Greenwich Historical Society Fall Festival & Scarecrow Competition

Fall Festival at the Greenwich Historical Society will feature a puppet show, games, crafts, touch-a-truck, and our perennially popular scarecrow competition. Throughout the event, visitors can see Kermit, Oscar the Grouch, and Grover at the Jim and Jane Henson: Creative Work, Creative Playexhibition in the Storehouse Gallery and take a family-friendly tour of Bush-Holley House.
WonderSpark Puppets will perform “Fox Fables,” the story of a fox who loses his tail and seeks a new identity, in the Vanderbilt Education Center at 2:00 pm. WonderSpark was founded in 2009 by husband and wife team Chad Williams and Lindsey “Z” Briggs (also manager of the Jim Henson Foundation). In addition to their regular gigs, they often bring laughter and joy to the patients at Mt. Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital in Manhattan.
The theme of this year’s scarecrow competition will be “friendly monsters” in the honor of Sesame Street characters Grover and Oscar the Grouch, who appear in our current exhibition. Basic scarecrow building materials (straw, burlap bag and armature/“bones”) are included in the fee, but participants are welcome to bring “accessories” to customize their creations. Prizes will be awarded in various categories.

Sunday, October 8
12:30 to 3:30 pm

Bush-Holley Historic Site

Admission: Children under 3: free; All other children under 18: $5;
Adults: $10; Family: $25

Separate fee for the Scarecrow Competition: Members: $10; Nonmembers: $15