Sara Twister

Red Trouser Show

Reid Belstock

Step Right Up!

Join us for The Feast of Fools — a rollicking, family-friendly celebration of local food, vaudeville, circus, music, and merriment like no other! Set against the charming backdrop of Camp Meade in Middlesex, Vermont, this magical extravaganza unfolds Saturday, September 20. Bring your appetite, your laughter, and your dancing shoes — because this is one party you dont want to miss!

A full-day of music, comedy, circus, food, and fun, as the Feast of Fools transforms Camp Meade into a playground of laughter and wonder. 

Brent McCoy

The Hokum Brothers

Imagine a festival alive with laughter, live performances, sizzling local fare, artisan cabins, and spontaneous spectacles — a day where people from all walks of life come together in community to enjoy the harvest season.

Yuri, The Russian Strongman

Part showcase, part spectacle, and wholly communal, the Feast of Fools is a platform for Vermont’s finest: from food makers to musicians, circus performers, and vaudevillians.

Here’s how you can be part of something truly special…

Wanta laugh?

Fun for the entire family!

Feast of Fools Sponsorship Opportunities

Camp Meade

Planetary Art Institute
Mission

“Art and science are branches of the same tree” —-Albert Einstein

The Planetary Art Institute builds learning opportunities for all ages! Art inspires critical and creative thinking that takes risks and crosses boundaries with joy. Science informs each of us how the universe works for all of us: an ecology that connects us to otherness, the natural world, and ourselves.

We believe values should inform actions and that beliefs should be rooted in facts. The Planetary Art Institute supports educational activities that encourage inquisitive, diverse, and holistic thinking with humor and fun.

We develop schools, daycares, immersive environments, and creative experiences that nurture and expand the relationships on which we depend. In short, the Planetary Art Institute creates space for our community to grow mindful individuals and good neighbors.

Woody Keppel

Artistic Director, Co-Founder

Woody Keppel is an event producer and consultant, actor, musician, vaudevillian, composer, and creator of The Festival of Fools, The Hokum Brothers, the Hawaiian Volcano Circus, the comedy team of Waldo & Woodhead, and Mt Foolery, an artist retreat and performing arts space in Charlotte, Vermont. 

Woody began his music career in 1983 with Sarah Caldwell's Opera Company of Boston, and has performed his whimsical show, “Waldo &  Woodhead,” in theaters, festivals, films, & television around the world (33 countries to date). Gregory Hines called Waldo & Woodhead, "the funniest and most original act" he'd ever seen 

Woody has appeared in countless family videos and a dozen feature films, including Ava's Magical Adventure, starring Timothy Bottoms and directed by Patrick Dempsey, David Giancola's, Icebreaker, (with Stacy Keach and Sean Astin); Moving Targets, (with Miles O'Keefe); Illegal Aliens, (with Anna Nicole Smith); Pressure Point (with Steve Railsback); Radical Jack (with Billy Ray Cyrus); and Axcellerator (with Sam J. Jones, Laura James, and Sean Young).