The Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival is a community dragon boat festival held in Burlington, Vermont along the shores of beautiful Lake Champlain. The Festival is a charity event that supports cancer survivors in our local community, including Dragonheart Vermont and two pledge partners in 2025: the Mahana Magic Foundation and Sail Against Cancer VT. We have three divisions for racing: Community Teams, Breast Cancer Paddler teams, and Sport teams.

Please note: Racing for Breast Cancer teams and Sport teams begins at noon on Saturday, August 2nd. Community, Sport, and Breast Cancer teams will all race the 200m course on Sunday, August 3rd.

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Registration Opens April 1

SPONSOR US!

Feature your business on our t-shirts or hats. Fly a banner at our waterfront festival. We have opportunities to support the Festival at a level that works for you. Check out our 2025 Sponsor Package.

Or contact our Sponsor team.

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RACE WITH US!

Registration opens April 1st for Community Teams (16 paddlers), Breast Cancer teams (20 paddlers), and Sport Teams (20 paddlers).


See more details on this page. Still have questions now about entering a team? Email us at info@dragonheartvermont.org 

Want to participate but don’t have a whole team? Sign up as a Free Agent Paddler and we’ll get you linked up with a team that needs you! Learn more here (scroll down to the Community Teams section).

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FUNDRAISE!

  • Raise funds as a team or individual ($75 individual fundraising commitment). Bake sales, car washes, social media compaigns…it all works!
  • Buy tickets to our annual Pick-Your-Prize Fundraiser.
  • Join us at the waterfront on Festival Day for other fundraising challenges.

Feel the Team Experience!

Hear from other sponsors, teams, and members why you should join us!

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VOLUNTEER!!!

It takes lots of volunteers to run the Festival and we welcome interested community members. Most jobs are on Sunday, August 3rd, but we have a few needs on Saturday the 2nd as well.

Have questions? Contact Vicky.

Coming Soon - Volunteer Sign up

Pick Your Prize Fundraiser

Is back for 2025! 

More information will appear here as soon as we know more about the many local hotels, restaurants, experiences, recreation opportunities that will generously sponsor us this year.

Site for future PYP ticket sales