Entertainment Calendar

Unplugged Open Mic

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Open Mic Host Kala Farnham Join us for a special Open Mic Night hosted by Kala Farnham, who is the 18th Connecticut State Troubadour and Rose Garden Performing Songwriter Contest winner, and one of our former Open Mic hosts. There will be no microphone, as the whole evening will be just acoustic unplugged music. The […]

$5

Poets at Large

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Feature: Sandy Yannone Helping to celebrate National Poetry Month on this day will be Sandy Yannone. Yannone is the poet laureate of Old Saybrook, CT where she now resides after a career teaching at The Evergreen College in Olympia, WA. Yannone is the author of The Glass Studio (2024) and Boats for Women (2019), both […]

$15

Celtic Music Session

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Celtic Music Session & Irish Favorites Sing-Along - come and experience the magic of Celtic music! Join professional local musicians Mark Renburke, Abe Myler, and Andrew McIntosh for a lively Celtic Music Session at The Vanilla Bean Café. This event will be on the third Sunday of the month from 4 - 6 pm. This […]

Free

Atwater~Donnelly

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Atwater~Donnelly Every performance is surprisingly different and always entertaining, exciting and educational with the award-winning duo Atwater~Donnelly, who provide a unique and thrilling blend of traditional American and Celtic folk music and dance, along with original songs and poetry. The highly acclaimed husband-wife duo, Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American […]

Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards Little by little, you will get to know Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards through their unmistakable vocal harmonies, poetic lyrics and down-to-earth personae. Based out of Webster, Massachusetts these prolific and hard working Massachusetts-based artists have contributed over seventeen albums within their first decade and toured consistently throughout the US […]

Celtic Music Session

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Celtic Music Session & Irish Favorites Sing-Along - come and experience the magic of Celtic music! Join professional local musicians Mark Renburke, Abe Myler, and Andrew McIntosh for a lively Celtic Music Session at The Vanilla Bean Café. This event will be on the third Sunday of the month from 4 - 6 pm. This […]

Free

Poets at Large

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Feature: Meg Smith Wrapping up the spring season this evening will be Meg Smith as the featured reader. Smith is a writer, journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass. She currently serves as content editor of Worcester Magazine, and her journalism has been honored with several awards, including first place, from the New […]

$15