音Samurai Sounds
(00)Connecticut venues

Every room
worth playing.

25 Connecticut rooms, grouped by the rung a band works up through. Every one was checked against its own current listings, and 24 of them link straight to the venue's own calendar.

We link out rather than republish show listings. A scraped calendar goes stale within a week and nothing marks you as an outsider faster than advertising a show that already happened. The venue's own page is always right.

(01)

Where you start

Taprooms, pubs, and the back room with a PA

7 rooms

(02)

Where you graduate

Real clubs with real sound

5 rooms

(03)

Where your name goes on the marquee

Theaters and the big clubs

8 rooms

(04)

Where you retire

Casinos, amphitheaters, arenas

5 rooms

The open mic week

If you are starting from nothing, this is your week. Show up, play three songs, meet the other bands, get the booker's name. It is unglamorous and it works.

  • TueMy PlaceNewtown
  • TueWoodbury BrewingWoodbury
  • WedSugar Hollow TaproomDanbury
  • ThuSugar Hollow TaproomDanbury
  • ThuSherman JCCSherman
  • SatBrunch House 1850Southbury
  • SunPutnam HouseBethel

Summer series worth chasing

Town green shows pay, they are family crowds, and the booking is usually one email to a parks department or an arts commission. Ask in winter, not in June.

  • CityCenter Danbury Summer SeriesDanbury Green
  • CHIRP at Ballard ParkRidgefield
  • Concerts on the GreenNew Milford
  • Concerts on the GreenRedding
  • Fairfield Hills Music FestivalNewtown

Rooms people still name that are gone

Naming a dead venue in a booking email tells the reader you are not really from here. Tuxedo Junction in Danbury closed in 2016 and was demolished in December 2024. Cousin Larry's and the Heirloom Arts Theatre are long gone. Widow Brown's closed in 2024. The Space and Outer Space in Hamden closed in 2017, and Space Ballroom operates at that address now. Ives Concert Park is dormant. Two rooms were renamed: Wall Street Theater is now District Music Hall, and Xfinity Theatre is now The Meadows.

Playing one of these?

We will show you how to walk out of that room with the names of everyone who watched you.

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