Connecticut's Old State House

Hartford Live Concert with Cimafunk (RAIN OR SHINE)
2023-08-10 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
Cimafunk is a Grammy-nominated, Afro-Cuban Rockstar. His name refers to his heritage as a “cimarrón,” Cubans of African descent who resisted and escaped slavery, as well as to the essence of his music that aims to subvert classical Cuban rhythms with innovative mixes of funk, afrobeat and hip hop. He will be performing an electric live show with La Tribu, his 9-person band from Havana.
Hartford Live will run through mid-September and feature a beer garden, food trucks, local vendors, and more!
Additional artists will be announced soon!
Hartford Live is an ambitious addition to the city’s ongoing economic development and activation campaign.

CT's Old State House Farmers Market
2023-08-11 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-08-18 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-08-25 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-09-01 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-09-08 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-09-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
EVERY FRIDAY | JUNE 15 – OCTOBER 13, 2023 | 10am – 2pm
In 1643, the General Court of Connecticut established a weekly Market to be held in Hartford. Come shop local and visit our current day Farmers Market, established in 2011. Our goal is to offer a variety of products from as many farmers and artisan vendors as possible.
We are committed to offering a vibrant marketplace in downtown Hartford where local farmers and artisans can enjoy coming together with the community to share the best of what Connecticut has to offer. The Old State House Farmers Market runs from late spring through mid-fall, ensuring that our patrons enjoy the ultimate in seasonal variety for many months of the year!

CT's Old State House Summer Music Series
2023-08-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
Featuring Eight to the Bar on the West side patio.This event is free and open to the general public

Fires, Floods, and Acts of God: A Downtown Hartford Walking Tour
2023-08-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
What a Disaster! Take to the streets for a unique walking tour centered on man-made and natural disasters that made history in Hartford. Join us on a 1.2-mile loop to hear compelling stories of ingenuity, resilience, and innovation and see how Downtown Hartford has grown.
All tours are FREE and start at Connecticut’s Old State House.
To attend, register here: https://bit.ly/FFAoG2023

Hartford Live Concert featuring Max Creek
2023-08-17 18:00 - 21:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
The Hartford Live concert Series will run through late-September and feature a beer garden, food trucks, local vendors, and more!
Additional artists will be announced soon!
Hartford Live is an ambitious addition to the city’s ongoing economic development and activation campaign.

CT's Old State House Summer Music Series
2023-08-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
Featuring Inner Groove on the West side patio.This event is free and open to the general public

Conversations at Noon on the Connecticut Freedom Trail - Enslaved for Life: Reexamining Connecticut's Prince Mortimer
2023-08-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Online. Register Here: https://bit.ly/CFT2023PrinceMortimer
On this month’s Conversations at Noon on the Connecticut Freedom Trail we are joined by John Mills, a software designer who has done extensive research into the fascinating life of Connecticut’s Prince Mortimer and his 11 decades of enslavement.
Born in Guinea in the early 1700s, Prince Mortimer was captured and brought to Connecticut to be sold into slavery. He spent the rest of his very long life in bondage, dying at over 100 years of age. In his lecture, John Mills traces his path in discovering his own ties to slavery, what it taught him about himself and the challenges he faced while searching for his ancestors’ burial sites. He marries his experiences and revelations to the story of Connecticut’s Prince Mortimer.
John Mills’ intent is to bring light to the largely untold story of Prince, while at the same time evaluating the ripple effects of a past time. This event is FREE and open to the general public.

Hartford Live Concert Featuring Rubbelbucket
2023-08-24 18:00 - 21:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT, United States
Come down to The Old State House and enjoy freemusic all night, food trucks, beer garden and more! Gates open at 5 pm, music starts at 6 pm.The HartfordLive concert Series will run through late-September.
Hartford Live,presented by GoodWorks Entertainment, is an ambitious addition to the city’songoing economic development and activation campaign.
Rubblebucket is anAmerican art-pop and indie-rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The prolificgroup’s newest record, Earth Worship is an album with renewed shimmer,showcasing Rubblebucket’s intricately sparkling beats, hushed-yet-hooky vocals,and irresistible melodic complexity—a celebration of togetherness,environmental curiosity, and the pleasure in doing what you love.
Kalmia Traver and AlexToth, the group’s front persons, co-writers and co-producers, first began afriendship as jazz students at the University of Vermont. Soon after, theyformed Rubblebucket, using the project to delve into pop, funk, dance andpsychedelia; performances have spanned Bonnaroo to Glastonbury to theirself-curated Dream Picnic Festival, and they’ve collaborated with kindredgenre-blenders including Arcade Fire and Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears.
For more details about Rubbelbucket, click here: https://www.seetickets.us/event/Hartford-Live-Rubblebucket/560864
https://goodworkslive.com/

"Then and Now" Family Day Tour
2023-08-25 11:00 - 17:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
Come learn about government and architecture”then” and “now” when you tour the Connecticut StateCapitol and Connecticut’s Old State House this summer!
All activities are FREE!

Guided tours of the Connecticut State Capitol will beoffered at 10:15, 11:15, and 1:15. Explore the Capitol as it is now and learnwhat the government was like when it first opened in 1878.
Enjoy structured interpretation at Connecticut’s Old StateHouse anytime between 10 am and 5 pm (last entry is at 4 pm). Learn more aboutgovernment and architecture from over 200 years ago.
Explore the Old State House Farmer’s Market from 10 am – 2pm
Listen to live music from Sound Pipers at Old State House’sWest patio from 12-1 pm.
Guided tours of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument Arch inBushnell Park will be offered from 12 – 1 pm.
Complete a scavenger hunt of Bushnell Park, the Capitol, andthe Old State House. Come see us at Capitol Room 101 and Old State House MainDesk with your completed scavenger hunts for a prize!

PARKING: We recommendthe State House Square parking garage, located at 55 Market Street and juststeps away from Connecticut’s Old State House. Parking is only $5 with avalidated ticket. Please present your parking ticket to the museum’s VisitorServices desk for validation.
For parking at the State Capitol: Limited free parking is available in the Legislative OfficeBuilding parking garage accessible from both Capitol Avenue and Broad Streetand on the north Capitol grounds off Trinity Street. On-street metered parkingand commercial parking lots are also available nearby.
To RSVP please send an email to Capitol.Tours@cga.ct.govwith the names of those planning to attend.
https://my.lwv.org/connecticut/event/then-and-now-family-day-tours-connecticut-state-capitol-and-connecticuts-old-0

CT's Old State House Summer Music Series
2023-08-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
Featuring The Broken Reed Saxaphone Quartet on the West side patio.This event is free and open to the general public

Fires, Floods, and Acts of God: A Downtown Hartford Walking Tour
2023-08-31 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-09-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
What a Disaster! Take to the streets for a unique walking tour centered on man-made and natural disasters that made history in Hartford. Join us on a 1.2-mile loop to hear compelling stories of ingenuity, resilience, and innovation and see how Downtown Hartford has grown.
All tours are FREE and start at Connecticut’s Old State House.
To attend, register here: https://bit.ly/FFAoG2023
This event is presented by Travelers

CT's Old State House Summer Music Series
2023-09-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
Featuring Jake Kulak Band on the West side patio.This event is free and open to the general public

Hartford Live Concert featuring West End Blend & One Time Weekend
2023-09-07 18:00 - 21:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
West End Blend is a high energy funk and soul powerhouse. One Time Weekend, a new shred funk quartet, features some of the youngest talents in the CT music scene.
Hartford Live will run through late-September and feature a beer garden, food trucks, local vendors, and more!
Additional artists will be announced soon!
Hartford Live is an ambitious addition to the city’s ongoing economic development and activation campaign.

CT's Old State House Summer Music Series
2023-09-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
Featuring Brother Guy on the West side patio.This event is free and open to the general public

Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman Exhibit
2023-09-08 12:00 - 17:00, 2023-09-09 12:00 - 17:00, 2023-09-12 12:00 - 17:00, 2023-09-13 12:00 - 17:00, 2023-09-14 12:00 - 17:00, 2023-09-15 12:00 - 17:00, 2023-09-16 12:00 - 17:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
Connecticut’s Old State House will host “Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and Cartoons of Clifford Berryman.” Election season in the modern era elicits a barrage of amusing and pointed memes – but historically, editorial cartoons have swayed opinions and helped shape elections for generations! Clifford Berryman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist with The Washington Star and The Washington Post, produced almost daily cartoons for over 50 years – from 1896 to 1949.
Unlike any other form of political commentary, cartoons show altered physical traits and highlight minute details to make a specific point. With simple pen strokes, they foreshadow the future, poke fun at the past, and imply hidden motives in ways that elude written or spoken reporting. This unique exhibit features a series of pen & ink drawings to highlight the timeless aspects of US campaigns and election processes. Running for Office was created by the National Archives with the support of the Foundation for the National Archives and organized for travel by Humanities Texas, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This exhibit is part of Connecticut’s Old State House “Go Big. Vote Local.” Series. For information about other upcoming programs in the series, return to our events calendar.
Extended hours until 8:00 pm on select Thursdays. On street parking is free on weekends. Garage parking is available at State House Square Garage, 55 Market Street, for $5 with validation.

BEFORE THE MEME: A HISTORY OF POLITICAL CARTOONS
2023-09-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
This event is FREE and open to the public.
Join historian Dr. Matthew Warshauer, History Professor, Central Connecticut State University as he explores the history of political cartoons in Connecticut and the United States.
Register Here
On street parking is available. Parking at State House Square Garage, 55 Market Street, is just steps away from Connecticut’s Old State House and is only $5 with a validated ticket.

CT's Old State House Summer Music Series
2023-09-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
Featuring Jeremy Haddad on the West side patio.This event is free and open to the general public

VOTER REGISTRATION CELEBRATION AT CONNECTICUT’S OLD STATE HOUSE
2023-09-19 12:00 - 16:00 | Connecticut’s Old State House, 800 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
Tuesday, September 19 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PMThose registering to vote or checking their registration status will be offered FREE admission to Connecticut’s Old State House.
September 19 is National Voter Registration Day! Hartford is gearing up to elect a new mayor this November. But that’s not the only choice on the ballot! Local elections never get as much attention – or as many voters – as the bigger federal races, even though local policies impact our daily lives. From urban planning and schools to housing and food access, city and town governments, voters LIKE YOU can drive important policy decisions simply by taking part in local elections. To learn more about about how the government in Hartford works and what exactly is on the ballot, join us for some festivities AND important conversations about why your vote matters:
Voter Registration12:00 Noon – 4:00 PMOutdoor Concert with IGuru12 Noon – 12:45 PM
The Biggest Impact: Why We Should Care About Local Elections 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Featured Speakers:Tanya Rhodes Smith, Director, Nancy A Humphreys Institute for Political Social WorkCharles R. Venator-Santiago, Associate Professor Political Science, UCONNDenise Best, Communications and Community Engagement Manager at Blue Hills Civic Association
Outdoor Concert with I Guru2:00 PM to 2:45 PM
Ballot Break & Coffee3:00 PM to 4:00 PMJoin our friends from YWCA Hartford Region to learn more about what exactly will be on the November 2023 ballot and why your vote matters!

This event is part of Connecticut’s Old State House “Go Big. VoteLocal.” Series.

The Voter Registration Celebration is made possible with the support of a voter engagement grant from the Hartford Foundation for

On street parking is available. Parking at State House Square Garage, 55 Market Street, is just steps away from Connecticut’s Old State House and is only $5 with a validated ticket.
