Don't miss the 12th Annual Adamant Blackfly Festival, this Saturday, May 31, 2014, 10-4. Free admission.

1313 Haggett Rd. Adamant, Vermont 802-223-5760

There will be kids' activities. Bring a bike or wear your favorite pair of wings and join us in the Blackfly parade.

BFF schedule:

10:00 Pre-madness meanderings, with local naturalists Richard Czaplinski, Nora Estrin and Charles Taylor — a walk along the shores of Sodom Pond (the source of the blackflies, well, sort of).

10:00 Live Music: Rick Winston and Franklin Heyburn

10:30 Live Music: Bliss Hill: Lizzy Mandell, Christine Malcolm, Rudy Dauth

11:00 General mayhem begins:
• Grill opens - jumbo hot dogs, chicken sausage, salmon burgers, black bean cakes, delectable salads and baked goods
• Silent Auction opens - ooh la la, more great stuff than you can shake a bottle of bug dope at
• Test your knowledge of the insect world with Blackfly Jeopardy

11:30 - Live music: Pitz Quattrone and The Freelancers: Michael Giammusso on Djembe, Norman Carter electric Bass, Chris Robertson electric slide guitar

12:00- Live music: Girls Night Out: featuring Nancy MacDowell, Carrie Cook of Jeffersonville and Debbie Yacovone of Morrisville

12:30 - Blackfly Fashion Show with commentator Burr Morse.

1:30 - Live music: Carol Hausner and Danny Coane - offering a blend of traditional and contemporary Bluegrass and Americana

2:00 Blackfly Parade. Get out your best marching shoes and dust off your kazoo. The parade features eclectic costumes, a marching band, synchronized bug zappers, local tractors, and livestock floats with four-legged fertilizers. Past parades have been described as “campy,” “a whole lot of fun,” and “the Macy’s Day Parade of the Insect World.”

2:30 - Live music: Ezra Miller - a 14 year old from Hardwick. He has been studying fiddle with Sarah Hotchkiss since he was 8. He is featured in this year's Young Traditions Showcase.
Silent Auction ends

2:45 - Blackfly Pie Contest. Enter as a solo cook, or create your confection as a family! Hungry judges award entries for Taste, Blackfly Homage, and Artistry.

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