Craft Fairs, Bazaars, Parades: Your Guide to CT's 2015 Holiday Season

Compiled by Patch Editor Jaimie Cura

‘Tis the season to be jolly! If you’re a fan of shopping locally, supporting handmade artists and watching parades, you’re going to be feeling merry and bright when you read our list of holiday fairs and events taking place in November.

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Photo: Lantern Light Tour, Mystic Seaport

Nov. 20 and Nov. 21

• Holly Berry Festival, Sacred Heart Academy - Hamden

Nov. 20, Nov. 21 and Nov. 22

• 13th Festival of Trees, Matrix Conference & Banquet Center - Danbury

Nov. 21

• Sleigh Bells Ring, Saint Maurice Church - Bolton
• Giant Balloon Inflation Party For Parade Spectacular, Summer Street and Hoyt Street - Stamford
• Haddam Killingworth Holiday Craft Fair, Haddam Killingworth Middle School - Killingworth
• Canton Holiday Craft Fair, Canton High School - Canton
• Holiday Gift Fair, Fairfield Grace UMC - Fairfield
• Jingle Bell Craft Fair, Bethlehem Lutheran Church - East Hampton
• Cookie Express Christmas Fair, Church of the Good Shepherd Parish Hall - Shelton
• Ridgefield CT Womans’ Club Craft Fair, East Ridge Middle School - Ridgefield
• Zion Episcopal Church’s Annual Holiday Fair - North Branford
• Saint Ann Craft Fair - Bristol

Nov. 21 and Nov. 22

St. Luke Harvest Fair - Westport

Nov. 21 through Dec. 24

• Opening day of the Holiday Gift Show at the Rowayton Arts Center - Rowayton

Nov. 22

• UBS Parade Spectacular - Downtown Stamford

Nov. 26

• Thanksgiving at the Hurd House - Woodbury

Nov. 27

• Holiday Santa Parade & Tree Lighting, Main Street - Willimantic

Nov. 27 through Dec. 12

• Gingerbread House Festival, Wood Memorial Library and Museum - South Windsor

Nov. 27 through Dec. 20

• Lantern Light Tours, Mystic Seaport - Mystic

Nov. 27 through Dec. 30

• Winterfest, Connecticut Trolley Museum - East Windsor

Nov. 28

• Spirit of the Holidays - Holiday Marketplace, Heminway Park - Watertown
• Norwich Winterfest Parade, Chelsea Parade - Norwich
• Mystic Tree Lighting, Santa Arrival by Tugboat, Lighted Holiday Boat Parade, Mystic River Park - Mystic

Nov. 28 through Nov. 29

• Saint Gregory Craft Fair, Saint Gregory’s CCD Center - Bristol

Nov. 28 through Dec. 14

• Wesleyan Potters Exhibit and Sale, Wesleyan Potters Inc. - Middletown

Nov. 28 through Dec. 20

• Celebrate “Holmes for the Holidays,” Gillette Castle State Park - East Haddam

Nov. 29

• Southington Arts and Crafts Show, Aqua Turf Convention Hall - Southington
• Holiday Dazzle Light Parade, Downtown Putnam & Rotary Park - Putnam