Welcome to the 16th annual Festival of Fools, BTV’s annual gala of goofs, rite of ridiculousness, and preposterous pageant of busking, music, and merrymaking, August 4-6, 2023! Every year, Festival of Fools brings over 100 free performances to Burlington, Vermont’s historic Church Street, with acrobatics, dancers, sketch comedy, and unbelievable music.

Schedule:

Friday, August 4, 2023
12:00 pm
Garaghty & Thom Street Comedy (Leunig’s Pitch)
The Silver Starlets (AARP Pitch)

12:30 pm
The Riplium Menagerie (Community Bank Pitch)
BCA Summer Concert Series: DiTrani Brothers (City Hall Park)

1:00 pm
Tom Timon (Leunig’s Pitch)
Tic & Tac (AARP Pitch)

1:30 pm
Galumpha (Community Bank Pitch)
Mutts Gone Nuts (Pet Food Warehouse Pitch)

2:00 pm
Jack Broadbent (Leunig’s Pitch)
Sam Malcolm (AARP Pitch)

2:30 pm
School of Foolery Showcase – Community Bank Pitch

3:00 pm
Cate Great (Leunig’s Pitch)
Mutts Gone Nuts (Pet Food Warehouse Pitch)
Tom Timon (AARP Pitch)

3:30 pm
Cha Wa (von Trapp Brewing)

4:00 pm
The Billy-croquettes (Leunig’s Pitch)
The Silver Starlets (AARP Pitch)
BCA Splash Dance with DJ Craig Mitchell (City Hall Park)

4:30 pm
Garaghty & Thom Street Comedy (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)

5:00 pm
Sam Malcolm (Leunig’s Pitch)
Galumpha (AARP Pitch)
Hendrick’s Gin and Switchback Brewing Top Block Cabaret Hosted by Madame Zazou  

5:30 pm
Cate Great (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  
Mutts Gone Nuts (Pet Food Warehouse Pitch)
Kickoff Parade! (Church Street)

5:40 pm
Tom Timon (Hendrick’s Gin and Switchback Brewing Top Block Cabaret)

6:00 pm
Mikahely (Leunig’s Pitch)
Tic & Tac (AARP Pitch)

6:20 pm
Riplium Menagerie (Hendrick’s Gin and Switchback Brewing Top Block Cabaret)

6:30 pm
Sam Malcolm (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)   
BCA Twilight Series: Jack Broadbent (City Hall Park)

7:00 pm
The Billy-croquettes (Hendrick’s Gin and Switchback Brewing Top Block Cabaret)
Tom Timon (Leunig’s Pitch)
Garaghty & Thom Street Comedy (AARP Pitch)

7:30 pm
Galumpha (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  
BCA Twilight Series: Lido Pimienta (City Hall Park)

8:00 pm
Jack Broadbent (Leunig’s Pitch)
The Riplium Menagerie (AARP Pitch)

8:30 pm
Happy Spangler (Hendrick’s Gin and Switchback Brewing Top Block Cabaret)
The Silver Starlets (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  

9:00 pm
Garaghty & Thom Street Comedy (Leunig’s Pitch)
Cate Great (AARP Pitch)

9:30 pm
Tic & Tac (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)

Saturday, August 5, 2023
11:00 am
The Billy-croquettes (Leunig’s Pitch
The Silver Starlets (AARP Pitch)
The BTV Market (City Hall Park)

11:30 am
Tic & Tac (Community Bank Pitch)

12:00 pm
Sam Malcolm (AARP Pitch)
Garaghty & Thom Street Comedy (Leunig’s Pitch)

12:30 pm
Cate Great (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  
Circus Smirkus Camp Road Show (Community Bank Pitch)
Mutts Gone Nuts (Pet Food Warehouse Pitch)

1:00 pm
Jack Broadbent (Leunig’s Pitch)
The Silver Starlets (AARP Pitch)
BCA Splash Dance with DJ CRWD CTRL (City Hall Park)

1:30 pm
Tic & Tac (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  
Galumpha (Community Bank Pitch)

2:00 pm
Tom Timon (AARP Pitch)
The Riplium Menagerie (Leunig’s Pitch)

2:30 pm
Cha Wa (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)
Cate Great (Community Bank Pitch)

3:00 pm
Circus Smirkus Camp Road Show (Leunig’s Pitch)
The Billy-croquettes (AARP Pitch)

3:30 pm
Garaghty & Thom Street Comedy (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)
Sam Malcolm (Community Bank Pitch)
Mutts Gone Nuts (Pet Food Warehouse Pitch)

4:00 pm
The Riplium Menagerie (AARP Pitch)
Cate Great (Leunig’s Pitch)

4:30 pm
Bandits on the Run (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  

5:00 pm
Tic & Tac (AARP Pitch)
Galumpha (Leunig’s Pitch)
Hendrick’s Gin and Switchback Brewing Top Block Cabaret Hosted by Madame Zazou

5:30 pm
The Silver Starlets (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  
Mutts Gone Nuts (Pet Food Warehouse Pitch)

5:40 pm
The Billy-croquettes (Hendrick’s Gin and Switchback Brewing Top Block Cabaret)

6:00 pm
Bandits on the Run (Leunig’s Pitch)
Circus Smirkus Camp Road Show (AARP Pitch)

6:20 pm
The Riplium Menagerie (Hendrick’s Gin and Switchback Brewing Top Block Cabaret)

6:30 pm
Tom Timon (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  

7:00 pm
Garaghty & Thom Street Comedy (Leunig’s Pitch)
Galumpha (Hendrick’s Gin and Switchback Brewing Top Block Cabaret)
Sam Malcolm (Community Bank Pitch)

7:30 pm
BCA Twilight Series: Cha Wa (City Hall Park)
Mr. Crites & Woodhead (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  

8:00 pm
Cate Great (Leunig’s Pitch)
The Silver Starlets (AARP Pitch)

8:30 pm
MAD (Hendrick’s Gin and Switchback Brewing Top Block Cabaret) Sam Malcolm (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  

9:00 pm
Tom Timon (Leunig’s Pitch)
Garaghty & Thom Street Comedy (AARP Pitch)

9:30 pm
Tic & Tac (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)

Sunday, August 6, 2023
10:00 am
BCA Sunday Classical with Sitka Trio (City Hall Park)

11:00 am
Garaghty & Thom Street Comedy (Leunig’s Pitch)
Cate Great (AARP Pitch)

11:30 am
Tic & Tac (Community Bank Pitch)
Mutts Gone Nuts (Pet Food Warehouse Pitch)
Tom Timon (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  

12:00 pm
The Billy-croquettes (Leunig’s Pitch)
The Silver Starlets (AARP Pitch)  

12:30 pm
Galumpha (Community Bank Pitch)
Bandits on the Run (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  

1:00 pm
The Riplium Menagerie (Leunig’s Pitch)  
Tic & Tac (AARP Pitch)

1:30 pm
Garaghty & Thom Street Comedy (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  
Sam Malcolm Community Bank Pitch
Mutts Gone Nuts (Pet Food Warehouse Pitch)  

2:00 pm
Tom Timon (Leunig’s Pitch)  
The Riplium Menagerie (AARP Pitch)

2:30 pm
Lakou Mizik (City Hall Park)
Cate Great (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  
The Silver Starlets (Community Bank Pitch)

3:00 pm
Mr. Crites & Woodhead (AARP Pitch)  
Galumpha (Leunig’s Pitch)

3:30 pm
Garaghty & Thom Street Comedy (Community Bank Pitch)
Mutts Gone Nuts (Pet Food Warehouse Pitch)  
Tic & Tac (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)  

4:00 pm
Sam Malcolm (Leunig’s Pitch)  
Tom Timon (AARP Pitch)

4:30 pm
Cate Great (Community Bank Pitch)
The Silver Starlets (von Trapp Brewing Pitch)   

5:00 pm
Hokum Brothers (City Hall Park)

5:30 pm
The Last Laugh Variety Show (City Hall Park)

Date: August 4 - 6, 2023

Location:
Downtown Burlington, VT 05401

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