2 October - 1 November 2026
What’s On
Concerts, theatre and exhibitions showcasing the beautiful arts Connecticut has to offer. Explore, learn more, and even purchase tickets to events near you!
2-4
OCT
Concerts
New World Symphony & Beyond
Belding Theater, The Bushnell · Friday & Saturday 8pm · Sunday 3pm
Hartford Symphony Orchestra. Dvořák's New World Symphony, with two of the orchestra's principal brass: Barbara Hill in Strauss's First Horn Concerto and Brian Diehl in Dani Howard's Trombone Concerto — three short movements titled Realization, Rumination and Illumination.
3
OCT
20th Century American Masters
Greater Bridgeport Symphony opens its 81st season under Eduardo Leandro: Bernstein's Candide Overture, Barber's Violin Concerto with Jennifer Koh, Gershwin's An American in Paris and William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony.
The Klein Memorial Auditorium · 7.30pm
3
OCT
Season Opening Concert
Yale Symphony Orchestra under Elizabeth Askren with soloist Heather Wittels. Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, Shawn Okpebholo's The Sky Between (2025), Weber's Der Freischütz Overture and Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis.
Woolsey Hall · 7.30pm · Tickets $3–$15
3&4
OCT
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra
Performing Arts Center, Greenwich High School · Saturday 7.30pm · Sunday 3pm
Stuart Malina conducts Adolphus Hailstork's An American Port of Call, Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto with James Baik, and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
6
OCT
Akropolis Reed Quintet
The Oneppo Chamber Music Series welcomes the Grammy-winning quintet, joined by baritone Kenneth Overton.
Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall · 7.30pm
14&21
OCT
Lunch Chamber Music
The start of the Yale School of Music's Lunchtime Series on College Street in New Haven.
Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall · 12.30pm
16
OCT
Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band
The big band is led by Nez Perce jazz vocalist Julia Keefe, presented by the Yale School of Music.
Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall · 7.30pm
18
OCT
Wendy Sharp, Violin
Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall · 3pm
A recital in the Yale School of Music's Faculty Artist Series.
18
OCT
Broadway & Beyond - New Haven Symphony Orchestra
Shelton intermediate School, Shelton · 3pm
The New Haven Symphony opens its LIVE from the Valley series with an intimate cabaret of Broadway favourites featuring Amy Maude Helfer.
18
OCT
Great Organ Music at Yale with James O'Donnell
Former Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey, James O'Donnell plays the great Newberry Organ — hear him on Episode 2 of CTArtsTalk Podcast.
Woolsey Hall, New Haven · 7.30pm · Free Admission
23
OCT
Peter Oundjian conducts, with Nick Hammel as soloist in Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 2, followed by Dvořák's Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70.
Yale Philharmonia
Woolsey Hall, New Haven · 7.30pm
23-25
OCT
Dinur Conducts Tchaikovsky 4
Belding Theater, The Bushnell · Friday & Saturday 8pm · Sunday 3pm
Yaniv Dinur guest conducts the Hartford Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. Dinur is one of the HSO's music director finalists — hear our conversation with him on the website.
24
OCT
Shadows & Spirits
The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra opens its season with Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto with Isabela Diaz, Rachmaninoff's The Isle of the Dead, Saint-Saëns's Danse Macabre and Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain.
Garde Arts Center, New London · 7.30pm · $12 for patrons under 40
24
OCT
The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra opens its season with Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto with Isabela Diaz, Rachmaninoff's The Isle of the Dead, Saint-Saëns's Danse Macabre and Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain.
Tchaikovsky Festival
Norwalk Concert Hall · 7.30pm
24
OCT
Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra
Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, the Ballet Suite from Gounod's Faust, and Saint-Saëns's Cello Concerto No. 1 with Lillian Yim.
Hoffman Auditorium, University of Saint Joseph · 3pm
24&25
OCT
Sibelius & Schumann
The Palace Theatre, Stamford · Saturday 7.30pm · Sunday 3pm
Orchestra LUMOS and Michael Stern: Bach's Double Violin Concerto featuring the orchestra's young INTEMPO Artist-in-Residence, Sibelius's Violin Concerto with Stefan Jackiw, and Schumann's Symphony No. 3, Rhenish.
25
OCT
Verdi’s Requiem - New Haven Symphony Orchestra
The Palace Theatre, Stamford · Saturday 7.30pm · Sunday 3pm
Perry So leads the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the Hartt Chorus and Yale Camerata in Verdi's Requiem, alongside Raven Chacon's Inscription.
Theatre
29
SEP
The Great Gatsby
The Tony Award-winning musical, which Entertainment Weekly called a “Broadway extravaganza that explodes with life and energy.” Fitzgerald's Roaring Twenties, staged.
Belding Theater, The Bushnell · Through 4 October
8
OCT
Little Bear Ridge Road
Samuel D. Hunter's new play, set on the remote edge of a small Idaho town, reunites a razor-tongued aunt and her long-estranged nephew. Bitingly funny and quietly explosive. Runs to 8 November.
TheaterWorks Hartford · From 8 October
9
OCT
Dracula
Hartford Stage's autumn production, running to 1 November.
Hartford Stage · From 9 October
20
OCT
Ken Ludwig’s Pride and Prejudice, Part 2: Napoleon at Pemberley
For all you Jane Austen fans, take a journey with your favourite characters to Darcy's country estate at Pemberley. But what is Napoleon doing there? Wasn't he fighting in Germany in 1813?
Westport Country Playhouse · 20 October – 7 November
30
OCT
Annie
The Goodspeed, East Haddam · 30 October – 27 December
Goodspeed celebrates the 50th anniversary of its biggest hit with a new production, on the stage where it all began. Annie escapes Miss Hannigan's orphanage in search of her parents and finds a new family with her lovable dog Sandy and billionaire Oliver Warbucks. The can't-miss event of the fall.
30
OCT
Cavelleria Rusticana
Bailey Auditorium, Manchester High School · 7.30pm
The Manchester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, conducted by Jeffrey Spenner, give a semi-staged performance of Mascagni's opera. Soloists: Renee Macdonald, James Mancuso, Mark Womack and Megan Weikleenget.
Exhibitions
Yale Center for British Art
John Constable: The Landscape Reimagined
Until 25 July 2027 · Free Admission
Constable's bold open-air paintings, including works never before shown in the United States.
Yale Center for British Art
Sightlines: British Landscape Photography, 1840 to Now
Until 24th January 2027 · Free Admission
Sightlines: British Landscape Photography, 1840 to Now shines a light on the power of landscape photography by exploring how it has shaped the ways in which the natural world is seen and understood.
Sculpture drawn from the forms of the Golden Ratio, across a career begun in the 1970s.
Media Credit:
Howard McCalebb, Happy Germans, 2010, mixed media & collage on paper, 20 x 20 inches.
Celebrating 250 Years of American History
The New Britain Museum of American Art is partnering with the National Gallery of Art for the National Gallery’s “Across the Nation” initiative, which brings key works of art to regional museums across the United States in 2025 and 2026.
-New Britain Museum of American Art
Commemorating America's founding, 1776–1876. An excellent chance to see John Trumbull's paintings of the Revolution.
Plan Your Visit
Venue Directory
Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall
470 College Street, New Haven
Box office 203-432-4158
The Ridgefield Playhouse
80 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield
Box office 203-438-5795
Norwalk Concert Hall
Norwalk City Hall, 125 East Ave. , Norwalk
Box office 203-432-1234
Bailey Auditorium
Manchester High School
134 Middle Turnpike East, Manchester