2018 St. Joachim Parish Festival to be Aug 10th, 11th and 12th

The Saint Joachim Catholic Parish will hold its 2018 Annual Festival on August 10th, 11th and 12th.

The large traditional community festival will be held on the grounds of St. Mary Church is located at 544 Main Street

New Britain’s Saint Joachim Parish is a combination of the churches of Saint Mary and Saint Ann, which is located at 47 Clark Street.

The Festival in Honor of Our Lady of the Assumption will begin on Friday, August 10th, beginning at 5:00pm. The Friday portion of the Festival will include the celebration of Holy Mass and a Multicultural Night with food and presentations.

On Saturday, August 11th, the large, outdoor part of the Festival is to take place.  The festive day, typically attended by hundreds of people, will take place on the St. Mary Church Grounds. The Saturday event will feature music, Latin food, cotton candy, snow cones, hot dogs, entertainment for children, bouncy houses and a talent contest.

The Saturday part of the Festival will be from 12:00pm to 8:00pm.

The Festival traditionally concludes on Sunday with the celebration of Mass.

Festival organizers are selling raffle tickets for gift card prizes. The first place prize will be for a $1,000 gift card, second prize will be a $700 gift card, third prize, a $500 gift card and fourth prize, a $250 gift card.

St. Mary Church is located at 544 Main Street. The Church phone number is (860) 229-4894.