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Music:
America’s Romantic Piano Sensation Jim Brickman returns to Hartford with Brickman Across America. A unique sing-a-long concert experience where you will be a part of Jim’s new CD. It’s all hits and you receive the newly compiled CD upon it’s completion as part of your admission. Infinity Hall, Front Street, Hartford. Tickets $50-$65. www.infinityhall.com
Friday 8pm enjoy Abba The Concert in the Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods Casino. Tickets $31 and $43. Also Kelsea Ballerini Friday 8pm in the Premier Theater. Tickets $49-$109. On Saturday at 8pm, ZZ Top plays the Premier Theater. Tickets $45-$65. www.foxwoods.com
Saturday 3 & 8pm Arturo Sandoval and David Foster and the Shaboo All Stars come to Eastern CT State University for a scholarship benefit concert. Fine Arts Instruction Center, 306 High Street #2168298 Windham. Tickets $75, $85. Enter "Eastern" to save $15. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/great-music-fostering-scholarship-presents-arturo-sandoval-tickets-412919331837
Events:
The 47th Annual Glastonbury Apple Harvest and Music Festival is one of Connecticut's largest community festivals! It takes place at Riverfront Park Friday 6-10pm, Saturday 10am to 10pm and Sunday 11am to 4pm at the Riverfront Community Center and Fairgrounds, 300 Welles Street. Live music, tasty food, a 5-K and amusement rides are just some of the fun planned! www.glastonburyapplefest.com
Bushnell Park Fall Fest is here Saturday 5-7pm with free carousel rides and a free movie Monsters, Inc. On Sunday free carousel rides continue 11am to 5pm, Arch Tours 12-1:30pm, Kenyon in Concert on Trinity Street 2-4pm and 12-4pm enjoy games and crafts. Ice Cream will be available for purchase.
The 4th Annual Hope for Home is tonight 6pm at the Hartford Marriott Downtown. Mike Stacy will be your Emcee and Home Auctioneer. The event includes great food, cocktails, silent and live auctions and celebrates the 40th Anniversary of My Sister’s Place. It also benefits Mercy House and Elizabeth House. For tickets and info, visit www.hopeforhomect.com
Tonight is First Night at Gampel UConn Men and Women’s Basketball. Doors open at 6pm. Block Party outside with Food Trucks, Carnival Games and Photo Booth. Activities inside begin at 7pm including a student $10,000 Shot! Attendance is free.
Looking for some laughs? Fortune Feimster, Hey Y’All brings plenty to the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on the UConn campus at Storrs Saturday, 8pm. Tickets $15-$40. www.jorgensen.uconn.edu
The Pasta Dinner for Max fundraiser is happening Friday 6pm at Griswold Middle School in Rocky Hill. Tickets are $15 each or $50 for a family of 4. This includes, pasta, meatballs and refreshments. T-shirt’s custom created to help further raise money for Max along with wrist bands will be available for purchase at the event. Raffles will award tickets to Lady A, The Princess Bride and Rumours of Fleetwood Mac and other great prizes. Max is a 12 year old 7th grader at Griswold Middle School. He is a fun loving kid who loves corny jokes, animals, superhero’s, minecraft, Mario, hiking and basketball. In February 2022 Max was sent to the hospital after a stomach bug that wasn’t getting better. After some testing Max was diagnosed with High risk B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with Philadelphia chromosome, essentially a rarer form of childhood leukemia. Max has had many rounds of chemo, spinal taps, transfusions and hospital stays. Please consider purchasing a ticket or making a donation to Max and his family.
The 24th annual Connecticut Renaissance Faire continues at the Lebanon Fairgrounds, 122 Mark Rd. This enchanted recreation of a 16th-century harvest festival will take you back to the days of yore, where you'll see jousting, live-flight birds of prey, comedy, magic, and so much more. A family adventure for all ages awaits! Saturday & Sunday 10:30 am to 6 pm (ends this weekend). General Admission is $15 (ages 16+); Youth Admission is $10 (ages 7-15); Child Admission is FREE (ages 0-6). www.ctfaire.com
The Terryville Congregational Church, 233 Main Street in Terryville will honor our Veterans with a Live Auction and day filled with fun Saturday 10am to 4pm. Military Honors at 10:30am. Silent Auction, Live Patriotic Music, Vendors and Food! www.vetstronginc.org or 860-589-0182
The 28th Annual Holly Boutique at the North Canton United Methodist Church, Route 179 and Case Street, North Canton is Friday 9am to 7pm and Saturday 9am to 3pm. A wonderful selection of quality arts and crafts made by more than 20 local artisans in time for holiday giving. Lunch and refreshments will also be available.
THE MOUSETRAP by Agatha Christie runs now through November 6th at Hartford Stage. It’s a freezing night in 1947 and a motley group of strangers find themselves suddenly trapped in an inn. As the snow falls, the body count rises — and the suspect list only seems to grow, as clues and possible motives are revealed at every turn. With intrigue, mystery, murder, and a dash of humor, this snowy getaway unfolds into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. www.hartfordstage.org or 860-527-5151
“Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill” is on stage at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford through Sunday. The time is 1959. The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, given four months before her death. In Robertson’s Tony award-winning play, Holiday engages the audience with salty, often humorous reminiscences of her troubled life as a traveling performer in a segregated south. With the help of her piano man, Jimmy Powers, she lets music tell her story, sharing soulful and heart-wrenching songs from her memorable canon including: “Strange Fruit,” “God Bless the Child,” “When a Woman Loves a Man,” and “Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do.” Tickets are $25-$55. 860-523-5900 or www.playhouseonpark.org
Come on along to the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam for a new revival of “42nd Street!” This crowd-pleasing, tap dancing extravaganza runs through November 6th. Tickets $36-$85. www.goodspeed.org
Who Doesn't love a great Flea Market? Mansfield Marketplace Sunday Flea Market runs every Sunday 8am to 2pm through November 20th at the Mansfield Drive-In Theater, 228 Stafford Rd, Mansfield Center. $2 per shopper and $2 per car for flea market parking. Rain or shine. Vendors and buyers alike are welcome to thrift, treasure hunt, and bargain! There is a large indoor market as well as up to 300+ vendors outside all selling new and used items, including plants, produce, clothing, crafts, jewelry, tools, collectibles, toys and more. If you are a vendor interested in reserving by the month, please call (860) 456-2578. Or, if you want to set up at the flea market for just one day, show up any Sunday as early as 7am.
Lyman Orchards in Middlefield is the place for a Benjamin Franklin Themed CORN MAZE Regular Hours are 1-5:30pm Monday-Friday and 10am-5:30pm on Weekends and Holiday. Last maze entry is 5:30pm. Admission is $10 and runs through November 6th. You may also enjoy Suds and Stalks on select Friday afternoons! Sud’s is a special beer tasting and corn maze experience! Your $35 ticket including six beer samples from local breweries and admission to explore Lyman’s massive 4-acre corn maze. The corn maze will close early for a paid Suds & Stalks Beer Tasting event on the following Fridays: October 14, 3:30pm; and October 28, 3pm. www.lymanorchards.com
Immerse yourself in the world of Vincent Van Gogh like you’ve never experienced before. Beyond Van Gogh is a rich and unique multimedia experience, taking the viewer on a journey through over 300 iconic artworks including instantly-recognizable classics “The Starry Night”, “Sunflowers”, and “Café Terrace at Night”, now freed from their frames. Set to a symphonic score and using the artist’s own dreams, thoughts, and words to drive the experience as a narrative, Van Gogh’s art comes to life by appearing and disappearing, flowing across multiple surfaces and heightening the senses with their immense detail.
Guests will leave with a new appreciation of this prolific artist’s stunning work. Now through October 23rd at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. Wed, Thurs, Sun 10am – 8pm, Friday & Saturday 10am – 9pm. Tickets $23.99 - $83.99. www.beyondvangoghhartford.com
Halloween
Lake Compounce is open Fridays, Saturday and Sundays with family fun 12-6pm and SCARY fun with Phantom Fall Fest beginning at 6pm through October 30th.
Fear kicks into gear with 3 scare zones and 4 haunted houses! Tickets online for a limited time at $39.99 or $59.99 at the gate. www.lakecompounce.com
Six Flags New England offers Fright Fest on weekends through November 6th. Online tickets start at $49.99 www.sixflags.com
The 56th Season of "The Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum” brings classic Sci-Fi to life! Over 25 other life size figures & sets in their wax museum including Dracula, the Moleman and Frankenstein from Abbott and Costello, plus displays of original movie makeup & props, from "Godzilla" to "Planet of the Apes" “Mars Attacks” and more. For a reservation call - 860-583-8306 - or leave a message in advance.
Open Fri. thru Sun. - 6pm to 9pm at 103 East Main Street in Plainville, CT. www.preservehollywood.org
Scarecrows on Main is a 27-year old annual tradition and features a creative, fun-filled line-up of Scarecrows along Main Street in historic Old Wethersfield. Take a scarecrow stroll along charming, historic Main Street, while popping into the local creamery, historic market and coffee shop, eateries, colonial homes and museums that line quaint Main Street - daily through October 31.
Rails to the Darkside in East Windsor running through October 29th. www.ct-trolley.org
Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours at the Mark Twain House in Hartford through October 29th
Nightmare Acres in South Windsor through November 5th. www.nightmareacresct.com
Trail of Terror in Wallingford through October 30th www.trailofterror.com
Terror at Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury through October 30th www.quassy.com
Moonlit Graveyard Ghost Tours in Mystic.
www.ctvisit.com/events/moonlit-mystic-graveyard-ghost-tours
It’s a Halloween Glow in the Park this weekend at Adventure Park in Storrs. Tickets are $45.