Connecticut Fall Festivals 2016: Where and When to Get Your Leaf, Apple and Pumpkin Fix

WILTON, CT — Looking for something fun to do with the family for the upcoming weekends? We know you’ll travel for the best fall festivals around, and Patch has brought you a complete guide of them for that exact reason s well as some in your neck of the woods.

Included in the list is the Big E, a 17-day festival in Springfield, Massachusetts. More than 1.3 million visitors stopped by the Big E last year. The guide below is organized by date and alphabetized by town, beginning with the earliest festivities. Some festivals are happening as early as this weekend. Click on the links for more information about that particular festival.

Enjoy the apple cider, pumpkin beer and festive foliage!

Through Sept. 25

• 2nd Annual Ridgefield Newcomers Septemberfest, Sunday, Sept. 25, 1-4 p.m.
• Ridgefield Carnival at the Rec Center, Sunday, Sept. 25, 12-6 p.m.

• Fall Harvest Festival

• Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off Sat 9/25/16 Ballard Park 10-3pm *Rain or Shine*

• 97th Annual Durham Fair - Sept. 22-25
• 35th Annual Harvest Festival- Guilford, Sept. 24
• 5th Annual AppleFest, Granby, Sept. 24
• Septemberfest- Ridgefield, Sept. 25
• Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off- Ridgefield, Sept. 25
• Fall Scarecrow Festival, Shelton, Sept. 24 & 25
• Annual Autumn Garlic Festival in Milford Details, Milford, Sept. 24
• Brooksvale Fall Festival - Hamden, Sept. 24.

Sept. 30-Oct. 9

• Monroe UMC's Harvest Festival, Oct. 1, 2016, rain or shine
• Southington’s 48th Annual Apple Harvest Festival - Southington, Sept. 30, Oct. 1-2 & Oct. 7-9
• Bethany Family Harvest Festival 2016 Details Oct. 1
• Hammonassett Festival 2016 Details, Oct. 1 in Guilford
• Berlin Fair 2016 Details Sept. 30 through Oct. 2
• Celebrate Wallingford 2016 Details Oct. 1-2
• New Canaan Nature Center's 5th Annual Harvest Fest, New Canaan, Oct. 1
• Connecticut Renaissance Faire Brings Long History of Family Fun to Community, Weekends in October, North Haven

Oct. 7 through Oct. 9

• 17th Annual Portland Fair- Oct. 7-9
• Riverton Fair, Riverton - Oct. 7-9
• Stratford Animal Rescue Society’s 11th Annual Fall Festival - Oct. 9
• The 61st Annual Salisbury Fall Festival- Salisbury, Oct. 7-9
• Connecticut Garlic & Harvest Festival 2016 Details - Oct. 8-9

October 14-16

• Glastonbury Apple Harvest Festival, Oct. 14-16
• Hubbard Park Fall Food Truck Fair Fest Meriden, Oct. 15-16
• Bauer Park Harvest Festival 2016 Details, Madison, Oct. 15

October 22

• PumpkinFest in Plainville 2016, Oct. 22
• 47th Annual Fall Fair, New Canaan, Oct. 22

Did we forget any? Email wendy.mitchell@patch.com.

By Wendy Ann Mitchell and Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Image by Wendy Ann Mitchell