MILFORD, Ohio — Downtown Milford will transform into a fall festival for “Gilmore Girls” fans this weekend as “Stars Follow: A Gilmore Experience” returns to Riverside Park and the historic business district Nov. 14-15.
The two-day event, organized by the Historic Milford Association under its Downtown Milford brand, draws on the look and feel of Stars Hollow, the fictional Connecticut town at the center of the early-2000s television series. The festival features local vendors, a passport-stamp scavenger hunt through downtown shops and a grand-prize drawing for those who complete it, according to a post from Downtown Milford Ohio.
Registration opens at 8 a.m. and the festival runs from 9 a.m. both days. Each day includes a costume fashion show at 11 a.m., billed as a non-competitive celebration of fans’ “Gilmore”-inspired outfits. A trivia contest is set for 3 p.m. Saturday, and a dance marathon follows at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The weekend opens Friday with a ticketed, eight-course Bracebridge Dinner hosted by Milford Lodge No. 54, the local Masonic lodge chartered in 1820, running from 6 to 9 p.m. Organizers said tickets and full event details are available through the festival’s online registration page.
The event is produced in partnership with Emergence Entertainment, according to the announcement.
Milford’s downtown business district sits along the Little Miami River and has undergone a decades-long revitalization effort since the 1980s, when many of its historic storefronts stood vacant. The corridor is now home to independent shops, restaurants and the riverside green space that will host much of this year’s festival activity.
The information contained in this story was obtained from Downtown Milford Ohio.