Connecticut

Acoustic Celebration

The Blues Cafe

George Newton VFW Hall, 150 Lee Farm Drive, Southbury
https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Blues-Cafe
Reservations highly encouraged | email: Bluescafebm@gmail.com
Suggested donations $25/person | Under 16 FREE
Net proceeds go to Artist Cash at the Door
Doors open 1pm | Please bring Pot Luck dish to share
Open mic: 1:15 -2:30pm | Main Act 3pm
Apr 6   Brooks Williams
Jun 8   Cliff Eberhardt w/special guest Louise Mosrie Coombe
Oct 5   On The Trail
Dec 14   Halley Neal and Sam Robbins
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Jan 25   Miles and Mafale
Dec 13   Milton Holiday Show

C.H.I.R.P.

Concert Happenings in Ridgefield Parks
Ballard Park Main St. Ridgefield
www.chirpct.org
Free family concerts open to the public in Ridgefield’s Ballard Park every Tue and Thur from June through August
All Shows 7pm FREE
ANNUALLY EVERY SUMMER

CT Folk
www.CTFolk.com

Danbury Arts In Action Coffeehouse

A Common Ground community arts center
https://www.facebook.com/daiact/
Children’s open mic 7pm, adult open mic 8pm,
featured artist 9pm
danburyartsinaction.org 203-791-9850
Free-will donations benefit DAIA arts programs
for at-risk youths

East Rock Concert Series

Various locations around New Haven
https://www.fernandopintopresents.com

Apr 4   6-Holly Near / Goodnight Moonshine @ Small Batch Cellars, 37 Nettleton Ave, North Haven
Jun 4   4-Willie Nile Band at Vine & Vibes @ Small Batch Cellars, 37 Nettleton Ave, North Haven

Fairfield Theater Company

www.fairfieldtheatre.org
FTC on StageOne or Warehouse where noted
70 Sanford St., Fairfield

Mar 8   8-Jim Messina (Warehouse)
14    8-Mystic Dead (StageOne)
19    8-Choir! Choir! Choir! Presents: Hallelujah – An Epic Anthems Sing-Along (Warehouse)
21    8-Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Warehouse)
22    Noon-The Rock And Roll Playhouse: Music Of Tom Petty + More For Kids (Warehouse)
8-Clare Maloney & The Great Adventure (StageOne)
25    8-Improvement Movement w/ The Tines (StageOne)
7:30-Concert To Benefit Caroline House feat. Shameless (Warehouse)
27    8-Ryan Montbleau (Solo) w/ Lyle Brewer (StageOne)
28    8-Pink Talking Fish; Wish You Were Here 50th Anniversary Tour w/ Good Time Boys
29    8-Gabe Dixon w/ Tracy Jo (StageOne)
30    8-Sam Greenfield (StageOne)

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival

Goshen Fairgrounds, 116 Old Middle Street (Rt 63), Goshen
https://falconridgefolk.com
Annually – Late July

Farmington Valley Acoustic Festival

Dunning Lake Beach at 50 Winding Trails Drive, Farmington
https://www.windingtrails.org/acoustic-festival
(860) 677-8458
Annual Fall Event

Fire In The Kitchen

North Madison Congregational Church, 1271 Durham Rd, Madison
fireinthekitchen.org
All shows 7pm kids: high school and under, always $5

Friday Night Folk at All Souls

All Souls Unitarian Universalist Congregation
19 Jay Street, New London
All shows: 7:30pm     www.fridaynightfolk.org/
Mar 14   Claudia Schmidt 
Apr 11   Guy Davis  
May 16   Steve Elci Family Concert

Good Folk Coffeehouse

Rowayton United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
5 Pennoyer Street Rowayton : 203-858-7791
$20 adults / $10 Children 7-12 / Under 7 FREE
www.goodfolkcoffeehouse.com

Infinity Hall

2 locations:
32 Front St., Hartford 860.560.7757
20 Greenwoods Rd W., Norfolk 860.542.5531
www.infinityhall.com
Shows at 8pm except where noted**
Mar 1   The Best of The ‘70s with DizzyFish & The Uptown Horns (Hartford)
2      Jim Messina (Hartford)
5      Marc Broussard (Hartford)
7      So Good! The Neil Diamond Experience starring Robert Neary (Hartford)
9      Joe Russo’s Selcouth Quartet (Hartford)
12    TopHouse (Hartford)
14    Popa Chubby (Norfolk)
16    The Infamous Stringdusters (Hartford)
21    TR3 featuring Tim Reynolds (Hartford)
22    Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Hartford)
Steely Dead (Norfolk)
23    Rumours ATL: A Fleetwood Mac Tribute (Hartford)
28    D.A. Foster and The Shaboo AllStars (Hartford)
Ryan Montbleau (Norfolk)
29    Cruel Summer – Tribute to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour (Hartford)
30    Melvin Seals & JGB (Hartford)

Ives Concert Park

43 Lake Ave Ext Danbury
https://www.ivesconcertpark.com/

The Kate

Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center 300 Main St., Old Saybrook
katharinehepburntheater.org

Mar 1   8-Eli Paperboy Reed
3      7:30-Jim Messina
5      7:30-Sons of Town Hall
7      8-Lunasa
8      8-Broken Arrow SOLD OUT
9      2-The Drifters SOLD OUT
11    7:30-The High Kings & Mary Black at the Palmer Auditorium
12    7:30-Lee Ritenour (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
13    7:30-Bobby Rush
14    8-Jamie McLean Band – New Orleans Mardi Gras Show
15    8-Church of Cash
16    7-Dervish
18    7:30-Choir! Choir! Choir!
22    8-Spyro Gyra (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
23    7-Cimarron 615
25    7:30-Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
26    7:30-The Fabulous Thunderbirds (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
27    7:30-Altan
28    8-  1 Wild Night
29    8-Roomful of Blues
30    2-Coast Guard Band Chamber Players SOLD OUT

Meeting House Presents

Concert Series
Unitarian Society of Hartford, 50 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford,
in cooperation with the Sounding Board Coffeehouse
information and tickets:
All shows are Friday night at 7:30pm
$20 Gen Adm / $14 Students w/ ID
Children under age 12 are free with paying parent.
http://www.ushartford.com/nourishing-spirit/music/meetinghousepresents/

Mar 21   Mad Agnes

Music at The Ridge

UU Congregation of Danbury, 24 Clapboard Ridge Rd
Concerts: First Sundays (except holidays) 4pm
https://.musicattheridge.org

O’Brien’s Irish Pub

83 Lake Ave., Danbury
203-628-7108    www.obrienspubdanbury.com

Quick Center for the Arts

Fairfield University  1073 North Benson Road,  Fairfield
1-877-ARTS-369   www.quickcenter.com

Park City Music Hall

(formerly Acoustic Cafe)
2926 Fairfield Ave. Black Rock   203-335-FOLK (3655)
https://parkcitymusichall.com

Mar 1   9:30-Give the Drummer Some
2      2-School of Rock FREE
4      7-McNulty’s Dead
5      7:30-Liquid Love
6      7:30-Bob Marley Birthday Celebration
7      8-R&B Speakeasy
8      10am-School of Rock FREE, 7-Deep Banana Blackbelt
11    7-Park City Songwriter Series w/ Kyle Marshall, Benny Mikula (of the Alpaca Gnomes), John Torres & Ian Tait (of Wild & Co), Ava Valiante, The Moonrise Cartel, Itamar Gov-Ari (Billboard Charting Producer)
12    7-Park City Blues Jam FREE
13    7-Under The Covers w/ Eric DiBerardino FREE
14    6-Story Songs of the 70s: Gordon Lightfoot, Cat Stevens, and Harry Chapin
9-Emo Night CT’s Broken Hearts Ball
15    8:30-POSTPONED: Creamery Station & Drop Party
16    4 & 7-Fairfield Center Stage Presents Carole King’s Tapestry
19    8-Wild & Co. Residency
20    8-Jimkata with Px3
21    8-North County Band & Brian Dolzani Band
22    8-TAUK
23    6-Trova y Salsa
25   7-Open Mic Night
27    5-CatalystCT Presents Bayou Bash
28    8-Walrus Presents the 9th Annual Johnny Cash Birthday Bash

Ridgefield Folk Series

Ridgefield Library, 472 Main St, Ridgefield
www.ridgefieldlibrary.org   203-438-2282
Shows @ 2pm
free Tickets – 1pm pickup at the door

The Ridgefield Playhouse

80 East Ridge Ridgefield 203-438-5795
https://ridgefieldplayhouse.org
Safety Guidelines:
https://ridgefieldplayhouse.org/covid-19/

Mar 2   7-David Shaw – lead vocalist of The Revivalists
3      7:30-George Thorogood & The Destroyers: The Baddest Show On Earth SOLD OUT
5      7:30-The High Kings Step It Out World Tour SOLD OUT
6      8-Joe Russo’s Selcouth Quartet
7      8-A.J. Croce
8      8-The Australian Bee Gees Show
9      7:30-The Irish Tenors With The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra
11    8-Burton Cummings of ‘The Guess Who’ 60th Anniversary Hits Tour
14    8-ZZ Ward – The Dirty Sun Tour
15    7:30-Preservation Hall Jazz Band
16    11am & 2-A Year with Frog and Toad
8-The Lone Bellow
21    8-The Machine Performs Pink Floyd – The Wall
22    8-The Machine Performs Pink Floyd – 50 Years Of Wish You Were Here With Animals
23    11am & 2-Cat Kid Comic Club The Musical
26    8-Blue October: An Evening with Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October
27    8-Marc Cohn
29    8-The Doo Wop Project
30    7:30-Al Di Meola

SHU Community Theater

https://www.shucommunitytheatre.org/allevents
1420 Post Rd, Fairfield

Mar 7   8-Louisana Calling with The Sonny Landreth Band
13    7:30-Red Hot Chilli Pipers
14    8-Dervish
15    8-Fearless: The Taylor Swift Experience
21    8-Direct from Sweden: The Music of ABBA
22    8-TR3 ft. Tim Reynolds
26    7:30-Walter Trout

The Sounding Board

The Universalist Church of West Hartford,
433 Fern Street, West Hartford
http://www.folknotes.org 860-635-7685
https://www.thesoundingboard.org

Shows at 7:30
Mar 15  Claudia Schmidt With Opener Emily Bevelaqua
29    Peter Mulvey
Apr 12   The Ruta Beggars with opener Lindsey Fyfe Perkel
26    Jon Pousette-Dart
May 10  Kray Van Kirk /  Stan Sullivan
24    The Portables

Stamford Center for the Arts

Rich Forum 307 Atlantic St., Stamford 203-325-4466
www.onlyatsca.com

24 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury
6:30 potluck, 7:30 concert
$15 tickets available at the door, cash or check
Info: Nancy H. at 203-743-0453

The Vanilla Bean Cafe

Corner Of Rts 44, 169 & 97 Pomfret (860)928-1562
www.thevanillabeancafe.com
Sing: Quiet Corner Song Swap 7- 8:30pm

Mar 2   10am-Irish Music Brunch
8       7-Turas
14    7-Sing: Quiet Corner Song Swap
16    4-Celtic Music Sessions
22    7-Unplugged Open Mic
28    7-James Keelaghan @ Connecticut Audubon Society–Center at Pomfret, 218 Day Road, Pomfret Center

Voices Café

The Unitarian Church 10 Lyons Plains Road Westport
203-227-7205 x14   www.voicescafe.org
In-person and live-streaming
All Shows 8pm; Reserved seating for groups of 4+
Adm: $25 Adv / $30 Door
Mar 1   Rick Reyes & Santos de Palo
Apr 5   Lucy Kaplansky with Dustin Lowman opening