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Past Adventures

Dante’s Inferno: Feast Through The 9 Circles of Hell, The Clubhouse, Colchester, VT

Summer Garden Adventure Dinner | Horsford Garden & Nursery, Charlotte, VT

Vegan Steakhouse Prix Fixe Party Night | The Clubhouse, Colchester, VT

Spring Lamb Farmer’s Table Dinner | The Clubhouse, Colchester, VT

Love Notes | BCA Gallery, Burlington, VT

Leaf Peep & Aperitif Adventure Dinner | Merck Forest & Farmland Center, Rupert, VT

Breeding Barn Adventure Dinner | Shelburne Farms, Shelburne

Steakhouse Adventure Dinner with Grass Cattle Co | Adam’s Berry Farm, Charlotte, VT

Flower Farm Adventure Dinner | Diddle & Zen, Panton, VT

Heirloom Botanical Adventure Dinner | Wilson Herb Farm, Greensboro, VT

BTV Mini Golf Scavenger Hunt | Burlington, VT

Hollywood Glamour Night with The VSO | The Flynn, Burlington, VT

A Christmas Story Dinner | Peg + Ter’s Pop-Up, Shelburne, VT

Killeen Crossroads Farm Takeover Dinner | Shelburne, VT

Ranch Dinner with Grass Cattle Co. | Adam’s Berry Farm, Charlotte, VT

Sunset Garden Dinner | Snaps & Sunflowers, Cambridge, VT

Practical Magic: A Witch’s Dinner, The Clubhouse, Colchester, VT

Breeding Barn Adventure Dinner | Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT

Winter Solstice Yule Adventure Dinner | The Clubhouse, Colchester, VT

Enchanted Forest Adventure Dinner | The Clubhouse, Colchester, VT

Vermont Cheese Adventure Dinner to benefit VT Cheese Council | Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT

Solstice & Full Moon Adventure Dinner | Killeen Crossroads Farm, Shelburne, VT

Tomato Fest Adventure Dinner | Sam Mazza’s Farm, Colchester, VT

Summer Berry Adventure Dinner | Adam’s Berry Farm, Charlotte, VT

Bramble Ramble Foraged Adventure Dinnner | Blueberry Hill Inn, Goshen, VT

Mud & Maple Adventure Dinner | Palmer’s Sugarhouse, Shelburne, VT

Love Trek | Blueberry Hill Inn, Goshen, VT

Santa’s Luau: A Tropical Pop-Up | Peg + Ter’s, Shelburne, VT

Beetlejuice Dinner | Peg + Ter’s Pop-Up, Shelburne, VT

Jasper Hill + Hill Farmstead Brewery Dinner | Wilson Herb Farm, Greensboro, VT

Goat Farm Dinner | Blue Ledge Farm, Salisbury, VT

Berry Celebration Dinner | Adam’s Berry Farm, Charlotte, VT

Solstice Dinner with Killeen Crossroads Farm | Shelburne, VT

Adventure Island Mini Golf Spring Classic | Diddle & Zen, Panton, VT

Spring Break Pool Party | Essex Resort & Spa, Essex, VT

Love Trek | Blueberry Hill Inn, Goshen, VT

Lunar New Year Banquet | Vergennes, VT

Switchback Takeover Dinner | Switchback Brewing Co, Burlington, VT

Killeen Crossroads Farm Takeover Dinner | Shelburne, VT

Malt House Dinner | Earthkeep Farmcommon Malt House, Charlotte, VT

Summer Berry Celebration | Adams Berry Farm, Charlotte, VT

Assorted dishes set on a table with colorful bowls and utensils.

Killeen Crossroads Farm Takeover Dinner | Shelburne, VT

A yellow vintage VW bus converted into a makeshift bar in a farm field.

Solstice Pig Roast Dinner | Longest Acres Farm, Chelsea, VT

A green tray lined with newspaper and filled with seafood boil

North Country Seafood Boil | Common Ground, Starksboro, VT

Love Bar | Vergennes, VT

Guests seated at a long table set between rows at a vineyard at dusk on a summer day.

Vineyard Dinner | Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, VT

Friends xc-skiing up a trail in the snow.

Love Trek | Blueberry Hill Inn, Goshen, VT

Shelburne Vineyard Dinner | Shelburne Vineyard, Shelburne, VT

Vineyard Dinner | Ellison Estate Vineyard, Grand Isle, VT

Heirloom Botanical Dinner | Wilson Herb Farm, Greensboro, VT

Northern Italian Feast with Trenchers Farmhouse | HAVOC Gallery, Burlington, VT

Mud & Maple Dinner | Palmer’s Sugarhouse, Shelburne, VT

Valentine’s Day Aphrodisiac Dinner | Soapbox Arts, Burlington, VT

Fondue Pop-Up Party | Haymaker Buns, Middlebury, VT

New Year’s Eve Filipino Kamayan Feast | The Soda Plant, Burlington, VT

Winter Solstice Celebration | Werner Tree Farm, Middlebury, VT

Adventure Dinner Tasting Menu Dinner | Soapbox Arts, Burlington, VT

The Shining Dinner | AO Glass, Burlington, VT

Nighttime scene around a long table set for dinner with lit candles.

Leaf Peeps & Japanese Eats | Talta Lodge, Stowe, VT

Windfall Orchard Dinner | Cornwall, VT

Jasper Hill Creamery & Hill Farmstead Brewery Dinner | Sandiwood Farm, Wolcott, VT

Moon Dinner | Earthkeep Farmcommon, Charlotte, VT

Ellison Estate Vineyard Dinner | Grand Isle, VT

Mud, Maple, & Mexican | Palmer Sugar House, Shelburne, VT

A red table top with plates, wine glasses, and a Valentines Day themed menu.

Valentine’s Day | Vergennes, VT

Dinner set at a long table with fondue along the middle

Fondue Feast

A Mexican altar with many candles lit.

Hospitality Appreciation

Lit candle with a designed menu propped next to it.

VSO Candlelit Concert

Long table set in a brewery with glasses filled with golden-hued beer on the table.

Dark Days, Dark Beers

Guests seated to dinner at a long table outside next to a pond on a fall afternoon

Leef Peeps + Aperitifs

Ellison Vineyard Harvest Feast

Point Break Beach Party

Bubbles on the Boat

Urban Farm Wine Dinner

Orchard Dinner

Jungle Book Garden Party

Cocktail Party at Naulakha

Bridgerton Tea

Hotel Vermont Rekindle

Tiki + Shipwrecks

Tailgate

Farm + Field

Vineyard Harvest Party

Lemonade Stand

Solstice

Love Trek

Cemetery

La Playa

Tokyo Olympics

Retreat

Warehouse

Renewal

Pig + Pasture

Sugar Shack

Goat Farm

Orchard

Flower Farm

Lake Champlain

ADVENTURE DINNERS ARE ONE-OF-A-KIND EVENTS THAT REIMAGINE RITUAL.

We host gatherings year round, and take to heart Kurt Vonnegut’s assertion “there are six seasons instead of four” for New England*. To that end, you’ll see us embrace different themes or locations throughout the year that feature Fall (September + October), Locking (November + December), Winter (January + February), Unlocking (March + April), Spring (May + June) and Summer (July + August).

WHY SIX SEASONS INSTEAD OF FOUR?

We host gatherings year round in Fall (September + October), Locking (November + December), Winter (January + February), Unlocking (March + April), Spring (May + June) and Summer (July + August), a categorization inspired by the quote below.

For those of you who are familiar with the Northeast, you probably already see how these seasonal names fit with what you experience (for example, stick season = locking). For those of you who want a little more context you can read this lyrical excerpt from Mr. Vonnegut’s speech.

From “How to Make Money and Find Love!”, Kurt Vonnegut’s 1978 commencement speech to Fredonia State College:

“One sort of optional thing you might do is to realize that there are six seasons instead of four. The poetry of four seasons is all wrong for this part of the planet, and this may explain why we are so depressed so much of the time. I mean, spring doesn’t feel like spring a lot of the time, and November is all wrong for autumn, and so on.

Here is the truth about the seasons: Spring is May and June. What could be springier than May and June? Summer is July and August. Really hot, right? Autumn is September and October. See the pumpkins? Smell those burning leaves? Next comes the season called Locking. November and December aren’t winter. They’re Locking. Next comes winter, January and February. Boy! Are they ever cold!

What comes next? Not spring. ‘Unlocking’ comes next. What else could cruel March and only slightly less cruel April be? March and April are not spring. They’re Unlocking.”

Read the FULL TRANSCRIPT IN THIS VONNEGUT SPEECH COLLECTION.