Southbury Plans First Fall Festival With Contests, Crafts And Outdoor Movie

SOUTHBURY, CT — Southbury Parks and Recreation will host its first week-long Fall Festival from Oct. 14 to Oct. 18, featuring contests, crafts, and a family movie night.

Events will take place at the Parks and Recreation building, 561 Main St. South, with the annual outdoor movie night set for Saturday, Oct. 18, on the Town Hall Green, 501 Main St. South. All activities are free for Southbury residents, with some requiring registration. Nonresidents may participate for a small fee.

The festival will include pumpkin carving, scarecrow building, milkweed seed sowing, a guessing contest and take-home crafts. The Southbury Land Trust will lead the milkweed seed program Oct. 15 at 4:30 p.m.

Pumpkin carving is scheduled for Oct. 14 at 4:30 p.m., and scarecrow building will be held Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. Materials will be provided, though participants may bring clothing to stuff for scarecrows. Registration is required for both activities.

Pumpkin and scarecrow contests will be held Oct. 18 at 4:30 p.m. at Town Hall Green, with prizes awarded for children, teens, adults and families in the pumpkin contest, and for the best overall scarecrow.

A children’s costume parade will follow at 5 p.m., with prizes in categories of spookiest, silliest and sparkliest. The Southbury Arts and Culture Alliance and Southbury Women’s Club will judge the contests.

During the evening, free popcorn will be served by Fun Flicks Entertainment, cider by the Knights of Columbus, and apples by Hidden Gem Orchard. Nachos will be available for purchase from Boy Scout Troop 1607.

The outdoor movie, co-sponsored by the Southbury Public Library, will begin at sunset around 6:15 p.m. Organizers said licensing restrictions prevent them from naming the PG-rated film, which runs 96 minutes.

More details and registration are available online here.