What we do

Join us for an exciting weekend of thrills and chills! 

Friday night is tarot reading night then Saturday is the Zombie 5K  followed but a Boo Fest by the Beach and Halloween puppy costume parade. Then finishing the month on Thursday October 31st is the Walnut Beach Witch Halloween Parade and flash mob!  Walnut Beach is the place to be this Halloween! 

Meet the Tartot Readers of Walnut Beach.  On Friday, October 25th from 4:30 - 7pm business in Walnut Beach will host the best tarot readers in Connecticut.  Book a 15 minute session for $25.  This 15th century mysticism is not meant to predict the future but give you a portrait of where you are now and it can be empowering...tarot allows you to consider a problem, give it a voice, work it through and see where the blocks might be.   Book your ticket and preferred time and we'll match you with your reader.  Hot tea and light refreshments will be served. 

Friday October 25th

4:30-7PM (based on time slot reserved)

$25/ ticket

Join us in hosting the Spiritual, Psychic Medium, Catherine Crowley, to the Firehouse Gallery for a one night only Gallery reading.  Please arrive to Firehouse Gallery at 5:30 for light refreshments.  The event starts promptly at 6pm.  Space is limited-tickets required.

CATHERINE CROWLEY

"My name is Catherine Crowley, and I'm a spiritual psychic medium.  It is said that not all psychics are mediums, but all mediums are psychics.  A psychic is one who knows the past, present, and future.  A medium communicates with the spirit world.

I was born with the ability to communicate with spirit, mainly loved ones who have crossed over, I can see, hear and feel them.  I recall using my abilities around the age of four.  At the time it had my parents very concerned and looking for answers.  It wasn't until the age of fifteen, while volunteering at a nursing home, that an experience had me starting my own journey to understand what was happening.  I was approaching by a nun at at the nursing home who told me I had "a very special gift" and "God had a plan for my life, and I was not to be afraid."

Years later I started giving readings.  I've been enjoying doing so for the last 35 years.  It is with much compassion and gratitude that I offer my gift helping others connect with friends and loved ones who have crossed over."

Friday October 25th

5:30-8PM (no entry after 6PM)

$25/ ticket

The Halloween fun continues!  

Join us Saturday, October 26th for the 4th Annual Zombie 5K

Celebrate the beginning of the Halloween season with a spooky race through the streets of Walnut Beach and into the spooky woods of Silver Sands State Park and Walnut Beach while being chased by zombies. 

Run for your Lives! or Walk but......

Then join us for a Zombie party at Stonebridge following the race with the (undead) Rum Runners (21 and older) free pizza for runners, compliments of Stonebridge

Register on runsignup.com

Race starts at 4:30PM

Check-in opens at 3:30PM

Walnut Beach Pavilion check-in, start/finish

ZOMBIES WANTED:  info@walnutbeachartsandbusinessassociation.com 

The fun continues 

Sunday October 27th from 10-3PM

Join us for the NEW Family Friendly Boo Fest by the Beach

Join us at the Walnut Beach Green (under the Arches) for

-children's activities

-horse drawn hayrides

-trick or treating

-pie eating contest

-live entertainment

-seasonal food trucks 

and more

Don't forget the pups!

Join us for the Walnut Beach Puppy Costume Parade!  A blast from the past this tradition was started by Tynne Catapano, it ran for years and was a HUGE hit for our local dog owners and dog lovers. Last year we brought it back and this year people are anxiously awaiting this event! 

Dress up your pup and parade them around for a chance to win prizes. October 27th at 2:00PM

Check in at 1:45PM at the Walnut Beach Arch! 

No need to pre-register just come in costume for a chance to win prizes and pride. 

Don't forget to pose for a picture in the "Picture your Pup" Photo station!

Every Halloween the Walnut Beach Creamery plays host to the Witches of Walnut Beach.  With a DJ and dancing and candy being tossed from above, come get your free ice cream (for anyone in costume, while supplies last) and prepare for the Witch led Halloween parade, stopping at participating businesses and some households along the short route for a treat, then back to the creamery for music, dancing and a delightful, not frightful, flash mob witch dance!   

Join us 10/31 5pm - 7pm

Thank you to Bu Tu for your ongoing mural work. Bu was chosen through our open call for artists earlier this year. We chose her design as we we drawn to the water theme and her whimsical design. Bu uses the natural world as her muse and it is a reoccurring theme in her work. She is also inspired by philosophy, science, conservationism, psychology, and cartoons. She spent many summers at Walnut Beach while attending the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven and the Art Institute of Chicago.  Great Job Bu! We love what you have brought to the neighborhood. 

Every Thursday from June thru September we welcome you to come to the Rotary Pavilion in the Walnut Beach Parking lot to shop and discover must have, fresh, locally grown, farmed produce as well as plants, flowers, herbs and more.  We also offer food trucks, live music, local business and craft vendors, artisans, pet supplies and much more.  

We celebrate the summer solstice on June 21st with fairies young and old taking over Walnut Beach adding a little extra magic to the area.  Children of all ages come dressed in wings to take part in the "fairy door challenge" where they are registered with their very own fairy name, given a map of hidden fairy doors, and let loose to visit participating businesses and chosen public areas to locate and log all the fairy doors they can while collecting small tokens at businesses or leaving small tokens at fairy houses.  It is a day full of magic and what childhood memories are made of