Your guide to all of the holiday events happening around the state | Connecticut News

(WFSB) – Thanksgiving is officially in the books and it’s now time to get into the holiday spirit.

Looking for something festive to do during your time off or a place you can take the kids?

Below is a guide to all of the various holiday events happening around the state:

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• 11th Annual Holiday Light Fantasia
  • 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • 1106 Maple Ave, Hartford
• Traditional Irish Christmas Caroling
  • 3 p.m.
  • Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, Hamden
• 11th Annual Gingerbread House Festival: “Happy Golden Days”
  • 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • South Windsor, Wood Memorial Library & Museum
• Magic of Lights
  • 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • East Hartford, Pratt & Whitney Stadium
• Festival of Trees:
  • Visit Santa
    • 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
    • Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum
  • Ariel Flutes
    • 12 p.m.
    • Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum
  • Creative Dance Center
    • 2 p.m.
    • Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum
  • The Troubadours: origami-making with Ben Parker
    • 3:30 p.m.
    • Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum
  • Take-and-Make LEGO menorahs
    • All-day
    • Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum
• Light Extravaganza Event to Benefit Veterans
  • 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
  • 35 Fisher Hill Rd, Glastonbury
• Avon Winterfest
• Holiday Lights Spectacular
  • 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
  • Olde Mistick Village
• Night of Lights
  • 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • 1075 Main St, Newington
• Lake Compounce Holiday Lights
  • 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • 185 Enterprise Drive, Bristol
• Santa at Fair Weather Growers
  • 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • 1146 Cromwell Avenue, Cromwell

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 December 11, 2021

• 11th Annual Gingerbread House Festival: “Happy Golden Days”
  • 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • South Windsor, Wood Memorial Library & Museum
• Magic of Lights
  • 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • East Hartford, Pratt & Whitney Stadium
• Festival of Trees:
  • Create your own wintery artworks
    • 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
    • Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum
  • The Sweetest Key
    • 12:30 p.m.
    • Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum
  • New England Ballet Theatre
    • 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.
    • Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum
  • FriendZWorldMusic
    • 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
    • Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum
  • Ballet Hartford
    • 2 p.m.
    • Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum
  • Concert Band – First Company, Governor’s Foot Guard Band
  • 3:30 p.m.
  • Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum
• Holiday Lights Spectacular
  • 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
  • Olde Mistick Village
• Joshua’s Christmas Display
  • 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • 15 Hillscrest Rd, Plainville
• Storytime with Santa & Elf
  • 9 a.m.
  • Connecticut Trolley Museum
• Lake Compounce Holiday Lights
  • 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • 185 Enterprise Drive, Bristol
• Magic of Middletown Holiday Pop-Up Vendor Fair
  • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Downtown Middletown

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December 30, 2021

• Reindeer Games Holiday Parade
  • All-day
  • Southington’s Linear Trail, between Lower Center Street in downtown and the Village of Plantsville at West Main Street

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