August 2019
Farmers Market
The Norfolk Farmers Market celebrates Weekend in Norfolk with live music by Andy Styles, fresh local foods and artisan wares. Special events include Tracy Hayhurst of Husky Meadows Farm cooking with foods from market vendors.
Find out more »E-Bike Test Rides and Information
Get acquainted with an e-bike courtesy of Norfolk's Rails to Trails Committee and Berkshire Bike+Board. Visitors can get information and free test rides. Committee members will be on hand to explain their mission and activities.
Find out more »Walking Tour: Norfolk’s Industrial Past
Norfolk historian Richard Byrne will take visitors on a tour recalling the sights and sounds of the once-thriving mills and factories that sat along the Blackberry River. This two-hour walk will take you to the head of the mill dam and meander along Greenwoods Road (Route 44), stopping to see one of the remaining buildings and the site of the large waterwheel that once powered the Long Stone Shop, built in 1854. The tour can be followed on foot or…
Find out more »Demonstrations: Making Furniture by Hand
Paul-Robert Blackman will be demonstrating a variety of techniques for making furniture by hand. He will have examples of his work, both to illustrate his principles and for sale.
Find out more »Kids’ Fire Hose Water Soccer
The Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department will bring out hoses so that kids can play a new kind of soccer. Expect to get wet! Free popcorn.
Find out more »Live Music on Station Place
Singer/guitarists Grant Mudge and Bill Eckert will perform on Station Place, in front of the Berkshire Country Store. If it's raining they will move inside.
Find out more »Live Music on the Patio
Infinity Hall presents live music on the Infinity Bistro patio.
Find out more »Family Fun Night
Celebrate the summer at a family fun night hosted by the Botelle Parent/Teachers Organization and the Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance on the Botelle School field. There will be bounce houses, a DJ, field games and an outdoor movie at dusk, covered by an admission fee of $5/person or $20/family. The organizers will be selling grilled hamburgers, hot dogs and other snacks and drinks, as well as t-shirts that can be tie-dyed on the spot. Norbrook Brewery will be there, too.
Find out more »Bocce
Spend your lunch or snack time at the picnic area and bocce court behind 10 Station Place (the old train station) in the center of town! Tables, chairs, benches and umbrellas are ready and waiting! Bocce equipment and game information provided in the tan trunk…enjoy!
Find out more »Hike-the-Peaks Challenge
Take the three-day, six-peak Norfolk Land Trust hiking challenge: take a selfie at the top of all six trails, then present the images to win a Land Trust "Icebox of Connecticut" t-shirt. Download the peaks map or pick it up at a WIN information center. The peaks are Dennis Hill Gazebo, Dennis Hill Pavilion, Haystack Mountain, Pine Mountain, East Summit Ridge and Beech Hill. Visit the Land Trust website for trail maps. Ends at 3:00 p.m. today.
Find out more »Demonstrations: Wood Turning
Paul-Robert Blackman will demonstrate a variety of the wood-turning techniques he uses to make furniture and other objects. He will have extra examples of his work with him, both as illustrations and for sale.
Find out more »Tree Cookies, Leaf Printing and Bark Identification
Learn to identify leaf shapes from various local trees and plants, and use them to make beautiful prints. Instructors are from Great Mountain Forest.
Find out more »Trail Run
Join the Norfolk Land Trust for a fun 5K run starting at noon at the Lovers Lane trailhead at 75 Lovers Lane. Members of the Hill County Trail Runners will lead the runs. This will be a preview of the Land Trust's annual trail race on September 23. For more information about the run, please contact katebjohnson@mac.com.
Find out more »Obstacle Course and Fire Extinguisher Class
The Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department is challenging visitors with an obstacle course and fire extinguisher class. They will award prizes and certificates.
Find out more »Walking Tour: Norfolk’s Village Green
Tour Norfolk’s Village Green with Barry Webber, executive director of the Norfolk Historical Society. See the Village Green through the eyes of 19th-century photographer Marie Kendall, who took many photographs of our classic New England town. The Green was often the center of social gatherings, and Kendall’s photographs are windows into that past. Meet at the Norfolk Historical Society.
Find out more »Live Music on Station Place
Singer/guitarist Josh DeCerbo and singer Stacey Dillard will perform on Station Place in front of the Berkshire Country Store. If it rains, look inside the store.
Find out more »Broad Field Farm Open House
Tour of Broad Field Farm. Owners Kristin and Grant Mudge specialize in organically grown heirloom tomatoes.
Find out more »Husky Meadows Farm Open House
Husky Meadows Farm is a USDA-certified organic vegetable and fruit farm. It also offers its own line of soups and baked goods.
Find out more »Fly-Fishing Demos and Workshops
Instructor Doug McDevitt is giving fly-casting demonstrations for 15 minutes on the hour, followed by fly-tying workshops. Equipment and materials supplied by Orvis, admission limited to space available. For those interested in smallmouth fishing, see also Doug McDevitt's Saturday seminar.
Find out more »Lost Ruby Farm Open House
Farm owners Antonio Guindon and Adair Mali make a variety of French-inspired organic goat cheeses. Sample the cheese, meet the goats!
Find out more »February 2020
Skating on Town Rink
The town skating rink on Mountain Road is be open whenever weather permits for you to skate at your own risk. From 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, Norfolk's Volunteer Fire Department will be holding a party there, complete with campfire (rain/snow date is the next day, Sunday, at the same time). Kids 10 years old or younger should wear a helmet (a bike helmet is fine).
Find out more »Hike, Bike, Ski or Snowshoe on Norfolk Trails
Bring your mountain bike, skis or snowshoes and use them on Norfolk's miles of trails, depending on what the weather turns out to be. And of course you can walk! For Great Mountain Forest maps, click here. For Land Trust trail maps, click here. Enjoy!
Find out more »Porcupine Prowl & Wildlife Tracking
Winter is a great time to see animals, or at least their signs. Every year Aton Forest monitors the porcupines and beaver on our property and uses this opportunity to involve citizen scientists in our work here. We will check the known porcupine dens in rock ledges and maybe walk out onto one of our ponds to see a beaver lodge if the ice is good. We will also track wild animals and observe birds along the way. You'll be…
Find out more »Open Sugarhouse
We're sorry, but the days have been just too cold for foresters to collect any sap; the sugarhouse will not be open on Saturday. There's still a chance for Sunday, though. Call the forestry office (860-542-5422) and listen to their Sunday-morning recording to find out if they'll be boiling on Sunday afternoon. You can also check out our Last-Minute Updates page for the latest on this and other events. Mother Nature permitting, here's a chance to visit the Great Mountain…
Find out more »Skating Party and Bonfire
Everyone bring skates and join the fun at the town rink! The volunteer fire department is having a skating party and bonfire. The rink is outdoors so the weather has to cooperate...check back here or on our Last Minute Updates page for the latest word. We suggest that kids under 10 wear some kind of helmet. Please note: If this party takes place on Saturday there will not be a party on Sunday. Sunday is the snow date only. Update:…
Find out more »Hike, Bike, Ski or Snowshoe on Norfolk Trails
Bring your mountain bike, skis or snowshoes and use them on Norfolk's miles of trails. And of course you can walk! For Great Mountain Forest maps, click here. For Land Trust trail maps, click here. Enjoy!
Find out more »Skating on Town Rink
The town skating rink on Mountain Road is be open whenever weather permits for you to skate at your own risk. From 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, Norfolk's Volunteer Fire Department will be holding a party there, complete with campfire (rain/snow date is the next day, Sunday, at the same time). Kids 10 years old or younger should wear a helmet (a bike helmet is fine).
Find out more »Open Sugarhouse
Sorry, Great Mountain Forest did not get enough sap to boil...this event is cancelled. However, forester Russell Russ says, "we hope to make our first sap collection sometime in the coming few days. When we have enough sap, then we will begin boiling. Boiling typically would happen during the afternoons. The sugarhouse is usually open for visitors when we are boiling." Call 860-542-5422 to see if there's a message or just go up and check it out. You can always…
Find out more »August 2020
Music in the Manor House Inn Gardens
The Manor House Inn presents live music in the Inn gardens, featuring Mike Cobb, joined by Adam Pincus on guitar and vocals. Mike Cobb has been performing since 1990. Originally from Norfolk, he has performed at many local venues, as well as in the New York area and in Spain. Mike leads an "Eclecticana" rock group, the Crevulators, and a bluegrass band, the Haystack Mountain Boys. He is joined by Adam Pincus on guitar and vocals to play covers and…
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