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10/01/2026
Norwalk’s NICE Festival is celebrating 10 years at Oyster Shell Park this Saturday, October 3.
The free festival runs from noon to 8 p.m. with two stages of music and dance, international food, and a 21+ Oktoberfest b**r garden. Bobby Rush, Bushman and Orquesta Afinke lead the main-stage lineup.
We have the full schedule, parking link and event details. Full story link is in the comments.
With The NICE Festival.
09/29/2026
Fairfield Halloween is starting a night early this year. is turning The Warehouse into a full-room costume party on Friday, October 30, with MC Paul Herman, the Press Play crew, a costume contest and a VIP option with a private lounge, two drink tickets and a swag bag.
Doors open at 7 p.m. and the party begins at 8 p.m. We put the ticket details, costume rules and everything else you need to know into one local guide. The article link is in the first comment.
09/29/2026
Oxford is getting a new way to buy locally made THC drinks, but Connecticut’s new rules come with details worth knowing.
Hog Brewing Co. is adding an age-verified, token-operated machine on October 1 for take-home cans from Fizz Social Soda, Hi! People, LIFTD and BUDR. Purchases are limited to 12 cans a day, and nothing from the machine can be opened in the taproom.
We broke down the new 5 mg and 10 mg sales limits, where each can be sold and what the law still does not allow. Read the full story at the link in the first comment.
🎀 Light Your Neighborhood Pink This October! 🎀
Imagine driving through your neighborhood and seeing streets glowing pink in support of breast cancer awareness. Through the Pink Bulb Project, Custom Illuminations will install a solar-powered pink C9 bulb at your mailbox and place a pink yard sign on your property—all for a $10 donation, with 100% of proceeds benefiting The Get In Touch Foundation.
It’s a simple way to honor survivors, remember loved ones, support families facing breast cancer, and spark important conversations in our community. The more neighbors who participate, the more impactful the display becomes.
💗 $10 donation
💗 Solar-powered pink mailbox bulb installed for you
💗 Pink awareness yard sign included
💗 100% of proceeds support The Get In Touch Foundation
Let’s turn our neighborhood pink, one mailbox at a time.
LINK in stories, BIO and saved to highlights! To donate and get your pink bulb
Your Coastal CT Trip : Part ✌🏽Foodie Addition
🍴 Fairfield, Connecticut is SO much more than a beach town!
Our weekend continued with some seriously good food, local finds, and plenty to explore around town. 👇
☕️ We started with breakfast joejoe_fairfield , where we grabbed high-protein options, lattes, smoothies, acai bowls & pastries — basically something for everyone!
🛍️ Then we wandered through the farmers market and explored the shops throughout Fairfield’s charming college-town area.
🍹 For lunch, we stopped Ryebird Fairfield , a great spot for craft cocktails and family-friendly comfort food. Definitely worth adding to your Fairfield itinerary!
🌎 And we got to experience the Fairfield International Food Fest Fairfield Theatre Company with delicious food and a fun celebration of cultures from around the world.
From beaches to coffee, shopping, great food and local events, there’s SO much packed into a Fairfield getaway!
Be sure to stay Circle Hotel Fairfield when you visit since it’s so close to all the action.
Have you been to Fairfield? Tell me your favorite spot or what we need to add to our list for next time! 👇
09/13/2026
An event flyer is a briefing sheet, not a social strategy.
For a local business, we would rather turn real photographs or vertical video into a carousel or Reel that shows the food, people, place or experience. The date and sponsor logos still matter, but they should not be the only reason someone stops scrolling.
This expanded Hyperlocal Advantage article explains how to turn one flyer into a useful five-slide carousel or a simple Reel, what belongs in the caption and which results to measure beyond likes.
How to Write a Searchable Local Event Caption A flyer can catch the eye. The caption still needs the town, date, time, business name and next step people will search for or share.
Fairfield is trading Friday night for a little boot-scootin’. 🤠
Fairfield Theatre Company is bringing its Country Dance Party to The Warehouse on Friday, September 18, with MC Paul Herman and the PAUL HERMAN team spinning current country hits, classic anthems and plenty of line-dance favorites.
Doors open at 7 p.m. and the party starts at 8. Grab your boots, your dancing crew and maybe stretch those calves first.
Instagram captions don’t have clickable links, so head to **fairfieldtheatre.org** and search “Country Dance Party” to purchase tickets.
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