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What to do in Bridgeport in December 2026

134 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Free: 29. Busiest venues: Yale University Art Gallery, Yale Center for British Art, Yale School of Music.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Jan 5

RUSUNUNGUKO (liberty / independence / freedom)

Yale Schwarzman Center · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until May 30

Kristy Hughes: Portal, Hope as Practice

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · Ridgefield
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 18

Rooted in Heritage: Art Across Yale’s Cultural Centers

Yale Schwarzman Center · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 18

The View from Here: Accessing Art Through Photography

Yale Schwarzman Center · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 18

West of the River

Yale Schwarzman Center · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Apr 6

The View from Here 2026

Yale Center for British Art · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 31

Loyalists and Sons of Liberty: America 250

Yale Center for British Art · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 10

Tim Youd: Connecticut Retyped

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · Ridgefield
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 10

The Aldrich Decennial: I am what is around me

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · Ridgefield
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 24

Sightlines: British Landscape Photography, 1840 to Now

Yale Center for British Art · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Mar 28

Dustin Yellin: Politics of Eternity

Bruce Museum · Greenwich
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 17

Jo Sandman: What Remains

Bruce Museum · Greenwich
- Visual arts
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Visual arts
until Jul 25

John Constable: The Landscape Reimagined

Yale Center for British Art · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Feb 19

Making his Mark in Connecticut: The Creative Process of F. Luis Mora

Housatonic Museum of Art · Downtown Bridgeport
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jun 20

Nguni: Migrant Nations of Southeast Africa

Yale University Art Gallery · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 4

Nature Aglow: The Paintings of Jan Dilenschneider

Stamford Museum & Nature Center · Stamford
- Visual arts
Free
Other
until Jan 4

Tarantulas: Alive & Up Close

Stamford Museum & Nature Center · Stamford
Visual arts
until Dec 27

"SHAKA ILEMBE"

Yale University Art Gallery · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 7

A Great Breach in Nature: Aerial Photography by J Henry Fair

Bruce Museum · Greenwich
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Aug 9

About Time: Measuring the Natural World

Yale Peabody Museum · New Haven
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until May 30

Satire, Sympathy, and Social Critique: William Hogarth’s Progress Prints

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 14

Sarah Sze: Images in Translation

Yale University Art Gallery · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 10

American Stories from Sargent to O’Keeffe

Bruce Museum · Greenwich
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 3

Interwoven: Sounds and Visions from the World’s Refugee Camps

Yale Institute of Sacred Music · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
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Visual arts
until May 30

“Beauty Unadorned: “Fire!!” and the Harlem Renaissance”

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until May 30

“Cave Canem: A Home for Black Poetry”

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jul 11

Richard Long: Gravity

Yale Center for British Art · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Free
Theatre
until Dec 5

Watch Me Walk

Yale Repertory Theatre · Downtown New Haven
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Dec 4

Sam the Snowman

Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts · Fairfield
- Theatre
Other
12 PM

"Sonder" by Thuthuka Sibisi

Yale University Art Gallery · Downtown New Haven
Music
5:30 PM

Cantata Vespers with Yale Consort & Instrumental Accompaniment

Yale Institute of Sacred Music · Downtown New Haven
- Music
Literature
7 PM

The Hour Strikes: A Discussion with Historians Evan & Oscie Thomas

The Westport Library · Westport
- Literature
Free
Music
7:30 PM

Christmas With The Celts

The Ridgefield Playhouse · Ridgefield
- Music

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

Other
12:30 PM

Archaeological Looking in Southeastern Africa

Yale University Art Gallery · Downtown New Haven
Music
12:30 PM

Lunchtime Chamber Music

Yale School of Music · Downtown New Haven
- Music
Free Tickets
Other
3 PM

Teen Art Studio

Yale University Art Gallery · Downtown New Haven
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Other
6:30 PM

James Beletic ’78, PhD: “The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): Humankind’s Greatest Space Science Facility”

Fairfield University Quick Center for the Arts · Fairfield
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Christmas With The Celts

The Ridgefield Playhouse · Ridgefield
- Music

Thursday, December 3, 2026

Cinema
5:30 PM

Film | JAIL TIME RECORDS (2026)

Film at Yale (Humanities Quadrangle) · Downtown New Haven
- Cinema
Other
5:30 PM

Preserving Archaeological Heritage: Law, Ethics, and Museums

Yale University Art Gallery · Downtown New Haven
Music
5:30 PM

The Aldrich × The Glimmerglass Festival: An Evening of Art & Opera

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · Ridgefield
- Music
- Opera
Visual arts
6 PM

Small Wonders – Public Receptions

Milford Arts Council (The MAC) · Downtown Milford
- Visual arts
Cinema
7:30 PM

Secret Film Society

Film at Yale (Humanities Quadrangle) · Downtown New Haven
- Cinema
Free Tickets
Theatre
until Dec 6

THEATREFEST: Black Box Staging

Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts · Fairfield
- Theatre

Friday, December 4, 2026

Visual arts
12:30 PM

Find Your Story Here: In the Garden

Yale Center for British Art · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Free
Cinema
7 PM

Dropouts and Dreamers Film Series: THE NEEDLE (1988)

Film at Yale (Humanities Quadrangle) · Downtown New Haven
- Cinema
Cinema
7 PM

Film: Little Miss Sunshine, 20th Anniversary Screening

Film at Yale (Humanities Quadrangle) · Downtown New Haven
- Cinema
Music
7 PM

Songs of The Season

Palace Theatre · Downtown Stamford
- Music
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

David Archuleta

Toad's Place · Downtown New Haven
- Music
$35 Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Fairfield University Glee Club: A Feast of Carols

Fairfield University Quick Center for the Arts · Fairfield
- Music
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

"Side by Side: Two Nutcracker Suites" - Yale Wind Ensemble and Yale Jazz Ensembles Big Band

Yale School of Music · Downtown New Haven
- Music
- Jazz
- Swing
Music
8 PM

Symphonic Masterworks I

Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts · Fairfield
- Music
- Symphonic
Music
8 PM

The JOHNNYSWIM Christmas Show

The Ridgefield Playhouse · Ridgefield
- Music
Music
8:30 PM

Allen Lowe and the Avant Roots Quartet

Allen Lowe

Firehouse 12 · Downtown New Haven
- Music
- Jazz
Tickets
Cinema
9 PM

Film: Welcome to the Dollhouse

Film at Yale (Humanities Quadrangle) · Downtown New Haven
- Cinema

Saturday, December 5, 2026

Music
10:30 AM

Reading and Rhythm with Orchestra Lumos and Music Together

The Westport Library · Westport
- Music
Free
Visual arts
10:30 AM

Story Time

Yale Center for British Art · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Free
Music
7:30 PM

Bassoonarama

Yale School of Music · Downtown New Haven
- Music
Free Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

The Wood Brothers

The Ridgefield Playhouse · Ridgefield
- Music
Music
7:30 PM

Yale Camerata Advent Concert

Yale Institute of Sacred Music · Downtown New Haven
- Music

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