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Free events in Bridgeport in October 2026

28 events from Saturday, October 17 to Saturday, October 31, 2026. Busiest venues: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Schwarzman Center, Yale School of Music.

Saturday, October 17, 2026

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 24

Sightlines: British Landscape Photography, 1840 to Now

Yale Center for British Art · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Free
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 Jan 4

Nature Aglow: The Paintings of Jan Dilenschneider

Stamford Museum & Nature Center · Stamford
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
10:30 AM

Community Day

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · Ridgefield
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
10:30 AM

Story Time

Yale Center for British Art · Downtown New Haven
- Visual arts
Free
Other
11 AM

Putting Architecture in Its Place: Robert A.M. Stern and His Scholarship

Yale University Art Gallery · Downtown New Haven
Free Tickets
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Dance
2 PM

Performance: Anindita Dutta: The Dream of Being

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · Ridgefield
- Dance
Free
Music
4 PM

Yale Glee Club 165th Anniversary Reunion Concert

Yale School of Music · Downtown New Haven
- Music
Free

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Dance
11 AM

EveryBody Dances with Simone Sobers

Yale Schwarzman Center · Downtown New Haven
- Dance
Free Tickets
Music
3 PM

Wendy Sharp, violin

Yale School of Music · Downtown New Haven
- Music
Free Tickets

Monday, October 19, 2026

Other
12 PM

Schwarzman Session - The Story Behind the Story

Yale Schwarzman Center · Downtown New Haven
Free Tickets
Literature
12:30 PM

Telling Inclusive Stories through Oral Histories

Housatonic Museum of Art · Downtown Bridgeport
- Literature
Free

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Literature
7 PM

Westport Together Presents: 'Be Unapologetically Impatient' with Award-Winning Scholar Dr. Christina Cipriano

The Westport Library · Westport
- Literature
Free

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Music
12:30 PM

Lunchtime Chamber Music

Yale School of Music · Downtown New Haven
- Music
Free Tickets

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Music
7 PM

Ruckus — Songs of Eternity: Early American Hymns of Hope in Times of Crisis

Yale Schwarzman Center · Downtown New Haven
- Music
Free Tickets

Friday, October 23, 2026

Music
7 PM

Ruckus — Songs of Eternity: Early American Hymns of Hope in Times of Crisis

Yale Schwarzman Center · Downtown New Haven
- Music
Free Tickets

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Visual arts
10:30 AM

Exploring Art-ism | A Program for Children with Sensory Processing Differences and Their Families

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

Make Time!: Props, Cameras, and Costumes

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

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Visual arts
2 PM

Opening reception and artists' talk: Namibia

Kehler Liddell Gallery · Westville, New Haven
- Visual arts
Free

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Visual arts
5 PM

Artist Talk | Shadows in Nature: Renowned Painter Sean Scully on the Enduring Legacy of John Constable

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

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Visual arts
6 PM

Paul Mellon Lecture with Courtney J. Martin | Rasheed Araeen: Modern, Minimal, Practical, and Social

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

Yale Drama Series: AMANDA (reading)

Yale Schwarzman Center · Downtown New Haven
- Literature
Free Tickets

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