Fairfield's Full Weekend Guide: East Coast Contemporary Ballet, TeachRock's All-Star Band And Sunny Jain

FAIRFIELD, CT — Fairfield's stages are full this weekend: the Quick Center hosts drummer and composer Sunny Jain on Thursday and East Coast Contemporary Ballet's season opener Saturday, while Fairfield Theatre Company rocks out with a '70s tribute Friday and TeachRock's all-star benefit Saturday. Fairfield Center Stage's Broadway benefit, a Philip Barry comedy at Fairfield University and a Revolutionary War talk at the Fairfield Museum round it out.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• Sunny Jain: Love Force, Thursday, Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m. The composer, drummer and dhol player brings his first theatrical production to the LaCroix Music Series. Tickets are $35, plus a $5 service charge. Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, 1073 North Benson Road
• "Holiday" by Philip Barry, Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. The Fairfield University Theatre Program stages the romantic comedy, later a Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn film, in the Wien Experimental Theatre. Tickets are $10, plus a $5 service charge. Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, 1073 North Benson Road
• The Super 70's Rock Show, Friday, Nov. 6, 8 p.m. (doors 7 p.m.). Super Trans Am brings a high-energy tribute to '70s rock to StageOne. Tickets are $39.50 to $59.50, plus fees. Fairfield Theatre Company StageOne, 70 Sanford St.
• TeachRock Help On The Way 2026, Saturday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m. Stevie Van Zandt's TeachRock returns with an all-star band featuring members of Living Colour, moe. and Dark Star Orchestra, raising money for its work in Connecticut public schools. Fairfield Theatre Company StageOne, 70 Sanford St.
• "Children Will Listen", Saturday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m. Fairfield Center Stage's benefit concert features 20 songs from Disney to Sondheim, sung by a cast of 75 with an onstage band, plus silent and live auctions. Seats are $25 to $35, with reserved tables available. First Church Congregational, 148 Beach Road
• East Coast Contemporary Ballet: Dancescapes, Saturday, Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m. The company opens its eighth season with a mixed repertory program that includes "Vessels" and "Brushstrokes" and a world premiere by the company's directors. Tickets are $30 to $90, plus a $5 service charge. Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, 1073 North Benson Road
• The Met: Live in HD: Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas, Sunday, Nov. 8, 1 p.m. (encore). A celebration of two decades of Met performances in movie theaters, with highlights from more than 185 screened productions. Tickets are $35, $30 for seniors and $5 for children and students, plus a $5 service charge. Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, 1073 North Benson Road
• Nobody Men: Neutrality and Loyalties in the American Revolution, Sunday, Nov. 8, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Historian Travis Glasson follows the transatlantic Cruger family to put the Revolution's neutrals at the center of the story, drawing on his new book. Tickets are $15 for members and $20 for others. Fairfield Museum & History Center, 370 Beach Road

From Sunny Jain's dhol to Dancescapes, a '70s rock revue and Broadway at First Church, Fairfield's weekend has a show for every taste.

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