Mark your calendars for the Westport Woman’s Club’s 2018 Yankee Doodle Fair coming up Father’s Day weekend. It’s fun for the whole family! Click here for Yankee Doodle Fair Flyer.
2018 Yankee Doodle Fair Hours:
Thursday, June 14, 6pm to 10pm
Friday, June 15, 6pm to 10pm
Saturday, June 16, 1pm to 10pm
Sunday, June 17, 1pm to 5pm
Once again on Father’s Day Weekend, “kids of all ages” will gather at the Westport Woman’s Club, 44 Imperial Avenue, to enjoy one of the town’s oldest and best-loved family events, The Westport Woman’s Club’s Yankee Doodle Fair. This year Westport’s last remaining annual family Fair opens Thursday, June 14, 6 PM to 10 PM and continues Friday, 6 PM to 10 PM, Saturday, 1 PM to 10 PM and Sunday, 1 PM to 5 PM.
Says WWC President, Dorothy Packer, “For over 111 years, the Westport Woman’s Club has been raising funds for local needs. We started by building sidewalks on Main Street and through the years, we have brought about the development of Compo Beach and created hot meals and healthcare for our schools. The Fair is our largest fundraiser. Its proceeds support our grants to community service agencies, need-based scholarship for Staples students and the much-needed Food Closet for the Town of Westport.”
The Yankee Doodle Fair will once again feature carnival rides and games from Stewart Amusements. Returning are the ever-popular Ferris Wheel, Flying Dumbo, Kiddie Cars, Basketball Toss, Rope Ladders, Carousel and Everybody-Wins-Fishing, along with a new updated spectacular version of the Ali Baba and breath-taking Zero Gravity, among others. Pay one price unlimited rides wristbands will be available all the days of the Fair, including Friday and Saturday nights! At the Westport Woman’s Club’s Face Painting booth, kids of all ages can choose fun or “fierce” designs and Sand Art is back for younger children.
In the air-conditioned Auditorium, our Gourmet Group will hold their highly-anticipated Bake Sale featuring home-made baked goods sure to please every taste! Enjoy a cup of coffee or a cold drink while you make your selections or browse through our Yankee Doodle Fair Cookbook (available for $5)
NEW THIS YEAR: Sweetcake Mountain, an all acoustic country/bluegrass band will perform Friday at 6:00. Suzuki School of Music will perform on Saturday at 1:30, School of Rock’s house band will perform on Saturday at 3pm and SSDS Martial Arts of Westport will do a demonstration on Sunday at 2pm.
Fairgoers will have the opportunity throughout the Fair to buy tickets for the Raffle, as well as the Take A Chance Drawing. The winning tickets will be selected at 4 PM on Sunday, Father’s Day. It is not necessary for the winners to be there for the drawing to claim the fabulous prizes. The Raffle Grand Prize is $1000; second prize, $500; third prize, $350 gift card from Silver Ribbon. Thanks to Westport’s very generous merchants and restaurants, there are also many more gifts and prizes in the Take A Chance Drawing on the upper level.
At the Food Court, JR’s Grille is featuring hamburgers, hot dogs, French fries and chicken nuggets. Melt Mobile is offering creative, comforting sandwiches infused with originality, sustainability, and quality ingredients. Skip’s vintage Good Humor Truck will be on hand with ice cream treats. In addition the members of the Westport Woman’s Club will be selling cold beverages and water for the benefit of our community services grants and need based scholarships for Staples High School Seniors.
Resnick Advisors are once again our Platinum Sponsor. Our Gold Sponsor is the Law Offices of Robert Grant, Esq.,our Silver Sponsors are Westport National Bank and Commerce Park Children’s Dentistry & Orthodontics and our Bronze sponsor is Weichert Realtors, Madison and Post.
No dogs are permitted on the grounds during the Fair.
The Westport Woman’s Club, organized in 1907, is a non-profit philanthropic organization dedicated to volunteerism and the raising of funds in support of the educational, charitable, cultural and public health services in Westport and surrounding towns. For more information, contact the Westport Woman’s Club, 44 Imperial Av, Westport Ct 06880; telephone 203 227-4240; www.westportwomansclub.org.
