Music:
Yacht Rock the Dock stars Gino Vannelli, John Ford Coley, Ambrosia and more at the Premier Theater at Foxwoods Casino Sunday at 7pm. Tickets are $48-$108. www.foxwoods.com
America: Encore Tour performs at the Palace Theater in Waterbury tonight at 8pm. Tickets are $55-$155. www.palacetheaterct.org
The Hartford Symphony Masterwork Series brings the music of Beethoven and Sibelius to the Bushnell in Hartford Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $42.50-$89.50. www.hartfordsyphony.org
Sunday 2:30-5pm it's Keys for Chorale! at J Under the Dome, 1 Sequassent Street in Harford. Enjoy a fun-raising event with Savage Pianos. Request your favorite song from our guests Savage Pianos Dueling Musical Entertainment and sing along while enjoying food and beverage. Your general admission purchase includes beverage and heavy hors d’ouerves, and a great afternoon spent with friends! Tickets are $65.87 and available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keys-for-chorale-tickets-1545518339959?aff=oddtdtcreator
Events:
The Hartford Wolfpack have their Home Opener tonight at 7pm at the newly remodeled People’s Bank Arena vs. the Penguins! Fans receive a Magnetic Schedule, while supplies last! www.HartfordWolfpack.com
Iron Fox Presents a Haunted Halloween at the Iron Horse Steakhouse (former Somers Inn), 585 Main St, Somers Saturday at 7:30pm. Your $25 admission admits you to this cocktail party in a space that dates back to 1769! 21+, DJ, Karaoke, Costume Contest, Magic Mirror Photo Booth and drink ticket! Purchase on VENMO: @IronFox585 or PayPal: Ironfoxsteakhouse@gmail.com
The 31st Annual Holly Boutique is Oct Friday 9am-6pm and Saturday 9am-3pm at the North Canton Community Methodist Church, 3 Case Street, North Canton. A wonderful selection of quality crafts made for you by 25 local juried artisans in time for Holiday giving! Free Admission. Cash or checks only please for purchases. For more, visit Facebook and search HollyBoutiqueCantonCT
Saturday from 10am to 2pm at the Hartford Public Library, enjoy the CT Paid Leave Family Fun Expo and Resource Fair! Enjoy Craft Stations, Face Painting and more!
Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm, enjoy the Connecticut Food & Wine Festival taking place on the beautiful grounds of Priam Vineyards. Wines, food, views, music, and shopping of small businesses from across the state. The kids will also love the FUNTastic Land plus contests, trivia and more! Priam Vineyards, 11 Shailor Hill, Colchester.
Saturday 10am to 3pm The Zion Lutheran Church in Wallingford is hosting their Annual Scarecrow Fest on their big lawn. Build your own life size Scarecrow and Take it home! There will be a Hayride, kids games, large bake table, 40 crafters, face painting, bounce house and More! Something for every age! Harold Walker will be playing & singing! They will be serving Zion burgers, Hometown pizza, Anna’s Fresh Lemonade, soup, AND OF COURSE- THEIR FAMOUS APPLE FRITTERS!! The proceeds will be donated to a local charity! Zion is located at 235 Pond Hill Rd Wallingford.
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!
The Trail of Terror in Wallingford is now in its 31st year and is open every weekend through Halloween. 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. This weekend only, college students can play all day and fright all night for just $24.99 with a valid college ID, plus FREE parking all weekend long! 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.
Ends Sunday at Playhouse on Park, 244 Park Rd, West Hartford. Tickets are $46.50-$58.50. www.playhouseonpark.org
Adventure Park at Storrs is open PLUS it’s Halloween Glow in the Park Saturdays 5-9pm. Tickets $49. Get ready to experience our exciting courses in a cool and alternative way! Our evening Glow in the Park events allow you to zipline through trees lit up by glow attire, colored lights, music and more! 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.
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
“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