Dad Guild Events!

Dad Guild offers a wide range of programming, all designed to meet dads where they are at

Our events fall into the following categories:

  • Dads Only: Social and peer-support events intended for dads to connect

  • Caregiver Education: Opportunities for dads to deepen their knowledge on parenting topics. Intended as “dads only” unless otherwise stated. 

  • Dads & Kids: Fun events for dads to meet and bring their kids to play

  • Whole Family: Big events where all caregivers and members of the family are welcome to join

  • Public Community Events: informative discussion events where all parents and adult caregivers are welcome to attend.

Other details to note about our programming. You’ll see events listed with the following keywords:

  • Drop in - no registration required. Just come on by!

  • RSVP - we ask for folks to pre-register so we have a sense of attendance

  • In-person - event takes place in-person at the listed time and location

  • Virtual - event takes place online, via Zoom or Google Meet

  • Hybrid - event is both in-person and virtual. Attend whichever way works best. RSVPs will be emailed the meeting link in advance.

Filtering by: “Whole Family”
Breakfast w/ Bluey
Mar
22

Breakfast w/ Bluey

Breakfast with Bluey returns to the VT Comedy Club, its original location. There'll be free pancakes and Bluey on the projector screen for 60 minutes, then we'll quickly transform into the hottest dance club open at 10am in Vermont, glow sticks and all.

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Apr
12

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a music jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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ADDISON: What Color Am I?
Apr
12

ADDISON: What Color Am I?

Everyone has skin, and skin comes in so many different colors. But where do these colors come from? Can we change our skin color? What color is our skin, really?

Curious kids (and caregivers) can join Rokeby Museum’s Education Programs Manager, Jonathon Ahl, for an fun, educational event designed for an early education setting that will explain the science behind where our skin color comes from. We’ll match colorful objects, experiment with skin-tone accurate paints, and finish the day by grabbing a mirror and painting your own “skin color” self-portrait!

appropriate for children ages 3-5. Each child should be accompanied by a caregiver.
RSVP Required: https://online.traxsolutions.com/dadguild/main#/search

Want to learn more about Rokeby’s pioneering work in developing an age-appropriate racial learning curriculum? Check out our podcast with Jonathon from March 2025.

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Apr
19

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a music jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
May
10

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a music jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
May
17

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a music jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Jun
7

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a music jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Jun
14

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a music jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Family Swim at UVM
Mar
15

Family Swim at UVM

Kids love going to the pool. But finding open pool times is not easy. This winter, we took care of that for you! Join us for these special Dad Guild open swim dates at UVM. 

Spaces are limited. RSVP today.

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Kids & Coffee & Waffles
Mar
8

Kids & Coffee & Waffles

Our popular morning drop-in event returns. Kids are up early. So are we! Get out of the house and have some breakfast together. Folks can enjoy a complimentary free coffee and order of fresh waffles.

DROP IN

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Movie Meeting Day
Mar
3

Movie Meeting Day

POP UP EVENT:

Need a break from winter break? Looking for something to do with the kiddos with schools closed on town meeting day? Join us at The Guild Hall for a special movie screening event. We got the rights to screen Zootopia 2, so we’ll be showing it on our projector.
RSVP today - https://online.traxsolutions.com/dadguild/main#/search

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Mar
1

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a music jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Feb
22

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a music jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Feb
15

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a music jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Kids & Coffee & Waffles
Feb
8

Kids & Coffee & Waffles

Our popular morning drop-in event returns. Kids are up early. So are we! Get out of the house and have some breakfast together. Folks can enjoy a complimentary free coffee and order of fresh waffles.

DROP IN

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CANCELLED - FRANKLIN: Pop-up Family Sledding
Feb
7

CANCELLED - FRANKLIN: Pop-up Family Sledding

UPDATE: Due to forecast for extremely cold windchills, we will cancel the sledding meet up and look to schedule it another time. Stay tuned

POP-UP EVENT! Family Sledding meet up!

Seems like the snow will be sticking around for a bit, so we threw together this pop-up event! Join us for sledding at the awesome Hard’Ack Recreation Area in St. Albans.

Not from Franklin County? You should join anyway. Sledding at Hard’Ack is worth the trip, trust us.

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Breakfast w/ Bluey
Feb
1

Breakfast w/ Bluey

Breakfast with Bluey returns to the VT Comedy Club, its original location. There'll be free pancakes and Bluey on the projector screen for 60 minutes, then we'll quickly transform into the hottest dance club open at 10am in Vermont, glow sticks and all.

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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Fundraiser
Jan
31

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Fundraiser

Join us at Mule Bar to support early literacy for Winooski children! Dad Guild is proud to support Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Winooski, a non-profit that mails books to any child age 0-5 that signs up. Mule Bar is teaming up with Dad Guild on January 31st to raise funds for this program by donating $1 from every Zero Gravity sold! A raffle for 50/50 or Zero Gravity swag will be held from 3-6pm.

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Babysitter Mingler
Jan
25

Babysitter Mingler

If only we had a nickel every time a father talked about wishing he could have an evening out with his partner, but unfortunately did not know any babysitters in the region. Well for all of you caregivers looking to meet some babysitters...we’ve got you covered.

Our first mingler event was so popular, we are doing it again. Join Dad Guild for our second Babysitter Mingler! We’ll be inviting a bunch of available babysitters to the space, and you and your family can spend some time chatting with them, seeing who is a good fit for your needs, and exchanging contact information. Please note that Dad Guild is not vouching for any of these sitters, but is creating the space for folks to connect.

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Jan
25

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a music jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Family Swim at UVM
Jan
18

Family Swim at UVM

Kids love going to the pool. But finding open pool times is not easy. This winter, we took care of that for you! Join us for these special Dad Guild open swim dates at UVM. 

Spaces are limited. RSVP today.

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Jan
18

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a music jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Kids & Coffee & Waffles
Jan
11

Kids & Coffee & Waffles

Our popular morning drop-in event returns. Kids are up early. So are we! Get out of the house and have some breakfast together. Folks can enjoy a complimentary free coffee and order of fresh waffles.

DROP IN

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Jan
4

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a music jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Dec
14

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a weekly fam jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Dec
7

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a weekly fam jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Nov
23

*CANCELLED* Sunday Morning Fam Jams

*CANCELLED* Alex is sick today.

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a weekly fam jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Nov
16

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a weekly fam jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Nov
9

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a weekly fam jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Nov
2

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a weekly fam jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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UVM Women's Hockey vs BC
Nov
1

UVM Women's Hockey vs BC

Join us as we cheer for UVM’s Womens Hockey. Free tickets, just make sure to sign up before gameday so we can submit the list in advance.

RSVP here: https://online.traxsolutions.com/dadguild/main#/search

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Babysitter Mingler
Oct
19

Babysitter Mingler

If only we had a nickel every time a father talked about wishing he could have an evening out with his partner, but unfortunately did not know any babysitters in the region. Well for all of you caregivers looking to meet some babysitters...we’ve got you covered.

On Sunday, October 19th from 10am-12pm in the Guild Hall, join Dad Guild for our first ever Babysitter Mingler! We’ll be inviting a bunch of available babysitters to the space, and you and your family can spend some time chatting with them, seeing who is a good fit for your needs, and exchanging contact information. Please note that Dad Guild is not vouching for any of these sitters, but is creating the space for folks to connect.

Dads / Families RSVP here
NOTE: Please sign up for one of two 1-hour slot options (10-11am, 11am-12pm)

Babysitters RSVP here:

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Oct
19

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a weekly fam jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Oct
12

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a weekly fam jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Oct
5

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician, and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a weekly fam jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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Construction Fest
Oct
4

Construction Fest

  • 131 Church Street Burlington, VT, 05401 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Step into a world of construction for a morning of discovery and fun. Families can watch imaginations soar as kids discover new ways to play, create, and celebrate the people and machines that shape our city. Construction Fest is a free event offering a variety of different hands-on activities for kids of all ages!

Construction Truck Fashion Show: See a variety of construction vehicles on Main Street at 10:15am & 11:15am!

Touch a Truck: Come touch and explore different vehicles, including a Dump Truck, Street Sweeper, Forklift, Sidewalk Plow, and more!

Construction Hat Decoration Activity: Kids can decorate their own construction hat with stickers!

Kids Construction Zone: On City Hall Block, kids can build with giant foam blocks, and play Connect Four & Jenga!

Singalong at 10:30am: Join musician and early educator, Linda Bassick for a musical performance.

Storytime at 11:30am: Immerse yourself in storytelling with the amazing Fletcher Free Library staff.

Additional activities:

Vermont Face & Body will have face painting, spray tattoos, and hair tinsel available!

Suggested Parking: Get two hours free at the Main and Winooski lot, just one block away from the event. You can also get two hours free at the Downtown Garage (entrances on College, Cherry, and Battery streets). Just make sure to start a ParkMobile session!

Sponsored by DR Power Equipment and BOHO BABY.

Community Partners: Dad Guild, Fletcher Free Library, The Church Street Marketplace, and City of Burlington Public Works.

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Upper Valley Board Game Extravaganza
Sep
28

Upper Valley Board Game Extravaganza

Whole family invited to join us at the Hub Community Center's monthly Meeples on Main board game extravaganza.

RSVP requested: https://online.traxsolutions.com/dadguild/main#/search

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Sunday Morning Fam Jams
Sep
28

Sunday Morning Fam Jams

The Guild Hall is officially open for families to enjoy Sunday morning from 9:30am - 11am. From 9:30 - 10:00, father, musician and early childhood educator Alex Baron facilitates a weekly fam jam for all family members. We’ll have some instruments on hand for you and your littles to enjoy! Following the musical portion of the morning, families are invited to spend the next hour enjoying a casual playgroup in the space. Families had been hanging around afterwards anyways, so we figured we’d just make it official!

Programming is designed for children ages 0-3 years

Additionally, our good friends at Haymaker Buns downstairs will be offering $5 kids’ meals with any adult meal purchased to all playgroup attendees!

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