Historic Wethersfield
Wethersfield, CT
Wethersfield Fireworks
May 30th, 5:00pm – 9:45pm. Wethersfield Fireworks 2026
Theme: America250; Rain Date: June 6th
The Town of Wethersfield is happy to announce that the annual fireworks celebration is returning on Saturday, May 30th, 2026 at Cove Park in Old Wethersfield. Starting at 5:00 pm, the event will include live music, DJ, activities for kids, food vendors and more. The fireworks show will begin at approximately 9:00 pm.
Free shuttle service will be provided from the Pitkin Community Center (30 Greenfield Street) to the Solomon Welles House. Shuttle bus service will run continuously from 5 pm to 10:30 pm.
For more information about the event please visit https://www.wethersfieldct.gov/317/Wethersfield-Fireworks or contact Wethersfield Parks and Recreation at (860) 721-2890 and/or via email at rec.activities@wethersfieldct.gov.
Angels Among Us
July 15th, 10:00am. Angels Among Us
Admission: $10.00; Members Free – Reservations Encouraged
Learn about the angelic figures that grace the landscape of Cedar Hill Cemetery. Connie Robinson will acquaint you with the Angels of Mercy, Life, Peace, and more on this tour of the historic cemetery.
Advance reservations are recommended and may be made online at www.cedarhillfoundation.org.
No pets allowed, except for service animals.
A Monumental Man: The Art of James Batterson
May 20th, 10:00am. A Monumental Man: The Art of James Batterson
Admission: $10.00; Members Free – Reservations Encouraged
Monuments attributed to James Batterson’s prolific granite company are scattered
throughout Cedar Hill Cemetery. Andrius Banevicius highlights some of the company’s most extraordinary work including the Colt, Heublein, and Keney memorials on this tour of the historic cemetery.
Advance reservations are recommended and may be made online at www.cedarhillfoundation.org.
No pets allowed, except for service animals.
Arts & Letters
May 16th, 10:00am Arts & Letters
Admission: $10.00; Members Free – Reservations Encouraged
Discover Cedar Hill Cemetery’s creative residents including its most distinguished artists, actors, and authors. Learn about the noteworthy artist William Glackens, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Wallace Stevens, and legendary actress Katharine Hepburn. And meet lesser-known personalities such as actress Fern Andra and sculptor Frances Wadsworth. Michael Albano leads this walking tour of the historic cemetery.
Advance reservations are recommended and may be made online at www.cedarhillfoundation.org.
No pets allowed, except for service animals.
WHS presents Birds and Desserts Redux
On View April 5th through April 18th, WHS presents Birds and Desserts Redux
at the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, 200 Main Street, Wethersfield
Wethersfield Historical Society presents the collaborative artwork of Don Carter (Edgar Allen Slothman) and Dora Dylanne Reyes in the Watson Gallery of the Wethersfield Museum. Birds & Desserts is a popular reimagining of Audubon’s Birds of America in a simplified graphic style that incorporates Reyes’ desserts into Carter’s Audubon Studies, resulting in charming pieces of whimsey. Admission to the museum is free. Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sundays 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm.
Wethersfield Academy Summer Arts Program
Wethersfield Academy for the Arts, Summer Arts Program starts June 22nd – August 21st
Classes and projects designed for ages 7 through high school!
- Classical realist drawing, painting and sculpture sessions that develop art fundamentals
- All classes instructed by art professionals
- Offering a variety of weekly classes in both mornings (9:00am – 12:00pm) and afternoons (1:00pm – 4:00pm)
Registration opens March 1st!
https://wethersfieldarts.org/summer-program/#25SUMMERYOUTHART
Wethersfield Academy Summer Arts Program
Wethersfield Academy for the Arts, Summer Arts Program starts June 22nd – August 21st
Classes and projects designed for ages 7 through high school!
- Classical realist drawing, painting and sculpture sessions that develop art fundamentals
- All classes instructed by art professionals
- Offering a variety of weekly classes in both mornings (9:00am – 12:00pm) and afternoons (1:00pm – 4:00pm)
Registration opens March 1st!
https://wethersfieldarts.org/summer-program/#25SUMMERYOUTHART
The Art of Collecting
May 14th, 7:00pm. The Art of Collecting
LECTURE | With Ned Lazaro at the Webb Deane Stevens Museum
What drives someone to seek out a two-hundred-year-old sampler—and what does that impulse tell us about who we are? Join textile historian Ned Lazaro, Associate Curator of Textiles and Costumes at The Wadsworth Atheneum and former curator of textiles at Historic Deerfield for a moderated discussion on the history of collecting schoolgirl samplers and other forms of needlepoint in the United States.
For tickets or more information: https://www.simpletix.com/e/lecture-the-art-of-collecting-tickets-260319
Feuding Founders Collective
May 16th, 10:00am – 3:00pm. Feuding Founders Collective: The Untold Drama of Silas Deane, John Jay, and the Lees of Virginia
Three sites. Three perspectives. Three stories of imperfect men trying to build something that had never existed before.
They were allies and rivals. Collaborators and critics. Sometimes all at once. This spring, the Feuding Founders Collective launches at WDS — a multi-site series that strips the marble off the men who built the republic and asks what their struggles with polarization, loyalty, and public reputation can teach us about our own. Wethersfield kicks things off May 16, with events at partner sites in New York and Virginia to follow. Stay tuned.
Tickets on sale March 2026. Learn more: https://wdsmuseum.org/event/feuding-founders-collective/
An Evening of Irish Music with Jeanne Freeman & Haley Hewitt
March 14th, 6:00pm – 8:00pm. An Evening of Irish Music with Jeanne Freeman & Haley Hewitt
FREE
Join the Wethersfield Academy for the Arts for an enchanting evening of traditional Irish and Scottish music featuring fiddle, harp, songs, and more, performed by Jeanne Freeman and Haley Hewitt.
Jeanne Freeman
Jeanne Freeman is a fiddler and founder of the Connecticut Academy of Irish Music. Trained in Irish and classical traditions, she has performed with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, appeared on Connecticut Public Television, and recorded the solo CD The Fiddler You Are.
Haley Hewitt
Haley Hewitt is a Connecticut-based harpist and educator specializing in Scottish, Irish, and North American traditional music. She holds degrees from the Hartt School of Music and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has performed at major venues including Carnegie Hall.
Suggested donation of $25
Register to attend: https://wethersfieldarts.org/event/an-evening-of-irish-music-with-jeanne-freeman-haley-hewitt/