SAVE THE DATE!
August 3, 2025
List of vendors and activities will be announced Spring of 2025.
SAVE THE DATE!!
Visit our Plant Fair page for frequent updates including maps and vendor information.
Saturday, May 3, 2025, gates open at 9:30 am until 3pm or as vendors sell out.
Follow us on Instagram @Sakonnet Plant Fair for details and a list of vendors as the sale gets closer.
Please use or click 3 Meetinghouse Lane, Little Compton, RI 02837 for your GPS.
A portion of all sales will support the mission of the Little Compton Village Improvement Society’s historic Brownell House.
For more than 10 years, the volunteer Bakers at the Village improvement Society have been making and baking holiday pies from scratch.
There is no better way to top off the turkey then to garnish your table with the sweet aroma of your favorite home baked pie.
To order, call the Brownell House Pie Line at (401) 635-4560 by 12 PM on Saturday, November 23, 2024 to reserve your pie.
Donations for the pies are $25 for apple and $18 for pumpkin or mincemeat.
All pie donations, directly benefit the care of the historic Brownell House.
Pies must be picked up at the Brownell House on Wednesday, November 27, 2024 between the hours of 10 AM and 2 PM.
The world famous Little Compton Village Improvement Society annual chicken bbq is back! Please book your tickets in advance online via the link below so we can accommodate all and have the most successful event in our 80 year history! A limited number of tickets will be available for purchase, first come first serve, on the day of the BBQ starting at 11am. Chicken Dinners are ready for pickup starting at 11am until 2pm. All events are open to the public of all ages.
Face Painting, Del’s and lawn games!
Live Music by Atwater & Donnelly from 12pm to 2pm and the Nazryss Project from 2:30pm to 5pm
The world famous Little Compton Village Improvement Society annual chicken bbq is back! Please book your tickets in advance online via the link below so we can accommodate all and have the most successful event in our 75 plus year history! A limited number of tickets will be available for purchase, first come first serve, on the day of the BBQ starting at 12pm. Chicken Dinners are ready for pickup between 4pm and 6pm. All events are open to the public of all ages.
Event Schedule:
Ticket sales 12pm
Silent Auction 12pm to 6pm
Classic Car, Truck, Tractor etc. Show 12pm to 3pm
Live Music with the Nazryss Project 3pm to 7pm
Chicken BBQ 4pm to 6pm
WMS Alumni All Ages Soccer Game (Hayes Field) 6pm, competitive game at 7pm.
Join us for an afternoon of live music with local favorite, The Nazryss Project from 3pm to 7pm.
Join us at Veterans Field for a silent auction. Dozens of items are available with all proceeds supporting the Little Compton Village Improvement Society’s care and maintenance of the historic Brownell House. After placing your bids, join us for our 79th Annual Chicken BBQ!
Advance tickets are available, with ticket sales opening day of at 12pm.
Items pictured are a sampling of items available to bid on and include a Frances Palmer pottery vase valued at over $500.
To donate items to our silent auction (valued at $25 or more), please contact Amanda Nickerson Toste at 401.835.8967
Bring your classic car, truck, tractor, vintage moped down to Veterans Field from 12pm to 3pm before our 79th Annual Chicken BBQ kicks off at 4pm.
The Village Improvement Society invites you to shake off the cold at the Historic Brownell House on February 12th from 1pm to 3pm. Guest are welcome to tour the house and discuss the history while warming up with tastings of locally made Blount Chowder and cod fish cakes from Portugalia Marketplace. Hot Cider, Coffee and Tea will also be available. This event is free to the public and open to all ages.
The Brownell House is located on the Little Compton Commons at 3 Meetinghouse Lane. Parking is available at Veterans Field.
Issima Nursery and Sakonnet Garden will host the 1st annual Sakonnet Plant Fair for the benefit of the Brownell House .
Plant vendors from near and far. Food and Beverage.. music and more
Join us on Saturday, April 3, 2021 for a hopping good time at the Brownell House.
Hop on over after the Egg Hunt and visit our Sweet Treat Chute, Best Bunny Hop Contest, Family Photo Booth and more! This event if free and open to the public.
Social distancing, sign in, and face coverings required.
Donations provided by the Little Compton Village Improvement Society and Little Compton Social Services.
All pie donations directly benefits the historic Brownell House at 3 Meetinghouse, Lane.
Apple and Pumpkin Pies $15 | Minced Meat Pies $12
Pies must be picked up on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 between 1pm and 4pm.
Call Penny at 635.2642 to order no later than November 16, 2020.
