The sun showed up on cue. That’s not always guaranteed at a spring outdoor event in Connecticut, but Saturday at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park the sky went full collaboration — big clouds, blue breaks, and enough light to make the white t-shirts practically glow. Which matters at HoliFest, because the white t-shirts are the canvas.
HoliFest 2026, presented by the India Cultural Center Greenwich, is one of the larger community events in Fairfield and Westchester counties, and this year it carried an added frame: a celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. The event’s sponsor banner made that explicit, with an America250 Affiliate designation, and the crowd on the lawn reflected it — families from across the region, a mix of regulars and first-timers, kids in HoliFest 2026 branded shirts already anticipating what they were about to walk into.
Holi itself is a Hindu spring festival, celebrated in India as a national holiday, with traditions rooted in marking the end of winter and the triumph of good over evil. The color throw is the part most people know: participants dress in white and spend a good portion of the day covered in vibrant powder, thrown communally, until no one is recognizable by their original outfit. ICC ordered over a ton of color powder for this year’s event.
The stage, backed by sponsor banners for Redfin, the YMCA of Greenwich, Mathnasium, the Law Office of Ayesha Chaudry, and Mumbai Katta among others, ran performances through the afternoon. Shivaay Dance Academy put a full ensemble on the stage — their white Shivaay t-shirts and black leggings making for clean choreography visibility — and a solo dancer in a yellow and gold lehenga performed barefoot with enough energy that the crowd of kids watching in front of the stage weren’t moving.
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Bubbles were being pumped across the Roger Sherman Baldwin Park field at intervals throughout throughout Holifest 2026. A male performer in a white shirt and jeans got the crowd involved with what appeared to be an impromptu Bollywood segment that had the Shivaay troupe watching and laughing from the wings.
Miss Connecticut, Cayla Kumar, made a stage appearance. The crowd received her well.
Away from the main stage, the lawn was organized into named sponsor tents along the waterfront — The Long Ridge School, Whitby School, Rye Country Day, Greenwich Country Day, Eagle Hill School, the Thukral Family, the Jindal Family, the Mehrotra Family, Anu and Arjun Sethi, and others — each hosting their own group of families around picnic tables with the water behind them and the park’s mature trees providing intermittent cover.
The activity zone was full of action. Kids ran a colorful hula hoop obstacle course on the grass. A mandala art table had children concentrating with paint stampers and stencils. A henna artist worked steadily on a patient at a corner table. The Stamford Super Kings Cricket Club set up a net batting cage at the edge of the property, where toddlers were getting cricket instruction from parents while older kids took proper swings.
Food covered the range expected of a festival this size. Mumbai Katta ran a large tent, decorated with marigold garlands against a view of the marina and harbor. Masala X Indian Fusion arrived in its full red truck and had a line within the first hour. Kona Ice and Bombay Pop were on site for the sweet and soda contingent.
The India Cultural Center has been running this event for years. The tents alone run nearly the full length of the waterfront lawn. Add the stage, the activity areas, the food trucks, and a full crowd in white t-shirts, and Roger Sherman Baldwin Park gets put to real use.
Photos by Marianne D. Koushouris, photographer and Founder/Principal Designer for MDK Interiors. Follow her on Instagram at @mdkinteriors.
Writing by Content Director / Editor in Chief, Eric J. Taubert (New England Innkeeper + Taubert Gallery). Find him on Facebook at @taubertgallery. X at @erictaubert. Instagram at @taubertgallery.
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