Connecticut Fall Festivals 2015 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 - you know you want to!

The guide below is organized by date and alphabetized by town, beginning with the earliest festivities. Some festivals are happening as early as this weekend.

Click on the links for more information about that particular festival.

Weekend of Thursday, Sept. 10 through Sept. 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
• Hebron Harvest Fair - Hebron, Sept. 10-13
• Ledyard Fair - Ledyard, Sept. 11-13
• Meriden Grange Fair - Meriden, Sept. 12
• St. Peter’s Apple Festival - Monroe, Sept. 12 & 13
• North Haven Fair - North Haven, Sept. 10-13
• Norwalk Oyster Festival - Norwalk, Sept. 11-13
• Simsbury Grange Agricultural Fair - Simsbury, Sept. 12
• Wapping Fair - South Windsor, Sept. 10-13
• Trumbull Fall Festival - Trumbull, Sept. 12-13
• 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
• Foodies Get Ready for Saturday’s Taste of Danbury - Danbury, Sept. 12-13
• Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival Taking Place in New London - New London, Sept. 9-12
• Mystic Eats Food Festival Details Announced - Mystic, Sept. 11-13
• Chatham Square Festival to be Held in New Haven - New Haven, Sept. 12

Weekend of Thursday, Sept. 17 through Sept. 20

• Food Trucks in the Valley Promises 25 Food Trucks and Much More - Sept. 17
• Greater Danbury Irish Festival - Danbury, Sept. 18-20
• Guilford Agricultural Fair - Guilford, Sept. 18-20
• Milford Irish Festival - Milford, Sept. 18-19
• MAC FEST 2015 - Milford, Sept. 19
• Orange Country Fair - Orange, Sept. 18-20
• Four Town Fair - Somers, Sept. 17-20
• 32nd Harvest Moon Festival in Naugatuck - Sept. 18, 19
• 6th Annual Live Green CT! Family Festival - Norwalk, Sept. 19
• The Guilford Fair will Include 3 Days of Fun - Guilford, Sept. 18-20
• Seymour Pumpkin Festival Celebrates 50 Years - Seymour, Sept. 20
• Lobster Fest Scheduled for Westport - Westport, Sept. 19

Sept. 18 through Oct. 4

• Monroe UMC Annual Harvest Festival - Monroe, Oct. 3
• The Big E - Springfield, Massachusetts, Sept. 18-Oct. 4

Weekend of Thursday, Sept. 24 through Sept. 27

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

Weekend of Friday, Oct. 2 through Oct. 4

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

Weekend of Friday, Oct. 9 through Oct. 11

• Portland Agricultural Fair - Oct. 9-11
• 10th Annual Stars Fall Festival to be Held in Stratford - Oct. 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
• Autumn Arts Festival Weekend Details Announced - Madison, Oct. 10-11

Weekend of Friday, Oct. 16 through Oct. 18

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

Did we forget any? Email us at brian.mccready@patch.com to add additional Fall Festivals to this guide, which will be continually updated.

Photo credit: Wendy Ann Mitchell