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

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

Tip of the Hat Series @ The Mac (Milford Arts Council)
40 Railroad Avenue, Milford

CT Folk Fest & Green Expo
Sep 26    11am-8pm
Main Stage
Kyshona • On The Trail • The Wolff Sisters • Kemp Harris • Riley Cotton + The Tin Men • American Elm
Bigger Beast Stage
Bryan Titus • Louie Lou Louis • Laura Clapp • Tina Ross • Shawn Taylor • Christina Meadows • Me, Like Many

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

The following shows @ Small Batch Cellars
37 Nettleton Ave, North Haven except where noted**

Sep 13   4-Eight To The Bar / Sweeter Than Wine
20    4-Roomful Of Blues
26    7-Dead Man’s Waltz
27    4-Vanessa Collier

Fairfield Theater Company

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

Sep 4   Tuba Skinny (Stageone)
10    Susto Stringband (Stageone)
11    Brian Dolzani As The Loner The Music Of Neil Young (Stageone)
12    Popa Chubby (Stageone)
17    Parlor Greens w/ Matt Kampe & The Hub (Stageone)
18    Mystic Dead (Stageone)
8-FTC’s Country Dance Party (Warehouse)
19    Sugar Mountain (Stageone)
8-Paula Cole – This Fire: 30 (Warehouse)
20    Tom Hamilton Band w/ Seth Adam (Stageone)
26    Amythyst Kiah (Stageone)
I’m Your Man: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen with Robert Burke Warren & Friends (Stageone)
Oct 1   Sam Grisman Project (Stageone)
Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen (Warehouse)
2      The Fab Faux; A Hard Day’s Night In Its Entirety Plus A Set Of Greatest Hits (Warehouse)
3      The Fab Faux; More Greatest Hits Plus A Set of ‘The Beatles Solo Years (Warehouse)

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival

Goshen Fairgrounds, 116 Old Middle Street (Rt 63), Goshen
https://falconridgefolk.com
Annually in 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
Oct 17    11am-6pm
The Clement Brothers • FHS Chamber Strings • Eric Paradine & Friends • Ava Grom • Gracin Dorsey • Beg, Steal, or Borrow • Bonnie Jacobson • House of Hamill • Howley  & more

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/

Sep 18   Amy Gallatin and Stillwaters
Oct 9   Crys Matthews
Nov 13   The Connecticut Hope Collective for World Kindness Day
Dec 11   The Rivergods
2027
Jan 8   Geoff Kaufman
Feb 12   Pete Seeger tribute benefit
Mar 12   CT Troubadours: Kala Farnham, Lara Herscovitch, Charlie Widmer
Apr 9   Windborne
May 7   Joe Jencks

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

Primarily 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**

Sep 3   Rebirth Brass Band (Norfolk)
11    REPRISE: Recreating Iconic Phish Shows (Hartford)
12    7-Max Creek (Powder Ridge Mountain Park, Middlefield)
13    Chris Knight (Norfolk)
16    The Wooten Brothers (Hartford)
19    A Band of Brothers (Hartford)
NRBQ (Norfolk)
20    The Budos Band (Hartford)
26    Guitar Monsters (Hartford)
30    Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen (Norfolk)

The Kate

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

Sep 3   7:30-Big Yellow Taxi
4      8-Reverend Horton Heat LIMITED AVAILABILITY
5      8-D.A. Foster & Shaboo All Stars
6      3 & 7-New York Bee Gees  LIMITED AVAILABILITY
9      7:30-JigJam
10    7:30-The Sweet Remains  LIMITED AVAILABILITY
11    7-Noel Paul Stookey
12    1-Noel Paul Stookey, 8-Orleans  LIMITED AVAILABILITY
13    7-Mike DelGuidice  LIMITED AVAILABILITY
17     7:30-Bettye LaVette
18    8-Matthew & Gunnar Nelson Acoustic
19    3 & 8-The Linda Ronstadt Experience  LIMITED AVAILABILITY
20    7-Anthony Gomes SOLD OUT
22    7-The Cowsills Trio Show  LIMITED AVAILABILITY
23    7:30-Vanessa Collier
24    7:30-An Evening with Ana Popovic
25    8-40 Fingers  SOLD OUT
26    8-Danielle Nicole
27    2-The Limeliters
29    7:30-Selwyn Birchwood
30    7:30-TUSK  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:
$20 Gen Adm / $14 Students w/ ID
Children under age 12 are free with paying parent.
http://www.ushartford.com/nourishing-spirit/music/meetinghousepresents/

Shows at 7pm

Music at The Ridge

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

Sep 13   Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt
Oct 4   Jay Mafale and Catherine Miles
Nov 1   Caledonia/Red Dirt Girls (Double Bill)
Dec 6   Bruce Carroll
Jan 3   Lara Herscovitch and the Highway Philosophers
Feb 7   Beppe Gambetta
Mar 7   Rupert Wates
Apr 4   Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen
May 2   Castlebay
Jun 6   Tal Naccarato

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

Sep 11   8-One Time Weekend + Sicard Hollow
12   7:30-Lil Cease & The Frank White Band
13    3-Free Music in the Bar
Sunday Gathering ft. Tracy Jo & Friends  FREE RSVP
16    7-Park City Blues Jam  FREE
18    8-Clay Street Unit
20    3-Counterweight Brewing Co. Presents Oktoberfest  FREE RSVP
23    7-Open Mic  FREE RSVP
24    8-Sean O’Reilly Band
25    8-The Bros. Landreth
27    7-Salsa Sundays
30    5-Family Night  FREE RSVP

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/

Sep 3   8-Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
7      7:30-George Thorogood & The Destroyers – The Baddest Show On Earth
8      7:30-Justin Hayward – The Story In Your Eyes Tour SOLD OUT
19    8-Taylor Dayne
20    7:30-Samara Joy And Her Septet
22    7:30-Pat Metheny: Side-Eye III+ SOLD OUT
23    7:30-Kenny G
25    8-Welcome Back My Friends: An Evening with Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
26    8-The Robert Cray Band – All Amped Up Tour 2026
27    7:30-One Vision of Queen ft. Marc Martel
29    7:30-UB40 – The Unstoppable Tour 2026
30    7:30-Robin Trower – Us Fall Tour 2026

SHU Community Theater

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

Sep 10   7:30-Cyril Neville Plays the Dead
16   7:30-Choir! Choir! Choir! Presents: Landslide: An Epic Fleetwood Mac Singalong!
18    8-Brett Dennen – Art Is Life
25    8-An Evening with Josh Ritter: A Book of Gold Thrown Open
27    7-Sister Hazel

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 except where noted**

Sep 26   Ordinary Elephant
Oct 10   Jon Pousette-Dart and Jim Chapdelaine
Oct 17 – Farmington Valley Acoustic Music Festival – Partnership, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Winding Trails
Oct 24 – John McCutcheon
Nov 7 – Sarah McQuaid
Nov 21 – Peppino D’Agostino
Nov 28 – Special Members Concert
Dec 12 – Heather Maloney

Stamford Center for the Arts

Rich Forum 307 Atlantic St., Stamford 203-325-4466
https://www.palacestamford.org/
Unitarian Universalist Society of Danbury
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

Sep 4   8-Jesse McCartney; The Weightless Tour
17    7:30-The Billy Joel Legacy: A Tribute Experience; Celebrating the Piano Man
18    8-Simply The Best; A Tribute to the Music of Tina Turner
19    7:30-Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert 40th Anniversary
Oct 2   8-Stayin’ Alive
10    8-Marshall Charloff & The Purple Xperience
30    7-America; The Happy Trails Tour
31    8-Bad Co. Legacy

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

Sep 11   7-Sing:Quiet Corner Song Swap
12    7-Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt
19    7-Andrew McKnight
20    4-Celtic Music Sessions
Oct 17   7-Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards

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