Watch for more details, coming soon, about these things to do onsite at the Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival!

• Scavenger Hunt for the kiddos
• Onsite t-shirt and souvenir sales
• Onsite 50/50 raffle
• Pick-your-prize raffle sales
• Entertainers

And of course--watch the exciting races!

Click the pic for an interactive map.
Use 20 Lake Street, Burlington in your GPS.
Festival grounds in the area labeled Waterfront Park.
Races start from the red pin at the boat ramp.

Ticket sales are onsite only. Our representatives will come by your tent site to sell you tickets--$1 each or $10 for an arms length. 

Ticket sales end at 11:00 a.m.

Our Pick-Your-Prize fundraiser features gift certificates donated by local businesses. Certificates are bundled (if necessary) so that each "bucket" is worth at least $200. Buckets are organized by theme or geographic area to make sure they appeal to our local community. There are a few national level or online certificates that might be of interest to those from areas further afield.

You pick the "buckets" that appeal to you and buy as many tickets as you'd like for each bucket.

We offer online ticket sales from mid-June through Thursday before our Festival day. Tickets are also available onsite. Prizes are drawn at the end of the day and winners are posted on Monday. We mail the winners their prizes.

Margaret Palombo has loved the gift of “seeing” since childhood and has always been fascinated by how what we see allows us to feel. This observational curiosity nourished her love for visual arts. 

She earned a degree in Studio Art and Art History studying at Rutgers, Parsons School of Design and the University of Vermont. Margaret taught elementary education and fine arts at a private school in New Jersey before moving to Vermont in 2001 with her husband and five children. She considers teaching art to children, one of the most fun and satisfying experiences she’s ever had, “there’s nothing quite like encouraging people to explore art and expression”. She continued to work in private schools until 2007 when she began employment at the University of Vermont Medical Center.

Honored to be the Festival Artist for the 20th anniversary year and after looking through many images of the event, she chose to focus on the Flower Ceremony. The inspiration flowed from the breathtaking boats adorned with the passionate, brave, fearless dragon heads, the vibrant, human arms outstretched, the glistening water, the brilliant sky, the sturdy, bright, sunflowers being caste into the air with the power of prayers, memories, heartache and hope. She was trying to capture all of it, intentionally employing very delicate materials. Paper, watercolor, and ink…transient and light yet powerful and transcendent."