Historic Wethersfield

Wethersfield, CT

Urban Sketching Workshop

September 26th, 10:00am – 1:00pm. Workshop: Urban Sketching with Nick

Join the Wethersfield Art League for an Urban Sketching Workshop. Supplies list will be provided upon registration. Limited to the first 10 participants. $40/sponsors and $50/public. Please include phone number and email when registering. Mail check payable to WAL to 193 Wells Road, Wethersfield.

For more info: wethersfieldartleague@gmail.com.

Performers Performing Performatively

November 13th, 14th, 7:00pm & November 15th, 3:00pm. Performers Performing Performatively: Three One Act Plays

Join Wethersfield High School Drama this fall for a night of entertainment and fun with, Performers Performing Performatively: Three One Act Plays on November 13, 14, (7:00 open doors for coffee and snacks, 7:30 curtain) and November 15 (3:00 open doors, 3:30 curtain). Performance takes place in the WHS auditorium, 411 Wolcott Hill Rd.

Heirloom Market Harvest Festival

October 10th, 10:00am – 4:00pm. Heirloom Market Harvest Festival

Join Heirloom Market in the heart of the historic district for a day celebrating fall, local makers, and our community! Enjoy dozens of local vendors, artisans and crafters, live music, fall-inspired food & drinks, Fox Farm beer, alpacas, henna artists, face painting, and plenty of family-friendly fun.

Rain date: Sunday, October 11th.

Paint n Sip

September 17th, 6:30pm. Paint n Sip

Join the Wethersfield Chamber of Commerce for a fun night of painting and sipping with artist Deirdre Sassano. You will be painting the Night Autumn Scene (the crow can be interchanged for a black cat or unicorn. Animal stencils will be provided).

Bring your friends or come solo and leave with a beautiful masterpiece, made by YOU!

Admission includes all art supplies and one drink ticket.

Cash bar also available

$45 per person and must sign up by September 14.

Euphoria Loft Event Venue is located at 898 Silas Deane Hwy, Wethersfield (next door to City Fish) in the rear lower level.

The American Revolution: Artifacts and Stories from Across Connecticut Exhibit Opens

October 21st 10:00am – 4:00pm. The American Revolution: Artifacts and Stories from Across Connecticut Exhibit Opens

Wethersfield Historical Society hosts the traveling exhibit The American Revolution: Artifacts and Stories from Across Connecticut in the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center’s Watson Gallery. The exhibit was created by the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History and uses images from their collection to tell stories of Connecticut spies, patriots, and traitors. The exhibit will be on view through March 7 of 2027.

The museum is open Tuesday thru Saturday, 10am – 4pm and Sundays, 1pm – 4pm. Admission is free, but donations are gratefully accepted.

Wethersfield Art League Plein Air Exhibit

September 12th & 13th, 1:00pm-4:00pm. Wethersfield Art League Plein Air Exhibit

The Wethersfield Art League plein air painting group will be winding down a season of outdoor painting by displaying their art to the public and offering them at affordable prices. Join them to browse the views of all the wonderful places this group has visited this summer. There will be a mix of framed and unframed original art. Checks or cash for payment. At The Little Red School House, 193 Wells Road.

Scarecrows Along Main

Come to the heart of Wethersfield’s cultural and historic district this October and see something spectacular! Scarecrows will be popping up along side shops, restaurants, museums, colonial homes and more this fall season. Scarecrows along Main is sponsored by the Old Wethersfield Shopkeepers Association.

In 2026, Scarecrows Along Main will partner with America250 CT, encouraging participants to design displays inspired by Connecticut’s four America250 themes:

Tell Inclusive Stories – sharing histories that may have gone untold
Power of Place – highlighting what makes our community unique
Doing History – actively engaging in historical exploration and learning
For the Common Good – strengthening civic engagement and democracy

These themes invite creativity, storytelling, and community pride—and we can’t wait to see how they are brought to life. Special prizes and awards will be given in connection with these themes.

More information and entry form (registration opens in September): https://oldwethersfield.com/

Annual Old Wethersfield Arts and Crafts Fair

October 3rd, 10:00am – 4:00pm. 44th Annual Old Wethersfield Arts and Crafts Fair

Wethersfield Historical Society’s Old Wethersfield Arts & Crafts Fair returns to picturesque Cove Park for the 44th time on Saturday, October 3 from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Save the date and plan to join us for a day of community, fun, and celebration in the heart of the oldest and largest historic district in Connecticut. (Also the state’s most recently designated Cultural District). Browse hand-made items, shop for unique gifts, meet the artists, and watch demonstrations from over 90 juried artisans and vendors. There will be pottery, woodwork, prints, jewelry, textiles, and fabric art, painting, photography, and so much more. There will be food vendors joining the festivities and live music to enjoy.

Free parking is available along State Street, and adjacent to the DMV. While Google gives the address of Cove Park as 533 Main Street, fair goers would be better served using the Solomon Wells House (220 Hartford Avenue) or the DMV (60 State Street) as a frame of reference.

American Jazz in the Barn

September 25th, 7:00pm – 8:30pm. American Jazz in the Barn

Join friends and family in the Webb Barn for a live concert.

An intimate evening of live jazz in the Webb Barn, honoring the most distinctly American art form on a night made for close listening. Family friendly event. Tickets: $25 | $18 Members

Purchase Tickets:

https://www.simpletix.com/e/concert-american-jazz-tickets-280049

Early American Needlework and National Identity 

September 10th, 6:00pm. Civic Stitches: Early American Needlework and National Identity

LECTURE | with Emily Whitted, Guest-Curator, American Girlhood: Needlework, Memory, and The Making of a Nation

This companion lecture to the exhibition American Girlhood by guest curator Emily Whitted will explore the larger history of needlework as part of early American education for girls. In the aftermath of the American Revolution, female education was a critical space for civic development, and needlework was one educational medium in which girls processed their own identities within the new nation. This lecture will connect needlework within the exhibition with pieces from other public collections, and broadly trace the rich lives of early American girls engaged in crafting a nation.

Tickets: $15 |$12.50 Virtual | $10 Members

Purchase Tickets:
https://www.simpletix.com/e/lecture-civic-stitches-early-american-need-tickets-265191

*This lecture will be offered in person and via Zoom. Zoom link will be provided in advance of the lecture.