Things To Do
Glastonbury Apple Harvest and Music Festival
Visit the Glastonbury Apple Harvest and Music Festival featuring live music, amusement rides, food trucks, vendors, a harvest pub, and a 5K road race on its closing day. The festival is taking place October 14th-October 16th.
Hops on the Hill Farm Brewery
Hops on the Hill is a 100% “farm to glass” brewery. All of our beers are made with hops and grains grown on our farm and other family run farms within 30 miles of our brewery. The brewery and tasting room reside in a tobacco drying barn and are surrounded by operating farmland where we grow hops, broadleaf tobacco, pumpkins and other crops. Indoor and outdoor seating is available first come first serve. Bring chairs and blankets. Tables can be reserved for a $25 fee.
Crystal Ridge Winery
Welcome to Crystal Ridge Winery, a family owned & operated vineyard + winery in South Glastonbury, CT. From our cozy post-and-beam tasting room, visitors can experience a breathtaking view of Hartford while enjoying our top quality wines.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is home to a collection of nearly 50,000 works of art, spanning 5,000 years and encompassing European art from antiquity to contemporary as well as American art from the 1600s through today. The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is the oldest continuously-operating public art museum in the United States, opening its doors to the public in 1844.
Bushnell Park Carousel
If you're looking for something fun to do with children while you're in the Hartford area, consider checking out the Bushnell Park Carousel. Rides are $2 per person.
Connecticut Science Center
The CT Science Center is a nearby attraction good for exploring with some of our younger guests!
Parkville Market
THE FIRST FOOD HALL IN CONNECTICUT HOUSED IN THE FORMER CAPITOL CITY LUMBER CO. BUILDING IN ONE OF HARTFORD'S MOST UP-AND-COMING NEIGHBORHOODS - PARKVILLE. FOOD, EVENTS, AND EXPERIENCES CURATED TO CELEBRATE CONNECTICUT. 19 unique restaurants Pop-up shops and weekly entertainment Hub for communal dining and gathering Private event spaces Indoor and outdoor dining for 400+ Plenty of free parking History of parkville The Parkville neighborhood of Hartford was once a manufacturing and innovation hub, home to several major factories, including Pope Manufacturing, Columbia Bicycle, the Underwood and Royal Typewriters, the Gray Telephone Pay Station, and more. Today it is home to some of the most innovative businesses in Hartford, like Real Art Ways, Hog River Brewing, DesignSourceCT, reSET, Pine & Axe AxeThrowing, HARDENCO (local denim company), and Hartford Flavor Company.