Two Roads Brewing Company will turn its Stratford Avenue campus into a holiday market on Saturday, December 5, 2026, with more than 35 local vendors, a bonfire with free s'mores and hot chocolate, and a tree lighting in the Hop Yard at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free, and the brewery bills it as a family event.

The schedule

  • Noon: the vendor market opens indoors and the Hop Yard bar opens.
  • Noon to 6 p.m.: shopping across both taprooms and the Hop Yard.
  • 2 to 6 p.m.: donation collection in the Hop Yard for the Stratford Animal Rescue Society.
  • 6:30 p.m.: tree lighting in the Hop Yard.
  • 7 p.m.: the event ends.

The vendor list is full, and the brewery says no more vendors are being added. The lineup may change before the day.

For kids and dogs

Children have their own room: the Giggling Pig Kid Center, set up in the Coolship Room at Area Two with sensory tables and crafts. Dogs are welcome in the Hop Yard only, and that is also where the dog photos with Santa happen. Strollers are not allowed in either tasting room; there is stroller parking in front of Two Roads and in the Area Two lobby, and strollers can go into the Hop Yard.

For adults, the bar is pouring a specialty hot cocktail for the day alongside the beer.

Two ways to give

The market doubles as a collection point for two Stratford organizations, and each gift earns a beer ticket, limited to one per person:

  • Sterling House Community Center toy drive: bring an unwrapped toy to the Two Roads Tasting Room. Gifts for preteens and teens are especially needed.
  • Stratford Animal Rescue Society: bring a pet food item from the society's list, or make a cash donation, in the Hop Yard between 2 and 6 p.m.

The beer tickets are good for beer only, not cocktails.

Before then

The brewery's calendar has a few other dates over the next three weeks: a dueling pianos night on Friday, November 20, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.; live music from Herman & Company on Friday, November 27; and a Pints With Purpose night for Trumbull Loves Children on Friday, December 4, from 5 to 9 p.m.

How to go

Two Roads Brewing Company is at 1700 Stratford Avenue in Stratford, near I-95. The Winter Market and Tree Lighting is Saturday, December 5, 2026, from noon to 7 p.m., with the tree lit at 6:30. Admission is free. Questions go to the brewery through its event page.

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