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Winterfest and the Tunnel of Lights is celebrating its 45th year as a family holiday tradition. Halls are decked both inside and outside with over 15,000 lights. Outside, closed trolley cars transport jolly guests down a tunnel of lights for 20-30 minutes as they sing traditional Christmas carols with their trolley car operators. For an open air view of the Tunnel of Lights, one open sleigh car is lit up entirely with holiday lights. Be sure to dress warm and bring blankets! Inside, the Visitor Center is decorated like a Winter Wonderland with multiple model train layouts and lights galore.

   **Winterfest and the Tunnel of Lights is held rain or shine. During inclement weather, open cars are not operated and are substituted with closed cars.

Ticket Prices

Infants or children under 2 years of age can travel on the lap of an adult for free.

 Links to CT Trolley Museum

Donna The Buffalo is not just a band, rather one might say that Donna The Buffalo has become a lifestyle for its members and audiences. Since 1989, the roots rockers have played thousands of shows and countless festivals including Bonnaroo, Newport Folk Festival, Telluride, Austin City Limits Festival, Merle Fest, and Philadelphia Folk Festival.

They’ve opened for The Dead and have toured with Peter Rowan, Del McCoury, Los Lobos, Little Feat, Jim Lauderdale, Rusted Root, and Railroad Earth to name a few. They also toured with Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen to help raise awareness about increased corporate spending in politics.

In 1991, the band started the Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival in Trumansburg, NY. The four day festival has become an annual destination for over 15,000 music lovers every year and was started as an AIDS benefit. It continues as a benefit for arts and education. To date, the event has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and is now one of three Grassroots Festivals; the Bi-annual Shakori Hills fest in North Carolina and Virginia Key festival in Florida. In 2016 GrassRoots Culture Camp was introduced in Trumansburg, New York as four days of music, art, dance and movement workshops, including nightly dinners and dances.

$30 Advance/$35 Day of Show

Doors 7:00pm

Music 8:00pm

Tickets at https://broadbrookoperahouse.thundertix.com/events/215474

Santa at Driveway waving at passing cars. Car 303 on NRS Track 1.

ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT

Enjoy a festive morning with Santa, breakfast, a trolley ride and our beautifully decorated Visitor Center on December 9th from 8:00 am to 10:30 am. Breakfast includes eggs, pancakes, assorted donuts, coffee, juice, and water. On the same grounds as the Trolley Museum is the Connecticut Fire Museum complete with antique fire trucks and apparatus. All activities, breakfast, Santa, and Fire Truck Museum entrance is included with your admission price.

   Breakfast with Santa is held rain or shine.

 Ticket Prices

Infants or children under 2 years of age can travel on the lap of an adult for free.

 Tickets

Tickets must be purchased in advance as there will be no ticket sales at the Trolley Museum on the day of the event. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your selected departure time.

PURCHASE TICKETS

All tickets sales are final. Refunds or transfers are only honored up to seven days before the date of the event. No-shows will be charged the full price.

A great program for our younger visitors. Storytime Trolley with Santa & his Elf will run on Saturday, December 9th and 16th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Visitors will enjoy a ride in a decorated vintage trolley car where Santa will visit with each child and be engaged the entire ride on the trolley. Also, while on board Santa’s elf will read a holiday story and each child will complete a craft. Following the trolley ride, Museum guests will head to the Visitors Center which has been transformed into a Winter Wonderland with multiple model train layouts and lights galore.

   Storytime Trolley with Santa & his Elf is held rain or shine.

 Ticket Prices

Infants or children under 2 years of age can travel on the lap of an adult for free.

 Tickets

Tickets must be purchased in advance as there will be no ticket sales at the Trolley Museum on the day of the event. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your selected departure time.

PURCHASE TICKETS

All tickets sales are final. Refunds or transfers are only honored up to seven days before the date of the event. No-shows will be charged the full price.

Event Details

Winterfest and the Tunnel of Lights is celebrating its 45th year as a family holiday tradition. Halls are decked both inside and outside with over 15,000 lights. Outside, closed trolley cars transport jolly guests down a tunnel of lights for 20-30 minutes as they sing traditional Christmas carols with their trolley car operators. For an open air view of the Tunnel of Lights, one open sleigh car is lit up entirely with holiday lights. Be sure to dress warm and bring blankets! Inside, the Visitor Center is decorated like a Winter Wonderland with multiple model train layouts and lights galore.

   **Winterfest and the Tunnel of Lights is held rain or shine. During inclement weather, open cars are not operated and are substituted with closed cars.

Ticket Prices

Infants or children under 2 years of age can travel on the lap of an adult for free.

 Links to CT Trolley Museum