Connecticut Fall Festivals 2015: A Complete Guide

By Rachel Ettlinger, Patch Editor

Looking for something fun to do with the family for the upcoming weekends? With school in-session and work in full swing, mixing fun with culture, education and entertainment could be the perfect get-away.

We know you’ll travel for the best fall festivals around, and Patch has brought you a complete guide of them for that exact reason. Included in the list is the Big E, a 17-day festival in West Springfield, Massachusetts that had nearly 1.5 million visitors last year.

So have a glass of fresh apple cider for us, visit all of the animal exhibits, and don’t forget to bring home that freshly baked pumpkin pie for dessert later!

The guide below is organized by date. Click on the links for more information about that particular festival.

Thursday, Sept. 10 through Sept. 13

• Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival - New London, Sept. 9-12
• Hebron Harvest Fair - Hebron, Sept. 10-13
• North Haven Fair - North Haven, Sept. 10-13
• Wapping Fair - South Windsor, Sept. 10-13
• Mystic Eats Food Festival - Mystic, Sept. 11-13
• Norwalk Oyster Festival - Norwalk, Sept. 11-13
• Bethlehem Fair - Bethlehem, Sept. 11-13
• East Haven Fall Festival - East Haven, Sept. 11-13
• St. Dimitrie Orthodox Church Festival 2015 - Easton, Sept. 11-12
• Ledyard Fair - Ledyard, Sept. 11-13
• Simsbury Grange Agricultural Fair - Simsbury, Sept. 12
• Chatham Square Festival - New Haven, Sept. 12
• Meriden Grange Fair - Meriden, Sept. 12
• Connecticut Folk Festival and Green Expo Details Set - New Haven, Sept. 12
• Art and Flower Fall Festival at Brookside Garden Center in Tolland - Tolland, Sept. 12
• Slice of Saugatuck Festival Returns on Sept. 12 - Westport, Sept. 12
• Cheshire Fall Festival Details Set - Cheshire, Sept. 12
• Southbury Fall Fine Arts Festival - Southbury, Sept. 12
• St. Peter’s Apple Festival - Monroe, Sept. 12-13
• Trumbull Fall Festival - Trumbull, Sept. 12-13
• Taste of Danbury - Danbury, Sept. 12-13

Thursday, Sept. 17 through Sept. 20

• Food Trucks in the Valley - Shelton, Sept. 17
• Four Town Fair - Somers, Sept. 17-20
• The Big E - Springfield, Massachusetts, Sept. 18-Oct. 4
• Greater Danbury Irish Festival - Danbury, Sept. 18-20
• Guilford Agricultural Fair - Guilford, Sept. 18-20
• Orange Country Fair - Orange, Sept. 18-20
• The Guilford Fair will Include 3 Days of Fun - Guilford, Sept. 18-20
• 32nd Harvest Moon Festival in Naugatuck - Sept. 18, 19
• Milford Irish Festival - Milford, Sept. 18-19
• 6th Annual Live Green CT! Family Festival - Norwalk, Sept. 19
• MAC FEST 2015 - Milford, Sept. 19
• Pumpkintown U.S.A. 2015 - East Hampton, Sept. 19-Oct. 31
• Lobster Fest Scheduled for Westport - Westport, Sept. 19
• Seymour Pumpkin Festival Celebrates 50 Years - Seymour, Sept. 20

Thursday, Sept. 24 through Sept. 27

• Durham Fair - Durham, Sept. 24-27
• 34th Annual Harvest Festival to be Held in Guilford - Guilford, Sept. 26
• Mansfield Lions Annual Fall Festival - Mansfield, Sept. 27

Friday, Oct. 2 through Oct. 4

• Berlin Fair - Berlin, Oct. 2-4
• Southington’s 47th Annual Apple Harvest Festival - Southington, Oct. 2-4
• Monroe UMC Annual Harvest Festival - Monroe, Oct. 3
• Congregational Killingworth Church Fall Festival - Killingworth, Oct. 3-4
• Benson-Crump Memorial Community Gardens Garlic Festival - Milford, Oct. 3
• Connecticut Renaissance Faire - North Haven, Oct. 3-25

Friday, Oct. 9 through Oct. 11

• Portland Agricultural Fair - Portland, Oct. 9-11
• Southington’s 47th Annual Apple Harvest Festival - Southington, Oct. 9-11
• The 60th Annual Salisbury Fall Festival Details Set - Salisbury, Oct. 9-11
• Parkway’s Fall Festival Details Set - Greenwich, Oct. 10
• Groton’s Fall Festival Scheduled for October 10 - Groton, Oct. 10
• Bethlehem Garlic Festival - Bethlehem, Oct. 10-11
• Madison Autumn Arts Festival Weekend - Madison, Oct. 10-11
• 10th Annual Stars Fall Festival to be Held in Stratford - Oct. 11

Friday, Oct. 16 through Oct. 18

• South Windsor Hosting Fall Fest - South Windsor, Oct. 17
• Pumpkins on the Pier 2015 to be Held in Milford - Milford, Oct. 17

Is a festival missing from our list? Email Brian McCready at brian.mccready@patch.com to add additional fall festivals to this guide, which will be continually updated.

Photo Credit: Wendy Ann Mitchell