Fairfield Weekend Guide: Don Was At FTC, Mariachi At The Quick Center And The Harvest Market

FAIRFIELD, CT — Fairfield's weekend opens with two Thursday shows at the Fairfield Theatre Company and builds through mariachi Friday, a Harvest Market and dog costume parade on the Town Hall Green Saturday and a Sunday chamber concert, from Thursday, Oct. 15, through Sunday, Oct. 18.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• Radio Legends: Band Central — Thursday, Oct. 15; pre-party 6:30 p.m., show 7:30 p.m. CLASP's benefit concert features Fairfield County musicians including Gabrielle Lakshmi, Tim Palmieri and Bill Carbone playing radio hits of the '70s, '80s and '90s, with light bites from Ryebird and Saigon Snack Bar at the pre-party; tickets are $48 including fees. StageOne at FTC, 70 Sanford Street
• Don Was and The Pan-Detroit Ensemble — Thursday, Oct. 15, 8 p.m. The producer and bassist's band plays its debut album plus the Grateful Dead's "Blues for Allah"; tickets are $47 to $62 including fees. The Warehouse at FTC, 70 Sanford Street
• Mariachi Herencia de México, "La Nueva Generación" — Friday, Oct. 16, 8 p.m. Part of the LaCroix Music Series; tickets are $35, $25 for Quick members and $5 for Fairfield University students, plus a $5 service charge. Quick Center for the Arts, 1073 North Benson Road
• Fairfield Harvest Market — Saturday, Oct. 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (rain date Oct. 24). More than 70 retailers, crafters and vendors, seven food trucks, a giant-pumpkin guessing game and a dog costume parade at noon, with lineup at 11:45 a.m. Fairfield Chamber of Commerce, Town Hall Green, 611 Old Post Road
• Castle of our Skins, "Sacred Transcendence" — Sunday, Oct. 18, 3 p.m. The Black arts institution, co-founded in 2013, programs spirituals and works by African diasporic composers in this LaCroix Music Series concert; tickets are $35, $25 for Quick members and $5 for Fairfield University students, plus a $5 service charge. Quick Center for the Arts, 1073 North Benson Road

Choose between Radio Legends and Don Was on Thursday, catch the mariachi Friday, dress up the dog for the Harvest Market Saturday and end with Castle of our Skins on Sunday.

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