Through 12/16 (Saturdays) Holidays at the Big Red Barn at Bishop’s Orchards
11/1-1/7 Guilford Art Center Holiday Expo
11/9-2/2 Christmas in Africa at the McGivney Center
11/9-2/2 Away in a Manger: The Creation of Nativity Scenes at the McGivney Center
11/22-12/31 Fantasy of Lights at Lighthouse Point Park
11/24 Annual Craft Fair at the JCC
11/27 Festival of Silver Lights & Tree Lighting in Meriden
11/29-12/24 (weekends) Storytelling & Selfies with Santa & Mrs. Claus
11/29-12/22 (weekends) Ice Carving Competition & A Cappella Concert at The Shops at Yale
11/29 Milford Christmas Market & Tree Lighting 2024
11/30 Annual Branford Tree Lighting & Parade on the Green
11/30 East Haven Chamber Annual Tree Lighting on the Green
11/30 West Haven Christmas Tree Lighting on the Green
12/1 Trees in the Rigging at the Connecticut River Museum
12/4-15 A Christmas Carol at the Legacy Theatre
12/5 New Haven Tree Lighting on the Green
12/5-7 Holiday Village on the New Haven Green
12/6 Madison Holiday Tree Lighting
12/6-12/22 Dorothy’s Christmas in Oz at the MAC
12/6 Firelight Festival at Henry Whitfield House State Museum
12/6 Wallingford Holiday Stroll
12/6 North Branford Annual Tree Lighting & Festivities
12/7 Orange Holiday Festival with the Lighted Tractor Parade and Tree Lighting
12/7 Wallingford Seasons of Celebration
12/7 Worth Tasting Holiday Food Tour
12/8 North Haven Tree Lighting
12/8 Walnut Beach Tree Lighting
12/12 noon-8 p.m. Branford’s Shop, Sip & Stroll
12/12 5-8 p.m. Ladies Holiday Shopping Night Out in Madison
12/13-15 New Haven Ballet Presents the Nutcracker
12/14 Hamden Annual Silverbells
12/14 NHSO: Holiday Extravaganza
12/22 NHSO: Caroling, Caroling
12/25 West Haven Hanukkah Menorah Lighting Ceremony on the Green
12/25 New Haven Menorah Lighting on the Green
12/26 Kwanzaa Kinara Lighting
12/26 Light Up Orange – A Chanukah Celebration
12/29 Guilford Fire & Ice Chanukah
12/29 12/29 Menorah Parade & Milford Lighting
12/30 North Haven Menorah Lighting on the Green
12/ 30 Chanukah Concert at the Blackstone Library, Branford
1/1 Guilford Rotary Frosty 5k Run
TBA Grand Menorah Lighting and Celebration at the Stop & Shop in Hamden
CT Winter Wine Trail
January 8-April 2, 2023
www.ctwine.com
Eagle Watches on the Connecticut River from the Audubon Shop, Madison
February
www.theaudubonshop.com
Walter Camp Weekend, New Haven
March 10 & 11, 2023
www.waltercamp.org
St. Patrick’s Day Parade, New Haven
March 16, 2025
www.stpatricksdayparade.org
New Haven Spring Restaurant Week
April 14-19, 2024
www.infonewhaven.com/dining/nhrwinfo/
Cherry Blossom Festival, New Haven
April 14, 2024
www.historicwoostersquare.org
Annual Meriden Daffodil Festival
May 4 & 5, 2024
www.daffodilfest.com
Freddy Fixer Parade, New Haven
June 2, 2024
www.elmcityfreddyfixerparade.com
Pirate’s Day, Milford
June 2, 2024
www.downtownmilfordct.com
International Festival of Arts & Ideas, New Haven
June 14-29, 2024
www.artidea.org
Connecticut Open House Day
June 8, 2024
www.ctvisit.com
Branford Festival
June 14-18, 2024
www.branfordfestival.com
Branford Road Race
June 16, 2024
www.branfordroadrace.com
Annual Shoreline Jewish Festival, Guilford
July 14, 2024
www.shorelinejewishfestival.com
Craft EXPO, Guilford
July 19-24, 2024
www.guilfordartcenter.org
Orange Volunteer Firemen’s Carnival, Orange
August 1-4, 2024
www.orangevfd.com
Annual Potato and Corn Festival, North Branford
August 2-4, 2024
www.nbpotatofest.com
Black Wall Street
August 12-17
www.bwsfestival.com
Elm Shakespeare Company in the Park
Mid August 7:30 p.m, No Mondays
www.elmshakespeare.org
Milford Oyster Festival, Milford
August 17, 2024
www.milfordoysterfestival.com
Odyssey: A Greek Festival, Orange
August 30-September 2, 2024
www.saintbarbara.org
Annual Faxon Law New Haven Road Race, New Haven
September 2, 2024
www.newhavenroadrace.org
North Haven Fair, North Haven
September 5-8, 2024
www.northhaven-fair.com
East Haven Fall Festival
September 6-8, 2024
www.facebook.com/EHFallFest
Closer to Free Ride
September 7, 2024
www.rideclosertofree.org
Trail of Terror in Wallingford
Through October (weekends)
trailofterror.com
Fall Festival at The Big Red Barn
Open daily through November 3
bishopsorchards.com
Evidence of Evil Haunted Attraction
Through October (weekends)