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Rum Rendezvous Brings a Caribbean-Style Rum Party to Foxwoods

Rum Rendezvous Brings a Caribbean-Style Rum Party to Foxwoods

Editor • September 28, 2026

Sample light, dark and spiced rums while live music, a DJ, cigar rolling, food and games turn Foxwoods’ Rainmaker Expo into a four-hour Caribbean-style party.

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Lenny Pearce Turns Kids Songs Into a Toddler Rave at Foxwoods

Lenny Pearce Turns Kids’ Songs Into a Toddler Rave at Foxwoods

Editor • September 28, 2026

The Australian DJ behind Toddler Techno turns familiar kids’ songs into a full-scale family rave with big beats, lights, characters and a party built for little kids and their grown-ups.

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Walk for a Cure Crosses Southeastern Connecticut With Four Routes and One Finish Line

Walk for a Cure Crosses Southeastern Connecticut With Four Routes and One Finish Line

Editor • September 28, 2026

Choose 26.2, 13.1, 6.5 or 3.1 miles as hundreds of walkers cross the Connecticut shoreline from four starting points before coming together at Camp Harkness to raise money for breast cancer research.

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Moonlit Mystic Graveyard Ghost Tours Takes Visitors Into One of Mystics Oldest Burial Grounds After Dark

The Ghost of Black Sam Brings a Legendary Pirate Back From the Deep

Editor • September 27, 2026

Explore a 1600s burial ground by lantern light as Seaside Shadows mixes vampire scares, local legends and reported hauntings.

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Pequot Lighthouse New London

Climb 116 Steps Inside New London Harbor Lighthouse on Weekend Tours

Editor • September 27, 2026

Step inside one of Long Island Sound’s oldest landmarks and make the 116-step climb to the lantern room during intimate weekend tours.

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Harp and Dragon First Sunday Brunch Buffet First Sundays 11am - 2pm

Harp & Dragon First Sunday Brunch Buffet

Editor • September 27, 2026

Harp & Dragon First Sunday Brunch Buffet brings an expansive all-you-can-enjoy brunch experience to downtown Norwich on the first Sunday of every month. Combining breakfast

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Brunch with Bottomless Mimosas at the Jealous Monk

Brunch with Bottomless Mimosas at the Jealous Monk

Editor • September 27, 2026

Mystic’s European-style beer hall opens early every Sunday for a dedicated brunch menu, bottomless mimosas and an easy start to a day at Olde Mistick Village.

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Brunch Sundays Brings Southern Comfort Food With a Haitian Island Twist to New London

Brunch Sundays Brings Southern Comfort Food With a Haitian Island Twist to New London

Editor • September 27, 2026

Oxtail meets grits and crème brûlée meets French toast as Favorites Bistro Bar puts its Haitian and Caribbean spin on Sunday brunch in downtown New London.

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Fairview Fall Farmers Market Brings Four Fridays of Local Food Makers and Music to Groton

Fairview Fall Farmers Market Brings Four Fridays of Local Food, Makers and Music to Groton

Editor • September 27, 2026

Four Friday afternoons bring local farms, bakers, makers, food vendors and a changing lineup of live musicians to the Fairview Town Green in Groton.

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The Ghost of Black Sam Turns a Real Pirate Shipwreck Into a Haunted Trail

The Ghost of Black Sam Turns a Real Pirate Shipwreck Into a Haunted Trail

Editor • September 27, 2026

A real pirate, a lost ship, a deadly New England nor’easter and 300 years of legend become the foundation for Mystic KOA’s monthlong haunted trail through the October darkness. Don’t miss out on a Halloween favorite.

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25 Dollar Girl Dinner Turns Thursday Night Into a Three-Course Deal at Favorites Bistro Bar

$25 Girl Dinner Turns Thursday Night Into a Three-Course Deal at Favorites Bistro Bar

Editor • September 27, 2026

One appetizer, one entrée and one drink for $25 turns Thursday into Girl Dinner at New London’s Caribbean-influenced Favorites Bistro Bar.

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KC and the Sunshine Band Bring the Sound That Made Miami Dance to Foxwoods

KC and the Sunshine Band Bring the Sound That Made Miami Dance to Foxwoods

Editor • September 27, 2026

Harry Wayne “KC” Casey brings the horns, percussion and dance-floor hits that helped define the Miami Sound and turned the Sunshine Band into a 1970s phenomenon.

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Between Worlds Opens in October With an Evening of Spirit and Intuition at Rum Tropic

Between Worlds Opens in October With an Evening of Spirit and Intuition at Rum Tropic

Editor • September 27, 2026

Psychic Moon Mentor Kaitlyn leads an intimate October workshop exploring intuition, spirit communication and energetic awareness.

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500 Luminaries Turn Copp Family Park Into an Enchanted Forest for One Night

500 Luminaries Turn Copp Family Park Into an Enchanted Forest for One Night

Editor • September 27, 2026

Five hundred glowing luminaries, live entertainment and witch dancing transform a one-mile woodland trail at Copp Family Park for one October night.

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Fairview Fall Farmers Market Brings Four Fridays of Local Food Makers and Music to Groton

Fairview Fall Farmers Market Brings Four Fridays of Local Food, Makers and Music to Groton

Editor • September 27, 2026

Four Friday afternoons bring local farms, bakers, makers, food vendors and a changing lineup of live musicians to the Fairview Town Green in Groton.

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The Ghost of Black Sam Turns a Real Pirate Shipwreck Into a Haunted Trail

The Ghost of Black Sam Turns a Real Pirate Shipwreck Into a Haunted Trail

Editor • September 27, 2026

A real pirate, a lost ship, a deadly New England nor’easter and 300 years of legend become the foundation for Mystic KOA’s monthlong haunted trail.

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Sunset Sails September 25 & 26

Full Moon Sunset Sail Pairs Two of Mystic’s Best Views Aboard the ARGIA (sold out)

Editor • September 26, 2026

Watch sunset fade across Fishers Island Sound as the full moon rises from the deck of ARGIA, with picnics and wine welcome aboard the two-hour sail.

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I Petty the Fool Brings Tom Pettys American Rock Songbook to Sneekers

I Petty the Fool Brings Tom Petty’s American Rock Songbook to Sneekers (cancelled)

Editor • September 24, 2026

Connecticut tribute band I Petty the Fool digs into four decades of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for a Saturday night show at Sneekers Cafe.

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The Subliminals Bring Party Jazz Underground at Tox Brewing

The Subliminals Bring “Party Jazz” Underground at Tox Brewing

Editor • September 24, 2026

New London’s shape-shifting instrumental collective heads downstairs at Tox Brewing for a night of groove-heavy jazz inspired by Hancock, Davis, Hargrove and Scofield.

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The Franklin Brothers Turn The Social Into a Two-Night Steely Dan and 70s Soul Showcase

The Franklin Brothers Turn The Social Into a Two-Night Steely Dan and ’70s Soul Showcase

Editor • September 24, 2026

New London’s 10-piece Franklin Brothers Band settles into The Social for two nights of deep-cut Steely Dan, ’70s soul, funk, horns and original music.

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Eclectic Electric The Forest Room and The Kosmographers Turn Oasis Into a Three-Genre Experiment

Eclectic Electric, The Forest Room and The Kosmographers Turn Oasis Into a Three-Genre Experiment

Editor • September 24, 2026

Three corners of New England’s underground collide at Oasis with guitar-led jazz, a one-man electronic performance and bass-heavy psychedelic rock.

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Nick Di Maria Brings Connecticut Jazz to New Londons Newest Music Room

Nick Di Maria Brings Connecticut Jazz to New London’s Newest Music Room

Editor • September 24, 2026

Trumpeter and composer Nick Di Maria joins bassist Jason Santini and drummer John Soni for an intimate trio performance at New London’s new jazz room.

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A Toast to Dolly Brings Drag, Burlesque and Live Music to 33 Golden Street

A Toast to Dolly Brings Drag, Burlesque and Live Music to 33 Golden Street

Editor • September 24, 2026

Drag, burlesque and live music take over 33 Golden Street for an 80th-birthday celebration of Dolly Parton that raises money for her Imagination Library.

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Wicked Peach Brings 30 Years of Rock Favorites Back to the Wolf Den

Wicked Peach Brings 30 Years of Rock Favorites Back to the Wolf Den

Editor • September 24, 2026

Southeastern New England favorite Wicked Peach celebrates three decades of rock and pop-rock with another free Sunday night performance inside Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den.

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