St. Jeanne Jugan Parish Carnival Returns To Enfield This Week

ENFIELD, CT — Live music, good food, exciting rides and a variety of games of skill and chance will highlight this year’s edition of St. Jeanne Jugan Parish’s carnival, slated Thursday through Saturday, May 30 through June 1, on the grounds of St. Bernard Church at 424 Hazard Avenue.

The carnival will run from 6 to 10 p.m. each day, featuring carnival rides, with wristbands for sale every evening for $20 that provide unlimited access to the fairground’s rides, or individual ride tickets. Ride tickets will begin going on sale at 5:30 each night.

There will be a wide variety of food, including fried dough, French fries, doughnuts, strawberry shortcake and sundaes; craft beer provided by Powder Hollow Brewery; and hamburgers, hot dogs, and grinders provided by Danny’s Pizza. There will also be booths featuring skill games and a selection of state-sanctioned games of chance on the carnival’s midway, as well as an expanded kiddie land.

Performing Friday from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. will be the Savage Brothers, a band founded in the basement of the family’s Windsor Locks home. The group is celebrating its 40th anniversary this
year and has performed over 5,000 concerts across the Northeast. This rock rhythm group is led by one of the founding brothers, vocalist and drummer Michael Savage, and also features sax and trumpets as well as guitars, keyboard, and bass.

DJ Mark Veilleux will play music on Thursday, and a performance is scheduled Saturday by Oh
Brother, an East Windsor-based acoustic duo performing some of the best-known songs of the
1970s and 1980s.

The drawing for the annual parish raffle is set for Saturday at 9:30 p.m. Prizes to be awarded are Visa gift cards in the amounts of $2,000, $1,500, and $1,000. Tickets cost $5 apiece and may be purchased from parish families or at the rectory, as well as at the carnival itself each night.

The carnival is organized by the people of St. Jeanne Jugan Parish, which comprises all of Enfield’s Roman Catholic churches, and is supported not only by them but also by area businesses and the larger community. For more information about the carnival, call the St. Bernard Church rectory, 860-962-4001, ext. 121.