Woodstock contends between tourism transience and Windsor County village permanence. Central Street rooms fill with visitors chasing covered-bridge fantasy, while Downtown hosts the families who've been here for generations. Taftsville draws the residential energy. Quechee and Bridgewater add the rural layers. The comedy here reads the tension between seasonal tourism and year-round community. Open mics become neutral ground where both identities converge. Comics who grasp Woodstock's dual rhythm find audiences relieved someone recognized the town keeps its Green Mountain soul while the leaf-peepers flood in each autumn.