Fairfield, Connecticut - Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment

• The Fairfield Community Theatre Foundation (defunct) used to run the downtown, two-screen moviehouse for independent and second-run films. The existing Community Theater property remains dormant.
• The Fairfield Theatre Company (FTC) exists as a theatrical production venue that promotes mainly concert events at its StageOne location near the train station.
• The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts on the campus of Fairfield University opened in 1990 and includes events such as popular and classical music, dance, theatre, programs for young audiences, and the Open VISIONS Forum lecture series featuring present eminent opinion-makers, artists, authors, learned contributors to the humanities and sciences and civic and political commentators. It houses the 740-seat Kelley Theatre, the 150-seat Lawrence A. Wien Experimental (Black Box) Theatre, and the Thomas J. Walsh, Jr. Art Gallery. The Quick Center has become known as one of the finest concert halls in the country and was recognized as the "cultural epicenter of Fairfield County" by Westport Magazine.
• The PepsiCo Theatre, a renovated 1922 carriage house on the campus of Fairfield University, is the home to the Theatre Program of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts and Theater Fairfield, the resident production company of the University. The PepsiCo Theatre is also home to Shakespeare Ventures, a professional theatre company.
• WSHU-FM Public Radio operated by Sacred Heart University
• WVOF, student-run radio at Fairfield University
• The Gazebo on Sherman Town Green is home to many bands that play during the summer in the afternoon hours. Free to listen, along with free food and drinks it is an ideal place for entertainment, though it is usually directed towards an older audience.