Vermont State Zucchini Festival. A fun family event, the Annual Vermont State Zucchini Festival looks for innovative ways to carve, catapult, dress, eat, fly, paint and race zucchinis, the vegetable Vermonters love to hate. Build a zukapult machine to fling the squash across a field, grow the largest-ever zucchini and win a cash prize, and build a zucchini race car or airplane. The Zuke Bakery offers cookies, breads and fresh “zuke fries” Enjoy a unique craft show and amusements for the kids, located at the Village green, directly across the street from the Best Western.  www.okemovalleyvt.org

Annual Chester Fall Craft Fair. A classic New England Craft fair on a picturesque green, the Chester Fall Craft Fair offers a wide range of crafts from one-of-a-kind quilts to homemade fudge. An outdoor, juried art show provides an eclectic mix of 60 fine craftspeople and artists, as well as food vendors and wonderful live music.www.okemovalleyvt.org

Annual 2006  Okemo Valley Music Festival. Free concerts in Ludlow, Cavendish, and Chester beginning in July thru August. www.okemovalleyvt.org