'Bark In The Park' Festival Returns For 2nd Year In Bethel

BETHEL, CT — "Bark in the Park: In Memory of Tyler" returns for its second year on Sunday, Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Bennett Memorial Park.

The pet-friendly festival is free to attend, but donations are accepted. All money raised will directly benefit Happily Furever After Rescue in Bethel.

This family and pet-friendly activities include:

• Adoptable dogs
• 20-plus vendors
• Food trucks
• Raffle
• Live band
• Lawn games
• Arts & crafts
• Face painting + glitter tattoos
• Balloon artist
• Henna artist
• Caricature artist
• Paw print tattoos
• Photo station
• Dog agility course
• Dog "pupcasso" painting
• Starpups Puppuccino station
• Bethel Police Department K9

The now-annual event commemorates the birthday of the founder's dog, Tyler, who lost his battle to cancer in December 2021 and would have celebrated his ninth birthday this year on Sept. 24.

Bennett Memorial Park is located at 14 Shelter Rock Road in Bethel.