Rose Arts Music Festival at Chelsea Parade

Chelsea Parade PArk 2 Chelsea Parade, Norwich

In 2017, the Rose Arts Festival was resurrected, inspired by the festival’s passionate history, along with the belief that creativity can invigorate and empower a community. Rose Arts is a call to the community to celebrate yesterday, today and tomorrow. Rose Arts is a movement using interaction, community involvement, emerging music, and public art to motivate. For more information Music Downtown Friday 6:30 pm to 2:am Saturday Road race begins at 8 a.m., Live Music starts at 11 a.m. and runs the entire day..

$99 – $435

Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet at The Side Door

The Side Door 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme

From a tender young age it was clear that Jason Marsalis had what it took to be great. Jason is the son of pianist and music educator Ellis Marsalis and his wife Dolores, and the youngest sibling of Wynton, Branford and Delfeayo. Together, the four brothers and their patriarch Ellis, comprise New Orleans venerable first family of jazz. Ellis and Dolores began to cultivate Jason’s interest in music at age three, with the purchase of a toy set of drums. Jason is fond of telling the story of a game he and his parents would play with the drums. “When I was three, my parents bought me a toy drum set and the used to introduce me to an imaginary audience. They would say, ‘Ladies and gentleman introducing the fabulous Jason!’ and I would come out and start banging away much to my parents delight. I too enjoyed it to the point that I started to go up to my parents unsolicited and say, ‘Dad, introduce me again!’” For more information

$30 – $50

The Hoolios at The Hygienic: New London

Hygienic Art 79 Bank Street, New London

Fan favorites The Hoolios with special guests The Carleans return to Hygienic Art Park on Saturday June 29th 8pm. Steeped in the rhythms of the Gulf of Mexico: Americana, Latin, Reggae, Texas Folk and Zydeco, The Hoolios will have you dancing under the stars! Ticket $15 Presale $20 Door For more information

$15 – $20

Take Your Family to Visit a State Fish Hatchery

Quinebaug Valley State Fish Hatchery Address:  145 Trout Hatchery Road, Plainfield, CT 06374 Hours:  8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (7 days a week) Phone: 860-564-7542 Tours: Open to the public. Groups interested in tours of the hatchery starting on or after June 1 should call at the phone number below. Burlington State Fish Hatchery Address:34 Belden Rd, Burlington, CT 06013 Hours:  8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (7 days a week) Tours: Self-guided or by reservation. Phone: 860-673-2340

Saturdays at the Stonington Village Farmers’ Market

Stonington Village Farmers' Market The Velvet Mill, 22 Bayview Avenue, Stonington

About the Farmer's Market The Stonington Farmers’ Market began in 1997 under the initiative of Geoffrey Little. The enormously popular market attracts residents from the Borough and surrounding communities who come to buy fresh, healthy, local food. In 2008 the Stonington Farmers’ Market became a year-round event, moving inside during the winter months. For more information

Wooster Square Farmer’s Market​ in New Haven

Wooster Square Farmer's Market Conte West/Hills Middle School, 511 Chapel St, New Haven

Saturdays | 10am – 1pm Opening Day: April 6 Conte West/Hills Middle School 511 Chapel St, New Haven The Wooster Square Farmers Market has been a staple in the Wooster Square community for over 15 years. During the COVID19 global pandemic the Wooster Square market moved to the very spacious parking lot of Conte West Middle School to accommodate social distancing. This move has also allowed us to bring in more vendors! This market is our biggest and offers an incredible variety of products. You can find fresh local produce, dairy, eggs, meat, honey, and more! Vendors at our market accept credit, debit, cash and SNAP/EBT. We even double SNAP/EBT for fresh produce! For more information

Garden Dialogues 2024: Concord, MA

Concord MA Concord, MA

June 29, 2024 Register now to explore this exceptional 2.4-acre property with rolling meadows and surrounded by a densely forested perimeter. This landscape includes a long, winding driveway, sunny perennial gardens, and elegant granite steps. The exclusive tour will be led by Michelle Crowley, principal of Crowley Cottrell, Architect Kelly Ennis Connellan of Jill Neubauer Architects, and Botanica Fine Gardens Meadow Consultant/Installation, Ed Kutchmanich. For more information

$75 – $100

Long Table Farm 256 BEAVER BROOK ROAD, Lyme

The farm is bustling with life and abundant with produce.  We've gotten so much planted this week and many spring projects are wrapping up.  Come check out what has changed! Our Market will be open every Saturday starting April 6th, until Thanksgiving. 10AM-1PM with guest vendors weekly. For more information

A SUMMER’S PALETTE: ART AND FLOWERS AT WESTFORD HILL DISTILLERS

WESTFORD HILL DISTILLERS 196 Chatey Road, Ashford

Join us for A Summer's Palette Art Show at Westford Hill Distillers in Ashford CT, returning this year in partnership with the Ashford Arts Council and with promotional support from the Eastern Region Tourism District. More than 25 artists will be exhibiting and selling their artwork, plus enjoy live music, observe or participate in en plein air painting. Woodturning and woodcarving, pottery, authors, fiber art, fairy houses, hand-made soaps, basketry, mosaics, musical instruments, photography, weaving, and more. Grab lunch at the Twin Beaks Food Truck or home-baked savory and sweet treats from Keith's Creations, plus craft cocktails are available for purchase.  All this fun is taking place on the grounds at Westford Hill Distillers, New England's first craft distiller.  Westford Hill Distillers is located on a 200-acre property that has been under the stewardship of the Chatey family since 1919. Enjoy the mature gardens, learn about craft distillation. Live music includes performances by Ashford's Babcock Cornet Band, the longest-performing cornet band in the country. This is what a day in June should be--bring along your friends, enjoy art, hear great music and drink in an authentic New England experience in The Last Green Valley. Admission is free; donations welcome For more information

Opening Paths: Imna Arroyo at Lyman Allyn

Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New London

June 29 – September 22, 2024 Puerto Rican artist Imna Arroyo’s art explores connections between the African continent and its diaspora in an on-going endeavor to reclaim a lost and scattered heritage. Opening Paths explores the artist’s emergence and path forward by showcasing works in various disciplines and mediums from her early years (1968-1980’s) when she began to assert her uniquely expressive Afro-Caribbean agency, through her 2022 mixed-media installation, Eleggua, dedicated to Yoruba Orisha Eshu/Elegguá, representing the crossroads of the world and the opening of the paths. Opening Paths reflects the artist’s connectedness to her Afro-Caribbean heritage, giving voice to the stories and rich traditions of her ancestors as she “…finds solace in the belief that artmaking can be a form of healing.” For more information

$3 – $12

The Capitol Groove Music Festival

Bushnell Park Hartford

DOWNTOWN HARTFORD’S INAUGURAL  MUSIC FESTIVAL FEATURING: SATURDAY, JUNE 29 Dispatch• The Head and the Heart and The Revivalists • My Morning Jacket Shakey Graves • Trampled by turtles • Ozomatli • Say She she • the cap groove all-stars SUNDAY, JUNE 30 Guster • Trevor Hall • Tank and the Bangas •The Suffers • Vincent Lima For more information

$99 – $435

Womanimation! 2024 Film Festival : Best Video: Hamden

Best Video Film & Cultural Center 1842 Whitney Avenue, Hamden

Womanimation! is the premier showcase in the US of international women’s animation, a special one-day film festival event presenting animated short film stories created by women around the world. From satire to drama, from the everyday to the surreal - in styles from traditional 2-D to stop-motion to computer animation - the festival showcases wide-ranging visual styles. Audiences at each screening will vote for their favorite three films of the program, with the top overall vote-getter receiving a custom art object award, created by a winner from a previous edition of the festival.  For more information

$12