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This week at the Farmers' Market:
Busy Bee
Gragnolati's Garlic
Blessed Creek
Dude's Donuts
Fanciful Flowers
One Song Biscotti
Beldotti Bakery
Stefan Farms
Beckett Farms
Amazing Ackee
Farms of Southern New England
Special activity - Make a Kite!
The First Town Downtown Farmers’ Market on Thursdays from 3:30 to 6:30 at 240 Broad Street in Windsor Center. This well-attended local marketplace in Windsor Center includes locally grown fruits, vegetables, baked goods, herbs, eggs, cheese, skincare products, candles and more.
Rain or shine! We only cancel if there's threat of lightning! The Market runs through October 17, 2019
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Come out for a free summer concert on the green Thursday evenings from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Thursday, August 8th is Blue Skies Big Band!
Blue Skies Big Band is a 19 piece swing orchestra featuring both male and female vocalists, a full horn section and a full saxophone section to boot. The musicians of Blue Skies Big Band have been playing in the area for years, many with more than 25 years of personal experience!
Players have studied and performed music at the Universities of Connecticut and Massachusetts, Eastern Connecticut State University, and Westfield State University among others. These musicians have performed at the Eastern States Exposition, with regional community bands, in major parades and with pit orchestras for area theater groups. They have also played at countless other local venues. Several brass players were invited to backup The Temptations at The Calvin Theater.
Blue Skies Big Band captures the energy and optimism that was the hallmark of swing music during its’ heyday. Picture war bonds and “Rosie the Riveter” and the fantastic sounds of notables like Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, and Benny Goodman. The band also features songs from more contemporary artist like Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin, right up to today’s favorites, Harry Connick Jr, and Michael Buble.
Come out for dinner at one of our local Windsor restaurants and then enjoy a concert on the green now through August 29th! Summer Concerts are a location in the e-Passport contest, too!
Sponsored by Dick and Joyce Armstrong
* Concert rain dates are the following Tuesday
* Enjoy a pre-concert dinner at a Windsor restaurant
* Shop at the local Farmer's Market from 3:30 - 6:30pm
read more
Main Street Matters - August 5, 2019
Farmers' Market Thursday
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This week at the Farmers' Market:
Busy Bee
Gragnolati's Garlic
Blessed Creek
Dude's Donuts
Fanciful Flowers
One Song Biscotti
Beldotti Bakery
Stefan Farms
Beckett Farms
Amazing Ackee
Farms of Southern New England
Special activity - Make a Kite!
The First Town Downtown Farmers’ Market on Thursdays from 3:30 to 6:30 at 240 Broad Street in Windsor Center. This well-attended local marketplace in Windsor Center includes locally grown fruits, vegetables, baked goods, herbs, eggs, cheese, skincare products, candles and more.
Rain or shine! We only cancel if there's threat of lightning! The Market runs through October 17, 2019
Read More
Summer Concert: Blue Skies
 |
Come out for a free summer concert on the green Thursday evenings from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Thursday, August 8th is Blue Skies Big Band!
Blue Skies Big Band is a 19 piece swing orchestra featuring both male and female vocalists, a full horn section and a full saxophone section to boot. The musicians of Blue Skies Big Band have been playing in the area for years, many with more than 25 years of personal experience!
Players have studied and performed music at the Universities of Connecticut and Massachusetts, Eastern Connecticut State University, and Westfield State University among others. These musicians have performed at the Eastern States Exposition, with regional community bands, in major parades and with pit orchestras for area theater groups. They have also played at countless other local venues. Several brass players were invited to backup The Temptations at The Calvin Theater.
Blue Skies Big Band captures the energy and optimism that was the hallmark of swing music during its’ heyday. Picture war bonds and “Rosie the Riveter” and the fantastic sounds of notables like Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, and Benny Goodman. The band also features songs from more contemporary artist like Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin, right up to today’s favorites, Harry Connick Jr, and Michael Buble.
Come out for dinner at one of our local Windsor restaurants and then enjoy a concert on the green now through August 29th! Summer Concerts are a location in the e-Passport contest, too!
Sponsored by Dick and Joyce Armstrong
* Concert rain dates are the following Tuesday
* Enjoy a pre-concert dinner at a Windsor restaurant
* Shop at the local Farmer's Market from 3:30 - 6:30pm
read more