A special event designed to showcase the town’s many natural and cultural offerings.
Throughout Winter Weekend in Norfolk, you are invited to listen to Rendezvous with Benny Goodman, a Norfolk Chamber Music Festival concert recorded last summer with clarinetist David Shifrin and the Miró Quartet highlighting the versatility of the clarinet. Link will be available at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. "With a background in klezmer, classical and jazz idioms, […]
This exhibition presents the long and storied history that art and music have had in Norfolk. Artists and musicians such as Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Jean Sibelius, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Cage, Ben Shahn, Josef Albers, Chuck Close and Eva Hesse had varied roles in Norfolk but each contributed to a long-term objective: to […]
Based in Norfolk and in Brooklyn, N.Y., Michael writes; sings; plays guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo and ukulele, and produces concerts. He describes his sound as eclectic Americana. His last Weekend in Norfolk gig was in February, when he played at the Manor House with Trina Hamlin.
Catch a rising star as the Emerging Artist Series features performances by the next generation of professional chamber artists. Presented weekly by the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. Click here for a full list of musical events during Weekend in Norfolk.
Come revel in live music by the Grantville Dawgs at the peak of their talent! The group—Bob Britton, Tom Calcinari, Grant Mudge, Kristin Mudge and Dale Savage—enjoys playing the rock music that they like to listen to themselves. Most of their music originally came out in the 60s, 70s and 80s. If it rains, you […]
It's Friday Night on the Village Green, one of a series of summer Fridays that invite everyone to come enjoy a variety of events, including games, food, music and more. This Friday night features an audience-inclusive drum circle led by Jonathan Williams. Feel free to bring your own percussion instruments! If it rains, this event […]
Join professor Paul Berry from the Yale School of Music to learn about the evening’s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival concert and the Mendelssohns. The pre-concert conversation is free and open to the public. Tickets for the concert will be available at the Music Shed following the conversation.
A Norfolk Chamber Music Festival program featuring works by siblings Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn performed by the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet and the stellar Norfolk Fellows. There will be a free pre-concert conversation starting at 7:00 p.m. in Battell House, 20 Litchfield Road. Buy tickets. Click here for a full list of musical events during […]
Established 2022 in New York City, the Yacht Lobsters sail the waves of the butteriest soft rock of the 70's and early 80's. Their big sound recreates—and at times reimagines—the studio mastery of retro-rock icons like Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, Hall & Oates, Toto and others. Buy tickets. Click here for a full list […]
The Blue Yodels—Felicia Michael (vocals) and Bob Brophy (guitar, vocals)—will be on Robertson Plaza to brighten up Saturday morning and get it started off with their own special mix of rock, country, folk and pop. Come enjoy! The Blue Yodels are sponsored by the Norfolk Farmers Market. Music on Robertson Plaza is sponsored by the […]
Catch a rising star as the Emerging Artist Series features performances by the next generation of professional chamber artists. Presented weekly by the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. Click here for a full list of musical events during Weekend in Norfolk.
Join Josh DeCerbo and the Family Band as they play some contemporary and classic pop and vocal music. The vocal selections will star a host of families from Norfolk, so come on out and enjoy listening. Expect anything and everything, from some jazz songs to the Beatles, Lady Gaga and everything in between. Music on […]
Sound Art Installation (playback piece) made in memory of the composer's grandfather. Installation will loop its 10 minute duration between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Park at the Lovers Lane entrance to Barbour Woods and walk in a short way beyond the Land Trust kiosk on the Brook Trail. […]
Come revel in live music on Robertson Plaza, with Michael Cobb, just back from Spain, singing and playing guitar and harmonica. Based in Norfolk and in Brooklyn, N.Y., Michael writes; sings; plays guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo and ukulele, and produces concerts. He describes his sound as eclectic Americana. His last Weekend in Norfolk gig was […]
A special treat—the music of two trumpets, a horn, a trombone and a tuba—is coming to Robertson Plaza thanks to the kindness of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and the Yale Summer School of Music. Expect to hear a variety of pieces for brass quintet, ranging from classical to completely contemporary. The group features Eric […]
Come let your feet tap and your spirit soar to the sound of bluegrass and folk music by Elias Neuman-Donihue. Robertson Plaza is the perfect place to dance! Music on Robertson Plaza is sponsored by the National Iron Bank. Click here for a full list of musical events during Weekend in Norfolk.
Come enjoy ice cream and blueberry Betty on the lawn of Meadowbrook Apartments. There'll be music in the gazebo by Grant and Kristin Mudge and (although we have sunshine on order) we'll move indoors if it rains. Bonus: Click here to download the recipe! Click here for a full list of musical events during Weekend […]
Don Lowe can not appear. Watch this space for an announcement. Join Don Lowe for some light-hearted music on this summer afternoon. Don has been featured in venues of all types across the eastern corridor and has opened for national acts such as Tom Rush, the Little River Band, Livingston Taylor, the Dana Fuchs Band […]
Carol Leven and Nick Moran have been playing together since 2014. Both loved jazz standards and had been revisiting/rediscovering them through lyrics, melody and rhythm. With a seven-string guitar and a live looper, Nick sounds like two guitars and a bass. Bringing brushes and snare, shakers, frame drum and bongos into the mix, Carol sounds […]
Hear eight different musical acts from around the area, in an open mic session emcee'd by Norfolk's own Andy Styles. We don't know who they'll be—participation is first-come, first-served—but we're sure you'll enjoy listening! Click here to find out how to participate. Music on Robertson Plaza is sponsored by the National Iron Bank. Click here […]
Join Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Director Melvin Chen before the Saturday evening concert as he talks with Festival artists, sharing performers' insights into the music, the life of a professional artist and much more. The pre-concert conversation is free and open to the public. Tickets for the concert will be available at the Music Shed […]
The Parker Quartet plays Mozart, Iyer, Beethoven and Dvorak in this Norfolk Chamber Music Festival concert. Pianist Max Levinson joins the quartet for Dvorak’s Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81. There will be a free pre-concert conversation starting at 7:00 p.m. in Battell House, 20 Litchfield Road. Buy tickets. Click here for a full […]
Veteran blues singer Ruthie Foster lets loose a tidal wave of musical generosity. She's been pushing her boundaries as a singer and songwriter more than ever before, creating a great atmosphere with the help of her band, who are refreshingly loose and lived-in. Buy tickets. Click here for a full list of musical events during […]
Come revel in live music on Robertson Plaza, with Michael Cobb, just back from Spain, singing and playing guitar and harmonica. Based in Norfolk and in Brooklyn, N.Y., Michael writes; sings; plays guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo and ukulele, and produces concerts. He describes his sound as eclectic Americana. His last Weekend in Norfolk gig was […]
Sound Art Installation (playback piece) made in memory of the composer's grandfather. Installation will loop its 10 minute duration between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Park at the Lovers Lane entrance to Barbour Woods and walk in a short way beyond the Land Trust kiosk on the Brook Trail. […]
Come enjoy live music and fun on Sidewalk Sunday! Downtown Station Place will be closed to vehicles, so find a place to park, then come listen while you browse offerings from Norfolk artists, artisans and organizations! Dancing encouraged. For parking map click here.
Musically inclined children will love this special short concert, put on by Yale Summer School of Music fellows just for them. This event is part of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival's summer open house, which also includes tours of Whitehouse from 12:30 to 2:30 and an ice cream social from 2:00 to 3:30 at the […]
Andy Styles brings his own special brand of music to Robertson Plaza during Weekend in Norfolk. He has played guitar, bass and harmonica in various bands over the years, lending his style to a variety of music and developing a large repertoire of original songs. Music on Robertson Plaza is sponsored by the National Iron […]
Annual concert for the noted Litchfield County Choral Union. The program will include will include Mozart’s “Mass of the Sparrows" (Spatzenmesse), a selection of pieces composed by the contemporary Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo and the LCCU’s historic anthem, Robbins Battell’s “Sweet Is the Work.” Buy tickets. Click here for a full list of musical events […]
Another chance to revel in music by the Grantville Dawgs! The group—Bob Britton, Tom Calcinari, Grant Mudge, Kristin Mudge and Dale Savage—enjoys playing the rock music that they like to listen to themselves. Most of their music originally came out in the 60s, 70s and 80s. They will also be playing Friday, August 2, from […]