The Poorhouse Concert Series

09/08/2022

Hello Local Original Music Lovers!

We are sad to say good-bye to the Middletown Music Festival! For nine years we had an amazing time in the Cedar Grove at Middlesex Community College. The Middletown Commission on the Arts supported us for nearly EVERY year!! We are beyond grateful for their support of local original music!!

Our goal was to bring artists and music lovers together outside of a bar, or concert venue. We wanted the music to be available to everyone. I think we succeeded!

COVID forced us to become creative in order to continue to bring this amazing music to the public! With the help of a grant from the MCA we decided to stream the festival. Broadcasting is in our blood! We got some cameras, hooked it up to our amazing sound system, and the Poorhouse Concert Series was born!

The Poorhouse Concert Series will livestream across social media, YouTube, Rumble, and Twitch, from our barn before a private audience.

For more information on being a part of our private audience please message us for more details. This is a Private Membership Association.

Artists, please send bio and music links: [email protected] We look forward to a new and very exciting chapter!

04/21/2021

The Middletown Music Festival, June 4-6, 2021

LIVE and LOCAL this is GREAT music!

Due to COVID restrictions we will be streaming the festival this year. It has been a hard year for artists! We are happy to stream live, but had to cut down on our bands. We are thankful to be able to bring some of this amazing music to a screen near you!!

Line up!!

CherrySparks
Inner Worlds
gigglejuice
Chaser 8
Adelaide Punkin
Dropping Quarters
Bone Mill Road
Cliff and Jenny
Lyna Triste and The Marauders
We Are Anna

01/22/2021

Live with the Blakun Brothers

01/17/2021

Chaser 8! Looking forward to having them at the Middletown Music Festival 2021! Unfortunately we will be streaming online, but we look forward to sharing the music world wide online!

https://www.facebook.com/chaserei8ht/videos/3226190210814487/

06/01/2020

Due to COVID restrictions there will not be a Middletown Music Festival this year.

Hope to see you all next year!!

12/21/2019

Happy Winter Solstice! Join us tonight at Dexter’s Tunes Tales and Ales! Yummy Fat Orange Cat Beer, and original music! Cheers 🎶🍒💥🍻

12/20/2019

CherrySparks! Saturday at one of our favorite places! Dexter’s in East Hampton!

Delicious local craft brew and original music!

https://dexterstunestalesandales.com/events/

11/26/2019

Tonight on VOICE of the CITY, airing Tuesday nights from 8-9PM on WESU 88.1FM, streaming live at www.wesufm.org

Live with Brian Festa, local father, attorney, and founder of, Connecticut Freedom Alliance, to talk about mandatory vaccinations and medical freedom in Connecticut. We’ll also talk about Black Lives Interrupted, a free event to discuss the growing health crisis for Afro-American children on 12/3 from 6-8pm at The Legislative Office Building.

At the second half of the hour, we’ll be joined by Curtis Cost, author and lecturer, who will be speaking at Black Lives Interrupted.

Live and local... this ain’t no commercial radio!

WESU 80th Anniversary Oldies Show and Benefit! by wesugmFeatured All proceeds will benefit WESU. Get your tickets here! Read More

11/19/2019

Tonight on VOICE of the CITY, airing Tuesdays from 8-9PM, on WESU 88.1FM. Live with P***a Ann talking about 5G, followed by Gwen Samuel of CT Parent’s Union to discuss the The Partnership For Connecticut, the Dalio deal, and what you need to know.

Live and local... this ain’t no commercial! Catch the stream www.wesufm.org

WESU 80th Anniversary Oldies Show and Benefit! by wesugmFeatured All proceeds will benefit WESU. Get your tickets here! Read More

11/10/2019

11/06/2019

We are so very sad to lose our dear friend Kim Kelly❤️ The Middletown Music Festival will not be the same without her!! She volunteered her time and worked so hard to help make the festival happen! Here is a picture of our feet, because we were hysterically laughing after we laid out the field for the vendors, and our feet were filthy!

Kim was so full of life, and not shy at all! She would walk around the festival and help collect donations, talk to people, and get even the most cranky person to smile!

She will be tremendously missed!! RIP Dear Friend❤️🙏🏽

10/08/2019

Tonight on VOICE of the CITY, live with local authors Monica Szymonik, and Sherry Palmer, and Joan T. Kloth-Zanard, founder of PAS Intervention, discussing the family court, and parental rights. Broadcasting Tuesday nights from 8-9PM. Catch the stream on www.wesufm.org Live and local... this ain’t no commercial radio!

WESU 80th Anniversary Oldies Show and Benefit! by wesugmFeatured All proceeds will benefit WESU. Get your tickets here! Read More

10/07/2019

Cherry Sparks new record! Check it out!

Provided to YouTube by CDBaby The Enemy Is Within · Cherry Sparks A Spin on the Cosmic Wheel ℗ 2019 Cherry Sparks Released on: 2019-09-22 Auto-generated by Y...

09/30/2019

Tomorrow night on VOICE of the CITY, live with Dave TenEyck and his band,Time Of Day. Broadcasting Tuesday nights from 8-9PM on WESU 88.1FM, Middletown.

Catch the stream www.wesufm.org. Live and local... this ain’t no commercial radio!

WESU 80th Anniversary Oldies Show and Benefit! by wesugmFeatured All proceeds will benefit WESU. Get your tickets here! Read More

09/26/2019

Tommy Doomsday ❤️🎶

09/22/2019

https://www.facebook.com/events/737138730074590/?ti=ia

09/21/2019

Happy 10th Birthday CT Rocks!

09/17/2019

Tonight on VOICE of the CITY, live with Jennifer Tess, local mom and author of the book, Healing Without Hurting. Also live with local mom and advocate Monica Szymonik to talk about family court.

Tonight we’ll spin music from our brand new record, A Spin On The Cosmic Wheel.

Broadcasting Tuesday nights from 8-9PM on wesu fm. Catch the stream www.wesufm.org

Live and local... this ain’t no commercial radio!

WESU Spring Pledge Drive Success! by wesugmPosted onJune 24, 2019June 24, 2019 We did it! Our spring pledge drive is complete! Thanks to the WESU family for having our back again! Read More

08/20/2019

Tonight on VOICE of the CITY, live with the Creamery Station! Broadcasting Tuesday nights from 8-9PM on WESU 88.1FM, Middletown. Catch the stream at www.wesufm.org

07/31/2019

We’re filling in for Kevin Day at Dexter’s this week for open mic! Come one come all... the MIC is OPEN!

07/30/2019

Tonight on VOICE of the CITY, live with Shorebreak! Broadcasting Tuesday nights from 8-9PM and streaming worldwide on www.wesufm.org

Live and local... this ain’t no commercial radio!

WESU Spring Pledge Drive Success! by wesugmPosted onJune 24, 2019June 24, 2019 We did it! Our spring pledge drive is complete! Thanks to the WESU family for having our back again! Read More

07/09/2019

Tonight on VOICE of the CITY, live with sound healer, Ed Cleveland, followed by an interview with local activist Tj Elgin.
Catch the stream www.wesufm.org, on the dial at 88.1FM.

Live and local... this ain’t no commercial radio!

WESU Spring Pledge Drive Success! by wesugmPosted onJune 24, 2019June 24, 2019 We did it! Our spring pledge drive is complete! Thanks to the WESU family for having our back again! Read More

07/02/2019

Tonight on VOICE of the CITY, live with Kevin Day of gigglejuice! Kevin’s got some new songs and brand new open mic kicking up in August at Dexter’s in East Hampton! Catch the stream www.wesufm.org

VOC since 2009... live and local... this ain’t no commercial radio!

WESU Spring Pledge Drive Success! by wesugmPosted onJune 24, 2019June 24, 2019 We did it! Our spring pledge drive is complete! Thanks to the WESU family for having our back again! Read More

06/18/2019

Thank you Middletown Commission on The Arts for supporting local music with a generous grant!!
Middletown Music Festival,
JUNE 2020 in a new location in Middletown!

Details coming soon...

06/11/2019

Tonight on VOICE of the CITY! Live with Jeffrey M. Summa and The Roasters!

Broadcasting Tuesdays from 8-9PM on WESU 88.1FM.

Live and local... this ain’t no commercial radio! Catch the stream www.wesufm.org

06/03/2019

Another festival has come to pass. What a year!! So much beautiful music and colorful people. I am so deeply touched and inspired by you.

It is a tremendous effort to produce this show. It only happens because of a tribe of people that spend hours doing the grunt work behind the scenes that is not always pretty, or fun. Sometimes I miss sets because of it. It’s not easy being a producer and pulling off a weekend long event.

Thank you to all the people filming and taking pictures when I could not be there.

I am preparing to take a long social media break to concentrate on my own music and release our record this fall, A Spin on The Cosmic Wheel, a collaboration of songs by myself and Mr. Sparks. When I am a producer, it is hard not to lose my creative time and get caught up in being a producer. I love doing it❤️

I also love being an artist, and I need to concentrate on my own music. Before I take off, I just want to thank all the artists for sharing your music on our stage at The Middletown Music Festival. This is a festival made possible by artists. It is the original music, the community, and this vibrant musical scene that inspires us.

Many exciting things are on the horizon....

Thank you Robin Russo for your creative ideas, hard work and love❤️

Thank you Kim Kelly for helping us feed the pig and for being you❤️

Dana Newman and Bryan Newman Thank you❤️❤️❤️ For great sound, a tight stage, your music!!!! Your professionalism and your friendship❤️❤️❤️ I see lots more music in the future🎶🎶🎶

Thank you to my dear friend Thad McKenney for making the beer tasting happen, for all the hours and hard grunt work you do behind the scenes❤️ Thank you for being you🎶🌈

Thank you to my beautiful husband, Timothy R Sparks for your music, and muscle. Thank you for giving of yourself and all the hard grunt work that you do to make this happen!! I love you❤️🎶🌈

Thank you Stereo Joe for being a great sound man and an all around sweetheart❤️❤️❤️

Thank you Heidi Washburn for your gorgeous photography❤️❤️

Thank you Andrew Mark Prue for gongs and drums ❤️🎶🌈

Thank you Jay Viarengo for helping with the beer tent and for being you❤️🎶🌈 So glad to have you back for the summer❤️ Thank you for Banjo, I love him!!

I will be off social media after downloading pictures and videos of festival tomorrow. I will not be reachable via messenger, or FB.

Please reach me off line by text.
Please send pictures, and video to

[email protected]

❤️🎶🌈

Photography by Heidi Washburn
Steven Provost of Jeremiah Hazed.

05/31/2019

The Middletown Music Festival
May 31 to June 2, 2019
@ Middlesex Community College
100 Training Hill Road
Middletown, CT 06480

A grassroots music festival brought to you by artists

05/31/2019

We got eats! Come after work and enjoy the show!

05/31/2019

Adelaide Punkin!

On Saturday... June 1st...
Meet me at the Cedar Grove..
High Noon!
Middletown Music Festival
May 31 and runs to June 2, 2019
Middlesex Community College
100 Training Hill Road
Middletown, CT 06457

Here is all the festival info straight
from J.Cherry on Channel 3 WFSB!
https://www.wfsb.com/video-th-annual-middletown-music-festival/video_9ffc6c1d-61ec-5183-bd04-08d0f69fe8d0.html

05/31/2019