Music:
Stevie Nicks performs at the new People’s Bank Arena in Hartford Saturday at 7pm. Tickets are $117 to $715. www.peoplesbankarena.com
The Hartford Symphony Pops presents “A Nightmare Before Christmas” in concert Live to film at the Bushnell in Hartford Saturday at 7:30pm. Tickets are $49-$129. www.hartfordsyphony.org
Bryan Adams, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo take the stage at Mohegan Sun Arena Saturday at 7:30pm. Tickets are $177-$741. www.mohegansun.com
Dueling Pianos is back at J Under the Dome (Colt Complex) in Hartford tonight 7-11pm! All request, sing-a-long fun with Savage Pianos! Delicious food and drink available too! $35. www.jbaratcolt.com
Events:
The Hartford Wolfpack skate against the Sound Tigers Friday at 7pm. This season every Friday night you can enjoy $2 Beers and $2 Hot Dogs until the end of the first period. www.hartfordwolfpack.com
If you are a fan of soccer, check out the Fall Fan Fest with Hartford Athletic's soon to be W-League team Saturday 3:30-9:30pm. There is a jamboree 3:30-6, W-League Panel Discussion 6:30-7:30p, Kick or Treat 3:30-6pm and Select A Seat from 7:30-9:30pm. Admission is free. Parking on site is $20. www.hartfordathletic.com
Bring the kids 12 an under in costume to Dunkin Park, home of the Yard Goats for a FREE Community Trick or Treat event Sunday Noon to 3pm. Lots of local companies and community organizations will be on-site offering treats to the kids! Parents may also grab a Lite 100.5 Shopping bag or Home Show tickets, while supplies last from Mike and Mary! Come by and see us!
For the grown-ups, check out Mohegan Sun Brew Fest Saturday 3-6pm. This year’s festivities in the Earth Expo Center include a Yodeling Contest and Husband and Wife Calling Contest. Tickets are $81-$102. www.mohegansun.com
Saturday from 10am to 2pm, it’s a Autumn Festival at H.O.R.S.E. of Connecticut, 43 Wilbur Road in Washington. Baked goods and craft sales will all benefit a 24 year old Arabian Saddlebred Gelding named BUZZ. This former National Show Horse was surrendered to HOC when his owner could no longer care from him. He is currently receiving medical treatment. Your donations will help get BUZZ back on his feet. www.horseofct.org
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 will feature more fog, more effects and more screams including the 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. The Annual Kids’ Costume Parade takes place Sunday at 4:30 pm with crafts and treats! More Fright starts at 6pm and runs till 10pm Saturday and til 8pm Sunday. FINAL WEEKEND! 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
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