Ridgefield Playhouse

On September 3, Preservation Hall Jazz Band drew in a packed house at The Ridgefield Playhouse bringing with them the soul of New Orleans jazz and heritage. With merely less than a week since the devastating Hurricane Ida hitting New…

Legendary ambassadors of traditional New Orleans jazz and music, Preservation Hall Jazz Band is celebrating their 60th anniversary in 2021 and are making their way to The Ridgefield Playhouse on Friday, September 3. The band is led by…

On October 11, The Ridgefield Playhouse hosted two acoustic bands with a big sound. Lucky Chops, who are on a national tour, were joined by Funky Dawgz Brass Band for a double bill that made a Thursday night feel more like the start of a…

Malcolm Bruce (son of Jack Bruce), Kofi Baker (son of Ginger Baker), and Will Johns (nephew of Eric Clapton) pick up where the patriarchs of the power trio left off, with a 50th anniversary world tour celebrating the music of Cream.

Iconic San Francisco musician Paul Kantner died Thursday, Jan. 28, of multiple organ failure and septic shock. A founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, Kantner, 74, suffered a heart attack earlier this week, reported the San Francisco…

More than one long, strange trip began along the San Francisco Bay in 1965. The spotlight this year had been on The Grateful Dead's anniversary during the Fare Thee Well shows in Chicago but more recently the San Francisco sound was again…

The Ridgefield Playhouse will be hosting a special performance in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead and the 1960's San Francisco sound. On Aug. 13, exactly 50 years after the formation of Jefferson…