🎉 Comedy, Concerts & Family Fun This Weekend in CT

January 23, 2026

Hey there, Connecticut explorers!

Another weekend is around the corner, and we’ve got you covered with what’s happening across Connecticut. Scroll on for ideas to help you plan ahead.

You can click on any event below to get more details, and if you're looking for even more ideas, check out our full Weekend Guide for a complete list of things to do across Connecticut.

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ALL WEEKEND LONG

FRIDAY EVENTS ACROSS CONNECTICUT

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SATURDAY EVENTS ACROSS CONNECTICUT

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SUNDAY EVENTS ACROSS CONNECTICUT

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS YET?

TODAY IN CONNECTICUT HISTORY

From Bakery Staple to Backyard Icon

In the late 1800s, a Civil War veteran named William Russell Frisbie built a successful baking business in Bridgeport, selling pies that were wildly popular across the region. The pies came in sturdy metal tins stamped with the company name, a practical detail that would unexpectedly spark a cultural phenomenon.

Local kids quickly discovered those tins were perfect for tossing through the air, and “Frisbie” became the shout of choice whenever one went flying. What started as a schoolyard pastime spread up and down the Connecticut shoreline, even catching on with college students, including those at Yale. The flying pie tin became an unplanned classic long before anyone thought to market it.

Years later, after World War II, a California inventor named Walter Morrison developed a plastic flying disc with no knowledge of Connecticut’s pie-tin tradition. When toy company Wham-O acquired the design and learned about the Connecticut connection, they refined the disc and renamed it the Frisbee, tweaking the spelling just enough to avoid legal trouble.

The result was instant magic. The Frisbee took off nationwide, selling hundreds of millions of units and becoming a staple of American play, sport, and pop culture. All of it traces back to a humble Bridgeport bakery and a pie tin that accidentally learned how to fly.

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Thanks!

Thanks for reading and spending part of your planning time with us. We hope this inspires you to try something new this weekend, and feel free to share this email with anyone who enjoys discovering local happenings.

Have a fantastic weekend!

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