SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 – KENEY PARK
The production is under construction but we still want to gather with you! Come play with us on Saturday, October 5 from 2pm to 6pm in Keney Park for our free NIGHT FALL COMMUNITY JAM!
Wear your fave NF shirt, gather your feathers, bring your wings and tails to Keney Park’s Ridgefield Street Entrance on October 5. This year, we are celebrating twelve years of creativity and looking to YOU to help us determine what Night Fall will be in the years to come! Rain date is Sunday, October 6 from 2pm to 6pm.
NIGHT FALL COMMUNITY JAM HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:- Free interactive workshops with Night Fall artists including Hip Hop Dance, Latin Dance, Giant Puppet Making, African Dance and Drumming, Mask Making, and more.
- Free face painting, beading, and temporary tattoos.
- Dancing with DJ Stealth.
- Activities with The Children’s Museum (STEM activities and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library), Hartford Press Co-op art-making, lawn games with Hartford Sports & Recreation and hula hooping with Bring the Hoopla!
- Pop-up performances and appearances by Night Fall artists and friends including a stiltwalker and CT Double Dutch.
- Community tables for Hartford Decides, Stowe Center for Literary Activism, Keney Park Sustainability, Voter Registration with The Epsilon Omicron Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, and Wadsworth Atheneum.
- Vendor booths including Stonington Clothing Co. and Chanti’s Shea.
- And more to be announced!
Guests can bring a picnic or choose to patronize food trucks on site including Southern Bell Soul Food, Quick Bites, No Pork on ‘Dis Fork Hot Dogs, and the Rolling Roti. In true Night Fall fashion, attendees are invited to bring blankets, chairs, friends, family, and fun costumes that express your love of Night Fall and Hartford!
In keeping with Night Fall’s love for the natural world, guests are encouraged to take advantage of public transportation, bicycling, scooting, walking, and ride-sharing. More information is available in the drop down menus below!
AS ALWAYS – FREE AND OPEN TO ONE AND ALL!
Wear your fave NF shirt, gather your feathers, bring your wings and tails to Keney Park’s Ridgefield Street Entrance on October 5. This year, we are celebrating twelve years of creativity and looking to YOU to help us determine what Night Fall will be in the years to come!
NIGHT FALL COMMUNITY JAM HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
- Free interactive workshops with Night Fall artists including Hip Hop Dance, Latin Dance, Giant Puppet Making, African Dance and Drumming, Mask Making, and more.
- Free face painting, beading, and temporary tattoos.
- Dancing with DJ Stealth.
- Activities with The Children’s Museum (STEM activities and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library), Hartford Press Co-op art-making, lawn games with Hartford Sports & Recreation and hula hooping with Bring the Hoopla!
- Pop-up performances and appearances by Night Fall artists and friends including a stiltwalker and CT Double Dutch.
- Community tables for Hartford Decides, Stowe Center for Literary Activism, Keney Park Sustainability, Voter Registration with The Epsilon Omicron Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, and Wadsworth Atheneum.
- Vendor booths including Stonington Clothing Co. and Chanti’s Shea.
- And more to be announced!
Guests can bring a picnic or choose to patronize food trucks on site including Southern Bell Soul Food, Quick Bites, No Pork on ‘Dis Fork Hot Dogs, and the Rolling Roti. In true Night Fall fashion, attendees are invited to bring blankets, chairs, friends, family, and fun costumes that express your love of Night Fall and Hartford!
AS ALWAYS – FREE AND OPEN TO ONE AND ALL!
Thank you to our loyal audience, vendors, volunteers, and funders!Night Fall is made possible with generous support from the The Betty Knox Foundation, The J. Walton Bissell Foundation, Connecticut Office of the Arts, Connecticut Humanities, The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation, The Fontaine Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation, The City of Hartford, and Greater Hartford’s community of neighbors and small business owners.
Our rain date is Sunday, October 6 from 2pm to 6pm. If the weather is inclement, stay tuned to @NightFallHartford social media channels for updates.
Grounds open at 2pm near the Ridgefield Street entrance to Keney Park.
Bring blankets, chairs, friends, family, neighbors, and everyone you know! We encourage people to dress in the spirit of Night Fall.
There will be food trucks on-site for your enjoyment. We ask that you help us maintain the beauty of Keney Park by cleaning up after yourself at the end of the event.
For a list of activities, workshops, community tables and vendors, see the list at the top of the page.
NIGHT FALL COMMUNITY JAM will be held in historic Keney Park in Hartford’s beautiful North End. In keeping with Night Fall’s love for the natural world, guests are encouraged to take advantage of public transportation, bicycling, scooting, walking, and ride-sharing via Uber and Lyft. Limited parking is available at the Ridgefield Street Parking Lot (112 Ridgefield Street) and on-street parking s available in the neighborhood. We will update parking in area lots as information becomes available.
Team Night Fall needs community volunteers to be Greeters, Accessibility Volunteers, Parking Attendants, and more! Reach out to us at info@nightfallhartford.org to sign up and get more information in advance–or visit the Info Table when you arrive!
Night Fall is made possible through GENEROUS SUPPORT from:
MORNINGSTAR FUND
at the Hartford Foundation
for Public Giving