Farmington Weekend Guide: The Farmington Valley Music Festival And Ghost Walks At Memento Mori Cemetery

FARMINGTON, CT — Saturday is Farmington's big day, with an all-day acoustic festival on Dunning Lake and costumed history in the town's oldest burying ground, from Thursday, Oct. 15, through Sunday, Oct. 18.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• 11th Annual Farmington Valley Music Festival — Saturday, Oct. 17, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Two stages on Dunning Lake, food trucks, a vendor village, and a beach beer garden with free samples from local breweries; the headliner is Howley, the Galway-born brothers who were founding members of We Banjo 3. The festival supports the Winding Trails Trails Fund. Winding Trails, 50 Winding Trails Drive
• Ghost Walk Tours — Saturday, Oct. 17, tours at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. The Stanley-Whitman House's 45- to 50-minute walks meet people from Farmington's colonial and Revolutionary-era history where they were buried; tickets are $25, or $20 for members, and parking is at the Barney Library, 71 Main St. Memento Mori Cemetery, Main Street

This Weekend's Restaurants & Bars

No special restaurant or bar events could be confirmed in Farmington for this weekend.

Spread a blanket by Dunning Lake for Howley and the festival, and slip over to Main Street for a ghost walk before the light fades.

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