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Freshfields in November: Smoke & Shuck to Santa

Wine nights, Garden & Gun's oyster and barbecue afternoon Nov. 14, the race finish Nov. 21, a Thanksgiving market and Santa all holiday weekend, as the village lists them.

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Freshfields Village's calendar fills the rest of November, from Garden & Gun's Lowcountry Smoke & Shuck on Saturday, Nov. 14 to Santa at the village the weekend after Thanksgiving. Here is the month as the village lists it. The times are the calendar's; each listing on its site has the details.

Food and drink: a Thanksgiving Wine Tasting at FortyEight Wine Bar, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 5 to 6 p.m. The Silver Oak Wine Dinner, Thursday, Nov. 12, 6 to 9 p.m. Lowcountry Smoke & Shuck, Saturday, Nov. 14, 3 to 6 p.m., Garden & Gun's afternoon of oysters and barbecue, open with an RSVP on Garden & Gun's page. Spirit Tastings every Friday and Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Winedown Wednesday at Showroom, every Wednesday, 3 to 5 p.m.

Music and games: Jazz Night at Porch Bar, Thursday, Nov. 12, 6 to 8 p.m. Mahjong Open Play, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2 to 4 p.m.

Race morning: the Bohicket Half Marathon Finish Line Celebration, Saturday, Nov. 21, 8 a.m. to noon.

Thanksgiving week: the Thanksgiving Farmers Market, Monday, Nov. 23, 1 to 5 p.m.

Holiday weekend: Santa Visits the Village on Friday, Nov. 27 and Saturday, Nov. 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 29, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Holiday Market runs Saturday, Nov. 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with Holiday Weekend Entertainment on the same days as Santa. Letters to Santa is listed all day, Nov. 27 through Nov. 30.

Before you go: listings change, so check the village's calendar the day you head over. Every island event, Freshfields included, is on our events board by the day.

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Sources: Freshfields Village, events calendar (read Nov. 3, 2026) (the business) · Garden & Gun, Lowcountry Smoke & Shuck (read Oct. 19, 2026) (the business). Written with AI by The Islander desk, every source re-checked before it ran (our standards); nothing is copied. Want more of the Islander in Google? Add us as a preferred source. See something wrong? Tell us and it gets fixed, with the date.

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