CONNECTICUT
Acoustic Celebration
St. Stephen’s Church, North Hall 351 Main St
or where noted:
Temple Shearith Israel 46 Peaceable St Ridgefield
www.acousticcelebration.org
(203) 431-6501 e-mail: info@acousticcelebration.org
Concerts at 4pm, Doors open 3:30pm
Apr 7 4-David Francey
Branford Folk Coffeehouse
First Congregational Church of Branford
1009 Main Street, Branford www.folknotes.org/branfordfolk
Shows: 8pm nonmemb $15, memb $12, children 12 – under, $5
ON HIATUS
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
Aug 6 Tracy Grammer and Jim Henry
Oct 27 Milton
Dec 8 Goodnight Moonshine
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
May 17 7-Possessed By Paul James / Eddie Seville
@ Jazzy’s Cabaret, 4 Orange St, New Haven
23 7-The Pairs
@ Jazzy’s Cabaret, 4 Orange St, New Haven
24 7-Damn Tall Buildings / Cole Quest and the City Pickers
@ Jazzy’s Cabaret, 4 Orange St, New Haven
Jul 6 6-In The Round – Grace Pettis / Robby Hecht / Frank Critelli
@ Best Video Film & Cultural Center, 1842 Whitney Ave, Hamden
Oct 19 7-Goodnight Moonshine
@ Jazzy’s Cabaret, 4 Orange St, New Haven
Fairfield Theater Company
www.fairfieldtheatre.org
FTC on StageOne or Warehouse where noted
70 Sanford St., Fairfield
May 3 8-Lespecial (Warehouse)
4 7:45-Albert Lee (StageOne)
8-Eggy (Warehouse)
5 8-Here Come The Mummies (Warehouse)
8 8-Meals For Music featuring Damn Tall Buildings & Sam Robbins (StageOne)
10 7:45-Mikaela Davis (StageOne)
8-Yacht Lobsters (Warehouse)
11 7:45-Ariel Posen (StageOne)
8-Ct Grateful Dead All Stars Special Guest: Crispin Cioe (Warehouse)
17 7:45-Drew Angus (StageOne)
18 7:45-Sophie B. Hawkins (StageOne)
19 7:45-The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams (StageOne)
22 8-The Heavy Heavy (Warehouse)
30 8-John Hiatt (Warehouse)
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/
May 17 Seat of Our Pants
Sep 20 The Bards of Gungywamp
Oct 11 Arlene Wow and band
Nov 15 John Gorka
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**
May 3 8-Brandy Clark (Norfolk)
8-The Jayhawks (Hartford)
4 8-Petty Breakers (Norfolk)
8-Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes (Hartford)
5 8-The Wood Brothers (Hartford)
10 8-Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Hartford)
16 8-Daniela Darcourt (Hartford)
17 8-Yacht Lobsters (Hartford)
8-Bella’s Bartok (Norfolk)
18 8-Steely Dead (Hartford)
23 8-John Hiatt (Hartford)
25 8-Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (Hartford)
31 8-Early Elton Trio (Hartford)
Jun 7 8-Josh Ritter
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
May 2 7:30-Albert Lee
3 8-Greg Hawkes with Eddie Japan Performing the Music of The Cars
4, 5 8-Bee Gees Gold BOTH SHOWS SOLD OUT
7 7:30-Crash Test Dummies
8 7:30-Margaret Glaspy
9 7:30-Peter Rowan
10 8-Hell’s Belles
11 8-James Montgomery Band & Sean Chambers w/ Savoy Brown Rhythm Section
21 7:30-Herb Alpert & Lani Hall
22 7:30-Louisiana Calling with The Sonny Landreth Band and The Iguanas
24 8-Seals & Crofts 2
26 7-Ellis Paul
30 7:30-Tom Rush
31 8-Durham County Poets
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/
May 4 Matinee Performance: Holly Near
Jun 21 6-Outdoor* Concert with ResQ and Bluebyrd
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
May 1 8:-Logical Pretzel performing the songs of Steely Dan
2 8-Eldorado Slim ft. Scott Sharrard of Little Feat with Wild & Company
3 8-Benny Mikula with Riley Cotton, Christopher Cavaliere and Erik Rabasca
4 7-Tunes for Tommy ft. Turn on Red, Ellis Island & Marisa Bloom
5 2-Cinco de Mayo FREE, 7-Como La Flor: Selena Tribute
7 8-The “Resi-Dency” featuring Residual Groove
8 8-Madelline with Gold Eris
10 9-The Dave Matthews Tribute Band
11 1-A Celebration of Life for Jimmy & Eddie Casey FREE
14 7-CT Songwriters Collective Presents Writers in the Round, Hosted by Drew
15 7:30-J.WAIL Live Band ft. Sammi Garett + members of lespecial, Cool Cool Cool & Space Bacon: A Fundraiser to Benefit the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce
16 8-Steely Dead: A Sonic Fusion of the Grateful Dead & Steely Dan
17 8-The Smiths Tribute NYC, 10:30-Late Night with DJ Brownie followed by SM INK
18 9-Affinity Dispensary presents Bob Marley Tribute ft. Darian Cunning, Mark Lyon, Pierre Dubose, Rich Zurkowski, Tracy Jo, Liz Ashk
22 7-Prohibition Night Presents “Spring Fling” ft. The Hot Club of Black Rock
23 8-Lee-Ann Lovelace with Hunter Root
24 9-Tangled Vine; Rock and Roll Jukebox
25 9-Magic Beans; Official After-Party for Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Andy Frasco, Dogs in a Pile
26 5-Killer Drum Jams
29 7:30-Free Blues Jam with Tom Crivellone & Friends FREE
30 6-“Sing Across the Sound” Karaoke; A Fundraiser for Swim Across the Sound
31 9-Pangea & Armo
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/
May 1 7:30-Lyle Lovett and Lisa Loeb- In Conversation and Song
2 8-Jefferson Starship
4 8-Dark Desert Eagles
6 7:30-Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre – A Brief History Of Tull Tour
7 7:30-Madeleine Peyroux
15 7:30-Choir! Choir! Choir!
16 8-Echoes of Sinatra & Friends
18 8-Dixie Dregs Anachronicity Tour 2024
24 7:30-Amos Lee – Transmissions Tour
SHU Community Theater
https://www.shucommunitytheatre.org/allevents
1420 Post Rd, Fairfield
May 3 8-The Doo Wop Project
4 8-Rickie Lee Jones
10 8-John Pizzarelli & Catherine Russell – Tribute to Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra
30 7:30-Andy Summers
31 8-Eaglemania
Jun 7 8-Jazz Is Dead: Interpretations of classic Grateful Dead songs with jazz influences
8 8-Cady & Mary Ann
9 7-Spyro Gyra
14 8-Linda Eder
16 7-Jake Shimabukuro
29 8-Josh Ritter
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
May 4 Vance Gilbert
11 Sally Rogers and Howie Bursen
18 The Portable Folk Music Festival
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
May 4 7-Tracy Grammer & Jim Henry
10 7-Sing: Quiet Corner Song Swap
17 7-Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen
18 7-Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards
Jun 1 7-Sally Rogers – Benefit Concert
7 7-Sing: Quiet Corner Song Swap
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
May 4 8-Jesse Terry & Sam Robbins