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Saturday, December 5220 events

All day
2026 Springfield Christmas Craft Show
Zombie Hideout LLC
Festivals & Holidays
All day
Comfort & Joy Holiday Card Drive
VIRTUAL - Simsbury Public LibraryFamily
Family & Kids
All day
Connecticut's Revolution
231 Capitol Avenue
Arts & Culture
All day
Fandom Flea 4
Connecticut Convention Center 100 Columbus Blvd
Community
All day
Powerlifting America CT Invitational
Steel Beach Gym
All day
Santa Express and Northern Lights Limited at the Naugatuck Railroad
Railroad Museum of New England$70Family
Family & Kids
All day
Sharks Exhibit at CT Science Center
Connecticut Science CenterFamily
Family & Kids
All day
The Rock Orchestra By Candlelight
William H. Mortensen Hall at The Bushnell Performing Arts Center
Music
All day
Tyrell FTC Qualifier
North Rose-Wolcott High School
All day
Winterfest at Powder Ridge Park
99 Powder Hill RdFamily
Family & Kids
4 a.m.10 a.m.
BHS Holiday Fair 2026
Bristol Historical Society
4:30 a.m.10:30 a.m.
Reiki Level 2 Class
9 Pleasant St, Middletown CT
Arts & Culture
5 a.m.9 a.m.
Christmas Fair & Festival of Food Creations
100 Maple Street, Bristol, CT
Festivals & Holidays
7:30 a.m.
The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight
Bushnell Theater
Music
7:31 a.m.
The Rock Orchestra By Candlelight
Mortensen Hall at Bushnell Theatre - Hartford, CT
Music
8 a.m.
Ahavah: Christmas Reimagined (Saturday, December 5th, 1 pm)
Middletown High Larosa Lane Middletown Ct
Festivals & Holidays
8 a.m.5 p.m.
Connecticut Boxer Club
Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds
8 a.m.
Longmeadow Girls Varsity Basketball @ Enfield
Enfield High School
Sports
8 a.m.5 p.m.
Wolcott High School Qualifier
North Rose-Wolcott High School
8 a.m.12 p.m.
Women's Benevolent Society - Christmas on the Green Fair at First Church Longmeadow
First Church of Christ
Festivals & Holidays
8:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Frosty Falcon 5K
1001 Stafford Ave, Bristol, CT$10+
Sports
8:30 a.m.
Frosty Falcon 5K
Holy Cross High School$10+
Sports
9 a.m.
79th Heritage Holiday Church Fair
First Congregational Church of South WindsorFree
Arts & Culture
9 a.m.10:30 a.m.
American Caroling Company @ the Holiday Coffee House
Bristol Public Library
Also at 2 p.m.
Health & Wellness
9 a.m.
Breakfast with Santa
MassMutual CenterFamily
Family & Kids
9 a.m.
Chirstmas Tea & Children's Fair
First Church of ChristFamily
Family & Kids
9 a.m.5 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral Retreat
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
9 a.m.
Ellington Winter Farmers Market
Ellington High School
Markets & Shopping
9 a.m.
Enfield Christmas Cookie Walk & Craft Fair
Enfield United Church of Christ
Festivals & Holidays
9 a.m.3 p.m.
FUMC Holiday Vendor Fair
First United Methodist Church Wallingford
Arts & Culture
9 a.m.3 p.m.
Faith Lutheran Holiday Fair
Faith Lutheran Church
Arts & Culture
9 a.m.2 p.m.
Holiday Craft Fair
Mortensen Community Center Gymnasium
Festivals & Holidays
9 a.m.
Holiday Craft Fair
Willington Public Library
Classes & Talks
9 a.m.2 p.m.
Holiday Fair
East Haddam Senior Center
Classes & Talks
9 a.m.9:45 a.m.
Mindfulness Meditation Share
The Blackbird House
Health & Wellness
9 a.m.2 p.m.
New Britain Senior Center Holiday Bazaar
New Britain Senior Center
Classes & Talks
9 a.m.
PPFOA Christmas Open House
The Padre Pio Foundation of America
Festivals & Holidays
9 a.m.4 p.m.
Parenting Education Program (Meriden) – Dec 5
Meriden
9 a.m.5 p.m.
Pattern welded paring knives with Matthew Parkinson
10 Swiss Lane$400
9 a.m.11 a.m.
Saturday Youth Drawing and Painting (9am session)
W.A.F.T.A.$195+Family
Family & Kids
9 a.m.
Shop the Holiday Boutique and Nellie's Mercantile for Unique Holiday Items
Ellington Historical Society
9 a.m.2 p.m.
Sleigh Bells
611 Norwich Avenue
9 a.m.2 p.m.
St. Joseph Church Christmas Bazaar
The Franciscan Center
Festivals & Holidays
9 a.m.2 p.m.
Storrs Congregational Church – Christmas Fair to benefit WAIM – 12-5-2026
Storrs Congregational Church
Festivals & Holidays
9 a.m.11 a.m.
Super SoulFilled Saturday Zumba on the FLYY
The Artists Collective - Hartford, CT$5
Health & Wellness
9 a.m.2 p.m.
UCC Christmas Craft Bazaar
Union Congregational Church
Festivals & Holidays
9:30 a.m.3 p.m.
Annual Holiday Craft Sale
Harwinton Public Library
Classes & Talks
9:30 a.m.
Cheshire Academy Open House
Cheshire Academy
Also at 9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.4 p.m.
Holiday Craft Fair
West Springfield Boys & Girls Club
Classes & Talks
9:30 a.m.10:30 a.m.
SyncoCize - Dance Fitness with Sue Cox
Vinnie's Jump and Jive
Health & Wellness
9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Visits with Santa at Flamig Farm in Simsbury
Flamig Farm$15Family
Family & Kids
10 a.m.
Auerfarm's Annual Santa on the Farm Event! Sat, 12/5, 10am-1pm
4-H Education Center at AuerfarmFamily
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.
Bridgeport Central Girls Varsity Basketball @ Wolcott
North Rose-Wolcott High School
Sports
10 a.m.
Conard Girls Varsity Basketball @ Farmington
Farmington High School
Sports
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Family Wreath Workshop at Hungerford Nature Center
Hungerford Nature CenterFamily
Family & Kids
10 a.m.2 p.m.
Festival of Food Creations
First Congregational Church United Church of Christ Bristol, CTFree
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.3 p.m.
First Annual Pioneer Valley Yuletide Art show
Polish American Club
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.5 p.m.
Grinchmas Saturday 2026
Springfield Museums
10 a.m.
Holiday Bazaar
Stafford Springs Congregational Church
Markets & Shopping
10 a.m.
Holiday Boutique 2026
The Hill-Stead Museum
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.4 p.m.
Holiday Enchantment
Connecticut Science Center$32
Also at 11 a.m.
10 a.m.2 p.m.
Kid's Gingerbread House Decorating Workshop at Lyman Orchards
Lyman Orchards Apple Barrel Farm MarketFreeFamily
Markets & Shopping
10 a.m.2 p.m.
New Britain Open Enrollment Fair
New Britain Public Library Community RoomFree
Health & Wellness
10 a.m.2 p.m.
Old Manchester Museum open house
Old Manchester Museum
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.2 p.m.
Santa Brunch at 1741 Pub & Grill
1741 Pub & GrillFamily
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.2 p.m.
Santa Brunch at 1741 Pub & Grill
1741 Pub and Grill
Food & Drink
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Saturday Youth Drawing and Painting (10am session)
W.A.F.T.A.$195+Family
Family & Kids
10 a.m.
Shepaug Valley Girls Varsity Basketball @ Wolcott
North Rose-Wolcott High School
Sports
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Soap Making Workshop
537 Shuttle Meadow Rd
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.8 p.m.
The Sprigfield Boyts & Girls Club's Festival of Trees
MassMutual Center - Meeting Rooms 1–5 (combined)$4+Family
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.3 p.m.
Tis the season vendors
624 Worthington St$39.19
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.4 p.m.
Torrington Christian Academy Christmas Market
387 New Harwinton Rd, Torrington, CT
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.3 p.m.
Torrington Holiday Craft and Gift Fair
Torrington Armory
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.3 p.m.
West District Annual Holiday Craft Fair & Market Place
West District School
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.1 p.m.
West Hartford Festival of Trees Day 2
First Church West Hartford in the ChapelFree
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.2 p.m.
Witches Workbench
Moon & Moth Mercantile
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.1 p.m.
Wooden Reindeer Workshop
HCAC
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Young Men of Distinction (YMOD)
The First Cathedral
10 a.m.
Yuletide Free weekend
New England Fiber Festival at The Big E
10:30 a.m.12 p.m.
Café et Conversation
Heirloom Market at Comstock Ferre
10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Straw Art Holiday Traditions
Springfield Museums
10:30 a.m.11 a.m.
Together Time Tales
Welles-Turner Memorial LibraryFamily
Family & Kids
10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Yoga for Littles
Russell LibraryFamily
Family & Kids
11 a.m.2:30 p.m.
Chess Club
East Forest Park BranchFamily
Family & Kids
11 a.m.12 p.m.
Children’s Story Time with Barnes and Noble
The Shops at Farmington ValleyFamily
Family & Kids
11 a.m.
Christmas Holiday Luncheon
Storrowton Village at ESE
Festivals & Holidays
11 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Doodle & Decompress
Resonance Healing Arts Center
Community
11 a.m.4 p.m.
Exhibition: Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem - Notations in Blue
Mattatuck MuseumFree
Arts & Culture
11 a.m.
Fantasy Forest Holiday Tour & Tree Sale
Oliver Ellsworth Homestead
Outdoors
11 a.m.4 p.m.
Franne Davids and the World She Painted
Mattatuck MuseumFree
Arts & Culture
11 a.m.4 p.m.
Holiday Book Fair - Totally Nachrageous by Alex P. Taylor
Market Street Creatives$25.31
Arts & Culture
11 a.m.3 p.m.
Holiday Open House
Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue
11 a.m.
Replay Kids' Toy Market
Farmington Main LibraryFamily
Family & Kids
11 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Restorative Yoga with Live Harp
Starr Mill Yoga (Middletown, CT)
Health & Wellness
11 a.m.
Tinsel Fun Run
139 Patterson Way$40+
Sports
11 a.m.12 p.m.
Walk-In Tour | Among Friends: Mary Cassatt and Her Circle
New Britain Museum of American Art (NBMAA)
Arts & Culture
11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m.
Adult D&D
East Forest Park Branch Library
Nightlife
11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Aprende Conmigo - Learn With Me
East Forest Park Branch LibraryFamily
Family & Kids
11:30 a.m.3:30 p.m.
Meet the Grinch!
Mass. / Forest Park Tennis Courts
12 p.m.
Ahavah: Christmas Reimagined (Saturday, December 5th, 5pm)
Middletown High Larosa Lane Middletown Ct
Festivals & Holidays
12 p.m.
Glow Hartford 2026
Connecticut Convention Center 100 Columbus Blvd$20+
Also at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Festivals & Holidays
12 p.m.2 p.m.
Meditation in Middletown
Starr Mill
Health & Wellness
12 p.m.3 p.m.
Meriden Parks & Recreation - Indoor Recreational Swim
Platt High School
12 p.m.1 p.m.
PWE Flute Ensemble at the Governor's Residence Holiday Open House
Governor's Residence
12 p.m.4 p.m.
Savor Cookie & Wine Pairing
Colchester
Food & Drink
12 p.m.3 p.m.
Scuba Santa- Underwater Photos with Santa (Saturday 12/5)
Dennis Malone Aquatic Center
Community
12 p.m.5 p.m.
Tree Festival
89 Maple St
Festivals & Holidays
12:30 p.m.1:30 p.m.
Author Charnaie Gordon (Prosser)
Bloomfield Public Library - ProsserFamily
Family & Kids
12:30 p.m.12:45 p.m.
Planetarium
Russell LibraryFamily
Also at 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Outdoors
12:30 p.m.
The Nutmeg Ballet’s The Nutcracker at The Bushnell
Maxwell M. & Ruth R. Belding Theater at The Bushnell Performing Arts Center - Complex$38Family
Theater & Dance
1 p.m.4 p.m.
2 Annual Mold & Mingle
Social House$30
Business & Networking
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Ahavah: Christmas Reimagined in Middletown
Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center at Middletown High SchoolFamily
Also at 5 p.m.
Festivals & Holidays
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Arctic Splash
300 Valley Falls Rd
1 p.m.2 p.m.
Cash Flow Survival with SCORE
Central Library 220 State St. Springfield, MA 01103
Classes & Talks
1 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Christmas in the Village
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Festivals & Holidays
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Coffee Social in West Hartford
Upstate Lounge & Cafe
1 p.m.2:30 p.m.
Custom Laser Cut Wood and Fabric Ornaments
Wallingford Public LibraryFamily
Classes & Talks
1 p.m.2:30 p.m.
Fused Glass Ornaments
Gallery 53
Arts & Culture
1 p.m.6 p.m.
Holidays on Main
Downtown Wethersfield
Arts & Culture
1 p.m.
Hopkins Boys Varsity Basketball @ Kingswood Oxford
Kingswood Oxford High School
Sports
1 p.m.3:30 p.m.
Kids Afternoon Out at Hungerford Nature Center
Hungerford Nature CenterFamily
Family & Kids
1 p.m.2 p.m.
Paint your own wooden ornaments!
Welles-Turner Memorial LibraryFamily
Classes & Talks
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Shut Up & Write!® Hartford - In Person
Semilla Cafe + Studio
Classes & Talks
1 p.m.
University of Saint Joseph Women's Basketball vs Mitchell
University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut)
Sports
1 p.m.2 p.m.
Walk-In Tour | The American Canvas
New Britain Museum of American Art (NBMAA)
Arts & Culture
1 p.m.
Wesleyan University Men's Squash vs Middlebury
Freeman Athletic Center, Rosenbaum Squash Center
Sports
1 p.m.
Wesleyan University Women's Basketball vs Courtyard by Marriott Classic
Silloway Gymnasium
Also at 3 p.m.
Sports
1 p.m.
Wesleyan University Women's Squash vs Middlebury
Freeman Athletic Center, Rosenbaum Squash Center
Sports
1 p.m.
Western New England University Women's Basketball vs Suffolk University
Sprngfield, Anthony S. Caprio Alumni Healthful Living Center
Sports
1 p.m.
Winter Forest with Fox Painting
Meriden Public Library
Outdoors
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Agawam Historical & Fire House Museum OPEN HOUSE
Agawam Historical & Fire House Museum
Arts & Culture
1:30 p.m.4 p.m.
Intro to Mahjong
Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Classes & Talks
1:30 p.m.
Simsbury Girls Varsity Basketball @ Lyman Hall
Lyman Hall High School
Sports
2 p.m.
A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas
Hartford Stage (upstairs lounge)$451+
Theater & Dance
2 p.m.
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas - Sensory Friendly
Hartford Stage (upstairs lounge)$307+
Theater & Dance
2 p.m.
Annie - East Haddam
Goodspeed Opera House
Also at 7:30 p.m.
Theater & Dance
2 p.m.7 p.m.
Changing Looks Christmas Hair Gala 🤍✨
Inn at Middletown
Sports
2 p.m.4 p.m.
Holiday Wreath Workshop (Newington 12/5)
Newington Shop
Classes & Talks
2 p.m.4 p.m.
Home For The Holidays 2026 at Majestic Theater
Majestic Theater
Theater & Dance
2 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Seven Angels Theatre
Festivals & Holidays
2 p.m.4 p.m.
Jane Austen Dancing
Vinnie's Jump and Jive
2 p.m.
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women
Nafe Katter TheaterFamily
Theater & Dance
2 p.m.3 p.m.
Saturday Tour: "Mozart's Chair"
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha GalleryFree
Arts & Culture
2 p.m.4 p.m.
The Shriner’s Festival of Trees
Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds
Festivals & Holidays
2 p.m.4 p.m.
Tween RPG Club
Central Library 220 State St. Springfield, MA 01103Family
Family & Kids
2 p.m.6 p.m.
Winter Festival Holiday Market
99 Powder Hill Rd
Festivals & Holidays
2:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Chess Club
Russell LibraryFamily
Community
2:30 p.m.5 p.m.
Needle-Felted Ornaments
Springfield Museums
3 p.m.5 p.m.
20s/30s Post Thanksgiving Sunset Wine 🍷 @ Gouveia Vineyards
Gouveia VineyardsFamily
Food & Drink
3 p.m.6 p.m.
Blondie & Beyond live at Sicily Coal Fired Pizza (Middletown)
Sicily Coal Fired Pizza
3 p.m.4 p.m.
Children's Storytime
Willimantic Book JointFamily
Family & Kids
3 p.m.3:30 p.m.
Confession
Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church
3 p.m.
Farmington Valley Chorale
St. James Episcopal Church
Music
3 p.m.
Side-Tracked
99 Springfield Road
3 p.m.
UConn Women's Ice Hockey vs Boston University
Toscano Family Ice Forum
Sports
3 p.m.
University of Saint Joseph Men's Basketball vs Mitchell
University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut)
Sports
3 p.m.6 p.m.
Visit with Santa
99 Powder Hill RdFree
Festivals & Holidays
3 p.m.
Western New England University Men's Basketball vs Suffolk University
Sprngfield, Anthony S. Caprio Alumni Healthful Living Center
Sports
3 p.m.6:59 p.m.
Far Beyond Driven wsg Free Thinkers Are Dangerous
The Midway$14.64
Health & Wellness
4 p.m.
Christmas Market
300 Washington St, Middletown, CT
Festivals & Holidays
4 p.m.8 p.m.
Festival of Trees
Bolton Congregational Church, Ucc
Festivals & Holidays
4 p.m.6:45 p.m.
Harwinton Hometown Holiday
Harwinton Public Library
Classes & Talks
4 p.m.5 p.m.
Holiday Lantern Tour: Suffield’s Main Street
Phelps-Hatheway House$15+
Tours & Attractions
4 p.m.
Live Nativity at Salmon Brook Park
Salmon Brook Park -FreeFamily
Family & Kids
4 p.m.7 p.m.
The 7th Annual Yule Film Festival
Aetna Theatre at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art$12.51
Festivals & Holidays
4:30 p.m.6:30 p.m.
Cromwell Mayor's Tree Lighting
Cromwell Town GreenFree
Festivals & Holidays
4:30 p.m.
Nutmeg Ballet: The Nutcracker
Belding Theater at Bushnell Theatre - Hartford, CT$65+
Theater & Dance
5 p.m.
5th Annual Purpose, Power & Possibilities Appreciation Gala
Aqua Turf Club
Community
5 p.m.10 p.m.
Bright Nights at Forest Park
Forest Park$27+Family
Outdoors
5 p.m.
Haddam’s Tree Lighting & Holiday Celebration
7 Candlewood Hill Rd
Festivals & Holidays
5 p.m.
Magic of Lights
Pratt and Whitney Stadium At Rentschler Field
Theater & Dance
2 p.m.
The Fantastic Toyshop
University of St. Joseph- Bruyette Athenaeum for the Arts
5 p.m.
Winterfest and the Tunnel of Lights at the Connecticut Trolley Museum
Connecticut Trolley Museum$19+Family
Family & Kids
5:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Live Music with Walter the Accordion Player
East Side RestaurantFamily
Music
6 p.m.7:30 p.m.
50th Singing Christmas Tree Celebration
Bethany Assembly of GodFree
Festivals & Holidays
6 p.m.
Candlelight - The Soundtrack of the 60's
South Congregational Church (East Hartford)
6 p.m.
Candlelight: Tribute to The Beatles
South Congregational Church (East Hartford)
Music
6 p.m.7 p.m.
Candlelight: Tribute to The Beatles
South Congregational Church$25
Music
6 p.m.
Friday Night Braid Night
The IndiWest Center$30Family
Family & Kids
6 p.m.7 p.m.
Holiday Evening Tours
The Webb Barn$32.64+
Also at 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Arts & Culture

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