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MAJOR EVENTSCALENDAR 2015
your guide to Eastern Connecticut festivals,
concerts, parades& so much more
SUNFLOWERS FOR WISHES, BUTTONWOOD FARM, GRISWOLD
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CLAM SHACKS OPEN FOR THE SEASON
MAYFirst Friday Street Festivals begin, (May–October), Downtown Putnamdiscoverputnam.com
Third Thursday Street Festivals begin, (May-October), Downtown Willimantic, willimanticstreetfest.com
MAY 2Historic Downtown Mystic Spring Stroll, mysticdowntown.org
Pomfret Town Wide Tag Salevisitpomfret.com/annualevents.html
Free Day, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, florencegriswoldmuseum.org
MAY 3Thread City Hop Fest, Jillson Square, Willimantic, threadcityhopfest.com
MAY 99th Annual Antique Glass and Bottle Show, Connecticut Glass Museum, Coventry, glassmuseum.org
Annual Putnam Rotary Club Fishing Derby, clubrunner.ca/putnam
MAY 13 Spring Food Stroll, New London newlondonmainstreet.org
MAY 15-16Mystic Food Truck Rally, Mystic Aquarium, mysticaquarium.org
MAY 25Decoration Day, Mystic Seaportmysticseaport.org
Memorial Day Parade, Putnam discoverputnam.com
MAY 28-3138th Annual Bluegrass Music Festival, Strawberry Park Campground, Prestonstrawberrypark.net
MAY 31 Mystic ½ Marathon hartfordmarathon.com
celebrate summer with a New England tradition
ABBOTT’S LOBSTER IN THE ROUGH, NOANK
NEW LONDON FOOD STROLLTHREAD CITY HOP FEST,
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JUNE 4-7Victorian Days, Willimantic, victorianwillimantic.org 19th Annual Cajun Zydeco Festival,Strawberry Park Campground, Preston strawberrypark.net
JUNE 5-7Brooklyn Ag Days, Brooklyn Fairgrounds, brooklynfair.org
JUNE 5-14GardenFest, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme florencegriswoldmuseum.org
JUNE 6-7Spring Fest, Jonathan Edwards Winery, North Stonington, jedwardswinery.comSummer Festival, Stonington Vineyard,stoningtonvineyards.com
JUNE 11-14 Sea Music Festival, Mystic Seaportmysticseaport.org
JUNE 12-14Taste of Mystic at Olde Mistick Village, Mystic, oldemistickvillage.com
JUNE 13-14Sun BBQ Fest, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, mohegansun.com
JUNE 1311th Annual Connecticut Open House Day, ctvisit.com
JUNE 19Connecticut Tigers Baseball opening night, Dodd Stadium, Norwich cttigers.com
JUNE 19-21 2nd Annual Vintage Motorsports Festival, Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, thompsonspeedway.com
JUNE 22Hot Summer Fun Kick-off, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, mohegansun.com
JUNE 26-28The WoodenBoat Show, Mystic Seaport, mysticseaport.org3rd Annual Mystic Blues Festival mysticbluesfestival.com
JUNE 26Ocean Beach Park 75th Anniversary Fireworks, New London, ocean-beach-park.com
JUNE 27Vintage Market, Salem thevintagemarketsalemct.com
JUNE 28Connecticut Historic Garden Day, Roseland Cottage, Woodstock (historicnewengland.org) & Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme (florencegriswoldmuseum.org)
GARDEN DAY, FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM, OLD LYME
OCEAN BEACH PARK, NEW LONDONMYSTIC BLUES FESTIVAL
THOMPSON SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS PARK
JUNE
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JULY 3 Killingly Red, White and Blue BBQ, Owen Bell Park, Killingly, killingly.org
JULY 4 30TH ANNIVERSARY Willimantic Boom Box Parade, wili-am.com
4th of July Parade and reading ofthe Declaration of Independence, Cannon Square, Stonington Borough stoningtonboroughct.com
Independence Day, Mystic Seaport mysticseaport.org
4th of July Jamboree, East Woodstock
Celebrate Mystic Day mysticdowntown.org
JULY 4-5 37th Annual Lobster Fest and Chicken BBQ with 55th Annual Juried Arts & Crafts Show, Niantic discovereastlyme.com
JULY 5, 12, 19, 26Summer Music Sunday, Mystic Seaport mysticseaport.org
JULY 6, 13, 20, 27 - AUG. 3 Blue Monday, Mystic River Park
JULY 8Racing event, Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, thompsonspeedway.com
JULY 8, 15, 22, 29Rock the Docks, Howard T. Brown Park, Norwich, norwichchamber.com
JULY 9-12North Stonington Fair,northstoningtonfair.org
JULY 10-12 Sailfest in New London sailfestnl.org
JULY 11Concert + Fireworks, Downtown Putnam, discoverputnam.com
SharkFest Swim, Mysticsharkfestswim.com
JULY 18Al fresco Riverfire, Putnam discoverputnam.com
Celebrate East Lyme celebrateeastlyme.com
JULY 18-26Sunflowers for Wishes, Buttonwood Farm, Griswold, sunflowersforwishes.com
JULY 24-25 Old Lyme Midsummer Festival, oldlymemidsummerfestival.com
JULY 25Fish Tales, Tugs & Sails, New London,newlondonmainstreet.org
Colchester Festival on the Green, colchesterhistory.org
JULY 25-26 Antique & Classic Boat Rendezvous, Mystic Seaport, mysticseaport.org
JULY 27 Blessing of the Fleet, Stonington, stmarychurch-stonington.weconnect.com
JULY 31-AUGUST 1 Moby-Dick Marathon, Mystic Seaportmysticseaport.org
JULY
LOCAL TOWN FIREWORKS announced late Spring check mystic.org for details
4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS, NORWICH RIVERFIRE, PUTNAM
WOODENBOAT SHOW, MYSTIC SEAPORT
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AUGUST 2Annual Stonington Village Fair, stoningtonboroughct.com
AUGUST 3 Blue Monday, Mystic River Park, Mystic
AUGUST 5, 12Rock the Docks, Howard T. Brown Park, Norwich, norwichchamber.com
AUGUST 7-9 56th Annual Lebanon Country Fair lebanoncountryfair.org
AUGUST 8Deary Road Race/Concert, Putnam discoverputnam.com
AUGUST 8-9Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, Downtown Mystic, mysticchamber.org
AUGUST 9Annual Main Street Car Cruise, Putnam, discoverputnam.com
AUGUST 14-16 Hermann’s Royal Lippizzan Stallions, Roseland Cottage, Woodstock historicnewengland.org
Connecticut ComiCONN, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, ctcomiccon.com
AUGUST 16 New London Food Truck Festival, downtownnewlondonassociation.com
AUGUST 26Racing event, Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, thompsonspeedway.com
AUGUST 27-30Brooklyn Fair, Brooklyn, brooklynfair.org
AUGUST 29-30New London Pride Weekend, Downtown New London & Ocean Beach Park, ocean-beach-park.com
Schemitzun - Green Corn PowWow, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Cultural Grounds, schemitzun.com
AUGUST
MAY 28-3138th Annual Bluegrass Music Festival, Strawberry Park Campground, Prestonstrawberrypark.net
JUNE 4-7 19th Annual Cajun Zydeco Festival, Strawberry Park Campground, Preston strawberrypark.net
JUNE 11-14 Sea Music Festival, Mystic Seaportmysticseaport.org
JUNE 26-28 3rd Annual Mystic Blues Festival mysticbluesfestival.com
JULY 5, 12, 19, 26Summer Music Sunday, Mystic Seaport, mysticseaport.org
JULY 6, 13, 20, 27 - AUG. 3 Blue Monday, Mystic River Park
JULY 8, 15, 22, 29 & AUGUST 5, 12Rock the Docks, Howard T. Brown Park, Norwich, norwichchamber.com
MUSIC FESTIVALSALL THROUGHTHE YEAR
from the sounds of summer to the sounds of blues legends and everything inbetween
MYSTIC OUTDOOR ART FESTIVAL
SCHEMITZUN, MASHANTUCKET
HERMANN’S ROYAL LIPPIZZAN STALLIONS, ROSELAND COTTAGE, WOODSTOCK
BROOKLYN FAIR
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SEPTEMBER 4 UCONN Cornucopia Fest 2015, Storrs, uconn.edu
SEPTEMBER 4-7Woodstock Fair, woodstockfair.com
SEPTEMBER 5 Railroad Day, Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum, Willimantic cteastrrmuseum.org
SEPTEMBER 5-6 Burning of Benedict Arnold Festival, New London, flocktheatre.org
SEPTEMBER 10-12 3rd Annual Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival, New London, ctmaritimefest.com
SEPTEMBER 11-13Mystic Eats Riverside Food Festival, Downtown Mystic, mysticdowntown.org
SEPTEMBER 11-15 Ledyard Fair, Ledyard, ledyardfair.org
SEPTEMBER 12Family Day and Riverfire, Putnam discoverputnam.com
Killingly Cooks and Great Tomato Festival, Killingly, killingly.org
SEPTEMBER 19Celebrating Agriculture, Woodstock Fairgrounds, celebratingagriculture.org
SEPTEMBER 19-208th Annual Garlic Festival, Olde Mistick Village, Mystic, oldemistickvillage.com
SEPTEMBER 20-21Civil War Living History Weekend, Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, historicnewengland.org
SEPTEMBER 2030th Anniversary of Norwich Auto Show, Dodd Stadium, norwichchamber.com
Coastweeks Rowing Regatta, Mystic Seaport, mysticseaport.org
12th Annual Celebrate Mansfield Festival, downtownstorrsfestival.org
SEPTEMBER 27Antique Vehicle Show, Mystic Seaport, mysticseaport.org
Wild Mushroom Festival, Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Mystic, dpnc.org
49th Annual Outdoor Antique Show, Lebanon, lebanontownhall.org
SEPTEMBER 26-27National Alpaca Days – Open Houses nationalalpacafarmdays.com
SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 26Connecticut Renaissance Fair, Dodd Stadium, Norwich, ctfaire.com
SEPTEMBER
CONNECTICUT’S COAST GUARD SUMMERCelebrate the U.S. Coast Guard’s 225th anniversary with a variety of events throughout the summer. Visit coastguardsummer.com.
WOODSTOCK FAIR RAILROAD DAY, CT EASTERNRAILROAD MUSEUM, WILLIMANTIC
OUTDOOR ANTIQUE SHOW, LEBANON
CT MARITIME FESTIVAL, NEW LONDON
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OCTOBER1-NOVEMBER 1 Wee Faerie Village Whimsical Kingdoms, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, florencegriswoldmuseum.org
OCTOBER 1-3125TH ANNIVERSARY WALKTOBER, Northeast Connecticut thelastgreenvalley.org
OCTOBER 2First Friday, Downtown Putnam (last for 2015) discoverputnam.com
OCTOBER 3-4 Harvest Fest, Jonathan Edwards Winery, North Stonington jedwardswinery.com
Stonington Vineyard Harvest Festival, stoningtonvineyards.com
3rd Annual Mystic Pirate Invasion, mysticdowntown.org
Fall Festival Tyme, Blue Slope Museum, North Franklin, blueslope.com
OCTOBER 10Groton Fall Festival, mysticchamber.org
OCTOBER 10-12Monty’s Fall Festival, The Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art Village, Oakdale, naturesartvillage.com
Chowder Days, Mystic Seaport, mysticseaport.org
OCTOBER 11 Connecticut Cheese Festival, Coventry coventryfarmersmarket.com
Scotland Highland Festival, scotlandgames.org
OCTOBER 11-13Harvest Festival Lapsley Orchard, Pomfret Center
OCTOBER 14Fall Food Stroll, New London,newlondonmainstreet.org
OCTOBER 16-18World Series of Auto Racing, Thompson International Speedway, thompsonspeedway.com
OCTOBER 17-1833nd Annual Roseland Cottage Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, Woodstock, historicnewengland.org
OCTOBER 24Great Pumpkin Festival and Foliage Train Ride, Putnam, discoverputnam.com
OCTOBER 25Niantic Halloween Parade discovereastlyme.com
OCTOBER 30Downtown Putnam Trick-or-Treat Night, discoverputnam.com
OCTOBER 31Halloween Trick-or-TreatOlde Mistick Village, oldemistickvillage.com; Downtown Mystic, mysticdowntown.org; Main Street, Willimantic, willimanticdowntown.org; Mystic Seaport, mysticseaport.org
CORN MAZES OPEN come get lost in a corn maze adventure
OCTOBER
GREAT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL & FOLIAGE TRAIN, PUTNAMWEE FAERIE VILLAGE,
FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM, OLD LYME
WALKTOBER, NORTHEAST CT
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NOVEMBER 16-19 Mystic Restaurant Week, mysticchamber.org
NOVEMBER 27Light Parade and Tree Lighting, Willimantic, willimanticdowntown.org
NOVEMBER 27-29Artists’ Open Studios Tour, Northeast Connecticut, aosct.org
NOVEMBER 28- DECEMBER 27Lantern Light Tours, Mystic Seaport mysticseaport.org
NOVEMBER 28Santa Arrives by Tugboat, Mystic, mysticchamber.org
Tree Lighting & Lighted Boat Parade, Mystic, mysticchamber.org
12th Annual Niantic Holiday Stroll, nianticmainstreet.org
Celebration of Lights and Song, New London, newlondonmainstreet.org
NOVEMBER 29Holiday Dazzle Light Parade, Putnam discoverputnam.com
NOVEMBER
MAY 3Thread City Hop Fest, Jillson Square, Willimantic, threadcityhopfest.com
MAY 13 Spring Food Stroll, New London newlondonmainstreet.org
MAY 15-16 Mystic Food Truck Rally, Mystic Aquarium, mysticaquarium.org
JUNE 6-7Spring Fest, Jonathan Edwards Winery, North Stonington, jedwardswinery.com
Summer Festival, Stonington Vineyard,stoningtonvineyards.com
JUNE 12-14Taste of Mystic at Olde Mistick Village, Mystic, oldemistickvillage.com
JUNE 13-14Sun BBQ Fest, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, mohegansun.com
JULY 4-5 37th Annual Lobster Fest & Chicken BBQ with 55th Annual Juried Arts & Crafts Show, Niantic, discovereastlyme.com
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FOOD FESTIVALSALL THROUGHTHE YEAR
celebrations designed to delight your palate
LIGHTED BOAT PARADE, MYSTIC
LOBSTER FEST, NINATIC
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DECEMBER 1 Mystic Holiday Stroll, Downtown Mystic, mysticdowntown.org
DECEMBER 3- JANUARY 3The Magic of Christmas, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme florencegriswoldmuseum.org
DECEMBER 4Stonington Village Holiday Tree Lighting & Stroll, stoningtonboroughct.com
DECEMBER 5-6Artists’ Open Studios Tour continues, Northeast Connecticut, aosct.org
DECEMBER 527th Annual Niantic Light Parade & Winterfest, discovereastlyme.com
Groton Lights Parade, mysticchamber.org
Holiday Carnival, Olde Mistick Village, Mystic, oldemistickvillage.com
DECEMBER 1129th Annual Festival of Lights, Olde Mistick Village with Mystic Aquarium, oldemistickvillage.com
DECEMBER 2060th Annual Community Carol Sing, Mystic Seaport, mysticseaport.org
Downtown Mystic Winter Solstice Luminary, mysticdowntown.org
DECEMBER 26- JANUARY 1Holiday Magic, Mystic Seaportmysticseaport.org
AUGUST 16 New London Food Truck Festival, downtownnewlondonassociation.com
SEPTEMBER 12Killingly Cooks and Great Tomato Festival, Killingly, killingly.org
SEPTEMBER 19-208th Annual Garlic Festival, Olde Mistick Village, Mystic, oldemistickvillage.com
SEPTEMBER 27 Wild Mushroom Festival, Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Mystic, dpnc.org
OCTOBER 3-4 Harvest Fest, Jonathan Edwards Winery, North Stonington, jedwardswinery.com
Stonington Vineyard Harvest Festival, stoningtonvineyards.com
SEPTEMBER 11-13Mystic Eats - Riverside Food Festival, Downtown Mystic, mysticdowntown.org
OCTOBER 10-12Chowder Days, Mystic Seaport, mysticseaport.org
OCTOBER 11 Connecticut Cheese Festival, Coventry Regional Farmers Market, coventryfarmersmarket.com
OCTOBER 11-13Harvest Festival Lapsley Orchard, Pomfret Center
OCTOBER 14Fall Food Stroll, New London,newlondonmainstreet.org
food festivals continued...
COMMUNITY CAROL SING, MYSTIC SEAPORT
MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS, FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM, OLD LYME
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, OLDE MISTICK VILLAGE, MYSTIC
DECEMBER
