Eight to the Bar

MAY
Sat 5/18  Private  Polish Community Center  7:30-10:30 Albany, NY

Sat 5/25 Bard College Graduation Event (private) 8-11PM Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Mon, 5/27 MEMORIAL DAY BLAST AT CAPTAIN’S COVE! 1 Bostwick Ave.  3:30-7PM Bridgeport, CT Come join us at this fantastic, huge outdoor/indoor club in the harbor! Dance on their large wooden floor, enjoy their great food and drink, walk the boardwalk, see the boats, bring the kids— No Cover! www.captainscoveseaport.com. If rain, the show may be moved indoors. We’ve been playing this event for years and it’s always a blast!

Fri, 5/31
Private- Yale Class of 1974 Reunion evening- New Haven, CT

JUNE
Sat 6/1 Casa Mia (mostly Motown show) at the Hawthorne 2421 Berlin Tpke 7-11 Berlin, CT 860-357-2061 www.casamiathehawthorne.com

Fri 6/7 New Britain Museum of American Art “First Friday”, the Museum’s “signature social event featuring live music, art, food, spirits, and good friends-- New Britain’s best Happy Hour, since 1995! 5:30-8 56 Lexington St. New Britain, CT 860-229-0257 https://www.nbmaa.org

Sun 6/9 Private (tentative)

Fri, 6/14 Parrott Delaney Tavern 37 Greenwoods Rd. 7-10pm New Hartford, CT  860-379-0188 https://www.parrottdelaneytavern.com Come join us for a night of “mostly Motown with some Swing and a little bit of Blues” at this rustic, fun tavern located in a historic building. Plenty of free lot parking, great food and drink, several dining rooms. Lots of dancing and fun! 

Sat 6/15 Swing Dance at E. Lyme Community Center 41 Society Rd.,  Band from 8-10pm Niantic, CT More details: www.shorelineswingct.org

Thur 6/20 Outdoor Show at Norton Park 6:30-8 Plainville, CT (more details tba)

Sat 6/22 Outdoor Show (weather permitting) at The Charlestown Rathskeller, 489A Old Coach Rd., 
 8-11pm Charlestown, RI 401-792-1000 www.thecharlestownrathskeller.com If weather is bad show will be held indoors or under a tent on the premises. 

Fri 6/28 Outdoor Show Webb Barn 6-8:30 Wethersfield (more details tba)

Sat 6/29 Private– Madison Beach Club 7-11pm Madison, CT

Sun 6/30 Private Wolcott, CT

JULY
Mon 7/1– Outdoor Show Walnut Hil Park 7-9pm New Britain, CT (more details tba)

Sat 7/13  The Knickerbocker Music Center (formerly “The Knick”) 35 Railroad Ave., Westerly, RI 401-315-5070 www.knickmusic.com

Sun 7/14- The Music Room 541 Route 28 7-10pm W. Yarmouth, MA 508-906-7866 https://themusicroomcapecod.com

Tues, 7/16 Outdoor Show Southbury Training School 6:30-8:30 Southbury, CT (more details tba)

Wes 7/17 Outdoor Show Elizabeth Park 6:30-8 W. Hartford, CT (rain date Thur 7/18) (more details tba)

Sat, 7/20 Private 5:30-9:30 Durham, CT

Wed 7/24 Private 5:30-7 Chester, CT

Thur 7/25 Private 4-6pm Essex, CT

Sun, 7/28 Spiegeltent at Bard– The Spiegeltent is an incredible, huge, circular, bejeweled tent that is set up every summer to house many special concerts and events on the campus of Bard College in Annandale, NY. Our performance is part of their “Summertime Swing” series. Have a wonderful dinner, see shows from Chester and Linda's dance troupe during our breaks and then hit the dance floor (or just sit and watch the fun) as part of Bard College's Summerscape 2024" program. Tickets just went on sale but they always sell out. We go on at 6:30. fishercenter.bar.edu/Spiegeltent

AUGUST
Sat 8/3 Swing Dance at Stissings Center 7-10pm Plain Pines, NY (more details tba)

Sun 8/4 Outdoor Show Charlestown Seafood Fest, Ninigret Park (off rte 1) 2:30-4 Charlestown, RI.
3 days of music, rides, car shows, crafts, and of course FABULOUS SEAFOOD (as well as other kinds of food). This is a huge, beautiful, fun event and this will be aprox. our 20th year playing there! Don't miss it! wwwcharlestownseafoodfestival.com

Sun 8/11 Outdoor Show– The Farm at Carter Hill 3-6pm www.thefarmatcarterhill.com

Fri 8/16 Singles Dance at the Sons of Italy Hall 8:15-11:15 Watertown, MA (more details tba)

Sat 8/17 Outdoor Show
Old Grove Park 7-9pm
West Haven, CT Rain date Mon 8/19

Thur 8/22 Outdoor Show “Thursdays on the Dock at CT River Museum 67 Main St. 5:30-7:30 Essex, CT (rain date Thur 8/29) (more details tba)

Sat, 8/24 Italian Fest (behind St. George's Church on Town Green) 7-10pm Guilford, CT (more details tba)

SEPTEMBER
Mon, 9/1 Outdoor Show on Labor Day at Captain's Cove, 1 Bostwick Ave., Bridgeport, CT 3:30-7 pm www.captainscoveseaport.com Bring the kids- No Cover!

Fri 9/6
Swing Dance at Town Hall 50 So. Main St., W. Hartford, CT 8-11 

Fri, 9/13 Cheshire Fall Fest 7-9 pm Bartlem Park, Cheshire, CT 
Rain date: Sun, 9/15

Sat 9/14 
Special Ballroom Event at Villa Roma 6:30-10:30 Callicoon, NY (more details tba)

Sat 9/21
Private at Waveney House 7-11pm New Canaan, CT

Sat 9/28
Private- Commodore's Ball Essex, CT

OCTOBER
Sat 10/5 
College Reunion from Nasson College Evening Jonothan's Ogunquit, ME

Fri, 10/11
Cajun Boil Torrington, CT

NOVEMBER
FRI, 11/8 “W.A.R.M.” FUNDRAISER at Windjammer, Westerly, RI (more detailsTBA)