Saturday, March 3, 7 p.m.- Palermo and Hanford will perform from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at The Twelve Moons Coffee House, St. John's Church, back entrance, 12 Main Street, Salisbury, CT. Admission by donation. For information: TwelvemoonsCoffee@gmail.com

Sunday, March 11, 3 p.m.-Kath Bloom with Tom Hanford will perform a one hour set at Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen Street, between Houston and Stanton, New York City. Admission is free but buying one drink per set is required. There are several acts after Kath and Tom and music goes into the evening so come on down. www.rockwoodmusichall.com, 212-477-4155
 

Saturday, March 17, 5 to 9 p.m.- Tom will be singing classic Irish songs and sitting in with the Mick Reed Band at AJs Bar and Grill, Goshen, CT, on the left about a half mile west on Sharon Turnpike, Route 4, from the Route 4 and Route 63 intersection roundabout. Admission is free. 860-491-4733
 

Saturday, March 24, 10 to 5 p.m.- Tom will perform historical songs at 11 and 2 p.m. as part of State of Connecticut History Day at the Torrington Branch of UCONN, 855 University Drive, Torrington Connecticut. 860-626-6800.
 

Saturday, April 7, 4 p.m.- Tom will be leading children and their grownups in play party games and simple dances at the Big Little Kids Dance at the Old Town Hall, Pine Street in Cornwall, CT. There will be some very reasonable admission fee as yet to be determined. The Little Kids' Dance at the beginning of February was a smashing success with about 70 people having a great time. So come on down! Contact Rachel Gall, 860-824-8404, for information.
 

Friday, April 20, 6 to 8 p.m.- Tom will be performing at the Week of the Young Child event at Housatonic High School, 246 Warren Turnpike Road, Falls Village, CT. There will be food, products for young children, children's books and other things of interest.
 

Saturday, April 28, time yet to be determined- Kath Bloom with Tom Hanford will perform at the Free Range Festival, Belfast, Maine.
 

Thursday, May 17, all day- Tom will be part of the Capital Region Boces Arts and Enrichment Showcase Abram Lansing Elementary School, 26 James Street, Cohoes, New York. Tom will be performing his Chimneyside Tales program, "York State Yarns", from 9:45 to 10:15 a.m. If you make it to the showcase look for Tom's friends, The Grumbling Gryphons, performing at 9 a.m. and puppeteer, Grian MacGregor and her Ivy Vine Players at 10:30 a.m. Contact Shelley Viola at sviola@gw.neric.org
 

Wednesday, May 23, 6 p.m.- Tom will perform a family program of spring songs of the British Isles. All in the Month of May features songs and tales of Robin Hood, the Green Man, ceremonial horse processions, and courtship. Huntington Branch, Shelton Library, 41 Church Street Shelton, CT 06484, (203) 926-0111. Admission is free.
 

Saturday, July 7, 11 to 5 p.m.- Hanford & Finlay will appear in full late 18th century raiment, performing tavern songs from their Fill Every Glass program at the Hopkins Heritage Festival, Hopkins Vineyard, 25 Hopkins Road, Warren, CT. The Hopkins Farm is celebrating its 225th anniversary! Go to www.hopkinsvineyard.com or call 860-868-7954.
 

Saturday and Sunday, August 18 and 19. Tom will perform as a strolling minstrel at the Living History Event, Hillsborough, NH. PO Box 703, Hillsborough, NH 03244, 603-478-0809
livinghistoryevent@gmail.com Visit www.livinghistoryeventnh.com
 

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