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John Mayer Set To Headline Bridgeport's Sound On Sound Festival John Mayer Set To Headline Bridgeport's Sound On Sound Festival
John Mayer Set To Headline Bridgeport's Sound On Sound Festival Bridgeport native John Mayer is coming home to perform during this fall's Sound On Sound music festival. Set for Saturday, Sept. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 1 at Bridgeport's Seaside Park, festival officials said Thursday, Jan. 26 that Mayer will headline the festival.  Mayer is the first performer to be announced for the 2023 lineup that draws thousands of fans. The rest of the lineup will be announced on Tuesday, Feb. 14, festival officials said. The news comes on the same day that Mayer announced his first-ever solo tour on social media: "I began my career on stage with only a guitar and…
Song, Food & Fun At Blues & Views Festival In Westport This Weekend Song, Food & Fun At Blues & Views Festival In Westport This Weekend
Song, Food & Fun At Blues & Views Festival In Westport This Weekend Cool tunes, satiated tummies and smiling faces will be found on the banks of the Saugatuck River as the 12th Annual Blues & Views Festival hits Westport’s Levitt Pavilion.  Anders Osborne, Lawrence, Neville Jacobs and The Main Squeeze lead the two days of killer music, which starts Aug. 31 and continues Sept. 1—rain or shine. Also performing on the Pavilion’s stage will be Flow Tribe, High & Mighty Brass Band, Southern Avenue, The Commonheart, Kat Wright, The National Reserve, Jake Kulak and the Lowdown and Fairfield’s School of Rock. The popular JESUP JAM on the grounds of the…
Two From Fairfield County Among 68 Arrested In Drug Bust At Music Festival Two From Fairfield County Among 68 Arrested In Drug Bust At Music Festival
Two From Fairfield County Among 68 Arrested In Drug Bust At Music Festival Four residents of the Hudson Valley and two from Fairfield County were among 68 people charged during a four-day New York State Police detail that focused on the illegal distribution of controlled substances at the Disc Jam Music Festival in Stephentown, New York, east of Albany. The detail was held from Thursday, June 6 to Monday, June 10 by members of Troop G and Troop K uniform and BCI, along with the Troop G Violent Gang Narcotics Enforcement Team. State Police seized quantities of cocaine, doses of LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms, ketamine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, MDMA, and …
'The Show Will Go On,' Woodstock 50 Organizers Say After Financial Backer Pulls Out Of Festival 'The Show Will Go On,' Woodstock 50 Organizers Say After Financial Backer Pulls Out Of Festival
'The Show Will Go On,' Woodstock 50 Organizers Say After Financial Backer Pulls Out Of Festival Hours after the backers of Woodstock 50 abruptly pulled the plug on the much-anticipated celebration of the iconic music festival, organizers claimed the show will go on as scheduled. In a statement to media outlets, including Rolling Stone, Woodstock 50 LLC said that "of course," the show would go on. “We are committed to ensuring that the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock is marked with a festival deserving of its iconic name and place in American history and culture,” Woodstock 50 LLC said in a statement. “Although our financial partner is withdrawing, we will, of course, be continuing with…
CT's First Farm Aid Concert Features Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp CT's First Farm Aid Concert Features Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp
CT's First Farm Aid Concert Features Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp Area music lovers will be turning out in a big way to help support farmers across the nation by purchasing all of the tickets in less than four hours for Farm Aid 2018 in Hartford. Featuring the likes of Willie Nelson, who founded the event in 1985 along with Neil Young, and John Mellencamp to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to help save them by raising money, this year's event on Saturday, Sept. 22 is set to include an all-star lineup. Those slated to perform include, of course, Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp, in addition to Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, Chris…
Tickets For 2018 Greenwich Town Party Featuring Eric Clapton Sell Out Tickets For 2018 Greenwich Town Party Featuring Eric Clapton Sell Out
Tickets For 2018 Greenwich Town Party Featuring Eric Clapton Sell Out Tickets to Greenwich's annual Town Party sold out in just minutes Thursday when partygoers found out the headliner for this year's event was iconic Grammy-winning Eric Clapton. "We are thrilled with the overwhelming interest and enthusiasm for the 2018 Greenwich Town Party," said Ray Rivers, the event's co-president, in a statement. "We want to thank everyone who purchased Community tickets this morning." Tickets went live at 10 a.m. and all 5,600 were gone within a few minutes for the May 26 event, Rivers said.   "It worked as a lottery, everyone online at 10 a.m.…