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Essex Ed will make his big reveal on Sunday, February 2nd at 2 pm, when he emerges from Essex Boat Works for his annual procession up Main Street in Essex Village. Every year in celebration of Groundhog Day, a community organization dresses Essex Ed – a twelve-foot paper mache version of a groundhog – in a costume that recognizes a person Event by Essex Board of Trade on Sunday, February 2 2025 Groundhog Day Celebrations occuring in 2025. Lady Edwina of Essex: Groundhog: 02/02/25: 10:00am EST: Turtle Back Zoo: 560 Northfield Ave, West Orange, New Jersey Location: Zoo Birthday Party Classroom Time: 10am press conference Come in person or watch live on Facebook at our County Executive’s page: Joseph N DiVincenzo Jr Hear ye, hear ye! Lady Edwina of Essex is once again planning to awaken from her winter slumber and tell us what weather we have in store for 2025. Groundhog Day Post-Parade Party Feb 02, 2025, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Essex Corinthian Yacht Club, Novelty Ln, Essex, CT 06426, USA and good vibes to toast Essex What is Groundhog Day? People flock to Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 2 every year to be a part of the celebrations revolving around Punxsutawney Phil's winter forecast. Updated: 5:48 PM EST Jan 29, 2025 Everything you need to know about Groundhog Day. Share Copy Link. Copy The Groundhog Day celebration at Gobbler's Knob started in 1887. Aside from a 10-year When is Groundhog Day 2025? Groundhog Day will take place Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Thousands will show up in person, with the grounds to Gobblers Knob opening at 4 a.m., and millions will tune in to see if Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow. More: Where to watch Bill Murray's 1993 classic movie 'Groundhog Day' for Groundhog Day. What is In real life, Essex Ed has led the Groundhog Day Parade in Essex Village for over four decades. At this annual appearance, Ed reveals his secret identity. Parade-goers beat the winter doldrums by beating their own drums (or pots, pans, spoons and spatulas) and even don their groundhog gear to cheer for the groundhog and spring. If we're being honest, it even defies common sense. The legend is simple: The groundhog's shadow on Feb. 2 predicts the weather for the next six weeks, until the start of spring. It’s another spirited day in Essex! Essex Ed returns for his 44th year to lead the Groundhog Day Parade. Come ready to make some noise as everyone’s favorite groundhog makes his annual appearance and reveals his secret identity for 2024. Gather by The Gris and watch Ed make his way up Main Street. Parade takes place rain, snow or SHINE! RBC | I have an idea for the Meeker Chamber of Commerce: We could piggyback on the Pennsylvania Feb. 2 Groundhog Day hype by naming our groundhog as the one and only “Meeker Whistlepig” or the “Flattops Weather Marmot.” The Master of Ceremony would wear a Stetson and rope the varmint from under a stump Essex Ed’s Groundhog Day Parade tells the story of Essex Ed, who loves holidays and parades but misses his favorite one, Halloween, because of hibernation. Jan 28, 2025. T-Mobile Tuesdays Grab your pots and pans and head to Essex Village, Essex CT on Sunday, January 30th at 2 pm for one of the most popular parades of the year! “Essex Ed”, a larger-than-life ground hog, will make his annual pilgrimage from Essex Boat Works on Ferry Street up to the top of Main Street leading a parade of antique cars, fife & drum corps, residents, and visitors. On Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, Connecticut's Chuckles XI will deliver his first prognostication since his "arrest" by Guilford police last year. Every year in celebration of Groundhog Day, a community organization dresses Essex Ed – a twelve-foot paper mache version of a groundhog - in a costume that recognizes a person or special occasion. That organization and costume remain top secret until Essex Ed appears for his journey and to his place of honor at the roundabout on the top of Turtle Back Zoo is home to the weather-predicting groundhog Lady Edwina of Essex, the only other woodchuck in New Jersey with any Groundhog Day experience. But Lady Edwina was already booked to Residents of Milltown, in Middlesex County, will say just how special the February holiday is in the town of about 7,000. “It’s a big tradition in town, it’s like one big family,” said one Essex: Children’s interactive illustration and book signing event for Essex Ed’s Groundhog Day Parade. Program will take place on Saturday, January 28 at 12:00 PM. Children are invited to join the book’s illustrator, Mina Hamamoto Mohtasham, in an illustration workshop, followed by a book reading with the book’s author, Sue Cornell. Continue reading → Due to the incoming snowstorm, Sunday’s Essex Ed Parade is officially CANCELED! Essex town officials have determined that snow removal is not possible in time to ensure safe streets and sidewalks along the parade route. Predictions for dangerously cold temps and high winds are also safety concerns. Essex Ed may make a surprise appearance for
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