Norwalk offers a lively calendar of festivals that showcase the area’s rich culture and vibrant community. The annual Norwalk Oyster Festival, one of the largest in the region, draws crowds with its seafood, music, and carnival rides. Additionally, the Norwalk Boat Show offers a chance to explore the latest in boating and marine technology, along with live entertainment and food.
Throughout the year, Norwalk hosts various arts and crafts festivals, like the Norwalk Art Festival, which brings together local artisans, musicians, and food vendors. These events provide the perfect opportunity to experience the local culture, delicious cuisine, and exciting music scene.
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion -Old Fashioned Flea Market
Norwalk- Late Aug./Early Sept.
The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion is itself a work of art, so it’s only appropriate that its grounds annually host more than 60 vendors displaying prized antiques along with an array of classic cars, including a 1924 Model T, a 1931 DeSoto Roadster, and a 1956 Chevrolet. Those who venture over to the free event in either late August or September can also take in Dixieland band performances.
The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion is itself a work of art, so it’s only appropriate that its grounds annually host more than 60 vendors displaying prized antiques along with an array of classic cars, including a 1924 Model T, a 1931 DeSoto Roadster, and a 1956 Chevrolet. Those who venture over to the free event in either late August or September can also take in Dixieland band performances.
Norwalk Boat Show
Norwalk – Late Fall
The Norwalk Boat Show is, first and foremost, an awesome display of the latest in-water ships and related gear, but over the decades, the event has morphed into a more general-interest fair, one featuring shipping seminars, historical displays, a kids’ cove, free 30-minute sailing rides on Long Island Sound, and some of the best seafood around. There’s a $12 general admission fee, but that doesn’t prevent the Boat Show from attracting more than 30,000 marine enthusiasts per year.
The Norwalk Boat Show is, first and foremost, an awesome display of the latest in-water ships and related gear, but over the decades, the event has morphed into a more general-interest fair, one featuring shipping seminars, historical displays, a kids’ cove, free 30-minute sailing rides on Long Island Sound, and some of the best seafood around. There’s a $12 general admission fee, but that doesn’t prevent the Boat Show from attracting more than 30,000 marine enthusiasts per year.
Oyster Festival
Norwalk –September
Our hometown’s single most popular gathering is New England’s version of a state fair, one featuring over 100 arts & crafts booths, top-name musicians, children’s rides, and palate-pleasing foods. The Oyster Festival takes place on the first weekend after Labor Day and is especially notable for the various maritime exhibits, vintage vessels, and harbor cruises celebrating Norwalk’s past as ‘the Oyster City’.
Our hometown’s single most popular gathering is New England’s version of a state fair, one featuring over 100 arts & crafts booths, top-name musicians, children’s rides, and palate-pleasing foods. The Oyster Festival takes place on the first weekend after Labor Day and is especially notable for the various maritime exhibits, vintage vessels, and harbor cruises celebrating Norwalk’s past as ‘the Oyster City’.
Round Hill Highland Games
Norwalk – July
Taking place during the All-American 4th of July weekend, Round Hill is an all-Scottish salute to traditional Highland dancing, bagpipe concerts, heavy athletic contests, and distinctive foods. Cranbury Park’s annual festivities are unique as any clan’s kilt- where else can a kid have his picture taken with photo cutouts of the Loch Ness Monster, a Scottish chieftan or a beheaded Queen of Scotland?
Taking place during the All-American 4th of July weekend, Round Hill is an all-Scottish salute to traditional Highland dancing, bagpipe concerts, heavy athletic contests, and distinctive foods. Cranbury Park’s annual festivities are unique as any clan’s kilt- where else can a kid have his picture taken with photo cutouts of the Loch Ness Monster, a Scottish chieftan or a beheaded Queen of Scotland?
SoNo Arts Celebration
Norwalk – August
For more than three decades, South Norwalk’s historic streets have been opened to the best of the local arts, with contemporary early-August festivals regularly attracting more than 150 vendors and dozens of performing musicians & actors, all culminating in a parade of oversized puppets. The family-fun atmosphere attracts more than 50,000 happy visitors per year.
For more than three decades, South Norwalk’s historic streets have been opened to the best of the local arts, with contemporary early-August festivals regularly attracting more than 150 vendors and dozens of performing musicians & actors, all culminating in a parade of oversized puppets. The family-fun atmosphere attracts more than 50,000 happy visitors per year.
