Calling “kids of all ages”: The Yankee Doodle Fair, one of Westport’s oldest and best-loved family events, returns Father’s Day weekend to the Westport Woman’s Club, 44 Imperial Avenue.
Westport’s last-remaining, annual family Fair opens Thursday, June 16, 6 PM to 10 PM and continues Friday, 6 PM to 10 PM, Saturday, 1 PM to 10 PM and Sunday, 1 PM to 5 PM.
The Yankee Doodle Fair will once again feature your favorite carnival rides and games from Stewart Amusements. Admission to the Fair is free, and pay-one-price, unlimited-rides wristbands can be purchased for each day of the Fair, including Friday and Saturday nights! Rain in the forecast? Ride in the rain anyway! The rides and Fair will only close in severe weather.
The fun-filled Fair environment includes New Canaan Psychic Fortune Telling and Face Painting where kids of all ages can choose fun or “fierce” designs. Sand Art is back for younger children to create colorful take-home memories.
POP-UP EVENT! Suzuki School of Music Concert performs Saturday at 3 PM inside Bedford Hall.
In air-conditioned Bedford Hall, our Gourmet Group will hold our ever-popular Bake Sale featuring homemade baked goods sure to please every taste! After you savor your main course from our International Food Court, make your dessert selections and consider buying Sweet Treats, our official Yankee Doodle Fair Cookbook, documenting the best-loved recipes of our Westport Woman’s Club Bake Sale bakers and illustrated by our own artists (available for $5).
Fairgoers will have the opportunity throughout the Fair to buy tickets for a fabulous Raffle, as well as the Take-A-Chance Drawing. Raffle Grand Prize is: 2 Round-Trip JetBlue Tickets to Seattle, Washington (or anywhere JetBlue flies); Second Prize: 8 Tickets redeemable at Westport Country Playhouse; and Third Prize: $300 Gift Certificate redeemable at Silver Ribbon. Thanks to Westport’s very generous merchants and restaurants, there are also many more gifts and prizes on-view on the upper level lot. Raffle winning tickets will be selected Sunday, Father’s Day at 5 PM, Take-A-Chance Winner Drawing is also Father’s Day at 4 PM. It is not necessary for the winners to be present at the drawings to claim prizes.
This year’s International Food Court features Indian specialties from Mumbai Times and Los Molcajetes returns with Mexican fare. Stop by J.R.’s Deli and Grille for kid-friendly favorites. Skip’s Vintage Good Humor Truck will be on hand serving ice cream treats. Westport Woman’s Club volunteers will be selling cold beverages and water to benefit our community services grants and scholarships.
No dogs are permitted on the grounds during the Fair.
The Westport Woman’s Club, organized in 1907, is a non-profit philanthropic organization dedicated to volunteerism and the raising of funds in support of the educational, charitable, cultural and public health services in Westport and surrounding towns. For more information, contact the Westport Woman’s Club, 44 Imperial Avenue, Westport CT 06880; telephone 203-227-4240; www.westportwomansclub.org.