Sunday, May 25, 4:30 until 8:00-Columbia Land Conservancy's Unshad Barbecue- Chimneyside Tales show and strolling musician. Kinderhook Farm, Shufelt Road, Ghent, New York. Go to www.clctrust.org or call 518-392-5252. This is a benefit picnic for the organization. Also playing will be "Too Blue" bluegrass band as well as other entertainment and excellent food. No shad because of a decline in the shad population. Admission is $70 for adults, $20 for youths and $10 for children under 15.

May 28, 30 and June 2 - Mask Making Workshops for A.S.A.P. Three sessions for each.
                                K-2,"Frog, He Would A Wooing Go" 3:45 to 4:45
                                3-5, "The Green Man" 5:00-6:00 Washington Primary School
                                Washington, CT
                                Workshops culminate in performances with masks.
                                 www.afterschoolartsprogram.org

Saturday, June 14, Grand Opening of The Goshen Farmer's Market. 10 a.m. Tom's Chimneyside Tales show and 11 a.m. show by Don Sinetti and Tom Callinan. 42 North Street, Goshen, CT. Sponsored by Goshen Library and The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. FREE.
call 860-491-3234 for information.

Monday, June 16, 1:30- Goshen Center School-With the children Tom will be performing the new school songs he wrote for Goshen Center School with help from the students. Route 63, Goshen, Connecticut.

June 21, 11 a.m to 2 p.m. Millerton Farmer's Market, Millerton, New York. Strolling musician. Call 845-373-7164 for information.

Thursday, June 26, 6:30-10:00-Litchfield Saltwater Grille, Route 202, Litchfield, CT, 860-567-4900 or 860-491-9223 for information.
Tom will present an evening of covers, country, pop, rock and roll, and swing, plus his own originals. Some fine area musicians are likely to sit in. FREE

Friday, July 4, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.- Clermont State Historic Site, 1 Clermont Avenue, Germantown, New York 12526, 518-537-4240. Independence Day Celebration. "In The Good Old Colony Days"
Chimneyside Tales Show at an as yet undisclosed time. Probably about 2 p.m. Tom will also be strolling and singing those great hits of the 50s through the 80s. 1750s through 1780s that is, as well as some even older material. Fife and drum corp and other 18th century music, stories, and food will be featured. $7 per vehicle. Stick around for the fireworks in the evening.

Wednesday, July 30, 11 a.m. - Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield ,CT, "In The Good Old Colony Days" show. Behind Tapping Reeve Law School, Route 63, Litchfield. 860-567-4501

Wednesday, August 6, 1 p.m. Beacon Falls Public Library- Musical Menagerie Show. At the Saint Michael's Church near the library. Call 203-729-1441 for information.

Saturday and Sunday, Erie Canal Village Dairy Festival, Rome, New York. "A Lyrical Life" Chimneyside Tales Shows featuring canal and farming songs at as yet undisclosed times. Also strolling musician duties. Call 315-337-3999. www.eriecanalvillage.net

Saturday and Sunday , October 18, 19, 25 and 26-Philipsburg Manor "Legend Weekends" - Three half hour spooky children's shows each day plus strolling music making. Jonathan Kruk, Hudson Valley storyteller will be featured at night. www.hudsonvalley.org. Look for Philipsburg Manor.914-631-8200 or 914-631-3992(weekends) Route 9, Sleepy Hollow, (North Tarrytown), New York.

Tom Hanford is now part of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism

Tom is also a coordinator and host of the Kidstuff Series of children's events at Artwell Gallery, 19 Water St, Torrington, CT.