Come celebrate your Greater Groton Community. It’s time for you to discover Groton’s Twelfth Annual Fall Festival, scheduled for Saturday, October 7, 2017. This is a special community event created and hosted by the Groton Business Association (GBA) of the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce.
Groton’s Twelfth Annual Fall Festival runs from 11 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and is a rain or shine event
The main Festival site at Poquonnock Plains Park will feature exhibits by local businesses and organizations. Artists and crafters will be displaying their skill and have wares for purchase. A complete list of businesses, organizations, participating artists, crafters, and food vendors, can be found at www.grotonbiz.com. This is the official Groton Business Association (GBA) and Groton’s Twelfth Annual Fall Festival web site.
There will entertainment throughout the day, including the Groton Parks & Recreation Karate Program, Little League Pitching, Grasso Technical High School student musicians, the Mystic Aquarium Touch Tanks, Gabriele’s Martial Arts, AmtGard, a medieval foam sword fighting; and Dance Country.
Are you ready for a scarecrow hunt? Festival attendees will receive a list of all booths with scarecrows. In order to participate, you must visit each booth and take a picture of the scarecrow. If you get a photo of every scarecrow, then return to the GMCC booth to submit your entry for a chance to win great prizes! Attendees also get to choose their favorite scarecrow, and the Exhibitor with the winning scarecrow receives a grand prize worth over $200.00!
Food vendors will offer a variety of food and drink.
The GBA would like to recognize the companies who have committed to be a sponsor for this year’s event. They are: Groton Utilities and the Groton Parks and Recreation Department, Capstone Sponsors; Stonington Odd Fellows Lodge #26, a Keystone Sponsor; and Groton Shopping Plaza, a Sandstone Sponsor; and Chelsea Groton Bank, Darrell Fox, Centurion Wealth Management; Grover Insurance, Thames Valley Communications and the Light House, Fieldstone Sponsors.
The GBA, a coalition of representatives from the local business community, the educational sector, the non-profit community and governmental units, is an affiliation of the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce.