New Year's Eve at Powder Ridge Middlefield

Powder Ridge New Year’s Eve Celebration and Torchlight Parade

Ring in the New Year at Powder Ridge! Join us on Dec. 31 for an evening of skiing, riding and our New Years Eve Torch Run. the tavern and Beer & wine garden will be open.

Torchlight Parade

Everyone with a lift pass can join the Torchlight Parade.

• Please bring your own flashlight or headlamps as the mountain lights will be turned off. (Headlamps are strongly suggested for the kids.)
• The Torchlight Parade kicks off at 8 p.m., but you must be at the top at 7:45 p.m. to participate.

Of course, the event is dependent of the weather cooperating. 

Winterfest Hartford Bushnell Park

The Winterfest Hartford rink is open for free ice skating and skate rentals from November 25, 2016 through January 8, 2017.  The rink is located next to the Pump House in Bushnell Park. Regular rink hours are 11 am to 8 pm with the exception of Christmas Eve and Christmas, when rink hours are noon to 4 pm and New Year's Eve, when the rink will be open from noon until midnight in celebration of First Night Hartford.  Free Learn to Skate classes will be offered from 10 - 11 am on Saturday, December 3, 10, 17, and 31.  

Lots of other events at Winterfest, check their website for details. 

Festival of Lights Olde Mistick Village

Festival of Lights

Friday, December 09, 2016 5:30 p.m.

Walk through our winter wonderland from dusk until 9:30 p.m. when over 6,000 luminaries light the walkway of Olde Mistick Village and the surrounding area. This is a family friendly event with FREE parking and admission. Come stroll 23 acres and enjoy holiday decorations and festivities. Find a gift for that special someone in over 40 unique stores, dine in one of several restaurants, or catch a movie at our luxury cinema. 

There will be complimentary refreshments in the Meeting House as you listen to Ragtime Too! perform holiday songs in a variety of musical styles. Outdoor entertainment will include Fly-by-Night Comedy Jugglers and the Festive Brass Ensemble who will perform in the Gazebo. Carolers from Ledyard and Stonington High Schools and Tyl Middle School will be singing holiday classics as they roam the village. 

Santa & Mrs. Claus will see children of all ages from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. in front of Sophia’s Magical Christmas located near the Village Green.