In 2011, the festival was held on April 29, 30, and May 1. This was because Easter fell on Sunday of the last full weekend that year. In 1940, during a conversation at the local barber shop, the Maple Syrup Festival was proposed. It began as a way to sell maple syrup and to promote the village. Currently, all young women in their junior year (grade 11) at Maple Valley Schools are eligible to compete for the title of Vermontville Maple Syrup Festival Queen and her court. The festival is held the last full weekend in April. Vermontville contains three public parks: