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Great Venues for Live Music and Concerts in Connecticut
From 10,000 seat arenas to elegantly appointed concert halls to rocking bars and cozy clubs, Connecticut offers a venue that’s perfect for every live music lover. Rock concerts, symphony performances, jazz acts and indie bands all find a home here. We’ve curated a list of some of the most popular places (by region) to see live music and concerts in Connecticut. Check their websites for current schedules and seasonal details. Want to add to the list? Let us know @CTvisit.com!
Featuring: Arch Street Tavern | Black-Eyed Sally's Southern Kitchen & Bar | Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center | City of Bridgeport | College Street Music Hall | Fairfield Theatre Company | Firehouse 12 | Foxwoods Resort Casino | Garde Arts Center | Hard Rock Cafe at Foxwoods | Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater | Infinity Music Hall & Bistro (Norfolk) | Infinity Music Hall (Hartford) | Ives Concert Park | Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts | Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Museum | Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts | Mohegan Sun Arena | Music Mountain | Norwalk Concert Hall | Ridgefield Playhouse | Side Door Jazz Club | Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center | The Bijou Theatre | The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts | The Palace Theatre | The Webster | Toad's Place | Toyota Oakdale Theatre | Visit Collinsville | Warner Theatre | Westville Music Bowl | Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun | Woolsey Hall | XL Center | Xfinity Theatre
Locals Love: Hartford
Connecticut’s capital city is located in the center of the state, where I-84 and I-91 meet. But it’s certainly not a city you’ll want to drive by. It’s home to America’s oldest continuously operating art museum and America’s #1 favorite minor league ballpark (two years in a row!) We asked some locals in the mayor’s office for their favorite Hartford haunts and were not disappointed.
Featuring: Agave Grill | Arch Street Tavern | Bradley International Airport | Carbone's Ristorante | Casona | City Steam Brewery Cafe | City of Hartford | Connecticut Convention Center | Connecticut Science Center | Connecticut's Old State House | Dunn's River Jamaican Restaurant | Elizabeth Park Rose Gardens | Harriet Beecher Stowe Center | Hartford Flavor Company | Hartford Stage | Hartford Yard Goats | Hog River Brewing Company | Ichiban Restaurant | Infinity Music Hall (Hartford) | J Restaurant & Bar | Marriott Hartford Downtown | Pine & Iron Axe Throwing - Hartford | Polish National Home | Sea Tea Comedy Theater | The Goodwin Hotel | The Mark Twain House & Museum | The Polytechnic On20 Club | The Russell | TheaterWorks | Thomas Hooker Brewery at Colt | Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Summer in Connecticut — What’s on Your Bucket List?
Have you made your Connecticut summer bucket list yet? See how the Connecticut Office of Tourism and Fox 61 are teaming up to make sure you don’t miss a second of the fun this summer in Connecticut.
Featuring: Abbott's Lobster in the Rough | Calf Pasture & Shady Beach | City of Milford | City of New London | City of West Haven | Farmington River Tubing | Gillette Castle State Park | HighFlyer Zipline at Foxwoods Resort Casino | Infinity Music Hall (Hartford) | Lime Rock Park | Martha's Herbary | New England Carousel Museum | Railroad Museum of New England/Naugatuck Railroad Company | Sonny's Place | The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts | The Mark Twain House & Museum | Town of Bolton | Town of Canton | Town of Coventry | Town of Rocky Hill | Wickham Park
Great Things to Do After Dark
Nightlife in Connecticut is as diverse as the activities you can enjoy here during the day. Live music, festive cocktails, comedy, dancing, billiards, karaoke...however you like to spend your evenings out, Connecticut has all kinds of entertainment destinations that come alive when the sun goes down — especially in the summer. So grab your friends or get a sitter for the kids, and get out and experience these places that really light up after dark.
Featuring: BAR | Barcade | Black-Eyed Sally's Southern Kitchen & Bar | Casona | City of Middletown | City of Stamford | High Rollers Luxury Lanes & Lounge | Infinity Music Hall (Hartford) | Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts | Mansfield Drive-In Theatre & Marketplace | Mohegan Sun | Music Mountain | Nomads Adventure Quest | Norfolk Chamber Music Festival | Rolnick Observatory | Seaside Shadows Haunted History Tours | Shrine at Foxwoods | Side Door Jazz Club | Toad's Place | Town of Newington | Town of South Windsor | Town of Southington
10 for the Guys
Looking for a guys’ getaway? There’s so much in Connecticut that’s perfectly tailored to male camaraderie, especially in summer when the woods and waters truly open up for business and a cold beer or two can be the perfect ending to the day. Here’s a menu of 10 ideas to get your thought process cranked up.
Featuring: Brownstone Adventure Sports Park | Clarke Outdoors | Foxwoods Resort Casino | Hartford Yard Goats | Housatonic Anglers | Infinity Music Hall (Hartford) | Lime Rock Park | Sunbeam Fleet | The Connecticut Beer Trail | Wintonbury Hills Golf Course
Connecticut’s Top Winter Attractions
Why spend a winter weekend kicking around the house when you can be exploring so much of what Connecticut has to offer instead? Whether you like being indoors or out, whether it’s food or fun you’re after, Connecticut has lots of answers for you on its wintertime menu. Pick a few and try them out. It will be time well spent.
Featuring: Connecticut Chocolate Trail | Connecticut Science Center | Connecticut Wine Country | Florence Griswold Museum | Foxwoods Resort Casino | Infinity Music Hall & Bistro (Norfolk) | Infinity Music Hall (Hartford) | Mohawk Mountain Ski Area | Mohegan Sun | Mount Southington Ski Area | Mystic Aquarium | New Britain Museum of American Art | New England Air Museum | Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort | Saybrook Point Resort & Marina | Ski Sundown | The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum | The Connecticut Beer Trail | The Connecticut Pizza Trail | The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk | The Mark Twain House & Museum | Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art | Yale University Art Gallery
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A Connecticut Christmas
Overview: Visit towns across Connecticut as they dress up for the season with decorations, light displays and of course, the natural beauty of a New England winter. Happy Holidays from all of us at Connecticut Tourism!
Audience: Consumer
Sent: 2018-12-19
Featuring: City of Hartford | City of Meriden | City of New Haven | City of Torrington | Copper Beech Inn | Cornwall Bridge Pottery | Essex Steam Train & Riverboat | Falls Village Inn | Foxwoods Resort Casino | Goodspeed Musicals - The Terris Theatre | Griswold Inn | Homestead Inn - Thomas Henkelmann Restaurant | Hubbard Park & Castle Craig | Infinity Music Hall (Hartford) | KidsPlay Children's Museum | Lady Katharine Cruises - Hartford | Libby's Italian Pastry Shop | Mohegan Sun | Mystic Aquarium | Mystic Seaport Museum | New Haven Green | Olde Mistick Village | Pattaconk 1850 Bar & Grille | Riverwind Inn Bed & Breakfast | Saint Clements Castle | Saybrook Point Resort & Marina | Ski Sundown | The Litchfield Inn | The Shops at Yale | The Village Restaurant | Thompson Chocolate | Town of Bethlehem | Town of Chester | Town of Essex | Town of Greenwich | Town of Litchfield | Town of Mystic | Town of Westport | Water's Edge Resort & Spa | West Cornwall Covered Bridge
Is 2019 the year you finally …
Overview: Learn to fly fish? Try skydiving? Discover your inner chef? Here are a few ideas to add to your list that are sure to give you a great sense of accomplishment for 2019!
Audience: Consumer
Sent: 2019-01-10
Featuring: 116 Crown | A Yankee Balloon | Adventure Park at Storrs | Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum | Adventure Rooms | Aer Blarney Balloons, LLC | Berkshire Balloons | Black Rock Antiques Center | Black Seal Seafood Grille | Book Barn | Bridgeport Islanders | Brownstone Adventure Sports Park | Bruce Museum | Connecticut Chocolate Trail | Connecticut River Museum | Connecticut Science Center | Connecticut Wine Country | Discovery Depot at Nature's Art Village | Empower Adventure Park at Nomads | Empower Adventure Park at Nomads | Escape 101 | Escape New Haven | Essex Art Association Gallery | Fields of Fire Adventure Park | Fife 'n Drum Restaurant & Inn | Florence Griswold Museum | Foxwoods Resort Casino | Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana - New Haven | Griswold Inn | Guided Flyfishing Trips-Housatonic River Outfitters | Gumdrops & Lollipops Candy Shoppe | Homestead Inn | Hopkins Vineyard | Hunt Hill Farm Trust | Infinity Music Hall & Bistro (Norfolk) | Infinity Music Hall (Hartford) | Inn at Harbor Hill Marina | Jones Family Farms | Kent Falls State Park | La Belle Aurore | Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center | Meli-Melo | Mohawk Mountain Ski Area | Mohegan Sun | Mount Southington Ski Area | Mountain Meadow Outfitters and Charters | Mrs. Bridges' Pantry | Mystic Aquarium | Mystified Escape Rooms | New Britain Museum of American Art | New England Air Museum | Old Lyme Inn | Panic Room | Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort | Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort | R.J. Julia Booksellers | RPM Raceway Stamford | RiverQuest | Rock Hall Luxe Lodging | Rocky Neck State Park | Rolling River Antiques | Saybrook Point Resort & Marina | Scranton Seahorse Inn | Shoreline Segway | Shoreline Segway | Ski Sundown | Skydive Danielson | Taylor Brooke Winery | Team vs Time - Premier Room Escape | The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum | The Company Store Antiques | The Connecticut Beer Trail | The Inn at Woodstock Hill | The Mark Twain House & Museum | Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art | Wheeling City Tours, LLC | Yale Center for British Art | Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History | Yale University Art Gallery
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Overview: This March, find celebrations for St. Patrick’s Day all around Connecticut, from parades to performances, festivals to 5ks.
Audience: Consumer
Sent: 2019-03-06
Featuring: American Clock & Watch Museum | American Museum of Tort Law | Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry | Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum | Boothe Memorial Park & Museum | Bruce Museum | Christy's Irish Pub | City of Bridgeport | City of Bristol | City of Danbury | City of Hartford | City of Meriden | City of New Haven | City of New London | City of Norwich | City of Stamford | City of Torrington | Connecticut Air & Space Museum | Connecticut Art Trail | Connecticut Children's Museum | Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum | Connecticut Freedom Trail | Connecticut River Museum | Connecticut Science Center | Connecticut State Museum of Natural History | Connecticut Trolley Museum | Connecticut Women's Heritage Trail | Connecticut's Old State House | Custom House Maritime Museum | Danbury Railway Museum | Donahue's Madison Beach Grille | Donovan's | Duffy's Tavern | Eli Whitney Museum | Eric Sloane Museum and Kent Furnace | EverWonder Children's Museum | Florence Griswold Museum | Genius Museum at Nature's Art Village | Harp and Hound Pub | Henry Whitfield State Museum | Hill-Stead Museum | Historic Ship Nautilus & Submarine Force Museum | Housatonic Museum of Art | Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center | Infinity Music Hall (Hartford) | Institute for American Indian Studies | Institute for American Indian Studies | Ireland's Great Hunger Museum | Ireland's Great Hunger Museum | Kidcity Children's Museum | KidsPlay Children's Museum | Knights of Columbus Museum | Lutz Children's Museum | Lyman Allyn Art Museum | Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center | Mattatuck Museum | McKinnon's Irish Pub | McLadden's Irish Public House | Museum of Connecticut History | Mystic Seaport Museum | National Helicopter Museum, Inc. | New Britain Museum of American Art | New England Air Museum | New England Carousel Museum | New England Civil War Museum | New Haven Museum | Niantic Children's Museum | Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society | Northwest Park & Nature Center | O'Neill's Pub & Restaurant | Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine | PEZ Visitor Center | Playwright Irish Pub & Restaurant | Prudence Crandall Museum | Railroad Museum of New England/Naugatuck Railroad Company | Roaring Brook Nature Center | Sacred Heart University’s Discovery Science Center & Planetarium | Shore Line Trolley Museum | Slater Memorial Museum | SoNo Switch Tower Museum | Stamford Museum & Nature Center | Stanley-Whitman House | Stepping Stones Museum for Children | Stony Creek Brewery | The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum | The Barnum Museum | The Children's Museum | The Lansdowne Irish Pub & Music House | The Mark Twain House & Museum | The Public House | Town of Colchester | Town of East Lyme | Town of Essex | Town of Fairfield | Town of Greenwich | Town of Hebron | Town of Mystic | Town of Plainville | Town of Plymouth | Town of Putnam | Town of Southington | Vaughan's Public House | Vintage Hi Fi Museum | Vintage Radio & Communications Museum of Connecticut | Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art | Welles-Shipman-Ward House (c.1755) | White Horse Country Pub | William Benton Museum of Art | Windham Textile and History Museum | Yale Center for British Art | Yale Collection of Musical Instruments | Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History | Yale University Art Gallery
Explore the Unexpected
Overview: There’s always more to see in Connecticut. Make this the year you explore the unexpected! Check out these foodie scenes and boozy brunches, nightclubs, skydiving, aerial yoga spots, live music venues and more — perfect for the young and the young at heart.
Audience: Consumer
Sent: 2022-02-24
Featuring: Adventure Rooms | Aquila's Nest Vineyards | Arch Street Tavern | Avalon Nightclub | Avon Theatre Film Center | BAR | Backyard Adventure UTV Tours | Bank & Bridge Brewery | Barcade | Barcelona West Hartford | Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum | Barn Loft & Treehouse | Bartaco - West Hartford | Bear's Smokehouse (Hartford) | Bear's Smokehouse (New Haven) | Bear's Smokehouse (South Windsor) | Bear's Smokehouse (Windsor) | Black Hall Outfitters - Old Lyme | Black Hall Outfitters - Westbrook | Black-Eyed Sally's Southern Kitchen & Bar | Blue Spruce Farm | Brass City Raceway & Axe Throwing | Brignole Vineyards | Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center | Captain Grant's, 1754 | Captain John's Tiki Tours | Cava Restaurant | Chatfield Hollow State Park | Chelsea Piers Connecticut | Chez Est | City Climb Gym | City of Bridgeport | City of Hartford | City of Norwich | City of Stamford | Club Getaway | College Street Music Hall | Covered Bridge Electric Bike Rental | Crown & Hammer Restaurant & Pub | Dockside Brewery & Waterfront Biergarten | Elbow Room | Eli Cannon's Tap Room | Elicit Brewing Company | Elizabeth's Farmhouse | Elm City Party Bike | Engine Room | Escape 101 | Escape New Haven | Evening Sky Brewing Company | Fairfield Theatre Company | Fascia's Chocolates | Finnegan's Farm, West | Firehouse 12 | Foundry Kitchen & Tavern | Fox Farm Brewery | Foxwoods Resort Casino | Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana - New Haven | Garde Arts Center | Geronimo Bar & Grill | Getaway Machimoodus | Gillette Castle State Park | Gouveia Vineyards | Hard Rock Cafe at Foxwoods | Hartford Flavor Company | Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater | Hawk Ridge Winery | HighFlyer Zipline at Foxwoods Resort Casino | Hog River Brewing Company | Hops on the Hill Brewery | House of 1833 B&B | IT Adventure Ropes Course | Infinity Music Hall & Bistro (Norfolk) | Infinity Music Hall (Hartford) | Ives Concert Park | J Restaurant & Bar | Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts | Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Museum | Kent Falls State Park | Lake Compounce Campground | Lake Compounce Theme Park | Lamothe's Sugar House | Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts | Litchfield County Axe House | Litchfield Distillery | Luce | Market Place Tavern | Millwright's Restaurant | Mind Factory Escape Games | Mohegan Sun Arena | Monster Mini Golf | Monza World Class Karting at Foxwoods | Music Mountain | New England Cider Company | Nomads Adventure Quest | Norwalk Art Space | Norwalk Concert Hall | OKO | Oak & Almond | On Track Karting | Oyster Club | PEZ Visitor Center | Painting with a Twist | Panic Room | Parkville Market | Pedal Cruise Connecticut | People's State Forest | Pine & Iron Axe Throwing - New Haven | Plan B Burger Bar (Simsbury) | Present Company | Prime Climb Mountain Fun | Real Art Ways | Red 36 | Ridgefield Playhouse | River - A Waterfront Restaurant & Bar | Rock Climb Fairfield | Rockin' Jump Trampoline Park - Trumbull | Ron-A-Roll Indoor Roller Skating Center | Rooftop 120 | Rowanwood Farm | Sally's Apizza | Saltwater Farm Vineyard | Saybrook Point Resort & Marina | Seaside Shadows Haunted History Tours | Shrine at Foxwoods | Side Door Jazz Club | Sift Bake Shop | Sign of the Whale | Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center | Sky Zone - Norwalk | Skydive Danielson | Smash Avenue | SoNo Nightlife | SportsCenter of Connecticut | Sticks and Stones Farm | Stone Age Rock Gym | Stony Creek Brewery | Sunset Meadow Vineyards | Supercharged Powered by Mohegan Sun - Indoor Karting & Trampoline Park | Swyft | TAO Asian Bistro & Lounge | Taste of New Haven Tours | Tavern at Graybarns | Taylor Brooke Brewery | Terrain Garden Cafe | The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum | The Beer Garden at Shippan Landing | The Bijou Theatre | The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts | The Courthouse Bar & Grille | The Hops Company | The Knowlton | The Library | The Palace Theatre | The Place 2 Be | The Russian Lady | The Scorpion Bar | The Stand | The Study at Yale | The Vault Virtual Reality | The Webster | The Wine Press | Thrillz High Flying Adventure Park | Toad's Place | Town of Bethlehem | Town of Canaan | Town of Canton | Town of Cornwall | Town of Deep River | Town of Essex | Town of Granby | Town of Greenwich | Town of Griswold | Town of Guilford | Town of Kent | Town of Litchfield | Town of Mystic | Town of Naugatuck | Town of Plainville | Town of Salisbury | Town of Southington | Town of Stonington | Town of Thompson | Town of West Hartford | Town of Woodbridge | Toyota Oakdale Theatre | Two Roads Brewing Company | Union Street Tavern | Viron Rondo Osteria | Vista Lounge | Wall to Wall: The New London Mural Walk | Warner Theatre | West Hartford Center | Westville Music Bowl | Willimantic Brewing Company | Winvian Farm | Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun | Woolley Acres Farm | Woolsey Hall | Wurst Haus | XL Center | Xfinity Theatre | Xperiment Virtual Reality
Recent Press
Hartford's 10 Most Romantic Things To Do
TripSavvy
Online article from TripSavvy highlighting romantic things to do in and around Hartford, CT.
Published Date: 2018-01-29
Featuring: A Cardinal House B&B | Allegra Farm & Horse-Drawn Carriage & Sleigh Rides | Arrigoni Winery | Bin 228 | Carbone's Ristorante | Carriages & Country Weddings - Wood Acres Farm | Connecticut Wine Trail (ctwine.com) | Elizabeth Park Rose Gardens | Enders State Forest | Grass Roots Ice Cream | Infinity Music Hall (Hartford) | International Skating Center of Connecticut | Marriott Hartford Downtown | Milkcraft - West Hartford | Mill on the River | Mozzicato DePasquale Bakery & Pastry Shop | Pond House Cafe | Present Company | Ron-A-Roll Indoor Roller Skating Center | The Cheesecake Factory | Veterans Memorial Skating Rink
Best of Connecticut | 2018 Editors' Choice Awards
New England Today
Print and online article from New England Today featuring their editor's picks for places to visit in Connecticut in 2018.
Published Date: 2018-04-16
Featuring: Black Hall Outfitters - Old Lyme | Captain Scott's Lobster Dock | Delamar West Hartford | G-zen | Hidden Acres Family Campground | Hopkins Inn | Infinity Music Hall (Hartford) | Jack Rabbit's Gourmet Burgers & Dogs | Mystic Whaler Cruises | New England Carousel Museum | Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort | Present Company | Prime 16 (New Haven) | Roger Sherman Inn | Shell & Bones Oyster Bar & Grill | Spicer Mansion | Supercharged Powered by Mohegan Sun - Indoor Karting & Trampoline Park | Talcott Mountain State Park | The Goodwin Hotel | The Kelsey House Bed & Breakfast | The Storyteller's Cottage | The Wallingford Victorian Inn | Town of Coventry
Exciting New England Venues For New Year's Eve
Forbes
Online article highlighting exciting places to visit in New England on New Year's Eve.
Published Date: 2018-12-11
Featuring: Infinity Music Hall (Hartford) | Mystic Aquarium