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| Minor's
Farm, 436 Hill Street, Bristol |
Mum Festival '08 Family Fun Weekend at Minor's Farm
(fees apply for most children's activities)
Special Happenings:
Mrs. Minor's Magnificent "MOO COW TRAIN"
"Daisy Pig's Putt Putt" - 9 hole Miniature Golf (fun for the entire family)
"The Daffiest Duck Races" - Old fashioned hand water pumps allow
you to race your own duck from one end of a chute to the other! Fun for
all ages and learn how generations past had to get their water.
"John Deere Rocking Tractors" for the toddlers along
with "Rocking Horse Jamboree"
"Pig's Dig's" Gemstone Mining Adventure. A family fun experience of
sluicing and panning for gemstones. Takes you back to the olden days
when panning for stones was a common event.
Schedule of Events (Special Saturday Attractions)
Larry Noiva, ventriloquist with famous sidekicks (1pm) sponsored by Daisy Minor
Free Pony Rides (1-4pm) sponsored by Mum Festival & Farmer Minor
River City Slim & the Zydeco Hogs (Cajun band 2-4pm) sponsored by Mum Festival
Schedule of Events (Special Sunday Attractions)
Free Pony Rides (1-4pm) sponsored by Mum Festival & Farmer Minor
Boys & Girls Club/Family Center of Bristol "Kiss A Pig" Contest (1pm)
"Dralia" Bristol's own musical team; 50's, Jazz, Motown, & more (1:30pm)
(sponsored by Mum Festival)
Following Events take place both days from 11am to 5pm
unless otherwise indicated
Pumpkin Picking (Free Hayrides)
Lots of inflatable games for the kids
Trike riding on the oval race track
Climb aboard our 40 foot long train and the fire truck
Farmer Mark's Amusing Maze
Haunted House- This is a frightfully fun experience for the young ones.
Cow Milking - Try your hands at milking a cow.
Airborne Adventure - This fun parachute ride for the young crowd is operated by Mrs. Minor's UCONN Dental
School Students as fundraiser for Outreach Program to treat the underserved throughout Central and South
America!
Over 18 types of pies, apple dumplings, cookies, hot caramel over apple slices, candy and caramel apples,
cider slushies, and more!
Local Non-Profit Groups providing many types of food and beverages, etc.
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| Robert's
Orchards, 125 Hill Street, Bristol |
Saturday Oct. 4th
11pm - 4pm - Chip Program (Child ill Program) CT. Free Masons & Quota Club
12noon - 2pm - Harvest Auction, Child Care Resources
1pm - 4pm - Ox Cart Rides - Ray Ludwig
1pm - Storytime - Bristol Children's Library
2pm - 4pm- Sand Sculpture- Child Care Resources
2pm- Sweetheart Mountain Duo Band
3pm- Bristol Old Tyme Fiddlers
Sunday Oct. 5th
12noon - Football Toss - Bob Montgomery, Bristol Sports Hall of Fame
12noon-3:30 pm -"Family Scarecrow Contest"- Imagine Nation Museum. Some clothes and accessories will be
available; but participants are encouraged to bring their own. Prizes will be awarded. Meet Talulalbell
the Scarecrow from Puttin On The Ritz for dancing and help constructiing your scarecrow (2pm-3:30pm)
1pm - 4pm - Wood Acres Horse Drawn Hayride
1pm - 4 pm - Chick the Magician - magic tricks & balloon characters
1pm - 4pm - Kite Making Workshop - make a kite & fly it
1pm - Storytime - Bristol Childrens Library
1 pm - Bristol Choral Society - Ken Ferris Director
2 pm - 3pm - Patti Ann's Polka Happiness Radio Show
2 pm - Bristol Boys & Girls Club & Family Center of Bristol- Gymnastics Team
All Weekend
Pumpkin House - A walk - through narrated Halloween Story with life sized figures Carousel rides for
kids - New England Carousel Museum
11 am - 4pm - Indian Rock Nature Center - turkeys, chicken, rabbit, reptiles,& amphibians, panning for
gold, apple printing. Special programs, insect collecting on Sat. & Sun. @ 11 :30 using nets in the field,
Birds of Prey Program with owls & hawks of Ct -Sat. & Sun.- 12:30, 1:30,2:30, & 3:30
Boy Scouts - rope bridge
12noon - 4pm - American Clock Museum - children's activities
12noon - 4pm - Imagine Nation Museum- Children's hands - on- activities & pumpkin decorating
12noon - 4pm - The Bristol Historical Society - gasoline hit n' miss engine from Tobacco Valley Fly
Wheelers Club, corn shelter, and "dunking clown"- demonstrated by Randy Root
Face painting - Grace Spring- Sat. 11am - 5pm, Sun. 12noon - 5pm
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| Shepard
Meadows, 733 Hill Street, Bristol |
Saturday, October 4th
10am - 4pm - Rotary Amber Alert Child Id Registration
Hands-On Crafts for Children
Historic House Tour with Lynda Russell
10am - 12:30pm Pony Rides
1:30 - 4pm Pony Rides
1pm Story Telling By Miss Mum
Sunday, October 5th
10am - 4pm - Rotary Amber Alert Child Id Registration
Hands-On Crafts for Children
Historic House Tour with Lynda Russell
Frisbee and Flyball Dogs
Connecticut Frequent Fliers
Infurno Flyball Club
Yankee Fliers Dog and Disc Club
WAG (We Adopt Greyhounds)
10am - 12:30pm Pony Rides
1:30 - 4pm Pony Rides
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