FREE: Grange “Barbecue/Community Potluck Dinner”–outside! (set-up starting at 4pm)

On the first Saturday of every month (with a few exceptions for holidays), we host a Community Potluck dinner, which is open to all, and free! Saturday, Aug. 7, we’ll have an outdoor potluck and barbecue! Starting at 5:00 PM, we’ll be setting up tables on the North end of the Grange Hall, by the ADA entrance ramp (weather permitting of course!). If the weather doesn’t cooperate, we’ll move to the Grange’s fully accessible Lower Level! The Montpelier Senior Jazz Ensemble will provide live music before the meal, come by 5:30 with your side dishes for the dinner, and to enjoy the music! The Grange will provide grilles (charcoal and propane) and an electric burner, plus hamburgers, vegan burgers, hot dogs, buns and condiments…and hand-cranked ice cream, Blueberry and Vanilla–bring your strong arms to help crank by 5:30, so it can be ready for dessert! We plan to start eating about 6:00 PM! Entertainment: We’ll have music from the Senior Jazz Ensemble, playing on the ADA entrance porch. Just Food Hub will be selling tasty Fair Trade treats: coffee, chocolates, nuts and more! 25% of the price will be donated to the Grange! You can also expect the kick-0ff announcement of the Challenge Fundraiser co-sponsored by the Montpelier Contra Dance and the Friends of the Capital City Grange Hall! For more info, check out the Donate page on this website. Please bring other tasty treats, like: Appetizers Soups Salads Chips Salsa & dips Breads Cheeses Side dishes–veggies, rice pilafs, potatoes, you name it, we’ll eat it! Desserts–cookies, cakes, pies Beverages–cider, juices, carbonated beverages, etc. (all non-alcoholic, please!) We always have great-tasting (and well-tested) well water. We’ll use the Grange’s great selection of vintage china and melamine plates and dinnerware, and we’ll welcome volunteers to help to wash up after the meal. We hope you’ll join us to meet some new folks, re-meet some old friends, talk over what’s happening in the Grange and the rest of the world! Here’s a picture from the 2026 event: