Silk City Fest 2025

Saturday, August 23, 2025, 1–9:30 PM
Purnell Place
Manchester, CT 06040

The seventh Silk City Fest is a FREE event for live music, local artists & makers, interactive activities, games, food trucks, and lots of beer and cider from local breweries! We will be located in downtown Manchester, CT, on Purnell Place (follow the signs for the Orange Lot; the fest’s approximate address for GPS directions is 12 Purnell Place, Manchester, CT 06040) There will be plenty of parking in the nearby lots, as well as on Main Street and various side streets.

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LIVE MUSIC

Silk City Fest brings you eleven local bands and performers playing original music all afternoon and evening! There's something for everyone—folk, funk, indie rock, alt-rock, rap, ska, and world percussion. Bring a lawn chair and spend the day with us!

See Performer Lineup

CRAFT BREWS

Enjoy craft beer and cider from local brewers. The drinks start flowing at 1:00.

Participating Brewers

ARTISTS & MAKERS

Visit our vendor village for your fix of fine art and handmade goods including jewelry, fine wood craft, fiber art, mixed media, illustration, soaps, and all sorts of other fun stuff from dozens of artists and makers.

Participating Artists & Makers

FOOD

Hungry? We've got local food trucks to fuel your fest-ing! Barbecue, hot dogs, rice bowls, kettle corn, twisted comfort classics, gyros, jerky and more. Let's not forget Italian ice and gelato!!

Participating Food Vendors

BREW EXPERIENCE

Sure, you could have a couple full pours, but with so many choices, maybe you'd like to responsibly try several? Welcome back THE SCF BREW EXPERIENCE starting at 1:00pm! Enjoy a package that includes a commemorative SCF 2025 drinking vessel along with 12 samples of your choice. LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!

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INTERACTIVE ART

Are you an artist? You are when you get involved in at our interactive art stations. Try your hand at different mediums while learning from local artists.

Interactive Artists Schedule

SPONSORS

Thanks to all our community sponsors and friends of the fest...we couldn't do this without you!!

Community Sponsors & Fest Friends

WORK_SPACE

Check out all that our awesome neighbor WORK_SPACE gallery on Main Street has to offer!

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INFO

Got questions about the festival? Learn all you need to know about parking, alcohol and smoking policies, dogs, participation, and most anything else that comes to mind.

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Silk City Fest is made possible in part by a grant from the Town of Manchester’s Downtown Arts and Culture Grant Program and is also generously supported by Imagine Manchester / Manchester Cultural District