North Canaan Events Committee Will Continue to Host Canaan Railroad Days Retaining the Traditional Events That Have Made the Festival the Mainstay of the Northwest Corner During the Summer. This Year’s 60th Anniversary Railroad Days Festival Will Include Community Dinners, a Carnival, Firemen’s Parade, Train Hunt, Vendor Market, Family Fun Week, Roaming Railroad, Coupled With a Drone Show and Fireworks. New Activities Are Still in the Planning!
Schedule:
Breakfast: 8:00am-10:00am / Lunch: 12:00pm-3:00pm - Triumph Airfield 2nd Annual Fly-in! - Triumph Airfield, Sponsored by EAA Local Chapter 1097
9:00am to 2:00pm - Rail Cutting Contest - Gas Pro
9:00am to 1:00pm - Boot Drive - Canaan Fire Co
10:00am to 1:00pm - Tag Sale & Coloring for Kids - Depot Museum
10:00am to 5:00pm - Design a Custom Candle Label - Hither Lane
11:00am to 2:00pm - BBQ Party - CA Lindell & Son Inc. Ace Hardware
12:00pm to 6:00pm - Railroad Equipment & Train Car Display - Housatonic Railroad Co
2:00pm - Free Movie: Jaws - the Colonial Theatre
2:00pm to 8:00pm - Accordion Music on the Deck - Museum
3:00pm to 10:00pm - Canaan Carnival - Lawrence Field
3:00pm to 10:00pm - Hot Dog & Chili Tent - the Marine Corps League #042
3:00pm to 10:00pm - Food Truck & Food Court - Ncec
5:00pm to 7:00pm - the Famous Chicken BBQ & Raffle - St. Martin of Tours Parish
6:00pm to 9:00pm - Roaming Railroad - Roaming Railroad
6:00pm - Fireman’s Parade - Canaan Fire Company
7:30pm to 8:40pm - History of the Railroad: Outdoor Slide Show - Housatonic Railroad Co. & Falls Village Historical Society
7:30pm to 9:00pm - Poetry is Music - Evolution Ink/collins Railroad Square, Inc
9:15pm - Drone Show! - Sponsored by Berkshire Aviation/pilots of Canaan Airport/ncec
9:30pm - Fireworks! - Sponsored by NBT Bank
Date: July 7-21, 2024
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