All Day

Worldwide Community Lights Celebration at Stepping Stones Museum

Stepping Stones Museum for Children 303 West Avenue, Norwalk

Each night from November 20th through December 31st Stepping Stones Museum is transformed into a dazzling holiday light extravaganza! Every surface of the museum’s exterior becomes a canvas for animated ... Read more

A Magical Christmas Eve at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum

Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum 295 West Avenue, Norwalk

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum kicks off the Holiday Season the day after Thanksgiving with a new exhibition entitled, A Magical Christmas Eve at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, which will open ... Read more

Railroad Museum of New England Northern Lights Limited

Railroad Museum of New England 242 East Main Street, Thomaston

The Northern Lights Limited departs under the cover of nightfall in train cars illuminated in a soft, cheerful glow. After departing our Thomaston station, the next stop is the North ... Read more

The Shops at Yale 2018 Holiday Events Schedule

The Shops at Yale Chapel Street and Broadway, New Haven

Celebrate your holiday season in historic downtown New Haven at The Shops at Yale. All events are free and open to the public. FREE 4-Hour Parking FOUR $250 Gift Card ... Read more

2018 Mystic Seaport Museum Lantern Light Tours

Mystic Seaport Museum 75 Greenmanville Ave.
, Mystic

Join Mystic Seaport for an evening of seasonal surprises with Lantern Light Tours: Finding Your Place. Set on Christmas Eve in the year 1876, the play offers small windows into the ... Read more

Annual Gingerbread House Festival in South Windsor

Wood Memorial Library & Museum 783 Main Street, South Windsor

Celebrate “Peace on Earth” during the holidays this year and experience one of the largest Gingerbread House Festival in New England at Wood Memorial Library & Museum in South Windsor. ... Read more

Annual Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa’s Village

Sam Bridge Nursery & Greenhouses 437 North Street, Greenwich

Santa will be returning with his live Reindeer for the Annual Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa’s Village and “the North Pole on North Street,” Sam Bridge Nursery & Greenhouses, 437 ... Read more

Annual Holiday Express Train Show at the Fairfield Museum

Fairfield Museum and History Center 370 Beach Road, Fairfield

The Annual Holiday Express Train Show is a Fairfield Museum holiday tradition! Kids and adults alike will delight in the magic of this wondrous display of model trains winding around ... Read more

Phelps-Hatheway Holiday Tours and Teddy Bear Tea

Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden 55 South Main Streeet, Suffield

Make your holiday memories in our special location by celebrating the season at the festively decorated Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden, designed by Old Hill Gardens! On Saturday and Sunday, December ... Read more

Winterfest with Rudolph & Friends at Mystic Aquarium

Mystic Aquarium 55 Coogan Blvd, Mystic

Rudolph's shiny red nose has been spotted over Mystic Aquarium and we’re ready to welcome him for weekends during Winterfest! Meet the most famous reindeer of all, Rudolph, and his ... Read more

The Nutcracker at The Bushnell (Hartford)

Maxwell M. & Ruth R. Belding Theater 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford

The Nutmeg Ballet's Nutcracker returns to The Bushnell December 8th and 9th. This holiday favorite has you traveling with young Clara as she visits the enchanted Land of Sweets. Delighting ... Read more

Ongoing

Total Mechanical Systems 2nd Annual Winter Coat Drive

Total Mechanical Systems LLC 140 New Britain Avenue, Plainville

It's time for Total Mechanical Systems 2nd Annual Winter Coat Drive! You can drop off December 3rd through December 17th, Monday - Friday from 8am to 4pm at our Total ... Read more

Run for a Claus Race New London

Hot Rod Cafe Bank Street, New London

Celebrate the holidays running a fast 2.5 miler for a Claus! Join 900 fellow Santas on this festive holiday jog through the historic district of New London. The run starts ... Read more

Santa’s Farm at Indian Rock Nature Preserve

Indian Rock Nature Preserve 501 Wolcott Road, Bristol

Santa's Farm at Indian Rock Nature Preserve will be held on December 9 in Bristol, Connecticut. Hop aboard the Holiday Hay wagon for a trip to Santa’s house to have ... Read more

Holiday Fair at the Glastonbury Boathouse

The Glastonbury Boathouse 252 Welles Street, Glastonbury

Join us for a festive community fair to kick-off the 2018 holiday season at the Holiday Fair at the Glastonbury Boathouse! Event activities will include a cookie decorating station, holiday ... Read more

Holiday Mountainside Market at Powder Ridge Park

Powder Ridge Park 99 Powder Hill Road, Middlefield

The Mountainside Holiday market will be bursting with unique and locally made gifts, art, crafts, jewelry, pottery, clothing and specialty food items. Over 50 vendors. Also join us for Santa's ... Read more

Holiday Paint & Sip at Stonington Vineyards

Stonington Vineyards 523 Taugwonk Rd, Stonington

Join Stonington Vineyards for an afternoon FILLED with seasonal painting fun on Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 12  to 2 pm. Each $40 ticket includes materials & instruction to create ... Read more