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
Apr 28 Good Medicine with Mark Cosgrove
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
Apr 5 7-John Gorka
@ Jazzys Cabaret , 4 Orange St, New Haven
11 7:30-Nora Brown
@ Jazzys Cabaret, 4 Orange St, New Haven
19 7-Anthony Geraci & The Boston Blues All- Stars
@ Jazzys Cabaret, 4 Orange St, New Haven
20 6:30-Dave Hill
@ Jazzys Cabaret, 4 Orange St, New Haven
26 8-The Nervous Eaters / Nails Hide Metal
@ The Cellar on Treadwell , 295 Treadwell St., Building H, Hamden
28 4-Robyn Hitchcock / Eugene Mirman – East Rock Concert Series @ Westport Library, 20 Jesup Rd, Westport
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
Apr 3 8-Shovels & Rope with Al Olender (Warehouse)
5 7:45-Joshua Radin with Maddie Poppe (StageOne)
6 8-Caroline Rose with La Force (Warehouse)
9 7:45-Leo Kottke (StageOne)
11 7:45-Quinn Sullivan (StageOne)
8-Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors with Donovan Woods
(Warehouse)
12 7:45-Graham Parker (StageOne)
8-Kung Fu with Canopy (Warehouse)
13 8-Scary Pockets with David Ryan Harris (Warehouse)
17 7:45-Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams (StageOne)
19 8-Spafford with Jelly (Warehouse)
27 8-Pink Talking Fish (Warehouse)
28 7:45-Chris Difford (of Squeeze) (StageOne)
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/
Apr 12 Tom Chapin
May 17 Seat of Our Pants
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**
Apr 4 Richard Thompson: Ship to Shore Tour 2024 (Hartford)
12 Donna The Buffalo (Norfolk)
The Wallflowers (Hartford)
13 8-Melvin Seals & JGB (Hartford)
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)
23 8-John Hiatt (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
Apr 4 7:30-Kat Wright
5 8-Late for the Sky: A Tribute to Jackson Browne with Jake Thistle
7 7-The Weight Band featuring members of The Band and Levon Helm Band
9, 10 7:30-Judy Collins
11 7:30-Emmet Cohen
12 8-Bettye LaVette
13 8-Home Again: A Tribute To Carole King
14 7-Trout Fishing in America
16 7:30-Joanne Shaw Taylor SOLD OUT
18 7:30-Martin Sexton
19 8-BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
20 8-Alex Shillo: Tribute To Bruce Springsteen
21 3-Not Fade Away: Rock ‘N’ Roll Reignited
25 7:30-Mike DelGuidice SOLD OUT
26 8-The Brit Pack
28 7-Darlingside
30 7:30-An Evening with JD Souther
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/
Apr 19 The Hot Flashes (Amy Gallatin, Gail Wade, and Peggy Harvey and friends)
May 4 Matinee Performance: Holly Near
17 TBA
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
Apr 2 7-The “Resi-dency” First Tuesdays @ PCMH FREE
3 8-Performing the Music of Neil Young: Brian Dolzani as “The Loner” Acoustic Set + Full Band Set
4 7-CIRI Concert 2024: 6th Annual Benefit Concert
5 9-The Iron Maidens with Living Wreckage
7 2-School of Rock Presents Spring Adult Show performing Live Aid, CBGB, Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty FREE
9 7-CT Songwriters Collective Presents Writers in the Round Hosted by Drew Angus
10 7:30-Blues Jam with Tom Crivellone & Friends FREE
11 8-Mighty Mystic & SunDub
12 9-LaMP (Russ Lawton, Scott Metzger, Ray Paczkowski) ft. Zdenek Gubb
13 9-Last Exit: Pearl Jam Tribute
14 8-The New Mastersounds with The Lucky Strokes
17 9-Alligator performing The Dead, Phish, Ween, Dylan, Originals and more
18 8-The Last Minutemen Present Surf, Blues & Boogie
19 9-An Evening with Mystic Bowie
20 2-Spark City 420 Fest ft. Garden Grove, Leon Trout and more
21 6-Del Mundo Presents Trova y Salsa A Rhythm and Culture Extravaganza
23 7-Open Mic Hosted by Doey Joey & Gianni Leito FREE
25 8-The Tom Petty Project
26 9-The Tom Petty Project
28 6-Skateport Grooves
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/
Apr 9 7:30-Pat Metheny – Dream Box Tour
11 8-Jorma Kaukonen
17 7:30-Get The Led Out
20 8-Jukebox Saturday Night
21 7:30-Ben Folds And A Piano
25 7:30-Shawn Colvin & Kt Tunstall: Together On Stage
27 8-Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes
May 1 7:30-Lyle Lovett and Lisa Loeb- In Conversation and Song
SHU Community Theater
https://www.shucommunitytheatre.org/allevents
1420 Post Rd, Fairfield
Apr 3 7-SHU Guitar Festival ft. Roni Ben-Hur and Harvie S
4 7:30-Christian McBride featuring special guest Kersten Stevens
5 8-Rufus Wainwright
12 8-Pandit Anindo Chatterjee
13 8-Al DiMeola
20 Melissa Errico featuring Billy Stritch
27 8-Friends Of The Brothers – The Allman Brothers Band Tribute
30 7:30-Croce Plays Croce: A.J. Croce performs songs of Jim Croce & more
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
Apr 6 John Gorka
13 Ellis Paul and Danni Nicholls
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
Apr 12 7-Sing: Quiet Corner Song Swap
13 7-Atwater~Donnelly
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
Apr 6 The Deep River Ramblers
May 4 8-Jesse Terry & Sam Robbins