Friday, July 26
5-10 p.m.
Saturday, July 27
9 a.m.-10 p.m.
Old Grove Park, Palace Street
Rides & games by
Marenna Amusements -Unlimited rides for $25; 25 tickets for $20
Friday, July 26
Cover Girl—6-7:30 p.m.
(Party Band)
Foreigner Journey Experience—8-10 p.m.
(Foreigner/Journey Tribute)
Saturday, July 27
Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast—9 a.m.
Park-Rec Bocce Tournament—11 a.m.
Great Bartender Race—1 p.m.
Kids Activities: Princesses, Tattoos,
Balloons, Face Painting—2-4 p.m.
The Rock House School of Music TKM
All Star Band—2-3:30 p.m.
(Rock)
Faster Things—4-5:30 p.m.
(Allman Brothers Tribute)
The Navels—6-7:30 p.m.
(Classic Rock)
Nick Fradiani—8-10 p.m.
(Connecticut Native & Season 14
Winner of “American Idol” )
Nick Fradiani won “American Idol” in 2015
and is now starring as Neil Diamond in the
Broadway production of “A Beautiful Noise:
The Neil Diamond Musical.” Fradiani will
headline Day 2 of the Savin Rock Festival at 8
p.m. July 27 in Old Grove Park.
West Haven’s flagship festival was established in 1982 by the Chamber of Commerce — initially under the direction of Brian M. Stone, David Gesler and Michael Shiner and thereafter by John L. Perrone and his wife, Mary Perrone — to bring organizations, clubs, businesses and families together for a summer festival that celebrates life in one of America’s oldest coastal communities.
From the dawn of the Savin Rock House hotel in 1838, the Rock had long been a resort hub until it was officially incorporated as an amusement park by the Savin Rock Park Co. on Memorial Day 1925, when it opened to 300,000 visitors and 66,000 automobiles in one spectacular day.
For the next four decades, the popular seaside park captured the hearts and imaginations of “Rock rats” of all ages. “The Coney Island of Connecticut” shuttered on Sept. 21, 1966, to pave the way for the Savin Rock Urban Renewal Project.
