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Saturday, December 5154 events

All day
2026 Northampton Craft Fair
First Churches of Northampton, Massachusetts
Classes & Talks
All day
2026 Springfield Christmas Craft Show
Zombie Hideout LLC
Festivals & Holidays
All day
Comfort & Joy Holiday Card Drive
VIRTUAL - Simsbury Public LibraryFamily
Family & Kids
All day
Ros Kish-Levine, Elliot Papp, & Betsey Hansell
Watson Room at Forbes Library
4 a.m.5:30 p.m.
Wreath Decorating - Hadley, MA
Gardener's Supply - Hadley$65
Also at 1 p.m.
5 a.m.
Open Studios: Dec 5, 6, & 12!
1 Cottage St., Suite 307, Easthampton, MA
Arts & Culture
7 a.m.10 a.m.
The Reason For The Season is DOOM!
1 Cottage St., Suite 307, Easthampton, MA
Festivals & Holidays
8 a.m.1 p.m.
Book Arts & Publishers Holiday Market
1 Cottage St., Suite 307, Easthampton, MA
Also at 1 p.m.
Arts & Culture
8 a.m.5 p.m.
Connecticut Boxer Club
Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds
8 a.m.
Longmeadow Girls Varsity Basketball @ Enfield
Enfield High School
Sports
8 a.m.3 p.m.
MMEA-WD Junior District Auditions
Catherine Dower Center for the PerforminFamily
Family & Kids
8 a.m.9 a.m.
Yoga with Ilana: Meditation in Motion
Munson Memorial Library
Health & Wellness
8 a.m.12 p.m.
Women's Benevolent Society - Christmas on the Green Fair at First Church Longmeadow
First Church of Christ
Festivals & Holidays
8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m.
Fall Senior Exhibition
Jannotta Gallery, Hillyer HallFree
Arts & Culture
8:45 a.m.10 a.m.
Saturday Sangha
Eastworks BuildingFamily
9 a.m.
79th Heritage Holiday Church Fair
First Congregational Church of South WindsorFree
Arts & Culture
9 a.m.3 p.m.
Annual Holly Berry Fair
Fellowship Hall
Festivals & Holidays
9 a.m.5 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral Retreat
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
9 a.m.
Ellington Winter Farmers Market
Ellington High School
Markets & Shopping
9 a.m.
Enfield Christmas Cookie Walk & Craft Fair
Enfield United Church of Christ
Festivals & Holidays
9 a.m.
Holiday Craft Fair
Willington Public Library
Classes & Talks
9 a.m.
Shop the Holiday Boutique and Nellie's Mercantile for Unique Holiday Items
Ellington Historical Society
9 a.m.2 p.m.
St. Nicholas Bazaar
Grace Episcopal ChurchFree
Markets & Shopping
9 a.m.11 a.m.
Super SoulFilled Saturday Zumba on the FLYY
The Artists Collective - Hartford, CT$5
Health & Wellness
9:15 a.m.10:30 a.m.
Flow Yoga through Yoga Sanctuary
Yoga Sanctuary
Health & Wellness
9:30 a.m.4 p.m.
Holiday Craft Fair
West Springfield Boys & Girls Club
Classes & Talks
9:30 a.m.1:30 p.m.
Shabbat Morning Services & Kiddush
CBI Sanctuary & Library
Community
9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Visits with Santa at Flamig Farm in Simsbury
Flamig Farm$15Family
Family & Kids
10 a.m.
Auerfarm's Annual Santa on the Farm Event! Sat, 12/5, 10am-1pm
4-H Education Center at AuerfarmFamily
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.1 p.m.
Breakfast with Santa
Notch 8 Grille @ Union Station$20+Family
Family & Kids
10 a.m.
Creative Printing Strategies
Zea Mays Printmaking$385
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Crocheting and Knitting Group
Watson Room at Forbes Library
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.3 p.m.
First Annual Pioneer Valley Yuletide Art show
Polish American Club
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.5 p.m.
Grinchmas Saturday 2026
Springfield Museums
10 a.m.
Holiday Bazaar
Stafford Springs Congregational Church
Markets & Shopping
10 a.m.2:30 p.m.
Master Gardners Winter Meeting
Community Meeting Room
10 a.m.2 p.m.
Old Manchester Museum open house
Old Manchester Museum
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.2 p.m.
Shabbat Day at UMass Hillel
UMass Amherst Hillel
Community
10 a.m.3 p.m.
Stuff the Bus returns December 5!
Walmart
10 a.m.11 a.m.
Tai Chi - Intermediate / Advanced
Leverett Public Library
Health & Wellness
10 a.m.4 p.m.
The Art of Jerry Pinkney
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book ArtFamily
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.8 p.m.
The Sprigfield Boyts & Girls Club's Festival of Trees
MassMutual Center - Meeting Rooms 1–5 (combined)$4+Family
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.3 p.m.
Tis the season vendors
624 Worthington St$39.19
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.1 p.m.
UMass Women's Swimming & Diving vs La Salle
Boyden Gymnasium
Sports
10 a.m.1 p.m.
UMass Women's Swimming & Diving vs Rhode Island
Boyden Gymnasium
Sports
10 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Winter Mammal Survival Skills
Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary$12+
10 a.m.2 p.m.
Witches Workbench
Moon & Moth Mercantile
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.1 p.m.
Wooden Reindeer Workshop
HCAC
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Young Men of Distinction (YMOD)
The First Cathedral
10 a.m.
Yuletide Free weekend
New England Fiber Festival at The Big E
10:20 a.m.11:20 a.m.
Shabbat Shabloom
LGA Oolam
Community
10:30 a.m.1:30 p.m.
Magic: the Gathering
Clapp Memorial LibraryFamily
Family & Kids
10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Satuday Tennis Practice
Indoor Courts 4 & 5
Sports
10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Straw Art Holiday Traditions
Springfield Museums
10:30 a.m.1:30 p.m.
The Writing Room
Watson Room
10:50 a.m.
5Rhythms® Dance Class
Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity$16.50+
Classes & Talks
11 a.m.2:30 p.m.
2026 Holiday Open House and Festive Market
238 Cabot StFree
Festivals & Holidays
11 a.m.2:30 p.m.
Chess Club
East Forest Park BranchFamily
Family & Kids
11 a.m.
Christmas Holiday Luncheon
Storrowton Village at ESE
Festivals & Holidays
11 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Doodle & Decompress
Resonance Healing Arts Center
Community
11 a.m.
Fantasy Forest Holiday Tour & Tree Sale
Oliver Ellsworth Homestead
Outdoors
11 a.m.
Hector Fox and the Snowy Surprise reading with Astrid Sheckels
Odyssey BookshopFree
11 a.m.1 p.m.
Let's Explore: Autobiography of a Yogi
Holyoke Public Library
Arts & Culture
11 a.m.
Showdown graphic novel release with the author Dave Wielgosz!
1 Cottage St., Suite 307, Easthampton, MA
Arts & Culture
11 a.m.12 p.m.
Tai Chi - Beginner class
Leverett Public Library
Health & Wellness
11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m.
Adult D&D
East Forest Park Branch Library
Nightlife
11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Aprende Conmigo - Learn With Me
East Forest Park Branch LibraryFamily
Family & Kids
11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Learn Tai Chi
East Springfield Branch 21 Osborne Terrace Springfield, MA 01104Family
Health & Wellness
11:30 a.m.3:30 p.m.
Meet the Grinch!
Mass. / Forest Park Tennis Courts
12 p.m.3 p.m.
Live Nativity
Salmon Brook Park Granby Ct
12 p.m.1 p.m.
PWE Flute Ensemble at the Governor's Residence Holiday Open House
Governor's Residence
12 p.m.4 p.m.
Shaped by Service Art Show
Warrior's Art Room
Arts & Culture
12 p.m.5 p.m.
Tree Festival
89 Maple St
Festivals & Holidays
12 p.m.6 p.m.
Wyrdlands Caravan Presents: Lokasenna
Taber Creek
12:30 p.m.1:30 p.m.
Author Charnaie Gordon (Prosser)
Bloomfield Public Library - ProsserFamily
Family & Kids
1 p.m.4 p.m.
2 Annual Mold & Mingle
Social House$30
Business & Networking
1 p.m.
3rd Annual Holiday Extravaganza
Marigold Theater
Theater & Dance
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Arctic Splash
300 Valley Falls Rd
1 p.m.2 p.m.
Cash Flow Survival with SCORE
Central Library 220 State St. Springfield, MA 01103
Classes & Talks
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Chess Club - Casual, Drop in!
Lilly LibraryFamily
Community
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Mt Tom Ski- A talk with Photographer Jim Long
The Community Room
Classes & Talks
1 p.m.2 p.m.
Read with Duchess the Dog
Sixteen Acres Branch 1187 Parker St. Springfield, MA 01129Family
Family & Kids
1 p.m.
Redemption Christian Academy Boys Varsity Basketball @ MacDuffie
MacDuffie High School
Sports
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Shut Up & Write!® Hartford - In Person
Semilla Cafe + Studio
Classes & Talks
1 p.m.5 p.m.
Western Mass Toy Drive Comedy Night Fundraiser
Chicopee Portuguese American ClubFamily
Comedy
1 p.m.
Western New England University Women's Basketball vs Suffolk University
Sprngfield, Anthony S. Caprio Alumni Healthful Living Center
Sports
1 p.m.3 p.m.
Agawam Historical & Fire House Museum OPEN HOUSE
Agawam Historical & Fire House Museum
Arts & Culture
1:30 p.m.3 p.m.
Learn How to Gift Wrap
Sixteen Acres Branch 1187 Parker St. Springfield, MA 01129Family
Family & Kids
2 p.m.7 p.m.
24 Years! Small Wonders
Gallery A3Free
Arts & Culture
2 p.m.
A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas
Hartford Stage (upstairs lounge)$451+
Theater & Dance
2 p.m.
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas - Sensory Friendly
Hartford Stage (upstairs lounge)$307+
Theater & Dance
2 p.m.
Christmas By Candlelight
Old Sturbridge Village$14+
Festivals & Holidays
2 p.m.4 p.m.
Home For The Holidays 2026 at Majestic Theater
Majestic Theater
Theater & Dance
2 p.m.
Kingswood Oxford Girls Varsity Basketball @ Williston Northampton
Williston Northampton High School
Sports
2 p.m.
Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra - Northampton
Academy of Music Theatre - Northampton$70+
Also at 7:30 p.m.
Music
2 p.m.3 p.m.
Storytime: 'Lizzie Learns to Ride' with author Gabrielle Rossi
High Five BooksFreeFamily
Family & Kids
2 p.m.4 p.m.
The Shriner’s Festival of Trees
Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds
Festivals & Holidays
2 p.m.4 p.m.
Tween RPG Club
Central Library 220 State St. Springfield, MA 01103Family
Family & Kids
2 p.m.5 p.m.
Hardwick Winery
Hardwick Vineyard & Winery
Food & Drink
2:30 p.m.5 p.m.
Needle-Felted Ornaments
Springfield Museums
3 p.m.4:30 p.m.
KidLit Children's Writers & Illustrators Meetup
Watson RoomFamily
Family & Kids
3 p.m.6 p.m.
Misty Blues
New City Brewery$14.64
Also at 8 p.m.
Music
3 p.m.
Side-Tracked
99 Springfield Road
3 p.m.4 p.m.
Virtual: Spanish Conversation Group
Watson Room at Forbes Library
Classes & Talks
3 p.m.
Western New England University Men's Basketball vs Suffolk University
Sprngfield, Anthony S. Caprio Alumni Healthful Living Center
Sports
3 p.m.5 p.m.
Wreath Making Class
Merrick Public Library Annex
Classes & Talks
3:30 p.m.7 p.m.
Chess Club
Community Meeting Room
Community
4 p.m.8 p.m.
Festival of Trees
Bolton Congregational Church, Ucc
Festivals & Holidays
4 p.m.5 p.m.
Holiday Lantern Tour: Suffield’s Main Street
Phelps-Hatheway House$15+
Tours & Attractions
4 p.m.
Live Nativity at Salmon Brook Park
Salmon Brook Park -FreeFamily
Family & Kids
4 p.m.7 p.m.
Tour of Old Town Hall
The Elusie GalleryFree
Community
4 p.m.6 p.m.
Photos with the Grinch
Seven Railroads Brewery Company
5 p.m.6 p.m.
Annual Tree Lighting
Brookfield Old Town Hall
Festivals & Holidays
5 p.m.10 p.m.
Bright Nights at Forest Park
Forest Park$27+Family
Outdoors
5 p.m.10 p.m.
Christmas Bash 2026
Chicopee Portuguese American Club$11Family
Festivals & Holidays
5 p.m.
Elms College Women's Basketball vs Lasell
Elms College - Veritas Auditorium
Sports
5 p.m.
Magic of Lights
Pratt and Whitney Stadium At Rentschler Field
Theater & Dance
5 p.m.
Winterfest and the Tunnel of Lights at the Connecticut Trolley Museum
Connecticut Trolley Museum$19+Family
Family & Kids
6 p.m.7:30 p.m.
50th Singing Christmas Tree Celebration
Bethany Assembly of GodFree
Festivals & Holidays
6 p.m.
Jemar Phoenix
Skyline Trading Company
6 p.m.7 p.m.
John Joelson
Luthier’s Co-op and Backstage Bar
6 p.m.9 p.m.
Live Music from Whiskey Traveler (Free)
Great Awakening BreweryFree
Music
6 p.m.
Massachusetts, University of Hockey vs Northeastern
Mullins Center Community Ice Rink
Sports
6 p.m.
Spirit of Christmas Past - Yuletide_Copy1
New England Fiber Festival at The Big E$30
Festivals & Holidays
6 p.m.8 p.m.
Thunderbirds vs Utica Comets (Teddy Bear Toss)
MassMutual Center - Meeting Rooms 1–5 (combined)
Sports
6 p.m.
Tolland Torchlight Parade and Tree Lighting
Tolland GreenFreeFamily
Family & Kids
6 p.m.10 p.m.
Western Mass Toy Drive
Chicopee Portuguese American Club$35.88
Community
6:30 p.m.
Chico Bean
Funny Bone Comedy Club (Hartford)
6:30 p.m.8 p.m.
Comedy Night at the Hartford Funny Bone with Chico Bean
Hartford Funny Bone Comedy Club and Restaurant$37
Also at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Comedy
6:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Night Shift RETURNS to Joanna’s Restaurant | December 5
Joanna’s Main Hall
Music
7 p.m.9 p.m.
Beyond Dating: An IRL Embodied Encounter Lab
The Hidden Temple$14.64
Classes & Talks
7 p.m.
Chris Smither
Iron Horse Music Hall - MA$95+
Music
7 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Comedy Night at Agawam Bowl
Agawam Bowl$28.52
Comedy
7 p.m.
Elms College Men's Basketball vs Lasell
Elms College - Veritas Auditorium
Sports
7 p.m.9 p.m.
Off The Wall Fundraiser
Workshop13 Artworks Gallery
Community
7 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Ragged Blue @ Progression Brewing Co.
Progression Brewing Company – Northampton, MA
Music
7 p.m.8 p.m.
The Third Entity
Luthier’s Co-op and Backstage Bar
7 p.m.
Tom Rush
Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity
7:30 p.m.
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas - Hartford
Hartford Stage (upstairs lounge)$118+
Theater & Dance
7:30 p.m.
Amherst College Men's Ice Hockey vs Trinity College
Orr Rink
Sports
7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Faculty Dance Concert - UMass
Amherst College
Music
7:30 p.m.
Faculty Dance Concert - UMass & Amherst College
Kirby Theater at Amherst CollegeFree
Music
7:30 p.m.
Fall Studio Productions
Hallie Flanagan TheatreFree
Theater & Dance
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Vernon Chorale concert: Winter's Light
St. Bernard Church Hall
Music
8 p.m.
Ken Pomeroy
TheDrake
8 p.m.
ROAR! Comedy: Chris Franjola
MGM Way, Springfield, MA 01105, United States
Comedy
8 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Shea & Co
Luthier’s Co-op and Backstage Bar
8 p.m.
Springfield, Ma - Roar Comedy
The Armory at MGM Springfield - Complex
Comedy
8 p.m.
Sweet Baby James - James Taylor Tribute
Broad Brook Opera House Night 1
Music
8:30 p.m.
Candlelight: 90s Hip Hop on Strings
South Congregational Church - Granby$83+
Music
9 p.m.
Heather Joseph
View Street TavernFree
9 p.m.
Kimberly Rene Acoustic-Just like Fire Rally's Sports Bar Westfield MA
Rally's Sports Bar
Festivals & Holidays
9 p.m.
Un Party De Bachata - Hartford, CT
2964 Main St$23.18+
Music
9:30 p.m.11 p.m.
Scott Hall and Awesomecraft
Luthier’s Co-op and Backstage Bar

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