Barnum Sails The Sound Comes To Bridgeport On May 30

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The Barnum Festival offers dockside dining and a date on the water with Barnum Sails The Sound on Saturday, May 30.

Barnum Sails The Sound, one of the events of the Barnum Festival, will be held on Saturday, May 30.
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Barnum Sails The Sound includes dockside dining and dancing aboard a cruise that leaves at 7:15 p.m.
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Barnum Sails The Sound, one of the events of the Barnum Festival, takes place on May 30.
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A band plays at Barnum Sails The Sound.
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Guests enjoy Barnum Sails The Sound.
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Tom Renner

Content Partner: Barnum Festival

Dining begins at 5:15 and the cruise leaves at 7:15 p.m. Guests will dance the night away with the WhatUp Funk Band. Tickets are $50. Click here to purchase tickets. Any ticket buyer who shares an email address with The Barnum Festival will also receive two round-trip ferry passes.

Barnum Sails The Sound is part of the month-long Barnum Festivl celebration. Now in its 67th year, the event was created to build community spirit and honor Bridgeport’s most famous resident, P.T. Barnum. The renowned entrepreneur and co-founder of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, was also a generous philanthropist, newspaper publisher, charismatic showman, philosopher, humanitarian, politician and benefactor for the City of Bridgeport, where he served as mayor.

The next Barnum Festival event is a Night at The Bridgeport Bluefish on June 12.

For the complete list of Barnum Festival events, click here to go to Festival website.