What's The Buzz? Weekend Activity Picks for 6/24/16- 6/26/16

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Fairfield County
Activity: Barnumpalooza
Date: 6/25/16 & 6/26/16
Time: 11AM
Location: Seaside Park, Bridgeport
Fee: FREE
Overview: "Pack up the family, bring your lawn chairs and your appetite for the first ever Barnumpalooza at Seaside. Enjoy the Park as P.T. intended when he, along with other residents, donated the land in 1864. Sure to be a delicious event!"
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Litchfield County
Activity: Bumble Bee Jamboree
Date: 6/25/16
Time: 1PM-4PM
Location: Bellamy-Ferriday House
Fee: Donations Encouraged
Overview: "Celebrate Pollinators' Week with children’s activities centered around the importance of bees. Learn about bees; their habitats and behavior, and how to attract bees to your garden and ways to help the local bee population thrive."
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New Haven County
Activity: Toddler Time @ Sky Zone
Date: 6/24/16
Time: 10AM-12PM
Location: Sky Zone, 805 North Colony Road, Wallingford
Fee: $9 + $2 reusable socks, Accompanying adult is FREE
Overview: "TODDLER TIME IS HERE! All ages love jumping at Sky Zone Wallingford. Ages 5 and under can jump for just $9 per hour. Parents participate for free, however for safety reasons at no point may an adult jump on the same trampoline as a child. During toddler time adults may sit/stand on the trampoline pads to accompany their children."
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Hartford County
Activity: Camp Creativity (3 +): Under The Sea
Date: 6/24/16
Time: 10AM-12PM
Location: Michael's, 315 West Main Street, Avon
Fee: $5
Overview: "Set sail with us! This week, we'€™re making
craft stick mermaids, paper jellyfish and more marine fun." It is best to register for this ahead of time.
For More Info: 860-676-1006

Middlesex County
Activity: FREE Outdoor Movie
Date: 6/24/16
Time: 7PM
Location: Middletown Recreation and Community Services, 61 Durant Avenue, MIddletown
Fee: FREE
Overview: "Arrive 20 minutes before sunset! Bring a chair or blanket, and your family and friends, and enjoy a movie. Popcorn will be served."

Tolland County
Activity: Italian Day at the Coventry Farmer's Market
Date: 6/26/16
Time: 11AM
Location: Hale Homestead, 2299 South Street, Coventry
Fee: FREE
Overview: "We can only imagine what a farmers' market in Italy must be like - filled with fresh meats, cheeses, vegetables and yes - wine. Wait, that's us minus the wine! The open air markets throughout this peninsula represent a culture of using fresh local ingredients to make amazing foods. In fact, the open air market Ballarò in Palermo, Sicily is over a thousand years old. 
This Sunday, we hope to bring a little bit of Italy to Coventry with a great line up of programming in the barn."
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Windham County
Activity: Vintage Motorsport Festival
Date: 6/23/16-6/25/16
Time: Call for schedule of events
Location: Thompson Speedway Motorsport Park, 205 East Thompson Road, Thompson
Fee: Children 12 and under are FREE, Adults are $25
Overview: "The Vintage Motorsports Festival will showcase cars from each of the periods in which the Thompson road course has operated, and embodies the rich history of the track. The 2016 event will see over 150 cars, including sports cars, open wheel, production and sports racers, race wheel-to-wheel throughout the 3-day event, and will be co-hosted by VRG (Vintage Racer Group) and VSCCA (Vintage Sport Car Club of America)."
For More Info: 860-923-2280

New London County
Activity: Campfire Stories
Date: 6/24/16
Time: 5PM
Location: Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, 109 Pequotsepos Road, Mystic
Fee: $8 for non-members, $6.50 for members
Overview: "Want the campfire without all the camping gear?  Come and relax around the campfire with your friends and family. Enjoy stories, rhymes and songs, the magic of a crackling campfire, and marshmallows for roasting!  For families with children up to 6 years old.
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