The Best Live Shows Headed to Connecticut for Summer 2021

After 2020, we all deserve a good party, it's time to get free and hit some live shows. I will say, in a normal year this list would be twice as long but I'm just happy to have a list. I've combed through all the venues I'd drive to from the Greater Danbury area to come up with some of the best live shows of 2021.

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May –

May 21 (Fri) – 50 Cent – Foxwoods
May 23 (Sun) – The Verve Pipe – Daryl’s House – Pawling, NY

June –

June 12 (Sat) – Cheap Trick – Foxwoods
June 12 (Sat) – Black Stone Cherry – Goshen Stampede – Goshen, CT
June 18 (Fri) – Tim Reynolds – founding member/lead guitarist of the Dave Matthews Band – Ridgefield Playhouse
June 20 (Sun) – Eliot Lewis of Hall & Oates – Ridgefield Playhouse
June 20 (Sun) – Jackson Browne – Foxwoods
June 24 (Thu) – Dave Chappelle – Foxwoods
June 25 (Fri) – Chaka Kahn 2021 Summer Gala – Ridgefield Playhouse
June 25 (Fri) – Dave Chappelle – Foxwoods
June 25 (Fri) – George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic – College Street Music Hall – New Haven, CT
June 26 (Sat) - Dave Chappelle – Foxwoods (Two Shows)
June 27 (Sun) - Dave Chappelle – Foxwoods

July –

July 5 (Mon) – Fitz and the Tantrums – Ridgefield Playhouse
July 7 (Wed) – Modern English – Daryl’s House – Pawling, NY
July 9 (Fri) – Art Garfunkel – Ridgefield Playhouse
July 11 (Sun) – Comedian Rich Vos and Friends – (Two Shows) Ridgefield Playhouse
July 13 (Tue) – Tedeschi Trucks “Fireside Live” – Ridgefield Playhouse
July 14 (Wed) – Tedeschi Trucks “Fireside Live” – Ridgefield Playhouse
July 18 (Sun) – Air Supply – Mohegan Sun
July 22 (Thu) – Wu Tang Clan – Mohegan Sun
July 25 (Sun) – The Black Crowes – Xfinity Theatre – Hartford, CT
July 30 (Fri) – Comedian Jim Breuer “Live and Let Laugh” – Ridgefield Playhouse
July 31 (Sat) - Comedian Jim Breuer “Live and Let Laugh” – Ridgefield Playhouse

August -

August 7 (Sat) – Rod Stewart – Mohegan Sun
August 13 (Fri) – Colin Hay Band “I Just Don’t Know What to do With Myself Tour” - Ridgefield Playhouse
August 17 (Tue) Kings of Leon - Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater - Bridgeport
August 20 (Fri) – Korn & Staind – Xfinity Theatre – Hartford, CT
August 20 (Fri) – Train – Foxwoods
August 21 (Sat) – Deftones – Mohegan Sun
August 21 (Sat) – Three Dog Night – Ridgefield Playhouse
August 22 (Sun) – Kiss – Xfinity Theatre – Hartford, CT
August 25 (Wed) - Foreigner - Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater - Bridgeport
August 27 (Fri) – John Legend – Foxwoods
August 28 (Sat) – Alanis Morissette – Xfinity Theatre – Hartford, CT
August 29 (Sun) - The Beach Boys - Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater - Bridgeport
September 1 (Wed) – Big and Rich – Mohegan Sun
September 3 (Fri) – Toby Keith – Mohegan Sun
September 19 (Sun) - Alice Cooper with Special Guest Ace Frehley - Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater - Bridgeport

Pay close attention to the fine print this year, shows have been scheduled, rescheduled and scheduled again. Venues have varying COVID rules and restrictions and many of them have created outdoor spaces where there didn't used to be and moved the shows outside. Nothing is guaranteed to be the way you left it. The only thing that has not changed is that music and comedy are best seen in person.