Entertainment

2025 Performing musicians

Live musical entertainment is offered each Saturday at the Meriden Farmers Market, sponsored by Concerts With Causes.

July 12 - Terry Lachance - Terri Lachance mixes covers with originals. She sings to explain life . You will want to keep listening
July 19 - Tommy O - Tom plays hits from the 60s & 70s along with some parody songs from his 80s rocker phase; expect a show tune, and some music from his own songlist as well.
July 26 - Vicky Gagliardi - Vicki Gagliardi is a Contemporary style Singer / Songwriter from Southington, Connecticut. Her sound is influenced by classic artists including “The Carpenters”, “Carol King”, “Patsy Cline”  and “Adele”.
Aug 2 - Denise Jones - Inner Groove was founded in 2010.  Initially, the band started as a bar/cover band, but they soon added original songs to their setlist. Their songs are emotional portraits of people, love and faith, drawing inspiration from various genres such as folk, pop, rock and country.
Aug 9 - Andy Andrews - Ukuele performance including Country rock, Oldies & Beatles hits. 
Aug 16 -  Purvis - Retired from corporate America, Purvis (aka PJ Boatwright) is a singer, songwriter, and guitar player. His repertoire is about one-third originals, mostly amusing, self-deprecating stories. The other two-thirds are covers of songs that haven’t been played to exhaustion and will make you tap your feet. 
August 23 - Mary Ellen - Mary Ellen Cowles is a singer-songwriter from Chester who plays guitar, piano, and dulcimer. As an acoustic guitarist, she plays original, folk, pop, and jazz songs, using fingerpicking styles and strumming. A specialty is performing Joni Mitchell’s songs on guitar, piano, and dulcimer, using her various tunings and transcriptions.
August 30 - Brian May - Brian has been performing in Connecticut since 1965. He plays music of roots of Bob Dylan, Crosby Stills Nash, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, John Denver & loves playing music for all age groups.  
September 6 - Sue & Bruce - Sue Neal & Bruce Hazard are both from Cheshire and have been involved musically in Meriden & other CT towns and venues. Their music is a mix of Old & New Country, Folk & Classic Rock, as well as Traditional Pop music.
September 13 - Tim Longden - Just a guy from small town Chittenango, New York. I spent my college days in the SUNY system studying guitar rather than my teaching coursework. Took a piano class and was hooked on music. I write of human emotion, sadness, triumph, and the things that make us feel. I feel the magic of music. I hope you do too! Thank you for checking me out!
September 20 - John Brown - John Brown is a singer-songwriter from Rockfall Ct. He performs solo as well as with his Country-Rock band, the BackPorch Pickers.
September 27 - Eye Digress - Eye Digress acoustic duo playing 60’-70’s -80’s Pop, rock, blues and classic country. Hits, deep cuts and original material too!
October 4 - Leo Pierre Lavallee - Singer/Songwriter/Storyteller Leo Sunday has been delighting audiences for years with his unique brand of Americana, pop, jazz, country, folk and acoustic rock music. He performs regularly throughout New England as a solo performer, entertainer, guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist, and freelance trumpet artist. 
October 11- Ken Stroeble - Ken is an experienced guitarist, vocalist and harmonica-player. He performs a wide variety of crowd-pleasing rock and pop classics from the 60s to the 2000s – including some songs you probably forgot you remember!
October 18 - Those Guys - A dynamic, multi instrumental , nostalgic duo that takes you  for a trip down memory lane with country rock music from the 50s to 90s