🥕 Cromwell Farmers Market
Friday-evening market at Riverport Park with food trucks, live music, and around forty vendors. The summer regular.
Riverport Park, Cromwell · Friday, June 26 · 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Cost: Free
Details →between the river and Route 9
Greater Middletown · weekend of June 26, 2026
Fireworks and the Travelers this weekend
The PGA Tour's down in Cromwell all weekend for the Travelers, so River Highlands and Route 9 will be packed. Closer to home, the city lights up Harbor Park with fireworks Saturday night. Here's your weekend, between the river and Route 9.
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All Weekend Long
⛳ Travelers Championship runs all weekend at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, the PGA Tour's only Connecticut stop. Worth the traffic if you've never seen tour pros up close.
Friday
🚗 Knights of Columbus Car Show
The Freestone Council rolls out a car show on the St. Mary lawn in Portland, classics and coffee on a Friday afternoon.
45 Freestone Ave, Portland · Friday, June 26 · 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Details →🎸 The Lone Gnome at 1741 Pub & Grill
Friday-night live music series rolls on, this week with The Lone Gnome. Good little room for it.
1741 Pub & Grill · Friday, June 26 · 6:00 PM
Details →Saturday
🎆 Middletown Fireworks Festival
The city's big summer night on the river: food, music, and fireworks over Harbor Park after dark. Get there early for parking.
Harbor Park, Middletown · Saturday, June 27 · 5:00 PM, fireworks at 9:00 PM
Cost: Free
Details →🫐 Raspberry Festival at Lyman Orchards
Lyman Orchards hits peak raspberry season with a farm-market festival, and a live sand sculptor works the lot all morning.
Lyman Orchards Apple Barrel Farm Market · Saturday, June 27 · 10:00 AM
Details →🐶 The Lucky Husky Storytime
Jonathan the UConn husky visits Russell Library for a kids storytime. Bring the little ones and a camera.
Russell Library, 123 Broad St · Saturday, June 27 · 10:30 AM
Cost: Free
Details →🎶 Musick of Connecticut's Revolution
A live music and history program at Russell Library, Revolution-era tunes played the way they would have sounded.
Russell Library, 123 Broad St · Saturday, June 27 · 2:00 PM
Cost: Free
Details →Sunday
⛳ Travelers Championship, Final Round
The tournament wraps Sunday at TPC River Highlands. The leaders go off in the afternoon with the trophy on the line.
TPC River Highlands, Cromwell · Sunday, June 28 · Afternoon
Details →🚗 52nd Annual Jaguar Car Show at Lyman Orchards
Jaguars fill the orchard grounds for a long-running show that draws enthusiasts and the idly curious alike.
Lyman Orchards Apple Barrel Farm Market · Sunday, June 28 · 9:00 AM
Details →🎶 Gospel Sunday Brunch at 1741 Pub & Grill
Gospel music and a brunch buffet at 1741 Pub & Grill, a Sunday combination that makes sense.
1741 Pub & Grill · Sunday, June 28 · 12:30 PM
Details →In Case You Missed It
🏛️ Portland landed $634,800 from the state to upgrade High Street and school access.
🎶 Cromwell's summer concert series is back at Riverport Park, Wednesday nights through August.
🚒 Middletown approved $750,000 to renovate the aging Cross Street firehouse.