Music:
KC and the Sunshine Band perform at the Palace Theater in Waterbury tonight at 8pm. Tickets are $59-$141. www.palacetheaterct.org
Events:
Join Mike and Mary at Kloter Farms in Ellington Saturday 11am to 1pm. It's Lite the Month Pink for Breast Cancer. Enter to win tickets to Hamilton at the Bushnell with dinner for two at J Bar in Hartford. Play Lucky Ducks to win Mike and Mary T-Shirts and Coffee Mugs. Shop and help us raise funds for free Mammograms with the Hartford Healthcare Mobile Mammography Van!
Get a good pair of running shoes for the Hartford Marathon Saturday! Run for 26.2 miles, 13.1 miles or 3.1 miles. Or just hang out, cheer on your friends, listen to live music, and wait for the post-race party to start. www.hartfordmarathon.com
The Hartford Athletic are home at Trinity Health Stadium vs. Sacramento Republic FC Saturday at 7pm. www.hartfordathletic.com
The Southington Apple Harvest Festival wraps up this weekend on the green downtown. Enjoy live music, a fun-filled parade, arts and crafts, delicious food, rides and fireworks! Admission and parking are free! www.southington.org/ahf/index.php
Fair Weather Growers, 10 Countyline Drive on the Rocky Hill/Cromwell Town Line has opened Fall Fest for the season! Giant corn pit, corn maze, jump pillow, animals, pumpkins, tractor rides and just a ton of fun on the farm! Weekends through October 31st!
October celebrates all things Spooky! How about Trail of Terror in Wallingford, now open every weekend through Halloween. Trail of Terror is one of Connecticut’s most popular haunted attractions, now in its 31st year. It’s a seasonal, outdoor haunted trail experience that takes visitors through a series of elaborate sets, dark woods, and scare zones filled with actors, props, and special effects. The staff is made up entirely of volunteers, and the Trail regularly donates proceeds from ticket sales to various charities. This is a particularly scary Halloween attraction, so it’s not recommended for kids under 10! www.trailofterror.com
The Witch's Dungeon is open all year round, but we are open now every Friday 6pm to 9pm Saturday and Sunday 3pm to 9pm. Life-like recreations of movie monsters including Frankenstein, Dracula and more! Movie props and a newly created scene from E.T. with Elliott and E.T. on their bike! Cash at the door - no credit cards. This is the 59th consecutive year for our Witch’s Dungeon Classic Movie Museum - Adults $15 children under 12 five dollars. Located at 103 E. Main St. in Plainville. 860-817-6095, www.preservehollywood.org and www.witchsdungeon.org
Lake Compounce is Fall Ready and will feature more fog, more effects and more screams this fall as the park introduces an all-new haunt, Project Nightmare, in our largest and most horrifying Phantom Fall Fest yet. The fear kicks into gear every night at 6pm, as five sinister haunted houses creep out of the shadows for 16 nights of terror. Fright Friday 6-10pm. Families can also enjoy daytime family fun from 1-6pm on Saturdays and Sundays, including the Meet & Greets with the All-New Spookley the Square Pumpkin and park favorite rides. More Fright starts at 6pm and runs till 10pm Saturday and til 8pm Sunday. www.lakecompounce.com
Don’t miss the Who Dunnit in Rope now playing Hartford Stage! This Crime Thriller may be the perfect show to see this month… although it runs till November 2nd. Tickets are $20-$105. www.hartfordstage.org
Million Dollar Quartet is the electrifying true story of the night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins all came together for an impromptu jam session at Sun Records in Memphis. This Tony-nominated musical features powerhouse performances, classic rock 'n' roll hits, and a story about artistic ambition, fame, and the unrepeatable magic of musical collaboration.
Now through October 19 at Playhouse on Park, 244 Park Rd, West Hartford. Tickets are $46.50-$58.50. www.playhouseonpark.org
Adventure Park at Storrs is open for the season with ziplines, aerial ropes and adventure! https://myadventurepark.com/location/storrs-ct/
It's Flea Market and Drive-In Movie Season at Mansfield Drive-In! The Flea Market is ever Sunday 8am-2pm through November 24th. You can also watch movies on any of the Big Screens every Friday, Saturday and Sunday with first features starting at 8pm! www.mansfielddrivein.com
The Farmer’s Market is Saturday in Stonington at the Velvet Mill.
The Kiwanis Flea Market takes place every Sunday at Market Square in Newington 8am to 2pm through the end of October. $1 admission. $15 for vendors.
“Eight Days a Week: An Illustrated Record of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” an exhibition of rock music memorabilia, is now on display in Jorgensen Gallery at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on the UConn Storrs campus throughout Jorgensen’s fall season of events. This unique exhibition of rock music memorabilia with more than 100 items, including more than 40 photos of members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that were taken by Connecticut photographer Joseph Sia, including his famous image of Jimi Hendrix at Woolsey Hall in New Haven, known as “The Shadow.” www.jorgensen.uconn.edu
The Bushnell Park Carousel is waiting to greet your family! Bring your kids, or don't. You definitely don't need an excuse to ride the historic 1914 Stein & Goldstein Carousel because it is beautiful! The best seat in the house is on a horse named Freedom. Open weather permitting noon to 5pm.
Farmington Miniature Golf and Ice Cream Parlor on Route 4 in Farmington are Open for the season (weather permitting.) Golf open Sunday through Thursday 10am to 8:30pm. Friday and Saturdays 10am-9pm. Ice Cream Parlor opens and closes a half an hour later than Miniature Golf. www.farmingtonminiaturegolf.com