Orleans to live with her sister, Stella, and her brutish brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski, in a small, dingy apartment. Blanche’s romantic illusions and tender secrets clash against Stanley’s frank and violent physicality in Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning drama.

Purchase tickets here. 

Baby Farm Animal Celebration at Billings Farm
Billings Farm & Museum

Saturday April 9th at 3:00 PM: Rainy day? No problem take the kids to watch "Puss In Boots", Free small popcorn for kids under 16! Purchase tickets here.

Saturday and Sunday April 9th & 10th 10-5pm: Baby Farm Animal Celebration! Most certainly the cutest event of the year. "..Meet some of the farm’s newest additions up close. Pet lambs and goat kids. Hold a peeping chick, meet Jersey calves, piglets, ducklings and bunnies, and learn all about the animals and how they are cared for on the farm."

Drawing for Baby Animal Day
Adrian Tans
Baby Animal Day art from the past by Adrian Tans

Saturday April 16th at 3:00 PM: Pentangle Arts presents Minions, this fan favorite will be sure to make your children giggle and kick off the weekend right. Purchase tickets here.

Saturday April 16th at 7:30 PM: Looking for a laugh? Come over to Woolen Mill Comedy Club for "Taking Names" A night of Comedy, starring Vicki Ferentinos, Jessie Baade, Tracy Dolan, Meredith Gordon and Nicole D'Elisa. $20 at the door or in advance, purchase tickets here.

Easter Sunday: Participate in this year's Easter Egg hunt around the Woodstock Village, use the map below or find instructions on the bulletin board at the Woodstock Smiler. Find all 11 eggs hidden around the village, each has a letter pained on it to spell "Happy Easter". Enjoy the hunt!

:::::::::::::::Happy Easter to all those who celebrate:::::::::::::::

Easter Eggs Hunt 2022
Adrian Tans
Easter Egg Hunt Map 2022

Monday April 18th 1PM-4PM: Pysanky Eggs: Ukrainian Egg Decorating Drop-in Sessions, Create beautifully decorated eggs and celebrate this Ukrainian tradition at Norman Williams Public Library.

Friday April 22nd 10-11 AM and evening performance at 7:30 PM: Lalou Mizik, are a powerhouse collective of Haitian roots music with a soulful energy and a mix of styles that feel mystical and familiar at the same time. Check them out at Pentangle Arts! To Find out more and purchase tickets click here.

Saturday April 23rd, and Sunday April 24th 10AM-5PM: Sheep Shearing and Herding at Billings Farm and Museum. View the creative possibilities made by weaving, felting, knitting and crocheting wool. Children will have a chance to spin and take home their very own woolen bracelet. Learn all things sheep and celebrate all the modern ways we use it today. 

 

Monday April 25th 1PM-4PM: Pysanky Eggs: Ukrainian Egg Decorating Drop-in Sessions, Create beautifully decorated eggs and celebrate this Ukrainian tradition at Norman Williams Public Library.

Saturday April 30th, 2022 at 11 AM: 48th Annual Bridge Water Raft Race, want to participate for some fun or just be a spectator? You'll have a blast, either way, watching everyone get creative on the Ottauquechee River. Check out event information here.

Bridgewater Raft Race 1
The Bridgewater Raft Race Facebook page
Competitors at the Bridgewater Raft Race