Windham Region Chamber of Commerce

things to do in willimantic ct

by

Once In A Blue Moon Music Jam

The Chamber of Commerce & Windham Arts presents…… Once In A Blue Moon Music Jam

Featuring….Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood

Date: Friday, August 11, 2017
Time: Gates Open At 5:00pm | Music From 6:00pm – 11:00pm
Location: Jillson Square, Willimantic, Ct
Cost: $20 per person
Music Line up: 6:00pm-7:30pm Cole Morson Band | 7:45pm-9:15pm Outriggers | 9:30pm-11:00pm Jeff Pitchell

[punica-button link=”https://windhamchamber.wpengine.com/event/blue-moon-music-jam/?tickets_process=#buy-tickets” style=”solid” color=”blue” window=”yes”]Purchase Tickets[/punica-button]

Please bring a chair or blanket. No large backpacks, bags or outside alcohol will be permitted. Food, beer & wine will be available for sale.

About Jeff Pitchell: Jeff Pitchell singer/songwriter and guitar player extraordinaire, was invited last year to perform with the Allman Brothers in NYC to a sold out Beacon Theater. Blending Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, and Jimi Hendrix with his own style, Jeff has won many National and International Awards, His own song “Eye for an Eye” won an international Songwriting Contest and was recently recorded by the legendary John Mayall. Jeff has had a #7 CD on the National Billboard Charts. He has shared stages & licks with BB King, Ted Nugent, J Geils, Phil Lesh, founder of the Grateful Dead, Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks and Sue Tedeschi, Rick Derringer, and many others. Jeff first won recognition as best guitarist in ST of CT at age 15 and has won best guitarist and band in ST of CT, CT Magazine and many other awards such as “best singer” etc…Jeff has been honored to perform for the Boston Red Sox in front of 38,000 fans and TV watchers as well as appear on the Don Imus national radio and tv show….Listen and watch Jeff perform  HERE 

We are currently looking for Food Vendors  & have great Sponsorship Opportunities! Details are below!

[punica-button link=”https://windhamchamber.wpengine.com/product/blue-moon-music-jam-sponsorship-opportunities/” style=”solid” color=”blue” window=”yes”]Purchase A Sponsorship Here[/punica-button]

 

 

ABOUT WINDHAM ARTS

Windham Arts is a charitable 501 (c)(3) organization. Our mission is to promote the arts, culture, history, tourism & economic development in Northeastern Ct.

We are a partner with & supported by the State of Ct, Office of the Arts & we are the official designated Regional Service Organization for Northeastern Ct.

This event will help support:

  • Professional development workshops that help creative people build successful businesses.
  • Community based art, galleries & creative spaces throughout the region.
  • CHAT: Eastern CT’s Art Magazine, which promotes & highlights local creative people & businesses.
  • Daniel Nadeau Memorial Scholarship which provides fund for low income kids to have the opportunity to take music, art, dance & other creative lessons.

 

by

THE WINDHAM THEATRE GUILD ANNOUNCES THEIR 2016-2017 SEASON

June 21, 2016:  The Windham Theatre proudly announces the great line-up of shows coming up in the Burton Leavitt Theatre, 779 Main Street, Willimantic for the 2016-2017 Season that kicks off this summer.

Everyone looks forward to the Guild’s summer musical, and this year’s production is the deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood horror comedy rock musical Little Shop of Horrors July 22nd-August 6th.

In fall, the Guild will present another musical based on the international best-selling book by Stuart Hample and Eric Marshall…Children’s Letters To God, following the lives of a group of young people voicing their beliefs, questions and concerns about life.  Children’s Letters To God runs September 16th-25th.

A hilarious murder mystery with local ties will end the 2016 season.  It’s The Game’s Afoot; or Holmes for the Holidays, running November 4th-13th.  Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the 1936 play “Sherlock Holmes” invites his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle in East Haddam.  Join the fun as he tries to solve a murder as if he really was Sherlock Holmes. This glittering whodunit is set during the Christmas holidays.

The first show of 2017 is The Last Romance, a wonderful dramady by Joe DiPietro running February 10th-25th.  A crush can make anyone feel young again—even a widower named Ralph.  One day, Ralph decides to take a different path on his daily walk, one that leads him to an unexpected second change at love.  The Last Romance ties in perfectly for Valentine’s Day and Romantic Willimantic activities.

Springtime comes to life with a bright and happy well-known musical…You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Revised), running March 24th-April 8th.  Based on the comic strip “Peanuts”, this show is a fresh approach to the 1967 classic.  Sally Brown joins Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder and Snoopy and new songs have been added to help bring to life “an average day in the life of Charlie Brown”.

And closing out the season will be The Diary of Anne Frank, winner of the 1956 Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, Critics Circle Award, and virtually every other coveted prize of the theatre. This play follows the real-life story of Anne Frank during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.  Anne started a diary in 1942 just before  she and her family were forced to go into hiding with other Jews. They remained hidden until their betrayal in 1944 that resulted in their deportation to Nazi concentration camps.  The Diary of Anne Frank runs June 2nd-11th, 2017. Season subscription tickets are now available. Save $18 per person when you buy a season subscription for all six shows.  Flex Passes for any four shows are also available.  Call the Burton Leavitt Theatre office at 860-423-2245, or visit windhamtheatreguild.org.