Schedule of Events

LOCATION | East Granby Farms

Most events will take place at East Granby Farms although there will be satellite events occuring at the East Granby Public Library and Old Newgate Prison. Free Parking & Shuttle Service Available.

LOCATION KEY@ Offsite Facility@ East Granby Farms

DAY ONE | Friday, June 6th

East Granby Farms will be open from 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Juried Arts & Crafts Show will have vendors open all three days. The East Granby Women’s Club and the East Granby 150th Committee will be selling commemorative souvenirs and apparel. Food vendors will be open all weekend.

6:00PM

Juried Art & Craft Show Begins East Granby High School and Middle School Patriotic Band/Chorus Performances Amusements (until 10pm)

7:30PM

"Localpalooza"/Battle-of-the-Bands featuring local musicians: C.J. Brunner & Friends,Kevin Jones AND Steven Rycki, More Than Red Lights and Plastic, Living Shadow, and Tattered and Torn. Live Musical Performance

DAY TWO | Saturday. June 7th

East Granby Farms will be open from 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM. Juried Arts & Crafts Show will have vendors open all three days. The East Granby Women’s Club and the East Granby 150th Committee will be selling commemorative souvenirs and apparel. Food vendors will be open all weekend. The East Granby Fire Department will be selling a barbecue chicken dinner from 4pm 'til they run out.

10:00AM

P A R A D E beginning at Gateway Boulevard on RTE 20. Come by 9:00AM to get good seats along Rte. 20 and Rte. 187 North (see more Parade Info). Amusements (All day) Captain John Viets Days at Newgate Prison (until 4:30pm) East Granby Historical Society Barn (Museum) Open Small Antique 1-piston Engine Demonstrations Forge Demonstrations by East Granby Resident Leanard Cowles Narrated Driving Tours of Historic Sites (90 min, tours depart every 2-hours from the Museum parking lot)

Noon

Commemorative Dedication Ceremony at Center Stage (at the conclusion of the Parade) Parade Floats & Fire Trucks On Display at EG Farms Inflatable Obstacle Course for children (until 6PM). Children’s Pony Rides @ Town Center Complex

1:00PM

LIVE! Still Above Ground (Classic Rock) Live Musical Performance

Walter Wick @ East Granby Library

2:30PM

LIVE! Mark Mears (Guitar) Live Musical Performance

3:00PM

Lazar Magic Show @ EG Community Center

4:00PM

LIVE! The Johnny Larsen Band with Carolyn Ray (Rock) Live Musical Performance

LIVE! Fiddlers Performance at the East Granby Historical Society Barn Live Musical Performance

Reptile Demo @ East Granby Library

5:30PM

LIVE! Burt Teague (Rock) Live Musical Performance

7:00PM

LIVE! Savage Brothers (Rock) Live Musical Performance

9:30PM

F I R E W O R K S Sponsored by the East Granby Volunteer Fire Dept.(Rain Date: June 8th)

DAY THREE | Sunday, June 8th

East Granby Farms will be open to the public from 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

10:00AM to 3:00PM

Classic Car Show Amusements East Granby Historical Society Barn (Museum) Open Antique Small Engine Demonstrations Forge Demonstrations by East Granby Resident Leanard Cowles Captain John Viets Days at Newgate Prison (until 4:30pm) Narrated Driving Tours of Historic Sites (90 min, tours depart every 2-hours from the Museum parking lot)

11:00AM

Brittany Bouchard Jazzercise and Acrofitness

12:30PM

Valley Swing Shift (Swing) Live Musical Performance

Hike to the Summit - Sponsored by the East Granby Land Trust (approx 1.5 hours round-trip)

3:00PM

Closing Ceremonies Ceremonial Sealing of the Time Capsule (created by the East Granby High School Class of 2008). To be opened in 2058!