Festival Details

Festival Grounds

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Festival Highlights

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!

Join us at the Waterfront

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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.

Safety Information

The Festival is held rain or shine.  There is no “rain date.”  Delays, evacuations, or other changes to race details are possible due to the following:

Lightning
Dangerously High Waves

Be informed...read the full safety plan here.

Food Vendors

Our food vendors this year will provide you with a great variety of delicious dining and snacking!

We'll list them here as they sign on.

Spirit Competition

We want to see your creative side too!

  • Make up a cool name for your team
  • Dress up your drummer!
  • Decorate your tent site!
  • Create the best t-shirt/costume!
  • Present your special song or chant to t at the "Photo Dragons" after your first race.

Our spirit judges will roam the Festival grounds to see you and hear you and name the 2026 Spirit comptetion winners! Check out last year's champs!

The Flower Ceremony

Want to know why we paddle? This is it!

The Flower Ceremony

Each year, we pause the action of the races to take a moment to remember and honor those who have lost their battle to cancer, and uplift and support those who are still going through their cancer journey. For all cancer survivors, it is time to reflect and rejoice in our survival. Our founder, Linda Dyer, leads the ceremony with poignant tributes, followed by a special song performed by one of our own breast cancer survivors. Sunflowers, a beautiful symbol of our love for each other and those we have lost, are tossed in the water in remembrance of all. Please plan to join us at the waterside around noon to take part in this very special part of the day.

2024 Flower Ceremony

Fundraising Opportunities

Onsite on Festival Day

50/50 Raffle

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.

Pick Your Prize

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.

Festival Artist

2026 Festival Artist TBA

Every year, the Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival solicits a local artist to create a print for us. Our artist for 2026 is yet to be named.