Tag Archive: Events and Festivals

New Haven Chalk Art Festival

October 1, 2025

Chalk art lovers, take a deep breath. On October 11, the 8th Annual New Haven Chalk Art Festival, produced by The Shops at Yale, will turn Broadway and Elm into streets that dream in color. More than 60 artists will sketch beauty that disappears by nightfall, proof that some things are meant to be fleeting. Music drifts, kids laugh, and the sidewalks themselves hold stories, a day of art, magic, and memory, gone in a blink but impossible to forget. Rain date is October 12.

New Haven Goes for the World’s Largest Pizza Party

August 27, 2025

If there’s one thing New Haven knows how to do, it’s make pizza history. In May 2024, Congress crowned us the official Pizza Capital of the United States. Now, we’ve set our sights a little higher—or at least a lot hungrier. This September, the Elm City is taking a bite out of the Guinness World Record for the Largest Pizza Party. The scene? The 10th annual Apizza Feast at the New Haven Grand Prix on Friday, September 12. The mission? Gather 5,000 pizza lovers on the New Haven Green to top Tulsa’s record of 3,357 set just last year. After... View Article

Inside the Black Wall Street Festival: A Celebration of Black and Brown Brilliance

July 30, 2025

New Haven’s Black Wall Street Festival returns August 16, and this year, it’s got it all. More than 300 Black-owned businesses will fill The Green for the city’s biggest celebration of Black and Brown creativity, culture, and community. New to the lineup: The Audacity to Build summit on August 14, where conversations around wealth, identity, and power take center stage. On August 15, the Entrepreneur Party is back with a fresh new vibe and a live performance by R&B favorite Vedo. Also debuting: The Yard, a high-energy space honoring HBCU pride and the Divine Nine. We caught up with Aaron... View Article

Explore New Haven’s Dixwell Neighborhood

May 28, 2025

If you find yourself on Dixwell Avenue in early June and hear the distant thump of drums, you’re not imagining things—you’re being pulled into the heartbeat of one of New Haven’s most historic neighborhoods. The Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade, a beloved summer tradition, is a vibrant celebration of Black heritage, community pride, and cultural resilience. First held in the 1960s, it’s now the oldest Black-led parade in New England—and it still carries the same founding spirit: uplift, empower, and clean up. The name “Freddy Fixer” honors a grassroots movement that began as a neighborhood beautification project. Today, it’s grown... View Article

Celebrate a City of Creativity with the 30th International Festival of Arts & Ideas

May 28, 2025

One of the city’s most beloved events, The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, returns June 14-28 for its 30th anniversary, and is sure to set the city abuzz. Join family, friends, and neighbors while New Haven marks three decades of unforgettable performances, insightful conversations, and vibrant energy. A Pearl of an Anniversary To honor the festival’s 30-year journey, New Haven is celebrating with the pearl – the traditional anniversary gift. A pearl transforms from a small irritant into a luminous gem, much like how incredible art and brilliant ideas blossom from diverse perspectives. Books, Ideas, and Burning Questions Dive... View Article

New Haven Night Market Returns on May 16

April 28, 2025

Mark your calendars—New Haven Night Market is back on Friday, May 16, and it’s set to light up Ninth Square with one of the city’s most anticipated evenings of the season. First launched in December 2018, the Night Market was inspired by the vibrant tradition of Chinese night markets. Since then, it’s evolved into a true celebration of New Haven’s creative spirit—bringing together food, music, art, small businesses, and community pride. This spring’s edition runs from 5–10 PM and promises a choose-your-own-adventure kind of night, with 100+ vendors lining the streets. Expect delicious eats, hands-on experiences, and live entertainment on... View Article

Sea of Green, the History of New Haven’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade

February 20, 2025

New Haven, the Emerald City at the end of the rainbow. Here, holidays and festivals are embraced with fervor, and no celebration shines quite as brightly as St. Patrick’s Day. For over 180 years, we’ve been putting the march in March with the annual Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade. As the largest single-day spectator event in Connecticut, it draws over 300,000 residents and visitors who gather to share festive cheer and the luck of the Irish. Tracing its roots back to 17th-century Ireland, the tradition of St. Paddy’s Day parades began as acts of defiance, with “religious protests”... View Article

How to Celebrate the Year of the Snake in Downtown New Haven

January 28, 2025

The year of the snake is upon us; welcome to 2025. Lunar New Year marks the first new moon of the new year, celebrated primarily in Asian communities across China, South Korea, Vietnam, and beyond. Fireworks displays, street parades, and energetic representations of culture traditionally mark the celebration. This year’s holiday, which falls on Wednesday, January 29th, will usher in the year of the snake. On February 1st, visitors and locals will gather for Connecticut’s most prominent annual Lunar New Year celebration in New Haven. Hosted by Yale-China, an organization dedicated to bridging the gap between the United States and... View Article

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