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2025 Upcoming Community Events

Date
Event | Start Time
Jan 18
Winter Lecture Series: Liberty and the American Experience–Hamish Lutris, Soldiers' Monument, Beardsley Library, 40 Munro Pl (10:30am)
Jan 24
Piano Happy Hour Series: Natalie Hamilton, Folk & Jazz | American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (5pm)
Date
Event | Start Time
Feb 1
Celebrate Lunar New Year-Year of the Snake, Mama Pho Vietnamese Restaurant, 242 Main Street (2:30pm)

LIVE @ AMP: The New Mosaic, Neo-soul jazz band, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (7pm)
Feb 7
17th Annual Bubbles & Truffles, Friends of Main Street, Crystal Peak, 164 Torrington Rd (5:30 pm)
Feb 9
3rd Annual Valentine' Sip' n Shop, Makers Shoppes of Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting St (11am)
Feb 15
Winter Lecture Series: Which Town Is It? The Winsted Mail Wars–Benjamin Cruson,  Soldiers' Monument, Beardsley Library, 40 Munro Pl (10:30am)
Feb 22
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​Plunge at Camp M.O.E.​!  YMCA Camp M.O.E., 1145 Brandy Hill Rd, Torrington (9am)
Feb 26
Marketing Guru Seminar, CT State Northwestern Entrepreneurial Center, NWCT Chamber, 59 Field St., Torrington (5:30pm)
Feb 28
Piano Happy Hour Series: Garnell Curtis, 
Soulful Pop |  American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (5pm)
Date
Event | Start Time
Mar 1
Pasta Dinner, Winchester Center Congregational Church, Corner of Rt. 263 & Chapel Road, Winchester Center (4pm)
Mar 15
Winter Lecture Series: Faithful Companion or Fashion VIctoriain Era Pets and Mascots–Jessica Craig, Soldiers' Monument, Beardsley Library, 40 Munro Pl (10:30am)
Mar 15/16
3rd Annual Rock and Mineral Show, Silver Springs Creations, Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting St (10am)
Mar 21-29
Winsted Restaurant Week! From breakfast to dinner, indulge in amazing cuisine for nine whole days! 
Mar 22
Rock On!  Three bands for the price of one, Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting Street (5pm)
Mar 28
​​Piano Happy Hour Series: Noah Baerman, Jazz | American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (5pm)
Date
Event | Start Time
Apr 19
LIVE @AMP: Eric Bibb, World-Class Bluesman | American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (8pm)
Apr 25
​Piano Happy Hour Series: Michael Ford
Composer/pianist | American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (5pm)
Apr 26
Earth Day Cleanup, Friends of Main Street, Sidewalk 372-378 Main St (9:30am)

​16th Annual Quilt & Needle Show 2025, ​Winchester Center Congregational Church, 1 West Road, Winchester Center (10am) 

Whiting Mills Spring Open Studios, Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting St (10am)​​
Apr 27
​Whiting Mills Spring Open Studios, Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting St (10am)​

​16th Annual Quilt & Needle Show 2025, ​Winchester Center Congregational Church, 1 West Road, Winchester Center (12pm) 
Date
Event | Start Time
May 1
Loser Pays (virtual event) Law Day, American Museum of Tort Law (12pm)    
May 2
Senior Prom 60+, Winsted YMCA, 480 Main St. (5pm)

​Trivia Night, Friends of the Beardsley Library, Little Red Barn Brewers, 32 Lake St (6pm)
May 3
Earth Day Cleanup, Friends of Main Street, Sidewalk 372-378 Main St (9:30am)

Sly Like a Fox, Winchester Land Trust, American Museum of Tort Law,  654 Main St.      (3:30 pm)
May 4
Books, Brews & Bullseye, Little Red Barn Brewers, 32 Lake St (2pm) 
May 6
Eradicating Japanese Knotweed, Winchester Conservation Commission, Town Hall, 2nd Floor, P. Francis Hicks Room, 338 Main St (7pm)
May 7
Community Vision Survey 2025, Town of Winchester ​(survey closes)
May 10
Recycled Runway, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (8pm)
May 14
Northwest Startup Community Night, NWCC Entrepreneurial Center Event, Bad Dog Brewing Co., Torrington (5pm)
May 17
Spring Book & Bake Sale, Friends of the Beardsley Library, Barkhamsted Town Garage, Rte. 44 Barkhamsted (8:30am)

Armed Forces Day, Soldiers' Monument Commission, Soldiers' Monument, 84 Crown St (10am)

The Winsted Canteen Swing Dance, Soldiers' Monument Commission, Winsted Elks Club, 75 High St (6:30pm)
May 23
Piano Happy Hour Series: Jennifer Hill Singer-songwriter/pianist | American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (5pm)
Date
Event | Start Time
Jun 1
🥾 CT Trails Day Hikes 
Jun 21
River Rocks 2025, Town of New Hartford, Hurley Business Park (37 Greenwoods Dr) in New Hartford (12pm)
Date
Event | Start Time

Jul 3
​​Summer Concerts, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)
Jul 10
​​Summer Concerts, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)
Jul 17
​​Summer Concerts, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)
Jul 24
​​Summer Concerts, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)​​​
July 31
​​Summer Concerts, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)
Date
Event | Start Time
Aug 7
​​Summer Concerts, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)​​​​
Aug 14
​​Summer Concerts, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)​
Aug 21
​​Summer Concerts, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)​
Date
Event | Start Time
Sept 7
🍁​ ​The 25th Fall Foliage Festival ​& Car Show, Friends of Main Street, Main Street (10am) weather permitting
Date
Event | Start Time
Oct 4
4th Fall River Clean Up, Conservation Commission/Friends of Main Street, East End Park (9:30am)
Oct 25/25
Halloween Window Painting Contest​,​ Friends of Main Street, 398 Main St (9am)
Date
Event | Start Time
Nov 30
A Winsted-Winchester Christmas | Winchester Center | 
  • Annual Christmas Tree Lighting & Carol Singing, Winchester Center Congregational Church, Winchester Center (4:30 to 7:30 pm) 
Date
Event | Start Time
Dec 4-9
Winsted Winter Wonderland Window-Decorating Contest, Friends of. Main Street
Dec 6/7
A Winsted-Winchester Christmas | Downtown Winsted (8 am – 7 pm)
Dec 31
🥳​ Happy New Year's Eve!