Music:
TLC plays on the Big E Arena tonight at 7:30pm. Foreigner plays Sunday at 7:30pm. Gates open at 5:30pm both days. The Court of Honor Stage welcomes Firefall Saturday at 8pm and Five For Fighting Sunday at 8pm. www.thebige.com
Eric Clapton with special guest The Wallflowers is Saturday 7pm. Tickets are $313-$1224. www.mohegansun.com
Events:
The Big E continues till September 28th at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield! The Big E is the largest event on the East Coast and the fourth largest fair in North America. Attendees can enjoy hours of free entertainment and attractions, terrific food, plus the best that New England—and beyond—has to offer. Highlights include authentic New Orleans Mardi Gras in The Big Parade, an immersive Ireland adventure in the International Plaza’s Dingle Peninsula Showcase, North American Midway, as well as countless educational opportunities from the Avenue of States to Storrowton Village Museum, Farm-A-Rama and more. Gates open daily at 8am. General Admission at the gate is $20 for Adults, $12 for kids 6-12 years old and 5 and under are free! www.thebige.com
Fair Weather Growers, 10 Countyline Drive on the Rocky Hill/Cromwell Town Line has opened Fall Fest for the season! Giant corn pit, jump pillow, animals, pumpkins and just a ton of fun on the farm! Weekends through October 31st!
Visit the Guilford Fair, Connecticut's 2nd oldest agricultural fair that began in 1859! It takes place on the Guilford Fair Grounds, Stone House Lane, Guilford Friday 4-11pm, Saturday 9am-11pm and Sunday 9am-7pm. This year's event includes live music, a Fair Circus, Zoo Show, Children's Zoo, Rosaire's Royal Racers (pigs), Camel and Pony rides, the Limelite Dance Team and more! Admission is $15 for Adults and Kids 12+, $10 for Seniors, Veterans and Active Military. Children 11 and under are FREE! On Site Parking is $10. Free Parking and Shuttle at 1575 Boston Post Rd, Guilford (Exit 57 off i-95). www.guilford.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.
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. www.lakecompounce.com
Adventure Park at Storrs is open for the season with ziplines, aerial ropes and adventure! https://myadventurepark.com/location/storrs-ct/
Jimmy Buffett’s Escape to Margaritaville is a musical comedy featuring the most-loved Jimmy Buffett classics, including “Cheeseburger in Paradise”, “Margaritaville,” “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” “Fins,” “Volcano,” and many more. Playing the Connecticut Theater Company, 23 Norden Street in New Britain through Sunday. Tickets are $23-$30. www.connecticuttheatercompany.org
Get ready for UConn football vs. Ball State Saturday 3:30pm with tailgating starting 4 hours prior at Pratt and Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. www.uconnhuskies.com
Hartford Athletic battle the Pittsburgh Riverhounds Saturday 7pm at Trinity Health Stadium (Dillon Stadium) in Hartford. It's !HOLA Hartford Night celebrating Latin Culture! Enjoy $2 Beer and $1 Hot Dogs courtesy of Modelo. www.hartfordathletic.com
Greater Hartford Puerto Rican Day Parade and Festival del Coqui is celebrating 61 years of Puerto Rican culture Sunday 1-9pm in Bushnell Park. The parade will feature nearly 3,000 marching participants and is the largest parade in the City of Hartford and the Hartford region.
Bring friends, family, and loved ones out to celebrate Puerto Rico's vibrant culture and contributions to Connecticut.
Come meet horror celebrities and shop horror themed vendors at CT HorrorFest. Meet Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas (Chris Sarandon), Dee Wallace (Cujo, The Howling), Zach Galligan (Gremlins), Robert Picardo (The Howling, Star Trek), Joe Dante (Director of Gremlins and The Howling), the cast of The Return of the Living Dead and many more. We also have Q&A panels with the celebrities, costumes contests, and an independent film festival. Saturday 10am-7pm and Sunday 11am-5pm at the CT Convention Center in Hartford. Information or tickets www.cthorror.com
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 9pm. Friday and Saturdays 10am-9:30pm. Ice Cream Parlor opens and closes a half an hour later than Miniature Golf. www.farmingtonminiaturegolf.com