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Back to School Weekend — Connecticut
AUG 29-SEP 6, 2026
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SATURDAY - 8/29
Terryville Lions Country Fair,
Plymouth
- 10:00am - 7:00pm — Corn box, arts and crafts ♡ crafts
- 10:30am — Dairy Cattle Show ♡ dairy cattle show
- 10:30am — Poultry Show ♡ poultry show
- 11:00am — Draft Horses ♡ draft horses
- 11:00am — Sheep Show ♡ sheep show
- 11:00am — All day scavenger hunt ♡ scavenger hunt
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm — Noodles the Clown, games, tricks, puppets, hula hoops ♡ clown puppets
- 1:00pm — Fishing Pole Donut Eating Contest ♡ donut contest
- 2:30pm — How to Marshall Arts ♡ martial arts
- 4:00pm — Free Bike Drawing ♡ bike drawing
- 4:30pm — D’Amato Excel Marshall Arts Demonstration ♡ martial arts demo
- 6:30pm — Truck Pull ♡ truck pull
- 9:00am — Antique Tractor Pull ♡ antique tractor pull
- 9:00am — Garden Tractor Pull ♡ garden tractor pull
SUNDAY - 8/30
Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens,
Stamford
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Honey Harvest Festival at 11:00am, 4:00pm
♡
celebrate season
Terryville Lions Country Fair,
Plymouth
- 10:00am — Dairy Goat Show ♡ dairy goat show
- 10:00am — Working Oxen ♡ working oxen
- 10:30am — Beef Cattle Show ♡ beef cattle show
- 11:00am — Oxen Pull ♡ oxen pull
- 11:00am — Swine Show ♡ swine show
- 11:00am - 1:00pm — Women's Skillet Toss & Men's Beer Keg Toss Competitions ♡ toss competitions
- 12:00pm - 4:00pm — Princesses and Superheroes, Glinda, Elphaba, Wolverine, Deadpool, Gizmo D. Robot ♡ characters
- 2:00pm — Demolition Derby ♡ demolition derby
- 3:30pm — Watermelon eating contest ♡ watermelon contest
SATURDAY - 9/5
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