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🎄❄️ Holiday Happenings in & around Fairfield County: Dec. 4 – 8, 2024
Get ready to soak up the seasonal cheer with these amazing events happening near you! Here’s your guide to festive fun:🎅🎄🎁
🎉 Thursday, December 5, 2024
- ✨ Bridgeport: Glow Wild Lantern Festival @ Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo 🏮🐾
🎅 Bridgeport: Christmas Village hosted by Bridgeport PAL - Darien: Merry Meadowlands Holiday Market
- Danbury: Mingle & Jingle Holiday Bash at Charter Oak Brewing
- Fairfield: A Christmas Carol Experience at the Burr Mansion
- ❄️Fairfield: Candance Bushnell - True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City in The Warehouse
- Greenwich: Reindeer Festival & Santa Workshop at Sam Bridge Nursery
- Hartford: Hartford Glow
- 🎵 Newtown: The Yale Whiffenpoofs at Edmond Town Hall
- New Canaan: Deck the Walls Party & Wreath Auction at Carriage Barn Arts Center
- 🎸 Norwalk: Joni & John LIVE at Music & Industry
- Shelton: Nights of Lights Holiday Hayride at Fairview Tree Farm
- 😂Stamford: Matty Chymbor at New York Comedy Club Stamford
- Stamford: Holiday Market Sip & Shop at Stamford Museum & Nature Center
🎉 Friday, December 6, 2024
- Bethlehem: Christmas Town Festival
- ✨ Bridgeport: Glow Wild Lantern Festival at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo
- Bridgeport: Christmas Village hosted by Bridgeport PAL
- Fairfield: A Christmas Carol Experience at the Burr Mansion
- 🎸Fairfield: Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes in The Warehouse at FTC
- 🎸Fairfield: The Alternate Routes- Night 1 Acoustic Set on StageOne
- Greenwich: Reindeer Festival & Santa Workshop at Sam Bridge Nursery
- Hartford: Hartford Glow
- Milford: Lamplight Stroll – Downtown Milford
- Milford: “Dorothy’s Christmas in Oz” playing at Milford Arts Council
- New Milford: Holiday Arts & Fine Crafts Show at Gallery 25
- 🎸 Norwalk: The Bar Hounds at Music & Industry
- Shelton: Community Tree Lighting & Holiday Market in Vets Mem Park
- Shelton: Nights of Lights Holiday Hayride at Fairview Tree Farm
- Sherman: Winter Wonderettes at The Sherman Players
- 😂Stamford: Tyler Fischer ("America's Got Talent") at New York Comedy Club Stamford
- Wilton: Holiday Stroll – Town Green at Wilton Center
🎉 Saturday, December 7, 2024
- Bethlehem: Christmas Town Festival
- 🏮Bridgeport: Glow Wild Lantern Festival at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo
- Bridgeport: Christmas Village hosted by Bridgeport PAL
- Brookfield: Brookside PTO Winter Market Festival
- Danbury: Holiday Pops at WCSU
- Danbury: Handel’s Messiah at First Congregational Church of Danbury
- Danbury: Pancake breakfast w/Santa at Miry Brook Fire Dept.
- Danbury: Santa Trains at Danbury Railway Museum
- 🎄Danbury: Light the Lights – Winter Festival at City Center Danbury
- Darien: An Old Fashion Holiday at Tilley Pond Park
- Darien: Holiday Night Market at Tilley Pond Park
- Derby: Breakfast with Santa at the Sons & Daughters of Italy
- Easton: Breakfast w/Santa at Easton Community Center
- 🎸Fairfield: The Rock & Rock Playhouse – Music of the Beatles at The Warehouse
- 🎸Fairfield: The Alternate Routes – Night 2 Electric Set in The Warehouse
- Fairfield: A Christmas Carol Experience at the Burr Mansion
- Fairfield: Winter Whimsy Tree & Menorah Lighting at Town Hall Green
- Fairfield: Holiday Express Train Show at Fairfield Museum & Nature Center
- Fairfield: CT Symphonic Winds Christmas Festival at Roger Ludlow MS
- Fairfield: Festival of Lights at Hope River Farm
- Greenwich: Reindeer Festival & Santa Workshop at Sam Bridge Nursery
- Greenwich: Arch in Bloom’s Flurry Fest – 201 Pemberwick Rd, Greenwich
- Hartford: Hartford Holiday Market
- Hartford: Hartford Glow
- 🎅 Mashantucket: Breakfast w/ Santa at Foxwoods
- Milford: “Dorothy’s Christmas in Oz” playing at Milford Arts Council
- 🎄Mystic: Home for the Holidays Mystic Aquarium
- New Canaan Holiday Stroll
- New Canaan: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever playing at The Powerhouse Theatre
- New Fairfield: Breakfast w/ Santa at New Fairfield Middle School
- New Milford: Holiday Arts & Fine Crafts Show at Gallery 25
- 🎄Newtown: Flagpole Radio Cafe Presents: Christine Lavin at Edmond Town Hall
- Newtown: Holiday Market at Reverie Brewing
- 🏠Newtown: Let's Build a Gingerbread House at Aquila's Nest Vineyards
- 😂Newtown: Comedy night with Salma Zaky at Aquila’s Nest Vineyards
- Norwalk: Pancake Breakfast w/Frosty at Norwalk City Hall Community Rm
- Norwalk: Christmas Market at Rowayton Community Center
- Norwalk: Norwalk Garden Club’s Christmas Fair
- Norwalk: Christmas Craft Fair at St. Peter Lutheran Church
- 🎅 Norwalk: Shark-Diving Santa at The Maritime Aquarium
- 🛍️Norwalk: Holiday Extravaganza on Washington Street
- 🎸 Norwalk: Chris Donahue & the Shennan Agains - LIVE at Music & Industry
- Norwalk: Snowflakes in the Air
- Orange: Lighted Tractor Parade & Tree Lighting Festival
- Old Greenwich: Old Greenwich Merchants First Light
- Redding: Holiday Market & Poutine Shack at the Farmhouse
- Ridgefield: Ridgefield Holiday Stroll
- Sandy Hook: Tree Lighting & Festivities
- Saybrook: Saybrook Starlight Festival
- Shelton: Nights of Lights Holiday Hayride at Fairview Tree Farm
- Sherman: Sherman Artists Open Studios at Sherman JCC
- Sherman: Holiday Open House & Barn - A Timeless Treasures Holiday
- Sherman: Winter Wonderettes at The Sherman Players
- Southbury: Breakfast w/ Santa at Southbury VFA Center Firehouse
- 🌌 Stamford: Holiday Wish Express at Stamford Town Center
- Stamford: Santa Con at Town Parlor Pizza
- 😂Stamford: Tyler Fischer ("America's Got Talent") at New York Comedy Club Stamford
- 🎭 Stamford: The Hip Hop Nutcracker at The Palace Theater
- Stratford: Holiday Winter Market & Tree Lighting at Two Roads Brewing Co
- Westport: Holiday Stroll in Downtown Westport
- Westport: Holiday Special w/ Kristen Young and Joe Bush at MOCA
- Westport: All-Star Tribute to the Legendary Duke Ellington at The Westport Library
🎉 Sunday, December 8, 2024
- 🌌 Bridgeport: Glow Wild Lantern Festival at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo
- 🛍️ Bridgeport: Holiday Market at Metro Art Studio's
- Bridgeport: Christmas Village hosted by Bridgeport PAL
- Bridgeport: Fairfield County Children's Choir presents: Best of the FCCC Winter Concert at The Klein
- 🎭Danbury: The Edwards Twins at The Palace Theatre Danbury
- Danbury: MAGPIE - LIVE - Music at the Ridge - Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury
- Greenwich: Reindeer Festival & Santa Workshop at Sam Bridge Nursery
- Fairfield: Holiday Express Train Show at Fairfield Museum & Nature Center
- Fairfield: Festival of Lights at Hope River Farm
- Fairfield: A Christmas Carol Experience at the Burr Mansion
- Hartford: Hartford Holiday Market
- Hartford: Hartford Glow
- Milford: “Dorothy’s Christmas in Oz” playing at Milford Arts Council
- Mystic: Home for the Holidays Mystic Aquarium
- New Milford: Holiday Arts & Fine Crafts Show at Gallery 25
- 🛍️☕🎅Newtown: Holiday Market & Festival on Main Street
- 🎭 Newtown: The Nutcracker Suite at Edmond Town Hall
- 🎅🍷 Newtown/Sandy Hook: Sip & Sleigh Santa Con at Aquila's Nest Vineyards
- 🎅Norwalk: Shark-Diving Santa at The Maritime Aquarium
- Norwalk: Holiday Pops presented by the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra
- Norwalk: The Aimee Mann & Ted Leo Christmas Show at District Music Hall
- Redding: Holiday Market & Poutine Shack
- 🎻Ridgefield: The Ridgefield Chorale Holiday Pops Concert at the Ridgefield Playhouse
- Shelton: Nights of Lights Holiday Hayride at Fairview Tree Farm
- Sherman: Sherman Artists Open Studios at Sherman JCC
- Sherman: Holiday Open House & Barn - A Timeless Treasures Holiday
- Sherman: Winter Wonderettes at The Sherman Players
- 🎅Stamford: Holiday Wish Express at Stamford Town Center
- 🎅 Stamford: Heights & Lights - Stamford Downtown – Landmark Square
- 😂Stamford: Big Jay Oakerson at New York Comedy Club Stamford
- Torrington: Christmas Village in Torrington
- Wilton: Great Trains Holiday Show at Wilton Historical Society
- Weston: Winter Market at Lachat Town Farm
- Westport: Breakfast with Santa at St. Luke's Westport


Waterbury CT: This coming weekend, Saturday, July 12th and Sunday, July 13th, CT's Original (and only) Paranormal Convention returns for the 5th year, bringing its one-of-a-kind experience to Waterbury, Connecticut in the Crosby High School gym complex. "ParaConn" is an entertaining and informative celebration of all things strange, spooky, and supernatural. The complete weekend schedule of speakers and panelists has been released: SATURDAY JULY 12 11AM V.I.P. Admission – Early-Bird Visit to Special Guests, Authors, Vendors, Readers, and Exhibitors. Access to front row seating. NOON General Admission Doors Open 12:15 Jimmy Petonito: “Mr. Haunted Origins” 1PM Sam Baltrusis and Heidi Kemper: “Ethics in Mediumship” 1:45 Ron Yacovetti and Lourdes Gonzalez: “Analytic Idealism, Paranormality, & Spirit Communication” 2:30 The Shaman and The Showman: “A Haunting in Waterbury” 3PM John Zaffis, Bill Slevin, Carl Johnson: Chronicles of Demonologists” 3:45 Stacia Wills and Kathy Feketik: “Wardruna: Origins of a Healing Mission” 4:30 Laurissa Rex, Dave Childers, Alaura Hewey, Matt Brown: ”24 Hours in Hell Experience” 5:15 Danny and Lauren Perez/ The Radikals: “True Crime Objects: Echoes of Violence” Last call to visit the vendors for special deals or readings. SHOW ENDS at 6PM . SEE YOU TOMORROW SUNDAY JULY 13 11AM V.I.P. Admission – Early-Bird Visit to Special Guests, Authors, Vendors, Readers, and Exhibitors. Access to front row seating. NOON General Admission Doors Open 12:15 Leitreanna Brown, Gwen Johns, Blaine Rohan, and Nate Elwell: “All Access Network TV: Serial Killers, Super Natural, and Murderers” 1PM Kenneth Drake: “Hollywood's Psychic; The Call of The Spirit World” 1:45 April Busset: “Why Psychic Mediums are essential in Paranormal Investigations and TV” 2:30 The Shaman and the Showman: “Investigating the State of the Paranormal in the State of CT” 3PM Butch Patrick: “From Eddie Munster to Today” 3:45 Patty Griffin: “Whispers From Heaven” 4:30 Natalie Jones, Shannon Collins, and Kara Philip: “The Woman of Paraflixx” 5:15 Special Wardruna Experience Psychic Gallery – Panelists to be Announced Last chance to visit the vendors for special deals or readings. SHOW ENDS at 6PM . To celebrate its fifth year, ParaConn welcomes actor Butch Patrick as its “Special Celebrity Guest of Honor.” Patrick played "Eddie" in the original “The Munsters.” Visitors have the opportunity to meet the TV star, take photos, and get autographs. Also appearing is "The Godfather of the Paranormal,” John Zaffis, nephew of The Warrens. They are the headliners, but there are more than 30 leading voices of the paranormal, including the star of Hulu’s “Repossessed,” Leitreanna Terry-Brown, “Mr. Haunted” Jimmy Petonito, Waterbury's own renowned psychic, Patti Griffin, paranormal and true crime producer Gwen Johns, and celebrity psychic medium April Busset. A complete list of the guest speakers and celebrities can be found on www.ParaConn.org . Guest authors slated to appear over the weekend include Kenneth Drake and Charles F. Rosenay!!!. Often affectionately branded as “Hollywood’s Psychic,” Drake is now touring to promote his newest book, Branded by Spirits: A Life Between Worlds." Rosenay!!! is the author of True Ghost Stories of Connecticut. Along with Thomas Gormley, he is the producer of ParaConn. ParaConn runs from Noon-6pm both days (with an early-bird V.I.P. option for $25). General admission tickets are only $19.99 advance/$25 at the door. The weekend pass is $35 in advance. There is free parking, and the facility is air conditioned. Outside, there will be food trucks and live music by the rock band Painted Owls from Houston, TX. There will definitely be tickets at the door, but advance tickets are available from: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/para-con/ParaConnV2025 The ParaConn Facebook Event Page is https://www.facebook.com/events/1178169320539597 . For further information, email CTParaConn@gmail.com , visit the website www.ParaConn.org , or phone (203) 795-4737.