A Three-day Festival in Norfolk, Connecticut!
August 1, 2 & 3, 2025 / Our 10th Anniversary Weekend!
Weekend in Norfolk, Summer 2025
A Weekend in Norfolk! Our 10th annual town-wide summer festival will celebrate all the wonderful things there are here to see and do. Come find old favorites and surprises, including fun for kids, concerts at the Music Shed and Infinity Hall, and work by artists and artisans all over town. Do plan to join us.
Get a printable list of 2024 events here.
Our 2025 Winter Weekend took place February 22 & 23. See Winter Weekend for events. It’s coming up again next year, so stay tuned.
Be sure to visit the Weekend in Norfolk YouTube channel or see the Virtual Events page. You’ll find music, art, activities for kids, tours and a lot more about our wonderful town, available 24/7. Enjoy!
Friday, August 1, 2025
(See Thursday night’s early-bird specials at the bottom of this column.)
All day
Self-guided tour: Walking Historical Norfolk [read more]
Norfolk center
Free
All day
Hike the trails [read more]
Land Trust trails, Great Mountain Forest trails
Free
All day
Bocce court open [read more]
Behind 10 Station Place
Free
7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Weekend in Norfolk specials (read more)
Icebox Cafe, 10 Station Place
$Discounts
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Art show: Hannah Jung [read more]
Norfolk Hub, 2 Station Place
Free
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Stained glass window tours: Immaculate Conception Church [read more]
4 North Street
Free
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Stained glass window viewing: Battell Chapel [read more]
12 Litchfield Road
Free
1:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Stained glass window tour: Battell Chapel [read more]
12 Litchfield Road
Free
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
You’re invited to get married or renew your vows on the Village Green; bouquets supplied, ring bearers and witnesses standing by. Please email us to make a reservation (required) and, if you’re getting married, bring your license. See the town clerk’s web page for hours, license fee and a worksheet. [read more]
Village Green
Free
5:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Opening reception, 18th Anniversary Norfolk Artists & Friends show [read more]
Art Barn Gallery, Battell Stoeckel Estate
Free
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Friday Night on the Green: Music by Pat Attanasio [read more]
Village Green
Free
7:00 to 7:40 p.m.
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, pre-concert conversation [read more]
Battell Recital Hall, 20 Litchfield Road
Free
8:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Concert: Beethoven, Zhou Long & Schubert [read more]
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Music Shed
$Ticketed
Early-bird Specials
Thursday, July 31, 2025
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Art show: Hannah Jung [read more]
Norfolk Hub, 2 Station Place
Free
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Sneak peek, 18th Anniversary Norfolk Artists & Friends show [read more]
Art Barn Gallery, Battell Stoeckel Estate
Free
7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Concert: Emerging Artists Showcase [read more]
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Music Shed
Free
Saturday, August 2, 2025
All day
Self-guided tour: Walking Historical Norfolk [read more]
Norfolk center
Free
All day
Hike the trails [read more]
Land Trust trails, Great Mountain Forest trails
Free
All day
Bocce court open [read more]
Behind 10 Station Place
Free
7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Weekend in Norfolk specials (read more)
Icebox Cafe, 10 Station Place
$Discounts
9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Fly-fishing seminar with Doug McDevitt [read more]
Wood Creek Pond, 428 Ashpohtag Road
Free; rods supplied, limited to first 5 to register
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Art show: Hannah Jung [read more]
Norfolk Hub, 2 Station Place
Free
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Bird walk and talk [read more]
Barbour Woods, Lovers Lane entrance
Free; meet at 10:00
10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Weather observation seminar [read more]
Great Mountain Forest weather station, 201 Windrow Road
Free
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Art show: Turi Rostad [read more]
Norfolk Library, 9 Greenwoods Road East
Free
10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Iddi Saaka: West African music and dance workshop for children [read more]
Norfolk Library, 9 Greenwoods Road East
Free
10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Concert: Emerging Artists Showcase [read more]
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Music Shed
Free
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Fly-fishing: Spey casting clinic [read more]
Wood Creek Pond, 428 Ashpohtag Road
Free
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Stained glass window tours: Immaculate Conception Church [read more]
4 North Street
Free
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Fourth Annual Connecticut-Asia Cultural Center Celebration [read more]
207A Westside Road
Free
12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Music on Robertson Plaza: Seth Hagymasi [read more]
Station Place
Free
12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Pop-up bookstore with the Curious Cat [read more]
Wildwood 1880, 67 Litchfield Road
Free admission
12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Picnic on the grass [read more]
Manor House Inn, 69 Maple Avenue
Free
12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
A New Birth of Freedom: Norfolk in the Civil War [read more]
Norfolk Historical Society Museum, 13 Village Green
Free
12:00 to 5:00 p.m.
18th anniversary Norfolk Artists & Friends show [read more]
Art Barn Gallery, Battell Stoeckel Estate
Free
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Stained glass window viewing: Church of the Transfiguration [read more]
21 Mills Way
Free
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Guided Tour: Center Cemetery [read more]
Center Cemetery, Old Colony Road
Free
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Fire Safety Open House [read more]
Firehouse, 20 Shepard Road
Free
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Fly-fishing seminar with Doug McDevitt [read more]
Wood Creek Pond, 428 Ashpohtag Road
Free; rods supplied, limited to first 5 to register
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Stained glass window viewing: Battell Chapel [read more]
12 Litchfield Road
Free
2:00 to 2:30 p.m.
Stained glass windows tour: Battell Chapel [read more]
12 Litchfield Road
Free
2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Music on Robertson Plaza: Andy Styles [read more]
Station Place
Free
3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Music, ice cream and blueberry Betty [read more]
Meadowbrook Apartments, 9 Shepard Road
Free
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
You’re invited to get married or renew your vows on the Village Green; bouquets supplied, ring bearers and witnesses standing by. Please email us to make a reservation (required) and, if you’re getting married, bring your license. See the town clerk’s web page for hours, license fee and a worksheet. [read more]
Village Green
Free
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Fly-fishing seminar with Doug McDevitt [read more]
Wood Creek Pond, 428 Ashpohtag Road
Free; rods supplied, limited to first 5 to register
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Music on Robertson Plaza: The Carol & Nick Jazz Duo [read more]
Station Place
Free
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Music on Robertson Plaza: The Grantville Dawgs [read more]
Station Place
Free
8:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Gala concert: A Night at the Cinema [read more]
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Music Shed
$Ticketed: concert only/all Gala events
8:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Concert: Dizzyfish & the Uptown Horns [read more]
Infinity Music Hall, 20 Greenwoods Road West
$Ticketed
Sunday, August 3, 2025
All day
Self-guided tour: Walking Historical Norfolk [read more]
Norfolk center
Free
All day
Hike the trails [read more]
Land Trust trails, Great Mountain Forest trails
Free
All day
Bocce court open [read more]
Behind 10 Station Place
Free
8:00 to 9:00 a.m.
Meditation/yoga class with Miranda Lee [read more]
Village Green
Free
8:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Pickleball tournament [read more]
Botelle School, 128 Greenwoods Road East
Free; sign up here
9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Fly-fishing seminar with Doug McDevitt [read more]
Wood Creek Pond, 428 Ashpohtag Road
Free; rods supplied, limited to first 5 to register
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Guided tour: Haystack Woods [read more]
Haystack Woods, 34 Old Colony Road
Free
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Worship services, Church of Christ Congregational, Immaculate Conception Church, Church of the Transfiguration [read more]
A map showing the three churches is available here
Free
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Art show: Hannah Jung [read more]
Norfolk Hub, 2 Station Place
Free
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Fly-fishing: Spey casting clinic [read more]
Wood Creek Pond, 428 Ashpohtag Road
Free
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Pickleball tournament [read more]
Botelle School, 128 Greenwoods Road East
Free; sign up here
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Garden tour: Woodland pathways [read more]
290 Bruey Road
Free
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
18th anniversary Norfolk Artists & Friends show [read more]
Art Barn Gallery, Battell Stoeckel Estate
Free
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Stained glass window tours: Immaculate Conception Church [read more]
4 North Street
Free
12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Stained glass window viewing: Battell Chapel [read more]
12 Litchfield Road
Free
12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Music on Robertson Plaza: Elias Neuman-Donihue [read more]
Station Place
Free
12:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Open house at Botelle School [read more]
Botelle School, 128 Greenwoods Road East
Free
12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Pop-up bookstore with the Curious Cat [read more]
Wildwood 1880, 67 Litchfield Road
Free admission
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Stained glass window viewing: Church of the Transfiguration [read more]
21 Mills Way
Free
12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Tours of Whitehouse [read more]
1 Stoeckel Road, Battell Stoeckel Estate
Free
1:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Stained glass window tour: Battell Chapel [read more]
12 Litchfield Road
Free
1:00 to 2:30
Workshop: Basics of Bee Keeping [read more]
Husky Meadows Farm, 26 Doolittle Drive
Free
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Fly-fishing seminar with Doug McDevitt [read more]
Wood Creek Pond, 428 Ashpohtag Road
Free; rods supplied, limited to first 5 to register
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Garden tour: Formal borders [read more]
152 Litchfield Road
Free
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
A New Birth of Freedom: Norfolk in the Civil War [read more]
Norfolk Historical Society Museum, 13 Village Green
Free
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Art show: Turi Rostad [read more]
Norfolk Library, 9 Greenwoods Road East
Free
1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Sidewalk Sunday [read more]
Station Place
Free admission
1:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Concert for children [read more]
Music Shed, Battell Stoeckel Estate
Free
2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Ice cream social [read more]
Music Shed, Battell Stoeckel Estate
Free
2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Music on Robertson Plaza: Julia Autumn Ford [read more]
Station Place
Free
2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Pickleball tournament [read more]
Botelle School, 128 Greenwoods Road East
Free; sign up here
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Art reception and talk: Hannah Jung [read more]
Norfolk Hub, 2 Station Place
Free
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Fly-fishing seminar with Doug McDevitt [read more]
Wood Creek Pond, 428 Ashpohtag Road
Free; rods supplied, limited to first 5 to register
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Music on Robertson Plaza: Mike Cobb [read more]
Station Place
Free
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Art reception: Turi Rostad [read more]
Norfolk Library, 9 Greenwoods Road East
Free