20th Annual Winter Carnivale

Mark your calendars for Sunday, February 21, 2010 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
The 20th Annual Winter Carnivale, Art Gallery Opening Receptions and Ice Carving Competition in Chester Center

To give you an idea here is the 2009 line-up. Stay tuned for the 2010 information as they finalize it. http://www.visit-chester.com/major_annual_events/Winter_Carnivale.html

Chester Winter Carnivale Sunday, February 15th 2009. Please join us on Sunday, February 15th, as Chester celebrates its 19th Annual Winter Carnivale from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. in Chester center rain, snow or shine. Free. There will be food by local restaurants and the Chester Rotary, and street performers in the town center. The ice carving competition will take place from 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in the parking lot behind 4 Water Street with judging shortly after. Spectators may vote for their favorite sculpture to win the "People's Choice Award." The "Chilly Chili Cook Off" will be held at the Chester Hose Company Fire House, 6 High Street, from 11:00 am to 1:00 p.m. All proceeds will be donated to the Chester Hose Company. Attendees can purchase tickets at the door for $4.00, which allows them to taste all the wonderful chili and vote for their favorite. And last but not least, festively decorated tractors will parade up and down Main Street beginning at 2:00 p.m. at North Quarter Park, in the highly anticipated Chester Tractor Parade. Tractors can be dangerous. Please keep children on the sidewalks. Prize offered for best decorated tractor. Parking is available at the Maple Street and Water Street lots.http://www.visit-chester.com/ or call Leif Nilsson at 860-526-2077 for more information.Click Here to Register For the Ice Carving Competition!

From NEW YORK: Take I-95 north to exit 69 for route 9 north, drive to exit 6, at the bottom of the off ramp, make a right then drive one mile to center of town. Park anywhere.

From Springfield, MA. / Hartford, CT. Take I-91 south to route 9 south drive to exit 6, then make a left at the bottom of the exit, drive one mile to the center of town. Park anywhere.