12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Prepare your taste buds! Savor the Flavor event, featuring themed tasting dishes by local restaurateurs. All proceeds benefit the IHSP-Daily Bread food pantry.

Registration Deadline 10/12

Scarecrows must be set up and ready to be judged by 12:00 PM on 10/15

Individuals and businesses alike participate in decorating the streets of Putnam with unique scarecrow creations. 

Great Pumpkin Festival & Tackle the Trail Marathon

7:00 pm

Zombie Fashion Show

This apocalypse fashion show brings mini-monsters, creepy couples, fiendish families, and more, as they stroll down the putrid runway for prizes.

Downtown Trick or Treat 

2PM - 3:30PM

Saturday, February 7th, 2026

12:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Downtown Putnam 

A Valentine's Festival

REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR THE Courthouse Bar and Grille O’PUTNAM 5K TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY, MARCH 8TH IN DOWNTOWN PUTNAM:

Registration includes custom St. Paddy’s festive cotton shirt. After the finish, enjoy a hot corned beef sandwich on a pretzel bun from the Courthouse Bar & Grille. Participants 21+ (with ID) also receive an ice cold craft beer.

10:00 AM Putnam Elementary School

12 pm - 4 pm

MAIN STREET RESTAURANT & MARKET STROLL

RAIN DATE MAY 3rd

8:30AM Gather at Rotary Park to Receive Cleaning Assignments

11:00 AM - 12:00PM

11:00 AM - 12:00 PMRotary Park to Receive Cleaning Assignments

Quiet Corner Pride Festival

Fishing Derby for children by Putnam Rotary Club ~ Saturday, May 9th ~ 9am-noon ~ Ages 15 & under

Al Fresco Concert & Riverfire, Rotary Park, Putnam, CT

RAIN DATE MAY 17TH

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Downtown Putnam

10:00 AM Start

Particle Accelerator - United Services, Rotary Park - A Benefit Festival

Showcase of local music to raise awareness of mental health issues - with proceeds benefiting United Services.

Join Us for a Day of Art, Music, and Fun!

The Putnam Arts Council's third annual Fine Arts & Crafts Festival is the perfect destination for a day of inspiration and entertainment. Located on the grounds of the Putnam Municipal Complex, 200 School Street, Putnam, CT, 

Putnam Municipal Complex

Fireworks 9:15 PM

Al Fresco Concert & Riverfire,

Rotary Park, Putnam, CT

Yacht Rock Al Fresco

7:00 PM

Rotary Park Bandstand

Riverfire 8:30 PM

Main Street Car Cruise

Pluck-A-Duck Extravaganza

Rotary Park

Last Chance to buy tickets for 

Pluck-A-Duck

AUGUST 9, 2026 ROTARY PARK, PUTNAM CT 9:00am – 2:00pm

Pluck-A-Duck

Purchase last minute tickets, visit with vendors, and let your little ducklings enjoy the bounce houses, face painting, arts & crafts tent, Wall-Of-Wishes for Make-A-Wish Connecticut, photo booth, celebrity dunk tank & more in the Kids Corner!

August 10, 2026 at NOON Listen Live on WINY Radio, where ducks are plucked from our secret duck pond and prize winners announced.