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326 Taft Pond Road
Sale at the horse-camp entrance with household, vintage, holiday, toy, furniture, and other donated goods.
Cost, registration, and age guidance not stated.
Lawn between Community Center and Town Hall, 164 Main Street; rain site 380 Main Street
Pet parade at 10:30 a.m., hayrides at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., family activities, vendors, food, and Rick Lovallo from 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Free admission and parking; pet-parade preregistration and pet-safety rules apply.
Canterbury — see the town listing for the location
The town's annual Old Home Day gathering.
Cost not stated.
Participating Woodstock businesses
A weekend of shopping across Woodstock businesses with a stamp card and prize drawings.
Free to take part. Pick up a card at a participating business and collect stamps for a chance at 22 prizes. Hosted by the Woodstock Business Association.
326 Taft Pond Road
Two-day tag sale of gently used furniture, housewares and more.
Rain or shine. Follow the signs to the entrance.
Vanilla Bean Café, 450 Deerfield Road
Revolutionary Pomfret kickoff with a tavern menu and sea shanties and tavern songs by Rick Spencer and Dawn Indermuehle.
$10; age guidance not stated.
Killingly Public Library, 25 Westcott Road
Bring clean, gently used costumes to swap; unclaimed costumes will be donated.
All ages; cost and registration not stated.
Riverside Park, 815 Riverside Drive
Community awards, school music, Lickity Split concert, food trucks, classic cars, family activities, vendors, and public-safety displays; exact concert time not published.
Free guest admission; no age restriction stated.
Killingly Intermediate School (parking lot)
The Killingly FFA chapter's corn maze, geared for kids under 10 — corn maze, hayrides, and pumpkin painting.
$2 or 2 non-perishable food items, benefiting Friends of Assisi Food Pantry.
Moosup Rotary Park, Moosup
An outdoor arts and crafts vendor fair at Moosup Rotary Park.
Cost, vendor sign-up, and rain plan are not stated.
Trinity Episcopal Church, 7 Providence Road
Church fall festival with vendors at the junction of Routes 6 and 169.
Vendor spaces $30, or $40 with a table. Visitor admission not stated. Vendor information and application on the church website.
Brooklyn Fairgrounds, 15 Fairgrounds Road
Highland athletics, piping, dance, music, heritage activities, food, vendors, and storytelling.
$25; $20 veterans/students/seniors; $5 ages 5–12; under 5 free; organizer currently says bring $5 cash for parking.
Putnam Elms, 191 Church Street
Charles Dickens ghost-story portrayal. A separate 1:00 p.m. Preservation Connecticut member tour requires registration.
Free public performance; no registration; children welcome.
Downtown Putnam
Businesses, organizations, groups and individuals build scarecrows for the annual downtown contest.
Free to enter. Registration deadline is October 12; scarecrows must be set up by noon on October 15.
Downtown Putnam; exact street address not published
Vendors, crafts and art, live music, children's activities, and pumpkin-themed menus; the Town's October 17 date controls over a stale organizer page.
Admission, registration, and formal age guidance not stated.
499 Wolf Den Road
Farm festival with the John Spignesi Band.
Cost, registration, and age guidance not published.
The Cornerstone Baptist Church, 247 Broad Street
Fundraising bazaar with raffle baskets, baked goods, gift and craft items and vendors.
Admission cost not stated. Take-out lasagna also available.
556 Route 169
Juried show with 180 artisans, live music, food vendors, and first-floor cottage tours; rain or shine.
Historic New England members free; nonmembers $5; children under 12 free; outdoor uneven terrain.
Lions Park
Fall festival with food trucks, trunk or treat and community partners.
Vendor spaces $20 per 10x10. The flyer says "Saturday, October 19th" — October 19, 2026 is a Monday, so check the date with the organizers.
Rotary Park, 190 Kennedy Drive
Halloween runway competition with prizes and DJ music.
Entrant registration closes October 22 at 11:59 p.m.; spectator price not published; all-age entrant categories.
Pomfret Little League Field, 65 Hampton Road
Haunted hayride, house of clowns and creepy corn maze.
Adults $10, children under 8 free.
Town Hall, 8 Community Avenue
Annual car show; the Chamber page supplies date, time, organizer, and municipal location.
Cost, registration, and age guidance not stated.
Main Street, Killingly
Halloween light parade and block party on Main Street.
Free to watch as stated. Registration required to be in the parade. Rain date October 25.
Ellis Technical High School, 613 Upper Maple Street
Craft and vendor event hosted by the Ellis Tech Parent Faculty Organization.
Cost not stated.
William L. Mercier Post 5446 VFW, 7 Winsor Avenue
Craft and vendor fair with baked goods, food and a raffle.
Admission cost not stated. Vendor information from Amanda Deojay.
Thompson Raceway, Thompson
Indoor and outdoor holiday market with local vendors, food trucks, live music and photo mini sessions.
$5 admission, free parking.
Downtown Putnam
Downtown Putnam's winter Fire and Ice Festival.
Cost not stated. Listed on the town's event calendar as a 2027 event.
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