Food: Boxed suppers available for purchase, or bring your own picnic from home. Picnicking will be allowed on the West Lawn and in select locations in the Sunken Garden.
Accessibility: Hill-Stead’s Sunken Garden is wheelchair accessible. Hacker Theater, 60 Main
Street, Farmington, CT. Opening night will be at Hillstead rain or shine. The reading will be held in the Sunken Garden under a tent on Hillstead's West Lawn: bring a lawn-chair! For the rest of the performance series, Call 860-677-4787 on Wednesdays after 11 am, or check this website for rain date updates.       Driving Directions: Plan a Visit

 

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Festival Facts

Time: Gates open at 5:30 pm. Poetry and music performances: 6:30—8:30 pm. Format will be mixed; some evenings, poetry and music will be separate, other evenings they will be interspersed.
Venue: All performances will be at Hill-Stead Museum. Rain venue will be on site (check web site calendar for last-minute information).
Admission:
Free to the public. On-site parking: $10 per vehicle. Off-site local parking available on a limited basis.
Seating: Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating in and around the garden.
Parking:
On-site, $10 per vehicle.Free public parking available on a limited basis at Brickwalk Shops, off High Street, Farmington. (con't)
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