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ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS

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Special Events

  • John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts
    501 Crescent Street • New Haven, CT 06515
    203-392-6154 (Box Office)
    Home to the Department of Theatre at Southern Connecticut State University, John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts is a multi-use performing arts facility that consists of two performing spaces and a lobby art gallery. "One of the premier performing arts venues in south central Connecticut," Lyman Center offers a variety of live music and dramatic performances each semester. The lobby gallery features a permanent display of sculpture and monthly exhibits of visual art.

Night Life

  • BAR
    254 Crown Street • New Haven, CT 06510
    203-495-1111
    Features a place to hang out and play pool, home brewed beer and brick oven pizza, dancing with resident & guest djs, loft for private parties, a lounge for relaxing and a back porch with a full bar.

  • Humphrey's East
    175 Humphrey Street • New Haven, CT 06511
    203-782-1506
    Thursdays - DJ, Fridays - band, Saturday & Sunday - DJ.

  • Alchemy Nightclub/Lounge 215
    223 College Street • New Haven, CT 06510
    203-777-9400
    Alchemy night club is three different clubs under one roof. As you walk in, you enter the hip-hop room, where they have New Haven's only hip-hop DJ that actually still plays vinyl. As you enter into the main room with CT's biggest dancefloor, 30 foot ceilings a 30 foot wide waterfall to keep you mezmerized. Heading up the stairs into lounge 215, you can enjoy a drink and play some pool in a relaxed atmosphere.

  • Cafe Nine
    250 State Street • New Haven, CT 06511
    203-789-8281
    Features live music nightly along with sandwiches, soups and other munchies.

  • Diesel Lounge
    944 State Street • New Haven, CT 06511
    203-776-9899
    A cocktail bar with a weekday happy hour.

  • Gecko
    239 Crown Street • New Haven, CT 06510
    203-865-2400
    Thursday through Saturday featuring DJ's and live bands.

  • Gotham Citi
    130 Crown Street • New Haven, CT 06510
    203-498-2484
    Dance room with state of the art sound and lighting. Virtually smokeless environment. Features three bars, an indoor patio bar, elevator access to all levels and an after hours facility on premises.

  • GYPSCY Bar
    204 York Street • New Haven, CT 06510
    203-432-2638
    Graduate & Professional Student Center at Yale. An on-campus bar with an interest in local bands and the occasional national act. Open to the public.

  • Icon
    169 East Street • New Haven, CT 06511
    203-865-4266
    A gay owned and operated nightclub in New Haven that was built to inspire artists. There is a special back room and lounge that can be used as exhibit and performance space.

  • Partners Café
    365 Crown Street • New Haven, CT 06511
    203-776-1014
    Open seven days a week. Features three floors, a DJ and non-mainstream entertainment.

  • Seven Eleven Club
    572 Winchester Avenue • New Haven, CT 06511
    203-776-5691
    Features a DJ on Friday and Saturday.

  • Toad's Place
    300 York Street • New Haven, CT 06511
    203-562-5589
    Voted the #1 nightclub in North America, the legendary Toad's Place hosted everyone from "A to Z", including the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, U-2, Johnny Cash, the Kinks, Tom Jones and more.

  • Van Dome
    102 Hamilton Street • New Haven, CT 06511
    203-789-2066
    Vandome is the hottest Latin night club in Connecticut. Offering five full bars with experienced bartenders. They offer two dance rooms. The main room features merengue, salsa, bachata, reggaeton and international music. Their famous warehouse pumps the hottest hip hop, r&b, reggae, latin house and free-style. Vandome is open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.

Concerts & Performances

  • New Haven Symphony Orchestra
    70 Audubon Street • New Haven, CT 06510
    203-562-5666, 888-736-2663
    The NHSO is one of the oldest orchestras in the United States and presents performances by resident players with world-renowned guest soloists and conductors. Most NHSO concerts take place in historic Woolsey Hall on the Yale University Campus, but the symphony also performs at schools, public parks, and community centers in pursuit of its mission to reach a diverse audience and promote excellence in the performing arts.

  • Chamber Music Society at Yale
    470 College Street • New Haven, CT 06511
    Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
    203-432-4158
    The Society offers a subscription series of eight concerts during the academic year - six featuring internationally renowned guest artists and two showcasing talents of faculty and staff at the Yale School of Music.

Plays & Productions

  • Yale Repertory Theatre
    1120 Chapel Street (at York Street); P.O. Box 1257 • New Haven, CT 06505
    203-432-1234 (Box Office)
    Yale Repertory Theatre is "a leading professional American theatre dedicated to the production of new plays and bold interpretations of classics that make immediate connections to contemporary audience." 11 Yale Rep productions have advanced to Broadway and several productions have garnered more than 40 Tony Award® nominations and eight Tony Awards. Formerly the Calvary Baptist Church, the Yale Repertory Theatre contains a 487-seat auditorium and the main Yale Rep and School of Drama Box Office. Two other theatres are used.

  • Elm Shakespeare Company
    P.O. Box 206029 • New Haven, CT203-393-1436
    The Elm Shakespeare Company is a professional, multicultural, non-profit theatre company committed to establishing a discourse with the New Haven community through the medium of William Shakespeare's plays. The Elm Shakespeare Company presents plays from Shakespeare’s canon during the summer in New Haven’s Edgerton Park (75 Cliff Street).

  • New Haven Ballet
    70 Audubon Street • New Haven, CT 06510
    203-782-9038

  • Palace Theatre
    246 College Street • New Haven, CT 06510
    203-789-2120
    Located in the College Street theater district, the Palace offers a year-round schedule of the finest in music entertainment, from such Broadway productions as Oh! Calcutta to the jazz of Pat Methany. Handicap accessible.

  • Shubert Theater
    247 College Street • New Haven, CT 06510
    203-562-5666, 800-228-6622
    Since its opening in 1914, the Shubert Theater has earned the title "Birthplace of the Nation's Greatest Hits" like Oklahoma and South Pacific. Now a not-for-profit, full-service performing arts institution which presents the best of Broadway, dance, music, cabaret and family entertainment. Backstage tours by appointment. Handicap accessible.

  • Long Wharf Theatre
    222 Sargent Drive • New Haven, CT 06510
    203-787-4282 (Box Office), 800-782-8497
    Long Wharf Theatre is an award-winning regional theatre that produces an annual season of six plays on its two stages, along with children's programming, new play workshops and a variety of special events.

Art Exhibits

  • City-Wide Open Studios
    Various Locations within Downtown New Haven
    203-772-2709
    Each October, Artspace invites you to explore the studios of over 400 artists. Go to New Haven for the largest open studios festival on the East Coast.

Festivals & Fairs

  • International Festival of Arts & Ideas
    195 Church Street, 12th Floor (Office) • New Haven, CT 06510
    203-498-1212, 888-ART-IDEA (278-4332)
    "One of the world’s most significant arts festivals," the International Festival of Arts & Ideas offers several music, art and theater events at such venues as the New Haven Green, Long Wharf Theatre, Shubert Theater and Yale University. The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will be held June 12-26, 2010.

  • New Haven Jazz Festival
    165 Church Street • New Haven, CT 06510
    203-946-7821
    As one of the nation's largest and longest-running outdoor jazz music celebrations, the New Haven Jazz Festival has a rich history of bringing jazz lovers together to enjoy good company and great music. The Jazz Festival has done more than make music his

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