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Across from the Shubert, the music hall is the latest iteration of a venue that has already been the Rialto, the Roger Sherman, and the Palace theater stretching back to 1921. The 2,000-seat, balconied music hall has hosted huge stars, from Paul Newman and Robert Redford at the premiere of Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid in 1969 to seemingly every big-name act in rock, punk, hip-hop, indie, and comedy of the modern era. There is always a show worth seeing at College Street.

Toad's Place has the tagline "Where the legends play," and they're serious about it. Over the years The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, U2, Billy Joel, Weezer, Parliament Funkadelic, Johnny Cash, Drake, The Afghan Whigs, Lenny Kravitz, Bon Jovi, and hundreds more have given showgoers the night of their lives. Spend a night at Toad's Place and you're standing, likely dancing, in music history.

After hosting major men’s and women’s tennis WTA and ATP tournaments since 1990, the former Connecticut Tennis Center was converted to the instantaneously popular Westville Music Bowl in 2020. News of the new 5,000-seat, open-air venue spread like fire on a mountain, and crowds have packed the bowl to see acts like Joe Russo's Almost Dead, the Trey Anastasio Band, Umphrey’s McGee, The Disco Biscuits, Eggy, and Goose, a Connecticut-local, now internationally known touring phenomenon.