Connecticut Renaissance Faire 2026 Guide
Lebanon Fair Grounds 122 Mack Road, Lebanon, United StatesConnecticut Renaissance Faire 2026 runs through Oct. 25 in Lebanon with jousting, more than 40 daily shows, and more.
Connecticut Renaissance Faire 2026 runs through Oct. 25 in Lebanon with jousting, more than 40 daily shows, and more.
Follow a 0.7-mile trail through downtown New London as 28 stops become galleries, studios, stages and markets filled with artists, music, poetry, fashion and demonstrations.
Brickwrecks: Sunken Ships in LEGO Bricks drops visitors into centuries of maritime mystery and disaster at Mystic Seaport Museum.. The internationally touring exhibition combines massive
Luxe CT: Velvet Mills to Modern Runways at Mystic Museum of Art explores the history of textiles in southeastern Connecticut, tracing how fabrics, fashion, and
Mystic's European-style beer hall stretches Oktoberfest across five weeks with German-inspired food, seasonal brews, rotating live music and stein-hoisting fun.
Step inside one of Long Island Sound’s oldest landmarks and make the 116-step climb to the lantern room during intimate weekend tours.
Hygienic Art opens its closets for a three-hour treasure hunt through abandoned artwork, old posters, prints, T-shirts, memorabilia and whatever else has been hiding in storage.
Outer Light turns a Saturday into a full fall festival with local oysters and cheese, axe throwing, live animals, hot dogs, seasonal beer and three hours of live music.
The Australian DJ behind Toddler Techno turns familiar kids’ songs into a full-scale family rave with big beats, lights, characters and a party built for little kids and their grown-ups.
Browse racks of secondhand fashion at a community thrift market before settling in for wine, food from The Grill by Kay and three hours of live music from Izzy Malek.
Sample light, dark and spiced rums while live music, a DJ, cigar rolling, food and games turn Foxwoods’ Rainmaker Expo into a four-hour Caribbean-style party.
More than 200 beers, seltzers and cocktails meet local food, The Rakes, stein hoisting, line dancing and a $1,000 cornhole tournament at Mohegan Sun.
Magician Ed Pop turns kids into the stars of an interactive afternoon of pumpkin-season magic, comedy and storytelling on the Mystic & Noank Library lawn.
Sanctioned bull riders and ranch bronc competitors take over North Stonington for two nights of rodeo action, $14,000 in added prize money, food, vendors and hometown country music.
Glowing dinosaurs, singing pumpkins, bounce houses, live entertainers and marshmallows around the fire turn The Dinosaur Place into a Halloween adventure designed for kids rather than scares.
One hundred years after the Garde opened, step back into 1926 for cocktails, vaudeville, silent film, live organ, jazz and a speakeasy on the historic stage.
Explore a Mystic burial ground dating to the 1660s by lantern light as Seaside Shadows mixes colonial history, vampire scares, local legends and reported hauntings.
A real pirate, a lost ship, a deadly New England nor'easter and 300 years of legend become the foundation for Mystic KOA's monthlong haunted trail.
Dance Saturday at THE MISFIT CLUB brings late-night dance energy to downtown Mystic every Saturday with DJs, theme nights, and a growing nightlife crowd looking
San Francisco's Monophonics bring heavy soul, psychedelic rock, vintage keyboards and a full horn section to the intimate Knick Music Lab for an all-ages Saturday night show.
Three days of German-inspired food, cold beer, AD/HD, Wicked Peach and Timeless meet a huge raffle lineup at the Charlestown Rathskeller's Oktoberfest weekend.
Explore a Mystic burial ground dating to the 1660s by lantern light as Seaside Shadows mixes colonial history, vampire scares, local legends and reported hauntings.
Walk with Safe Futures during Domestic Violence Awareness Month as a craft fair, raffles and breakfast food trucks turn a Waterford fundraiser into a community morning with a $50,000 goal.
A two-mile Memory Lane through Bluff Point, a kids fun run, crafts and family activities create a morning of remembrance while raising money for free grief support for Connecticut children.
Get lost in 250 years of Rhode Island farming, then stick around for hayrides, zip lines, farm animals, live music, food and plenty of fall fun in Matunuck.
B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill is open for the 2026 season in Mystic featuring fresh cider, cider donuts, free hard cider and wine tastings, and more.
Oxtail meets grits and crème brûlée meets French toast as Favorites Bistro Bar puts its Haitian and Caribbean spin on Sunday brunch in downtown New London.
Nearly 150 juried artists and crafters fill the Old Saybrook Town Green with paintings, pottery, glass, jewelry, photography, sculpture, fiber art, metalwork and handmade finds.
More than 40 writers, poets, scholars and musicians take over Stonington Borough for three days of readings, music, workshops, historic-house tours and a centennial celebration of James Merrill.
New cars, EVs, exotics and classics fill Mohegan Sun's massive Expo Center as a new Overland Connecticut exhibit adds off-road builds, camping rigs and adventure gear to this year's show.