Monroe Weekend Planner: Oct. 4 & 5

Looking for something to do this weekend? There’s plenty going on in town and nearby. Click on the green links for more information.

Monroe

Saturday, Oct. 4

• Farm & Shellfish Bed Tour Begins in Monroe
• UMC Monroe Annual Harvest Festival 2014, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 5

• Monroe Fire Department Open House, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Bethel

Bethel’s Imagination Art Walk is Oct. 3-31. Click here for details.

Saturday, Oct. 4

• Bethel Farmers Market, 67 Stony Hill Rd., 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

• Blessing of the Animals at the Gazebo, 10:30 a.m., 1 School St.
• Take a Walk in Their Shoes Walk-a-Thon to Benefit Morning Glory Breakfast Program, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Meckauer Park
• Pick Your Own at Blue Jay Orchards, Plumtrees Rd., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• 23rd Annual Hollandia Nurseries Fall Festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Finnegan’s Wake interactive comedic play, Michael’s at the Grove, 42 Vail Rd., $35

Sunday, Oct. 5

• 23rd Annual Hollandia Nurseries Fall Festival, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Pizzeria Lauretano Jazz Night, 6 p.m., John Arrucci Quartet, $10
• Bethel Buddy Walk for Down Syndrome, 12:30 p.m, The Sycamore

Brookfield

Saturday, Oct. 4

• Yankee Fair Donation Days, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Danbury

Saturday, Oct. 4

• Irish Cultural Center Presents Finnegan’s Wake, a hilarious and interactive play, at Michael’s at the Grove, 6 p.m., $35 per person
• Salsa Workshops, 1:30-8:30 p.m., benefit for Danbury Women’s Center

Sunday, Oct. 5

• Joey Awlasewicz Fundraiser, Hatter’s Park, 1-5 p.m.
• The Great Danbury Fair Revue, The Palace Danbury, 3 p.m., $25

Newtown

Saturday, Oct. 4

• Castle Hill Farm Corn Maze, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 8.50 per person, 3 & under free
• Tour Newtown Farm & Shellfish Beds in Fairfield County
• Fall Festival & Tag Sale at Christ the King Church, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Newtown Neighbors & Newcomers Bonfire at Castle Hill Farm, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 5

• Castle Hill Farm Corn Maze, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 8.50 per person, 3 & under free

Shelton

Saturday, Oct. 4

• Tour Shelton Farm & Shellfish Beds in Fairfield County

Sunday, Oct. 5

• Shelton Day, Howe Ave., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Weston-Redding-Easton

Saturday, Oct. 4

• Tibetan Buddhist Center for Universal Peace 3rd annual Paint Out, Wet Paint Exhibition and Silent Art Auction, 12- 5 p.m.
• Irish Cultural Center Presents Finnegan’s Wake, a hilarious and interactive play, at Michael’s at the Grove, 42 Vail Rd. Bethel, 6 p.m., $35 per person

Sunday, Oct. 5

• Blessing of the Animals Service at Christ Church, Easton, 10:30 a.m.
• Free Concert Madera Winds Quintet at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, 2:30-4 p.m.
• Redding Fire & EMS Company No. 1 Open House, Redding Ridge Firehouse, 186 Black Rock Turnpike, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.
• Westonite Stuart Gibson will present leads illustrated talk and discussion on Kurdistan in the Middle East, 3 p.m., Weston Public Library
• A “Grand Old Party” in honor former Governor Jodi Rell, 5-8 p.m., Redding Country Club
• Ain’t We Got Fun, A Trip Down Tin Pan Alley,” presented by the Easton Arts Council, 3 p.m., Community Room, Easton Public Library, 691 Morehouse Road. For information visit eastonartscouncil.org.

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