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2010 Vinton Area Chamber
Annual Events
3rd Thursday - Board of Directors Meeting Chamber
Office 8:00 AM
1st and 3rd Tuesdays - Town Council 7:00 PM
The Vinton Wine and Food Festival –
Saturday, May 15, 2010 – 11:00 – 4:00pm
on the Vinton War Memorial front lawn. This wine-tasting festival
will feature Virginia and International wines and good-tasting of local
restaurant foods. Musical entertainment will be featured on the War
Memorial’s front porch.
Golf Tournament -
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Vinton Fall Festival and 5K
Run/Walk – Saturday, October 9, 2010 from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
A annual festival that is the 2nd
Saturday in October. The event starts with a 5K Run at 8:00am. After
the 5K run, you can enjoy a pancake breakfast at the VFW pn Lee Ave.
The festival is held in downtown Vinton with portions of walnut Ave.,
Lee Ave., S. Maple St., and S. Pollard St. closed to traffic and filled
with Crafters, Business Expo, Health and Safety Section, food vendors
and other activities. There are two stages (one located across from the
farmer’s market and the other stage is at the corner of S. Poplar St.
and W. Lee Ave.) with entertainment of a musical variety as well as the
popular ‘Doggy Pageant’. We will feature a Monster Truck ride for all
ages located on the Vinton Ford Motor parking lot. There is a busy
Children’s Activities area located in the Vinton Baptist Church parking
lot. The Vinton Police always host fun and educational activities for
all ages. The farmer’s market activities include local crafts and
vegetables judged by a master gardener’s group. There are a variety of
food vendors to choose from and over 75 craft vendors to explore and
shop from. Downtown stores and restaurants are open for the day and
enjoy about 10,000 visitors at the festival. The day ends at 4:00pm.
This event is sponsored and run by Chamber volunteers with the planning
starting in February. Many sponsorship opportunities are available.
Depending on your sponsorship level, sponsors are featured on our
billboards, are on all Fall Festival printed materials, chamber web
site, Facebook page, Twitter and signage at Fall Festival.
2010 Fall Festival
Vendor Application Form - download pdf>
Halloween Downtown
Vinton Trick-or-Treat, Friday, October 29, 2010, 2:30 - 4:45 pm
Vinton Christmas Parade – Thursday,
December 2, 2010
This annual parade is held the first Thursday after Thanksgiving
starting at 7:00 pm. Attended by approximately 10,000 holiday well
wishers, this event is hosted by Vinton Area Chamber of Commerce and
planned and executed by chamber volunteers. At 6:00 pm, pre-parade
activities start with the lighting of the Town’s Christmas tree at the
Municipal Building on Pollard St. There is also music and
entertainment. At 7:00 pm, the parade starts on Gus Nick Blvd., winds
thru town and finishes on Washington Ave at the Vinton War Memorial.
There are usually 6-8 marching bands with as many as 70-80 entries of
civic groups, churches, businesses featuring about 30 floats. After the
parade, children and their families can enjoy a Holiday Open House at
the Vinton War Memorial with entertainment and refreshments, A visit
with Santa and children’s craft activities. There is usually one main
sponsor for the parade ($1500); sponsor’s logo is featured on a banner
in the parade and all promotional materials and ads. Other companies
sponsor floats and cars in the parade.
New Year's Eve
Gala, Friday, December 31, 2010, 8:00 pm - 12:30 am, Vinton War Memorial
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