10 Can’t-Miss Things To Do In Connecticut This November

CONNECTICUT — November is a busy month, with the year-end push at both work and school and social events marking the start of the holiday season, all competing for the time of Connecticut residents.

There are two major holidays to plan around — Thanksgiving, which falls on the 27th this year, and Veterans Day, which is always observed on the 11th — as Connecticut residents fill out their November calendars.

We’ve rounded up 10 can’t-miss events from around the state, including holiday fairs, high-flying aerobatics, and a Grateful Dead experience like no other. Are you planning an event this fall? Feature it, so nearby readers see it all across Patch — including in roundups like this!

Here are our picks:

• The Second Congregational Church in Manchester will be holding its New England Country Fair on Nov. 1.
• The Bridgeport Art Trail 17th Annual Citywide Open Studios Arts Celebration Weekend is Nov. 6-9.
• John Fogerty: The Legacy Tour pulls into Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, on Thursday, Nov. 13.
• The Intergalactic Beets Project is coming to Milford, on Saturday, Nov. 15.
• The Union Memorial Congregational Church will be holding its Holiday Fair in Stamford on Nov. 15.
• The Dark Star Orchestra continues the Grateful Dead live concert experience at College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Nov. 22.
• Cirque Dreams Holidaze will be soaring above the Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford Nov. 28-29.
• The Annual Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa’s Workshop at Sam Bridge Nursery & Greenhouses will be delighting families for its 17th year, from Nov. 28 through Christmas Eve.
• The Madison Beach Hotel will be holding its spectacular Annual Bonfire & Tree Lighting in Madison on Nov. 29.
• The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is performing "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve" at the Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, Nov. 30.