Make Music Day Returns To Fairfield Next Week

FAIRFIELD, CT — Make Music Day will return Monday to Fairfield. The event is a free, outdoor music festival celebrated worldwide on the Summer Solstice each year, and will run noon to 9 p.m. in town.

“I am excited for the return of live music and hope residents enjoy the local musicians who will be performing," First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick said in a town news release. "I want to thank everyone who worked to put this fantastic day together for the benefit of our community.”

Make Music Day will kick off noon at Sherman Green Gazebo with a special event called “This Moment in Time.” Chris Frantz, author of the bestselling memoir “Remain in Love” and Tina Weymouth, both of the Talking Heads, will join musicians around the world in ringing gongs to mark the incalculable loss of the year. The initiative memorializes the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic while also celebrating the hopefulness of the future and the reemergence of live music.

Also at the gazebo, there will be a bucket drum circle and instruction with Jim Royle at 12:30 p.m. Free drumsticks will be given to the first 15 attendees.

At the Fairfield Main Library at 3 p.m. there will be a Harmonica Huddle. Not only will there be free instruction with William Henning, but free harmonicas will be given to the first 25 attendees.

From 3 to 9 p.m., musicians are scheduled to be performing all over town.

Fairfield native and current Nashville resident Molly Murphy will be back in town, with three performances scheduled.

A beloved local band will kick off the evening at 6:30 p.m. at the FTC Parking Lot. The Low Darts are a band of talented Fairfield Warde alumni and seniors.

Another option during the 6 p.m. hour, at the Ye Yacht Yard Lower Wharf from 6 to 7 p.m., Serendipity Winds woodwind quintet will play as the sun sets at the end of Harbor Road.

As of Monday, the event roster included 48 performances at 17 venues. The final schedule will be published Friday. For a list of participating venues and performers, visit fairfield@makemusicday.org.

For more information, email fairfield@makemusicday.org or call Lou Heumann at 203-246-2222.

Make Music Day is brought to the Fairfield community through the support of Fairfield’s Department of Community and Economic Development, Fairfield Theatre Company, the Connecticut Department of Economic Community Development and volunteers.