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

Feb 8   Vance Gilbert Presented by Fernando Pinto & WPKN in Celebration of Black History Month @ Jazzy’s Cabaret, 4 Orange St, New Haven
14    6-Grateful Gathering – Tie Dye Thursday @ Small Batch Cellars, 37 Nettleton Ave, North Haven
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
Feb 1    8-Mystic Bowie Bob Marley Birthday Bash Feat. Talking Dread (Warehouse)
7      8-Big Eyed Phish: Dave Matthews Tribute Band (Warehouse)
8      8-Dookie; Green Day Tribute (StageOne)
13    8-Henhouse Prowlers w/ On The Trail (StageOne)
15    8-Back To The Eighties Show with Jessie’s Girl (Warehouse)
21    8-Pangea w/ The Nuclear Heartbreak | Trample Dragons (StageOne)
8-Friends of The Brothers w/ Special Guest Jaimoe (Warehouse)
22    8-Max Creek (StageOne)
27    8-Residual Groove & Round Trip (StageOne)
28    8-Yas Queen! – A celebration of the music of Queen starring Remember Jones (Warehouse)
8-Eli “Paperboy” Reed (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/
Feb 14   Love Songs – a benefit concert
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**
Feb 1   A Band of Brothers: An All-Star Tribute to the Allman Brothers (Hartford)
4      Jay and Silent Bob: The Aural Sects Tour(Hartford)
8      Big Eyed Phish – The Dave Matthews Band Tribute (Hartford)
11    The Outlaws (Hartford)
14, 15   The Devil Makes Three (Norfolk)
19    An Evening with Cowboy Junkies – Celebrating 40 Years (Hartford)
21    GA-20 (Norfolk)
27    Adrian Vandenberg Performing Whitesnake & Vandenberg Hits (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

Feb 1  3 & 8-Best of the Eagles (3pm SOLD OUT)
2      7-Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes SOLD OUT
4      7:30-Blind Boys of Alabama
5      7:30-Dan Bern & Jeffrey Gaines
6      7:30-Toronzo Cannon
7      8-Dirty Deeds
8      8-We May Be Right
9      2-Buddy and Beyond
13    7:30-Dom Flemons
14    8-Aztec Two-Step 2.0
15    8-Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters
16    7-Robin Spielberg
19    7:30-Talisk
20    7:30-Let’s Get It On
21    8-Damn the Torpedoes
22    8-Mullett
23    1-The Everly Brothers Experience
7-Tommy Castro & the Painkillers
26    7:30-Solas
27    7:30-Kat Edmonson
28    8-Orleans

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/

Feb 21   Amy Gallatin and Stillwaters
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

Feb 11    7-Park City Songwriter Series; Featured Artists: Kyle Marshall Benny Mikula (of the Alpaca Gnomes), John Torres & Ian Tait (of Wild & Co), Ava Valiante, The Moonrise Cartel, Itamar Gov-Ari
12    7-Free Blues Jam with Tom Crivellone

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/

Feb 1   8-Classic Stones Live
13    7:30-The Rascals ‘Good Lovin’ Valentine’s Show
14    8-Billy F. Gibbons
15    8-The Marshall Tucker Band SOLD OUT
27    8-The Fab Four – USA Meets The Beatles
28    8-Welcome Back My Friends – An Evening with Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

SHU Community Theater

https://www.shucommunitytheatre.org/allevents
1420 Post Rd, Fairfield
Feb 9   7-On a Winter’s Night w/ Cliff Eberhardt, John Gorka, Lucy Kaplansky, Patty Larkin
21    8-An Evening with Cowboy Junkies – Celebrating 40 Years

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

Feb 1   7-Blackstone Valley Bluegrass
14    7-Sing: Quiet Corner Song Swap
15    7-Mad Agnes
16    4-Celtic Music Sessions

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
Feb 1   The Brian Torff Group
Apr 5   Lucy Kaplansky with Dustin Lowman opening
May 10   Peter Yarrow with Bethany Yarrow