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Jon Kondeliks Adult Bingo Turns Bingo Into an X-Rated Comedy Game Show at Mohegan Sun

Jon Kondelik’s Adult Bingo Turns Bingo Into an X-Rated Comedy Game Show at Mohegan Sun

Editor • September 16, 2026

Comedian Jon Kondelik turns bingo into a late-night 21+ game show with adult-themed rounds, risqué mini-games, comedians and decidedly naughty prizes.

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The Great Escape at Wolf Den Recreates Journeys Arena-Rock Sound in an Intimate Room

The Great Escape at Wolf Den Recreates Journey’s Arena-Rock Sound in an Intimate Room

Editor • September 15, 2026

New England Journey tribute The Great Escape brings nearly two decades of experience recreating Steve Perry-era favorites to Mohegan Sun’s intimate Wolf Den.

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Thana Alexa Quartet Brings a Grammy-Nominated Voice and a Global Jazz Palette to The Side Door

Thana Alexa Quartet Brings a Grammy-Nominated Voice and a Global Jazz Palette to The Side Door

Editor • September 15, 2026

Grammy-nominated vocalist Thana Alexa brings an unusual four-voice quartet of guitar, keyboards, percussion, loops and electronics to Old Lyme’s intimate jazz room.

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

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

Editor • September 15, 2026

Explore a Mystic burial ground dating to the 1660s by lantern light as Seaside Shadows mixes colonial history, vampire scares, local legends and reported hauntings.

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Concert on the Green Adam Lomeo and Marcus McLaurine Closes La Gruas Outdoor Season With Jazz in Stonington Borough

Concert on the Green: Adam Lomeo & Marcus McLaurine Closes La Grua’s Outdoor Season With Jazz in Stonington Borough

Editor • September 15, 2026

Guitarist Adam Lomeo reunites with former teacher and veteran Clark Terry bassist Marcus McLaurine for their first duo performance on the Stonington Commons Green.

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Erykah Badu and Special Guests Bring De La Soul The Alchemist and Smino to Mohegan Sun Arena

Erykah Badu & Special Guests Bring De La Soul, The Alchemist and Smino to Mohegan Sun Arena

Editor • September 15, 2026

Erykah Badu brings three generations of adventurous soul and hip-hop together with De La Soul, The Alchemist and Smino at Mohegan Sun Arena.

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Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood Bring Connecticut Blues Power to the Wolf Den

Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood Bring Connecticut Blues Power to the Wolf Den

Editor • September 15, 2026

Connecticut blues guitarist Jeff Pitchell brings Texas Flood’s hard-driving mix of blues, rock, soul and funk to a free Wolf Den show.

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Swing Band Benefit Concert Brings Three Big Bands and a Dance Floor to the UNITED

Swing Band Benefit Concert Brings Three Big Bands and a Dance Floor to the UNITED

Editor • September 15, 2026

Three regional big bands fill the UNITED with swing-era favorites while raising money for music education in Westerly and New London.

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Take It To The Bridge Trio at the Charlestown Rathskeller Turns an Eight-Piece Party Band Into a Sunday Afternoon Groove

Take It To The Bridge (Trio) at the Charlestown Rathskeller Turns an Eight-Piece Party Band Into a Sunday Afternoon Groove

Editor • September 15, 2026

Three members of Rhode Island’s eight-piece Take It To The Bridge strip down the band’s funk, soul, pop and rock repertoire for a free Sunday show.

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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 15, 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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Olde Mistick Village Garlic Festival

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Olde Mistick Village Garlic Festival

Editor • September 14, 2026

Freshly harvested garlic is only the beginning as more than 50 vendors and 16 local performers fill Olde Mistick Village with food, farms, makers and music..

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The Velvet Mill End-of-Season Indoor Sidewalk Sale

The Velvet Mill End-of-Season Indoor Sidewalk Sale

Editor • September 14, 2026

Wander the halls of the historic Velvet Mill as independent shops bring vintage finds, art, décor, clothing, collectibles and clearance merchandise outside their doors.

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Almost Maine at the Granite Theatre

Almost, Maine at the Granite Theatre

Editor • September 14, 2026

Nine stories of love, heartbreak and unexpected connection unfold beneath the northern lights as John Cariani’s enormously popular romantic comedy comes to Westerly.

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Blizzard of Ozz Brings the Randy Rhoads Era of Ozzy Osbourne to the Charlestown Rathskeller

Blizzard of Ozz Brings the Randy Rhoads Era of Ozzy Osbourne to the Charlestown Rathskeller

Editor • September 14, 2026

Blizzard of Ozz digs deep into Ozzy Osbourne’s Randy Rhoads years, later solo hits and Black Sabbath classics for an outdoor night at the Rathskeller.

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End of Summer Bonfire at the Beach Brings The Hoolios Food Trucks and Giant Flames to Eastern Point

End of Summer Bonfire at the Beach Brings The Hoolios, Food Trucks and Giant Flames to Eastern Point

Editor • September 14, 2026

The Hoolios play the shoreline as Groton closes out summer with food trucks, games and a 6:30 p.m. bonfire at Eastern Point Beach.

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WDA Heather Cox Richardson

WDA Heather Cox Richardson Watch Party Brings a National Democracy Event to Bank Square Books

Editor • September 14, 2026

Join a national celebration of historian Heather Cox Richardson in Mystic as she receives WDA’s inaugural democracy award and talks with Siri Hustvedt.

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Waterfest 2026 Brings Paddling Indigenous Music Art and a Community Conversation to Long Pond

Waterfest 2026 Brings Paddling, Indigenous Music, Art and a Community Conversation to Long Pond

Editor • September 14, 2026

Swim and paddle Long Pond, hear Indigenous music and poetry, explore a future fishway and help shape local flood resilience at this free watershed festival.

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Westerly Performing Arts Tour Takes Young Performers Behind the Scenes at Three Downtown Arts Institutions

Westerly Performing Arts Tour Takes Young Performers Behind the Scenes at Three Downtown Arts Institutions

Editor • September 14, 2026

Young musicians, actors and singers can go behind the scenes at The UNITED, step onto the Granite Theatre stage and explore choral training at historic Kent Hall.

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Aquanett Brings the Big Hair Big Guitars and 80s Metal Back to the Charlestown Rathskeller

Aquanett Brings the Big Hair, Big Guitars and ’80s Metal Back to the Charlestown Rathskeller

Editor • September 14, 2026

Aquanett brings more than 25 years of big-hair experience to the Rathskeller’s outdoor stage with a full-production tribute to the hard-rock excess of the 1980s.

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Party on the Sun Patio Closes the Season With Beatlemania Again at Mohegan Sun

Party on the Sun Patio Closes the Season With Beatlemania Again at Mohegan Sun

Editor • September 14, 2026

Beatlemania Again closes Mohegan Sun’s free summer patio series with a three-era Beatles production spanning Ed Sullivan, Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road.

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Green-Tie Celebration Goes to the Movies for Denison Pequotsepos Nature Centers Biggest Fundraiser of the Year

Green-Tie Celebration Goes to the Movies for DPNC

Editor • September 13, 2026 • 1 Comment

Coogan Farm rolls out the red carpet for DPNC’s biggest fundraiser of the year, with movie costumes, Dog Watch bites, an auction and environmental hero Lydia Pan.

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Puzzle Palooza Turns a 500-Piece Jigsaw Into a Race at Groton’s Thrive55 plus

Puzzle Palooza Turns a 500-Piece Jigsaw Into a Race at Groton’s Thrive55+

Editor • September 13, 2026

Teams of one to four racers get 500 pieces and two hours to prove their puzzle supremacy in this all-ages Groton competition, with bragging rights on the line.

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Raise a Pint to the Revolution Recreates the Night Westerly Chose the American Cause

Raise a Pint to the Revolution Recreates the Night Westerly Chose the American Cause

Editor • September 13, 2026

Westerly recreates a pivotal September 1776 town meeting exactly 250 years later, then heads to Grey Sail for period music, Revolutionary games and a celebratory pint.

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Studio Love Grand Opening Introduces a New Pilates Yoga and Social Wellness Club to Groton

Studio Love Grand Opening Introduces a New Club

Editor • September 13, 2026

Mother-daughter team Annie Chapman and Maggie Skinner open a new Groton social wellness club combining Reformer Pilates, yoga, meditation and community under one roof.

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