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The second week of Pride month features rainbow-filled events, as well as some delicious food-filled festivals across the state.
Here are some things to do this weekend:
Bands, Brews & BBQ For Mohegan Sun’s Annual BBQ Fest
Uncasville
Photo courtesy of Mohegan Sun
This cookout gives guests a chance to enjoy ribs, chicken, brisket and pulled pork while they learn from BBQ Chefs, including Mike Puma from Gotham Burger Social Club. The grilling takes place Saturday and Sunday at Mohegan Sun.
More information about the cookout here.
Pride in the Park
Norwalk
The annual Fairfield County Pride in the Park Saturday, June 8, 2019, at Lockwood Mathews Park in Norwalk, Conn. The event featured live music, performances, and services to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
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Triangle Community Center will be hosting its fourth annual Pride in the Park at Matthews Park on Saturday. The event will have family-friendly activities as well as vendors, food and entertainment.
Tabletop Heroes Weekend at the 12th Annual Robin Hood’s Medieval Faire
Harwinton
The Harwinton Fair in 2019. This year’s fair opens Oct. 1 and continues through Oct. 3 at the Harwinton Fairgrounds, Locust Road, Harwinton.
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This faire recreates an old-world spring festival filled with jousting knights, combat and circus-style performers at the Harwinton Fairgrounds. This weekend is themed around giving fairgoers a chance to play tabletop RPG (role playing games.)
Rainbow Rave
Stamford
A LGBT pride flag flies outside the government center in downtown Stamford, Conn. on Wednesday, June 14, 2017.
Michael Cummo / Hearst Connecticut Media
Stamford Pride is organizing a dance to give high school students of all identities a chance to mingle at The Stamford Hotel on Friday.
Arts & Crafts on Bedford
Stamford
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This festival features local vendors, including African Art Hub, Mary’s Craft Hut and A Blend Above, selling handcrafted goods. It kicks off on Bedford Street on Saturday.
More information about the vendors here.
Farmers Market in Stamford
Stamford
The Memorial Wall in Veterans Memorial Park in Stamford.
John Breunig / Hearst Connecticut Media
A farmers market featuring baked goods, cheeses and oils will be hosted at Veterans Memorial Park each Saturday until Oct. 29. Opening weekend is this Saturday.
Shower Steamers Making Event at Yankee Cider Barn
East Haddam
Carnival caps, pink sweet confetti, drinking straws, streamers and candles on pastel blue surface. Top view, flat lay, copy space
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The staff at Yankee Cider Company will be teaching guests how to make their own shower streamers on Friday.
ATCA-CT Yankee Chapter Annual Truck Show
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Fairgrounds
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Trucks will be rolling into Bethlehem Fairgrounds for the show, which also has a bake sale and flea market, on Saturday and Sunday.
Hartford Taste Festival
Hartford
We’re beyond thrilled to be able to enjoy Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ’s succulent Kansas City-style pulled pork, brisket, ribs, and burnt-ends from the comfort of our own couch. Find them in Hartford.
Bill Morgan
The festival brings together food vendors in the Greater Hartford area including Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ, Bert’s Pizzeria and Fire-N-Spice. It takes place Friday and Saturday at Constitution Plaza.
Palace Block Party Centennial Celebration
Waterbury
Waterbury’s Palace Theater is holding the Palace Block Party, celebrating 100 years in the community and the return of live events, June 10 on the 100 bock of East Main St., starting at 5:30 p.m.
Emily M. Olson / Hearst Connecticut Media
The Palace Theater will be celebrating its 100th birthday on Friday with food, outdoor games dancing and music.
Pride Month Celebration at Tilley Pond Park
Darien
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Darien will hold its first Pride celebration at Tilley Pond Park, which will have music, speakers and food, on Sunday.
Imagine New Age Festival
Branford
Hennatize Me truck, which will be offering henna tattoos at the Imagine New Age Free Festival in Branford on Sunday, June 12.
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The festival includes free yoga, vegan food trucks, henna tattoos and massage therapy. It takes place at the Avant Garde Center on Sunday.
Black Rock Day 2022
Bridgeport
Black Rock Day, an annual celebration of the Black Rock Community, was held on June 9, 2019 in Bridgeport. Festivities included a race, a parade, live music and more. Were you SEEN?
Vic Eng / Hearst Connecticut Media Group
Black Rock Day 2022 features several events like a 5K race, food, music and a parade. The event starts at 4 Seabright Ave. on Sunday.
Barnum Sails the Sound
Bridgeport
The Barnum Festival’s annual Barnum Sails the Sound event took place June 15, 2019 on the Bridgeport Ferry. Guests enjoyed views, dinner and dancing. Were you SEEN?
Vic Eng / Hearst Connecticut Media Group
The tour takes guests to the Long Island Sound, with food provided from Vazzy’s. The boat takes off from 1 Ferry Access Rd on Saturday.
Steel & Wheels Car Show
Danbury
The Danbury Railway Museum will be the host venue for the Steel & Wheels car show to benefit the Connecticut chapter of the ALS Association on Saturday.
Phillip Beard
The car show, which raises funds for the Special Olympics, will bring together classic and unusual vehicles at the Danbury Railway Museum on Saturday.
Greenwich Celebrates Pride 2022
Greenwich, Fairfield
Former Selectman Drew Marzullo raises a rainbow flag during the Pride Month LGBTQ+ ceremony at Town Hall in Greenwich, Conn. Thursday, June 10, 2021. Former Selectman Drew Marzullo, the town’s only openly-gay Selectman, joined First Selectman Fred Camillo and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., to acknowledge the progress that has been made in acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community while noting that there is still much work to be done.
Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
Local leaders will be gathering at the Town Hall on Sunday to raise the Pride flag and to read the Pride proclamation. There will also be an ice cream truck to serve those who attend.
Check off some items on Connecticut’s summer bucket list for 2022
Illustration of paddle boarders
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Connecticut offers plenty of outdoor dining, day trips and festivals during the summertime. Check our list to start checking off some items.
Buddy Guy
Norwalk
Buddy Guy is performing June 11, 2022 at the Wall Street Theater, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year.
Buddy Guy / Contributed photo
Buddy Guy is an American musician, known for his guitar skills and blues music. The artist will be stopping at the Wall Street Theater on Saturday.
Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot
Wallingford
Mike DelGuidice will perform his “Live On The Porch” show at Norwalk’s Wall Street Theater Nov. 20. The concert will also be livestreamed.
Tom Gerard / Contributed photo
Mike DelGuidice is a singer-songwriter that has performed with stars like Billy Joel. He will be making a stop at the Toyota Oakdale Theatre on Saturday.
Vieux Farka Touré
Norfolk
Malian singer and musician Vieux Farka Toure performs on April 22, 2016 in Abidjan, during the 9th edition of the Festival of Urban Music of Anoumabo (FEMUA). / AFP / SIA KAMBOU (Photo credit should read SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images)
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The musician from Mali will be bringing his guitar skills to the Infinity Music Hall on Saturday and the Fairfield Theatre on Sunday.
Greek Experience Festival
Danbury
The annual Greek Experience Festival took place at Greek Assumption Church in Danbury on June 7-9, 2019. Festival goers enjoyed traditional Greek food, music and dance. Were you SEEN?
Vic Eng / Hearst Connecticut Media Group
The festival, which returns after a two-year hiatus, features authentic Greek food as well as Folk Dancers and live music. It takes place all weekend at Assumption Church.
Catherine’s Butterfly Party!
Newtown
Jack Gerrish, 4, pets Bailey at the annual “Butterfly Party” hosted by the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, held at the Fairfield Hills Campus, in Newtown, Conn., Saturday, June 9, 2018.
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The Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary is celebrating Catherine’s love of animals by holding this event to help animals find loving homes on Saturday.
A Pride Celebration + Pups and Pride Parade
Canton
The Shops at Farmington Village
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The free event welcomes both human and dog guests for a day with a parade and portraits for pups. The celebration kicks off on Saturday at The Shops at Farmington Valley.
More information about the celebration here.
Hammer of the Gods
Old Saybrook
|The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center is on Main Street in Old Saybrook.
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This rock band, which prides itself on being “the Ultimate Led Zeppelin experience,” will be performing at The Kate on Friday.
Juneteenth of Fairfield County
Fairfield
Seaside Park in Bridgeport
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This Juneteenth celebration features African-inspired vendors, ethnic food trucks and an urban farmers market. The celebration kicks off at Seaside Park on Saturday.
‘Flutter Zone’
Norwalk
Norwalk’s Maritime Aquarium will open a new butterfly exhibit on May 28. The “Flutter Zone,” is a walk-through exhibit in a floral habitat on the aquarium’s riverfront courtyard.
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The Maritime Aquarium will be hosting a habitat filled with colorful butterflies that guests can walk through. The “Flutter Zone” will be available until Sept. 5.
‘She is Rising’
New Canaan
Carriage Barn Arts Center
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This exhibit features artwork across different mediums that celebrate women and girls. The pieces will be on display at the Carriage Barn Arts Center until June 16.
Drag Brunch at MEXiCUE
Stamford
Robin Richards, left, and Frankie Cyanide, both of Stamford, act out a scene during storytime at the Ferguson Library in Stamford Saturday, August 7, 2021, featuring three drag performers. The storytime is part of Stamford Pride activities put on by the city’s LGBTQIA organization.
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Stamford Pride will be hosting a drag brunch featuring drag queens like Frankie Cyanide, Robin Fierce, Xiomarie LaBeija, Midnight and Miss Chevious on Sunday.
Juneteenth Community Day
Hartford
The Wadsworth Atheneum, located in Hartford, CT, is dedicated to advancing knowledge and inspiring everyone to experience and appreciate excellence in art and culture.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art/Wadsworth Museum
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is celebrating the new national holiday with art-making and performances on Sunday.
Rainbow Pop-Up
Manchester
WORK_SPACE
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The Galleries @ WORK_SPACE is hosting an LGBTQ+ pop-up event featuring music and art on Saturday.
Sound Meditation Concert
Coventry
Patriots Park Coventry.
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This concert aims to relax audiences with the soothing sounds of live gongs and singing bowls. It takes place at Patriots Park on Friday.
Cool down at a splash pad
All across CT
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Splash pads across the state have turned their sprinklers on, giving kids an opportunity to cool down for free.
A Century of Dolls
Norwalk
Work continues on construction projects and the roof repairs at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum on Monday August 27, 2018 in Norwalk Conn.
Alex von Kleydorff / Hearst Connecticut Media
The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will be hosting antique and vintage doll and toy collections starting on May 25 and lasting until Jan. 8, 2023.
‘Over The River and Through the Woods’
Manchester
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This comedy features a touching story about intergenerational relationships and is playing the Little Theatre of Manchester at Cheney Hall on all weekend.
Marine Life Encounter Cruises
Norwalk
A smooth dogfish shark gets safely returned to Long Island Sound after being brought up for examination during a Marine Life Encounter Cruise.
Maritime Aquarium / Contributed photo
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is hosting tours Saturdays and Sundays on the Long Island Sound to find all kinds of sea life.
Norwalk Islands Sunset Cruise
Norwalk
A sailboat heads into Norwalk Harbor with Manresa Island and the decommissioned power plant in the background on June 10, 2018 in Norwalk Conn.
Alex von Kleydorff / Hearst Connecticut Media
Sheffield Island Lighthouse and Harbor Tour is offering cruises through Norwalk Harbor and Long Island Sound starting from May 26 and lasting until Sept. 4.
Akinori Matsumoto Sound Garden
Greenwich
Japanese artist Akinori Matsumoto assembles his exhibit “Sound Garden” at Greenwich Library’s Flinn Gallery in Greenwich, Conn. Sunday, May 8, 2022. Matsumoto’s show features handmade objects made of bamboo, wood, paper and metal arranged in a multi-dimensional garden-like environment to delight the senses through motion, shadow play, and sound.
Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
This artistic creation by renowned Japanese sculptor and sound artist Akinori Matsumoto will be coming to the Flinn Gallery of the Greenwich Library on Thursday and will be on display until June 15.
‘David Hartt: A Colored Garden’
New Canaan
The Glass House in New Canaan was designed by Philip Johnson, one of “The Harvard Five.”
Robert Gregson / Contributed
The Glass House is featuring a new exhibition of paintings and videos that explore life at the turn of the country. The exhibit will be on display until Nov. 15.
Glow in the Park at The Adventure Park
Bridgeport, Mansfield
Livia Clark, 7, of Mendham, NJ, rides a zip line during her first ever ropes course with her family during opening day at The Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday, April 1, 2022.
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The Adventure Parks in Storrs and the Discovery Museum will be filled with colorful lights until June 11 that illuminate the path for guests as they zipline through the trees.
More information about the lights here.
Visit Lake Compounce amusement park
Bristol
Lake Compounce, the theme park in Bristol, is going all-cashless starting in the 2022 season.
TinaMarie Craven / Hearst Connecticut Media
Lake Compounce amusement park is open for its 2022 season. The park also recently became cashless.
‘Speed: Hydroplane Racing on the Connecticut River, 1900-1940’
Essex
Aerial view of the Connecticut River and Essex Harbor. The Connecticut River Museum in Essex will hold an event on its waterfront lawn on Saturday
Al Braden / Hearst Connecicut Media file photo
This exhibit covers the era of racing on the Connecticut River by showcasing photographs, trophies and vintage outboard racing motors. It’s on display at the Connecticut River Museum until Oct. 9.
More information about the exhibit here.
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition
Hartford
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This special exhibition lets patrons get up close and personal with reproductions of Michelangelo’s most famous works. The exhibition runs until June 26 at the Connecticut Convention Center.
Enjoy outdoor dining across the state
Outdoor dining at the Hopkins Inn
Lidia Ryan
Spring’s warmer weather makes it the perfect time to grab a bite to eat outside.
More information about the best locations to eat outdoors, according to Connecticut Magazine.
Open Arts Studio for Families
New Cannan
This is a rendering of the Alyson Shotz sculpture, which will be one of the many changes at Grace Farms in New Canaan when it reopens in September. Photo contributed July 2021
Contributed by Grace Farms Foundation, photo by Niv Rozenberg / Hearst Connecticut Media
Grace Farms is letting visitors experiment with new materials and art-making techniques every Saturday until Nov 30.
6th Annual Spring Outdoors
Northeastern Connecticut
Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret
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This program aims to connect visitors to the waters, lands and trails throughout The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor. It runs at The Last Green Valley until the Summer Solstice on June 21.
Find out about the trails here.
‘Solitary Garden’
Old Lyme
The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Conn. July 2021.
Lisa Nichols
Tour the gardens at the Florence Griswold Museum until Dec. 31.
Find out more about the gardens here.
‘Punk is Coming’
Westport
UNITED STATES – JANUARY 01: SAN FRANCISCO Photo of PUNKS and SEX PISTOLS and Malcolm McLAREN, Malcolm McLaren posed on Market Street, San Fransisco (Photo by Roberta Bayley/Redferns)
Roberta Bayley/Redferns
This exhibition features the work of over 50 artists, filmmakers and photographers who aimed to capture the punk era of the 1970s. See it at the MoCA Westport until June 5.
