Upper Valley Connections
Issue No. 20 · August 6, 2026
High summer means concerts on every green from Fairlee to White River Junction, a county fair or two rolling through, and enough farmers markets to fill a week twice over. Plenty on tap this issue -- read on for all of it.
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Happy birthday, Norwich Bookstore! The Main Street shop turns 32 this year and is marking it with a storewide anniversary sale Saturday -- 20% off nearly everything in-store. While you're there, don't miss two of the shop's community traditions this weekend: a Silent Reading Party Sunday afternoon, and Coffee & Conversation with the Upper Valley Welcome Wagon just beforehand.
Tonight: Natasha Bedingfield headlines the free summer concert series at Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee -- gates at 6, music at 8, right on the water. It's also the last Community Pizza Night of the season at King Arthur -- next Thursday closes out their summer dinner series with a final burger night.
A three-day arts festival taking over downtown Lebanon, Bradford Fair, OKLAHOMA! closing out its run at Northern Stage, and The Revivalists closing out the week at Lake Morey -- Issue No. 20 has a lot going on. Farmers markets and everything else worth knowing about are a click away.
Farmers' Markets
All eight of the Valley's markets are running now, from Lebanon's Thursday market at Colburn Park to the Wednesday market on the Green in Woodstock.
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