Summer days and nights in July featuring Music, Films and Bread & Puppet in Middletown Connecticut.
Read or scroll to bottom to see when all of these are happening.
Also Note they are all FREE!
Klekolo presents
Tuesday Night Music series.
Klekolo by Yvette
Do stop in for these intimate events Tuesday’s 7 pm -9 pm.
Click Musicians Names for their website links.
July 2nd
Join us for an Intimate evening with Someone You Can Xray!
Scaled down and up close.
This band is always full of surprises and talent so who knows what they will choose to do Tuesday night.
I am sure it will be awesome and fun!
July 9th
Ray Mason
“Ray and his road-worn 1965 Silvertone guitar have been tirelessly touring since 1982.
Starting his first band in 1966 and averaging over 100 shows a year, he’s like a teenager with forty-plus years of experience!
Ray Mason‘s tunes follow no trend while keeping an upward slide on the songwriting scale.
It’s rock with the roll! One man with his Silvertone!”
July 16th
Shannon Mcmahon
Shannon McMahon a singer/songwriter from Stratford, CT,
she creates contemporary folk music with rich vocals and songs that resonate with a strong sense of the human experience.
This singer, songwriter, guitarist plays from her heart and shares an awesome vibe with her audience. Do join us!
July 23rd
Robert C. Fullerton
” everything is “looked at through blue eyes” – a touch of jazz, blues, a little bit of soul.
Robert’s interpretations and Originals are his own style of “Acoustic SouL”
Well worth a listen! Do come join us for a few hours of Robert’s awesome sound and style.
July 30th
Podunk Throwbacks
“Throwback” to a time when songwriters did not “woo” listeners with familiar covers while slipping their own works in between
but believed in their songs enough to allow them to stand on their own…. that’s The Podunk Throwbacks.
Songwriter, Todd Skilton, combines life experience with jazz, rock, country, folk & classical influences,
providing a little something for everyone to relate to.
Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate
Music at the Mansion series is happening again this July.
All of the concerts will be Wednesdays at 6:30 pm.
2018 Funky Dawgz at the Mansion photo by Yvette
July 3rd
Shaded Soul Band
Their music spans many different decades and the repertoire includes R & B, Motown.
July 10th
Hartford Jazz Orchestra
The Hartford Jazz Orchestra is a sixteen-piece jazz orchestra.
Wow! great stuff!
July 17th
CJ West and the Downtown Train
“CJ West and The Downtown Train will be taking you on a trip through time with a tribute to the bands that graced the stage at Woodstock in 1969.”
July 24th
Plywood Cowboy
“We either rock the hell out of the songs live or we dim the lights and cry together with the crowd.”, says Dedman.
Listen for yourself and see why New York Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Chris Bergson
called Plywood Cowboy “one of the best new bands on the Americana scene”.
July 31st
Middletown Symphonic Band
Middletown Symphonic Band is comprised of 60 musicians with ages ranging from 16 – 85.
They play “Traditional Concert Band Style; Classical; Semi-Classical; Marches; Broadway; Jazz; Holiday Favorites and more!”
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Outdoor Films for summer evenings!
July 13th
The Princess and the Frog!
Rated G: Hardworking and ambitious, Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) dreams of one day opening the finest restaurant in New Orleans.
Her dream takes a slight detour when she meets Prince Naveen (Bruno Campos), who has been turned into an amphibian by evil Dr. Facilier.
Mistaking her for a princess and hoping to break the spell, Naveen plants a kiss on poor Tiana — thereby turning her into a frog as well.
The pair hop along on an adventure through the bayous to seek the help of a powerful voodoo priestess.
July 27th
The Black Panther!
Black Panther (rated PG13) is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
T’Challa is crowned king of Wakanda following his father’s death, but his sovereignty is challenged
by an adversary who plans to abandon the country’s isolationist policies and begin a global revolution.
Both of the above films are shown on Foss Hill
7:30 pm ish – 10:30 pm ish
These films are brought to us by Middletown Youth Services.
Bread and Puppet Theater:
“The Diagonal Life Circus”
July 18th – 7pm
“The Diagonal Life Circus” is funny and moving—a colorful, tonally and formally diverse tumult of short acts
on the urgent themes of the day, powered by a riotous brass band.
Foss Hill/Andrus Field
Presented by Wesleyan University center for the Arts
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Middletown Connecticut always has something happening!
Iam sure I missed stuff but hey I only list what catches my eye and this month it is all FREE!
Look at the
City of Middletown Arts & Culture Facebook page
to see what is happening in Middletown on any day.
See you out there.
~Yvette