Saturday, June 12, 1:45 to 2:45 p.m.- Hanford & Finlay will sing 18th century songs at The Westport Historical Society's Hidden Garden Event, Avery Place Westport, CT
 

Saturday, June 18, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.- Hanford & Finlay will perform as strolling 18th century troubadours at The Keeler Tavern, Ridgefield, CT

Thursday, June 30, 7 to 10 p.m.- Palermo and Hanford will return to the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge to perform covers of 1930s-1980s popular songs as well as some original material. If you like venerable jazz standards, honky tonk laments and rollicking rock 'n' roll come on down. It's a great place to hear music and the food and drink is excellent. 30 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA, 413-298-5130, www.theredlioninn.com

Monday, July 4th, 2:30 to 5p.m.- Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown Avenue, Clermont, NY. Tom will present a family show at 2:30 and perform as a strolling late 18th century fiddling troubadour until 5 p.m. for Old Fashioned Independence Day. Fife and drum music, re-enactors playing British and American partisans, and fun educational activities for children and their grownups are the order of the day. Stick around for the fireworks from Saugerties. $10 per vehicle fee after 8 p.m. 518-537-4240 www.friendsofclermont.org

Thursday, July 14, 6 p.m.- Woodstock Library, 5 Library Lane, Woodstock, NY, hosts Songs of the Sea, a program of 19th century sea songs for children. Puppeteer, Grian MacGregor will put in a guest appearance. 845-679-2213, www.woodstock.org

Friday and Saturday, July 15 and 16, 7 p.m.- Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site will host Hanford & Finlay, who will sing 18th century songs for Tavern Night. In addition, Tom will present a Good Old Colony Days kid's show on Saturday afternoon at about 2, July 16. Stony Point is located on Park Road off of Route 9W in Stony Point, NY. 845-786-2521

Monday, July 18, 10 a.m.- Future Foundations, 21 Fern Drive, Torrington, CT. Tom presents a Musical Menagerie show for children. Not open to the general public.

Tuesday, July 19, 11 a.m.- Utica Public Library, 303 Genessee Street, Utica, NY. A free Musical Menagerie open to everyone.315-735-2279 www.uticapubliclibrary.org/youthservices

Monday, July 25 through Saturday, July 30- Tom and his great friend and colleague, Grian MacGregor, will teach and perform as resident artists at Nantucket Island School of Design and Art on Nantucket. Mask and puppet making workshops on Tuesday, July 26 and 28 and a performance of Songs of the Sea on Wednesday, July 27 at 7 p.m. www.nisda.org

Monday, August 1 through Friday, August 12- Tom will be teaching at ASAP Summer Arts Camp at the Montessori School on Route 202 in Washington, CT. Movement, rhythm, and song improvisation with children. Call 860-868-0740 for information.

Sunday, August 7- The Dobbs Ferry Historical Society presents The Road to Freedom. In August of 1781, General Washington and his troops marched along present day Ashford Avenue and Broadway in Dobbs Ferry, NY before heading south to defeat Lord Cornwallis decisively at Yorktown, VA. at 1 p.m. Tom will meet with reenactors and the general public at Gould Park on Ashford Ave. From there they will retrace Washington's steps and convene at the Mead House on Elm Street. Tom will perform for children at about 2 p.m. Admission is free. Other presenters include Lamb's Artillery and Morgan's Riflemen. 914-674-1007, www.villagehistorian.org

Saturday, August 13 and Sunday, August 14- On To Richmond Civil War Event at 3 Rivers Park, Woodbury, CT. The Second Connecticut Regiment will recreate the 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff. Tom will appear as an itinerant troubadour in the tent village. The public may enter at 14 School Street off of Route 6 in Woodbury, near Mitchell School. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children between 5 and 10 and free for younger children. remanzi@hotmail.com for information.

Late August- Possible Montreal tour with singer/songwriter, Kath Bloom. More details to come.

Saturday, September 10- Tom, with his fiddle, masks, and Venetian britches and cassock, will return to Fort Crailo Historic Site, 9 and 1/2 Rensselaer Avenue, Rensselaer, NY for the 17th century Harvest Fair. Tom will perform two family shows of The New World in the afternoon. Native American and colonial reenactors are also featured. 518-463-8738.

OCT. 3, 12:45- Songs of the Cowboys, Morris Sr. Center, East Street, Morris, CT 860-567-7437

OCT. 7, 6-9 p.m.- Guest musician with The Moondog Trio, Gallery in the Woods (as part of Gallery Walk), 145 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301-3061 (802) 257-4777 www.galleryinthewoods.com

OCT. 14, 7 p.m.- Opening act for Benjamin Franklin, a.k.a. Jack Sherry. I'll be singing a song Young Ben wrote at about age 13 about Blackbeard the Pirate, Old Town Hall, corner of Route 63 and Route 4, Goshen, CT (860) 491-3234

OCT. 15, 3 p.m.-Musical Menagerie Show at Millerton/Northeast Library, in the Annex behind the library, 75 Main Street, Millerton, NY 3 p.m. 518-789-3340. www.nemillertonlibrary.org
There will be an an exhibit of my artwork during the month of October and there will be a reception with refreshments after the performance at 4 P.M.

OCT. 22, 10:30 a.m.- Honoring, Jupiter Mars, African American Revolutionary War Patriot and fiddler, as part of Oliver Wolcott Branch of the Sons of the American Revolution tribute, will take place at Center Cemetery, 15 Old Colony Road, Norfolk, CT.

OCT.29, 2 p.m.- Chimneyside Tales Halloween Program with guest artist Fran Block,
Hagaman Library, 227 Main Street, East Haven, CT 06512 (203) 468-3890

Saturday, November 12, 7 p.m.- Rye Historical Society's Sqaure House, Rye, NY. Hanford & Finlay will perform 18th century tavern songs for a private dinner for staff and friends of the museum.

Friday, November 18, 2:30 p.m.-Middlebury Elementary School, Middlebury, CT. Tom will perform "Waterbound: 19th Century Songs and Stories of American Rivers and Canals" .

NOV. 18, 9-12 midnight- Palermo & Hanford, Red Lion Inn, 30 Main Street, Stockbridge MA 01262-0954
(413) 298-5545

Saturday, December 3, 1 p.m.- Sinterklaas Festival, Rhinebeck, NY. "Wassail, Wassail, All Over the Town!" A family show of winter solstice traditions of the 1800s and earlier. With Nick Jacobs as Santa's cranky cousin, "Belznickel". Tom will be at the Beekman Arms Hotel, 6387 Mill Street. Sinterklaas Festival is not to be missed!

Other performers include storyteller par excellence, Jonathan Kruk; Grian MacGregor and her Ivy Vine Players puppet company; Roger, The Jester and Arm of the Sea puppet theater. In addition there are Morris Dancers, a performance of St. George and the Dragon, a brass band, a parade and so much more! Go to www.sinterklaasrhinebeck.com and check out this all day performance taking place all over Rhinebeck. Sinterklaas Festival is not to be missed!

Thursday, December 8th, 8 p.m.- The Holidays in the Civil War era, a program of songs and stories by Hanford & Finlay with concertina player, David Paton. Cornucopia Banqueting Hall, 371 Pinewoods Road, Torrington. For members of the Oliver Wolcott branch of the Sons of the American Revolution. www.connecticutsar.org/branches/wolcott.htm

Saturday, December 10, 11 a.m.- A Visit to Santa's House at Burr Homestead. Tom and Music Together colleagues will perform Holiday favorites for children and their grownups. The Burr Homestead is at 739 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT.

Fairfield's historic Burr Homestead is transformed into Santa's House for a magical weekend. While meeting Santa Claus is the main attraction, visitors also find Mrs. Claus baking cookies in her kitchen, craft rooms for making holiday treasures, a tattoo and face painting room, live seasonal entertainment, a raffle room, a model train room, and special guest appearances by Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. In addition, are holiday gifts are available at the bake shop and gift shop. Presented by the Junior Women's Club of Fairfield, proceeds benefit Mercy Learning Center in Bridgeport. Hours are: 10 AM to 4 PM on Saturday and 10 AM to 2 PM on Sunday. Advance tickets, $5 for adults and children ages 2 and up. Tickets at the door, $6 apiece. 203-259-1598

Thursday, December 15, 7 p.m.- Byram Shubert Library, 21 Mead Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830. Hanford & Finlay will present a "Civil War Holiday Season". Admission is free. (203) 531-0426

Dec. 18, 1 p.m.-Rockefeller Family Christmas Party (private) Tarrytown, NY

Friday, December 30, 9-12 p.m.- Palermo and Hanford will perform pop, folk and rock and roll covers as well as original material at The Red Lion Inn, 30 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA. Admission is free. Go to www.redlioninn.com or call 413-298-5545

Tom Hanford is now part of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism