03/05/2026
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. 𝑨 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑩𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝗪𝗘𝗦𝗨, 𝟴𝟴.𝟭 𝗙𝗠, 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻.
𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻, [i.e. assorted storms] 𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 all 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻… Support live music and support the venues.
𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕 𝓽𝓸 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝓐𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓑𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 [𝑻𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝓦𝓔𝓢𝓤 88.1 𝑭𝑴, 6-8𝒑𝒎] 𝒊𝒇 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴/𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴/𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑾𝑬𝑺𝑼 𝒃𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒘𝒘.𝒘𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒎.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆
THURS 3-5 Pokey LaFarge The Kate - Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center
3-5 Tim O’Brien Horse
FRI 3-6 Beppe Gambetta, Auburn Mode The Olde Church Acoustic Series @ First Church of Meriden, 62 Colony St. 7pm. Parking garage right next door.
3-6 Natalie McMaster & Donnell Leahy @ Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
3-6 Artist Showcase with Owen McMahon, Threads of Sound, Bob Tyler, David Battit, Trinity Stage, Church of the Holy Trinity, 381 Main St., Middletown.
3-6 The Kerry Boys @ the New England Brewing Company, Woodbridge
3-6 Della Mae Kate
3-6 Bill Ludwig/Foggy Otis The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center, 605 Main Street Middletown
3-6 Ellis Paul Music and More Theater, New Haven
SAT 3-7 Inner Groove Nightingale's Acoustic Cafe, 68 Lyme St., Old Lyme
3-7 Bryan Titus , Hamden
3-7 Ellis Paul Packing House, Willington
3-7 Max Gomez Parlor Room
𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐦, 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝟔-𝟗 𝐏𝐌 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟖, 𝐚𝐭 𝟒𝟎𝟓 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐓
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜! 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐦, 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜-𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬. 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧? 𝐍𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 — 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐭𝐚𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐚𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 (𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝!). 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥, 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲-𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐍𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝟔-𝟗 𝐏𝐌 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟖, @𝟒𝟎𝟓 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝
3-8 WWUH presents Rock Hearts as a performance for the community Wilde Auditorium of Hartford
3-8 Steve Forbert Horse, Northampton
MON 3-9 Kalos @ Middletown House Concert Series, contact Jody Cormack 860-983-7963, or email [email protected]
3-10 TUES Every Tuesday: A weekly gathering of acoustic loving musicians and listeners hosted by “Ramblin’ Dan” Stevens, that like to share what they know and learn what they don't Nightingale's Acoustic Cafe, 68 Lyme St., Old Lyme 6-8pm
3-10 Cherish the Ladies Kate
3-11 Kenny Wayne Shepherd band Garde, New London
3-11 Jim Messina @ the Kate
3-12 Albert Lee live at The Fallout Shelter in Norwood, MA
3-12 Audrey Mae [bluegrass] Nine, New Haven
3-13 Jim Messina Hartford
3-13 Zoe & Cloyd Parlor Room
3-13 Joe Crookston / Milagrito Records @ Friday Night Folk at All Souls UU, 19 Jay Street, New London
3-14 The Tannahill Weavers from Scotland Kate
3-14 Stephen Peter Rogers, Bonnie Lee Panda, Inner Groove Triple Bill at Grace's Place!, a cafe/ sober bar /live music venue, 1237 E. Main Street, Meriden. 6:30pm.
3-14 Miles and Mafale @@ Blues Café, George Newton VFW Hall, 150 Lee Farm Drive, Southbury
3-14 An Evening of Irish Music with Jeanne Freeman & Haley Hewitt, 6-8pm Wethersfield Academy for the Arts, 431 Hartford Ave.
3-15 Charlie Zahn St. Patrick’s Day show Theater, Willimantic. All proceeds benefit the Covenant Soup Kitchen and Emergency Food Pantry
3-15 legendary Irish Fiddler Martin Hayes in his only Connecticut performance. An opening set will feature a solo performance by former Connecticut Official State Troubadour Tom Callinan, as well as an Irish traditional music ensemble of local traditional players including fiddler Jeanne Freeman, with past All-Ireland button accordion champion Damien Connolly, Claudine Langille on mandolin, and Flynn Cohen (of the John Whelan band) on guitar. Auditorium at University of Saint Joseph, 1678 Asylum Ave, West Hartford,
3-18 The Traveling McCourys Horse
3-19 Robbie Fulks Horse, Northampton
3-19 Dervish Kate
3-19 Songwriters in the Round at The Parlor Room, with Liv Greene, Lisa Bastoni & Melanie MacLaren
3-20 Patterson Hood & John Moreland @ SHU Community Theater, Fairfield
3-20 In Trine “the farewell show” Meeting House Presents@Unitarian Society of Hartford, 50 Bloomfield Ave. Hartford,
3-21 The Travelling McCourys Kate
3-21 Robbie Fulks @ Small Batch Cellars, North Haven
3-22 Brides The Sounding Board Coffeehouse, Universalist church, 433 Fern St., West Hartford.
3-22 Lara Herscovitch & the Highway Philosophers @ Blues Café, George Newton VFW Hall, 150 Lee Farm Drive, Southbury
3-22 Falcon Ridge “Most Wanted” Tour featuring The Twangtown Paramours/High Tea/Bryan Titus @ The Parlour, at
1119 North Main St., Providence
3-22 11th Annual Pete Seeger Tribute - First Congregational Church of Woodstock. Sally Rogers and Leslie Sweetnam will be joined by a slew of other local song leaders to remember the songs of Pete Seeger and to make the rafters ring! All proceeds go to Community Kitchens of NE CT, an ecumenical group that has been feeding the hungry in NE CT for many years
3-23, 3-24 Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal Kate
3-25 Audrey Mae [bluegrass] Griswold Inn, Essex
3-26 Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal Ridgefield Playhouse.
3-26 Garrison Keillor Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, Newtown
3-27 John John Brown Marlborough Arts Center and Museum, 231 North Main Street
3-27 – 29 Back Porch Festival 2026, Northampton MA. www.backporchfest.com. The Back Porch Festival returns to Northampton March 27-29 I'm With Her, Peter Rowan with Sam Grisman Project playing music from Old & In The Way, Bertha (Grateful Drag), Ramble Artists (more TBA): Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes, Margaret Glaspy, James McMurtry, Rebirth Brass Band, Low Cut Connie, WIlli Carlisle, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Tommy Prine, Trey Hensley, Big Richard, Zandi Holup, Winterpills, Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars, Olive Klug, Mark Erelli, Larry & Joe, Shelby Means, Clement Brothers, Faux Paws, Cody SIsters, Maya De Vitry, Cory Branan, Pointe Noir Cajun Band
3-27 David Coller with Diane Chodkowski opening for Hugh Blumenfeld and Faithful Sky, Stage, Church of the Holy Trinity, 381 Main St., Middletown.
3-28 GuitartownCT presents John Reischman and The Jaybirds. Saturday, March 28 at 7:30 pm. Cafe Amici, 1640 Whitney Avenue, Hamden. Tickets $35 at http://www.guitartownct.com.
3-28 Lui Collins with Anand Nayak Bean, Pomfret
3-28 Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
3-28 High Horse Sounding Board, Universalist church, 433 Fern St., West Hartford.
3-28 Peter Rowan with Sam Grisman Project playing music from Old & In The Way and more! @ Back Porch Festival
3-29 The Red Satin Band w Valerie Rogers Theater, Willimantic. All proceeds benefit the Covenant Soup Kitchen and Emergency Food Pantry
4-1 Donna the Buffalo Kate
4-3 Sam Robbins , Hamden
4-9 Walter Trout (blues) Kate
4-10 Jane Siberry [two shows] @ the Parlor Room, Northampton
4-10 Goodnight Blue Moon Olde Church Acoustic Series @ First Church of Meriden, 62 Colony St. 7pm
4-10 The Lightfoot Band Town Hall, 45 Main Street, Newtown
4-10 Lake Street Dive – presumably Mohegan Sun.
4-11 Stephen Peter Rogers Theater, 827 Whalley Ave, New Haven,
4-11 Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem Park, 145 Lang Road, Windsor
4-11 The Kennedys Night Folk @ All Souls UU, 19 Jay Street, New London
4-12 Ryan Montbleau band , Hartford
4-12 4:00 pm, Music at the Ridge, Danbury, Lui Collins w/ Anand Nayak
4-12 Laurie MacAllister Theater, Willimantic. All proceeds benefit the Covenant Soup Kitchen & Emergency Food Pantry
4-12 Vance Gilbert Room
4-15 Roger McGuinn @ SHU Community Theater, Fairfield
4-17 Leo Kottke Kate
4-17 Room Full of Blues Hall, Norfolk
4-18 The Portables Sounding Board, Universalist church, 433 Fern St., West Hartford.
4-18 Eric Andersen & Jon Pousette-Dart Kate
4-18 Joe K. Walsh and Red Skies,, 7:30 pm, Neighborhood Music School, 100 Audubon Street, New Haven
4-19 Mark Erelli Kate
4-22 Electric Elm, the Bargain @ the Kate.
4-24 Hubby Jenkins Stage, Church of the Holy Trinity, 381 Main St., Middletown.
Friday, April 24, 2026 (4th Friday) TBA?? @ Meeting House Presents Society of Hartford, 50 Bloomfield Ave. Hartford,
4-24 Judy Collins @ the Kate [8pm 24th, 2pm 25th]
April 24 — Genticorum, @ Middletown House Concert Series, contact Jody Cormack 860-983-7963, or email [email protected]
4-25 Porch Party Mamas Park, 145 Lang Road, Windsor
4-26 Café Trio, Bob Bloom Drumming Theater, Willimantic. All proceeds benefit the Covenant Soup Kitchen and Emergency Food Pantry
4-26 Dead to the Core @ Blues Café, George Newton VFW Hall, 150 Lee Farm Drive, Southbury
4-26 Squirrel Nut Zippers Kate
4-28 Richard Shindell Kate
4-29 Madeleine Peyroux Center for the Arts 150 Bridge Street, Springfield
4-28 Audrey Mae [bluegrass] Griswold Inn, Essex
4-30 The Felice Bros., Iron Horse
5-1 Shanna in a Dress, Dylan Patrick Ward Olde Church Acoustic Series @ First Church of Meriden, 62 Colony St. 7pm
5-1 Steve Nystrup & Friends , 1660 Whitney Ave., Hamden 7pm
5-2 Atwater Donnelly Bean, Pomfret
May 2 Meriden Daffodil Festival, Hubbard Park – Eddie Seville Band, Inner Groove, Ramblin’ Dan Stevens, The Bargain [& more]
May 3 Meriden Daffodil Festival, Hubbard Park – Belle of the Fall, Joe Flood.
5-2 Melissa Manchester Kate
5-2 Pete Seeger: A Life in Song Presented By The Juckets Guthrie Center, Great Barrington MA
5-2 The Nields Sounding Board, Universalist church, 433 Fern St., West Hartford.
5-3 John John Brown, Ramblin’ Dan Stevens Theater, Willimantic. All proceeds benefit the Covenant Soup Kitchen and Emergency Food Pantry
5-3 Dar Williams, Infinity Hall Hartford
5-8 Max Wareham Parlor Room, Northampton
5-9 Ari & Mia Room
5-9 Gil Gutiérrez String Trio Park, 145 Lang Road, Windsor
5-10 The Wallflowers Hartford
5-15 David Byrne Health Care Amphitheater, Bridgeport
5-15 Amy Gallatin and Stillwaters @ Meeting House Presents Society of Hartford, 50 Bloomfield Ave. Hartford.
5-15 John Gorka Night Folk @ All Souls UU, 19 Jay Street, New London
5-16 Seat of Our Pants Sounding Board, Universalist church, 433 Fern St., West Hartford.
5-16 The High Kings - The Rocky Road Tour 2026 Garde, New London
5-16 Ellis Paul Guthrie Center, Great Barrington MA – 5pm start
5-16 May 16 — The Tire Isle Band (Jim Martin's How to Change a Flat Tire II, with Maggie Holtsberg!) @ Middletown House Concert Series, contact Jody Cormack 860-983-7963, or email [email protected]
5-22 20-year-old Ethiopian born guitarist, singer, songwriter Amani Burnham Stage, 381 Main St., Middletown
5-23 Jon Pousette-Dart & Jim Chapdelaine Guthrie Center, Great Barrington MA
5-24 American elm & the Bargain Kate
5-27 Audrey Mae [bluegrass] Griswold Inn, Essex
5-28 Chatham Rabbits Parlor Room
5-29 Inner Groove / The Birdwatchers Double Bill Tree, 605 Main Street Middletown
5-30 Frank Viele Theater, New Haven
5-30 Goodnight Moonshine Theater Co. Stage One
6-3 The Black Feathers , Hamden
6-4 Steel Wheels [Concerts happening in Ridgefield Parks]
6-6 Kate Taylor Guthrie Center, Great Barrington MA
6-11 House of Hamill Horse
6-12 Pat McGee @ Lyric Theater, New Haven
6-13 Hubby Jenkins Guthrie Center, Great Barrington MA
6-14 Chester Folk Festival, Meeting House (4 Liberty Street)
6-16 The Wood Brothers Music Hall, Norwalk
6-20 Bobby Sweet Guthrie Center, Great Barrington MA
6-26 The Slambovian Circus of Dreams Trio – unplugged Guthrie Center, Great Barrington MA
6-27 Son Little Guthrie Center, Great Barrington MA
