Music:
The Kid LAROI plays the Big E tonight, Train takes the stage Saturday and the Big Arena last show of the season is ZZ Topp Sunday. Gates open at 5:30 with all shows at 7:30pm. www.thebige.com
INVINCIBLE: A Michael Jackson Tribute is Saturday at 8pm at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on the UConn campus in Storrs. *8 Days a Week details below www.jorgensen.uconn.edu
Hotel California: An Eagles Tribute plays the Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun Saturday 8pm. This show is FREE. www.mohegansun.com
STYX takes the Main Stage at the Durham Fair Saturday at 7:30pm. This concert is included with general admission. www.durhamfair.com
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Series begins this weekend at the Bushnell in Hartford with Gershwin, Marsalis and Bartok Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $10-$88.50. www.hartfordsymphony.org
Dueling Pianos is an All-Request Party at the new J Under the Dome in Hartford (Part of the Colt Complex) Enjoy two talented Pianists with this party! Admission is $35. Food and beverages available for purchase. Doors open at 7pm. Show is 8-11pm. www.jbaratcolt.com
Events:
The Big E continues Sunday at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield! 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
Check out the 105th Annual Durham Fair Friday and Saturday 9am to 10pm and Sunday 9am to 6pm. This is Connecticut’s Largest Agricultural Fair! Enjoy live entertainment on four stages, thrilling motorized events, rides and games on the Midway, and first-class animal competitions. Explore numerous exhibit halls, a discovery center, and a farm museum, showcasing a trove of crafts, exhibits. Indulge in delicious and fun food! Admission is $20. Children 11 and under are free. www.durhamfair.com
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 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. 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 Fright starts at 6pm and runs till 10pm Saturday and 8pm Sunday. www.lakecompounce.com
Enjoy a 3 day mini-Brimfield right in Glastonbury benefiting the Historical Society of Glastonbury. All items are donations from new and never used items to antiques. In its 13th year, The Tag Sale encompasses multiple barns, huge tents and a house across a historic property in South Glastonbury. Admission and parking are free except Early Bird admission $10 Friday only, 8-9am. Normal hours are Friday through Sunday 9am-3pm.
972 Main St, South Glastonbury, parking 55 Hopewell Road, follow the signs down the short path to a thrifters paradise.
Wheel of Fortune LIVE takes place in the Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods Friday and Saturday at 8pm. www.foxwoods.com
Celebrate Jane Austen with Austen's Pride at the Palace Theater in Waterbury Friday at 8pm and Saturday at 2 and 8pm. Tickets are $63-$105. www.palacetheaterct.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.
September 24 - October 19 at Playhouse on Park, 244 Park Rd, West Hartford. Tickets are $46.50-$58.50. www.playhouseonpark.org
Gather friends and family to Walk Out of Darkness this Saturday at Dunkin Park in Hartford to support Suicide Prevention. www.afsp.org/CTCapitalArea
You can also walk in Bushnell Park for CCAR 11am-3pm at Bushnell Park in Hartford. https://ccar.us/events/recovery-walk/
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 (through December 6th Holiday Pops concert). 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 9pm. Friday and Saturdays 10am-9:30pm. Ice Cream Parlor opens and closes a half an hour later than golf. www.farmingtonminiaturegolf.com