Sailfest 2022 Event Lineup

Emma Swift with Dogbite

This Is Us & Patterns In Nature Exhibition

Friday Latin Vibes

The Silks Live!

Anthony Geraci Band with

Opening Act Chris Leigh Band

Twisted Pine with Sweet Mercy!

Special Guest, Kat & Brad

Dame Fk's Inferno (Opening Act: Dame Fk)

An Evening with Author Nan Rossiter

Fleet & Wooly Mammoth Band

The Hygienic Artisans Market at Sailfest will feature original art by our artisan makers lined up on Bank Street! Shop the different vending booths featuring handmade crafts, jewelry, and visual art. Live art demonstrations will be displayed at the booths!

Dates & Times: Saturday, July 10th from 10 AM - 8 PM

& Sunday, July 11th from 10 AM to 4 PM

Location: Throughout Bank Street

Emma Swift is an Australian-born songwriter, currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. A gifted singer inspired by Joni Mitchell, Marianne Faithfull, Linda Ronstadt, and Sandy Denny, Emma’s sound is a blend of classic folk, Americana, and indie rock.

Her current tour is performing the "Blonde on the Tracks" album in an intimate and stripped-back acoustic setting.

New London's Dogbite joins the bill with special guest Anne Castellano.

FREE EVENT!

Date: Thursday, July 14th 2022

Time: 6-9 PM

Location: Frank Loomis Palmer Amphitheater

79 Bank Street, New London CT 06320

This Is Us is the name of our annual artist collective showcase. Get to know our residents through their art.

Join us on Friday, July 15th from 7-10 PM at Hygienic Art for our Opening Reception of This Is Us. We present 6 of our resident artists with unique art styles, perspectives, and interests providing an eclectic art experience in a group show in our lower gallery! Please be sure to stick around for a special comedy performance by our resident artist, Dame Fk.

Hygienic Art Resident Artists Are:

Rebecca Fowke

Dame Fk

Stephanie Gerald

Kern Bruce

Mere Doyen

Nicki Arciolinda Bonanno

Patterns are everywhere in nature whether shown subtly on the lines of tiny green leaves, crevices on tree trunks, and even on animals through the use of camouflage. We are hard-wired to collect this data and also analyze it.

As a result, it inspires people to create their own unique patterns: Patterns in their art. Please join us for Patterns In Nature, an exciting and nature-inspired art exhibition on Friday, July 15th from 7-10 PM featuring the art of:

R. Danielle Eagan

Juner Zhai

Katie Fogg

Join us for an evening of Salsa dance lessons by Nector Garcia, Live music from Luis Rene Robles, a.k.a. ”El Sonero Feliz” and mixing your favorite music live, DeeJay Leo!!!

This event is taking place outdoors at the beautiful Frank Loomis Palmer Amphitheater in the Art Park from 8-11 PM. $10 entry. Tickets at hygienic.org!

Cash bar is available in the Frank Loomis Palmer Amphitheater in the Art Park.

Date: Thursday, July 15th 2022

Time: 8-11 PM

Location: Frank Loomis Palmer Amphitheater

79 Bank Street, New London CT 06320

The Silks are a true grit rock and roll band out of Providence, Rhode Island. You could say The Silks are the rock and roll band from Providence. With two consecutive Boston Music Awards for “Blues Artist of the Year” 2016 and 2017 The Silks are well on their way to achieving a rightful place in rock n roll history, or at least folklore. Wait ’til you read the book, you can’t make this sh*t up!

The Silks deliver honest sounds of the blues-based rock n roll variety. You’ve got guitar pyrotechnics galore from frontman Tyler-James Kelly. Chicken-pickin’ or taking a soaring lead break, it’s quickly apparent Kelly is on a whole’nother level.

FREE EVENT!

Date: Thursday, July 21st 2022

Time: 6-9 PM

Location: Frank Loomis Palmer Amphitheater

79 Bank Street, New London CT 06320

For over 40 years, pianist, Hammond organist, and composer Anthony Geraci has played behind some of the most influential blues musicians of the 20th century. He is an original member of both Sugar Ray & the Bluetones and Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters and has been recognized for his contributions to numerous albums by nominations from both the Blues Foundation's Blues Music Awards and the Grammys. He is a 2021 Blues Music Award Winner, Instrumentalist-Piano/Pinetop Perkins Piano Award.

Opening for Anthony Geraci is none other than the multi-talented Chris Leigh Band. The Chris Leigh Band draws its influences from the great tradition of American blues and roots-based music. 

Gates Open at 7 PM

Chris Leigh Band 7:30 PM

Anthony Geraci Band 9 PM

Presale Tickets $20

Tickets at Gate $25

Date: Saturday, July 23rd 2022

Time: 7:30-11 PM

Location: Frank Loomis Palmer Amphitheater

79 Bank Street, New London CT 06320

Tickets at hygienic.org

Praised by NPR for their "upbeat, poppy vibe; energetic, driving rhythms; and virtuosic solos,” Twisted Pine explores a sound they call Americana funk, taking traditional music in exhilarating directions. Their bluegrass is jazzy, their indie folk is poppy, and their grooves are funky.

The members of Twisted Pine are:

Kathleen Parks - Fiddle & Lead Vocals

Dan Bui - Mandolin

Chris Sartori - Bass

Anh Phung - Flute

Their latest release is the cosmic full-length Right Now from Signature Sounds Recordings. "They were once bluegrass," writes The Boston Globe, "but ... this Boston band has become something else, a wider version of string band, boundary jumpers akin to outfits like Punch Brothers, Nickel Creek, and Crooked Still.”

FREE EVENT!

Date: Thursday, July 28th 2022

Time: 6-9 PM

Location: Frank Loomis Palmer Amphitheater

79 Bank Street, New London CT 06320

Laugh like hell at our hottest comedy show of the summer! As he is heating up in his career, Dame Fk presents his first-ever major debut comedy showcase, Dame Fk's Inferno. Located in an outdoor amphitheater with a Greek art mural, decor, and architecture, be prepared to laugh and stop for a bathroom break or two.

New London's Very Own, Dame Fk is the opening act of his second comedy show of the summer on July 29th, 2022. In addition to hosting and organizing the comedy show, Dame Fk will also bring out well-known statewide and New England-regional comedians.

Gates Open at 7PM

Showtime at 8PM

$25 In Advance

$30 at the Door

Date: Friday July 29th 2022

Time: 7-10:30 PM

Location: Frank Loomis Palmer Amphitheater

79 Bank Street, New London CT 06320

Tickets at hygienic.org

Join us on Saturday, July 30th from 5-6 PM for an hour of fiction with Author, Nan Rossiter at the Hygienic Art Gallery. She will read sections from her newly released novel, "A Good Measure," published by HarperCollins.

"A multi-leveled, beautifully written story that will glow in readers' hearts long after the last page is turned." ? Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author on Promises of the Heart.

Date: Saturday, July 30th 2022

Time: 5-6 PM

Location: 79 Bank Street, New London CT 06320

Join regionally-popular bands, Wooly Mammoth and Fleet at Hygienic Art on July 30th 2022! Sing, dance, and groove to the melodic sounds of the two bands.

About Fleet:

Fleet is an indie rock experience from Southeast CT. The members of Fleet have been performing and playing in sync as if they’d been together their entire musical careers. Throughout the course of the band’s union, they have won over the hearts of music lovers from all walks of life around New England.

About Wooly Mammoth:

Gray Hallberg is the founder & lead guitarist of Wooly Mammoth. Honing his guitar chops by studying with local legend Chris Leigh, he currently resides in Boston.

Mike LaChance is the bassist. Toby Halsey has played guitar for fun for 30 years. Chris Chapman is formally trained in drums and percussion. Scott Parry’s blues-driven piano style was inspired by local legend, Al Copley, the original keyboardist in the local Grammy-winning band Roomful of Blues.

Tickets $10 at hygienic.org

Date: Saturday, July 30th 2022

Time: 8-11 PM

Location: Frank Loomis Palmer Amphitheater

79 Bank Street, New London CT 06320

Hygienic Art

The largest cultural arts center in New London and leader in the arts, entertainment, tourism, and economic industries.Hygienic Art has presented more than 500 art exhibits, 275 music and cultural events, and youth educational programs annually over the past two decades. As a non-profit organization, we work to improve the quality of life of New London and the region.

Our Mission

Hygienic Art’s mission is to inspire, enrich, and instill a sense of community by promoting a free public art forum with events to stimulate economic development, tourism and educational projects for the City of New London and surrounding areas.

Visit our galleries Thursday-Saturday 12-7pm and Sunday 12-4pm

New exhibitions every month showcasing local and nationally recognized artists. Exhibitions, events, festivals, and special programming info on our website.

Thank You to Our Wonderful Sponsors!

Astor Place

Barry Levinson

Bodenwein Public

Benevolent Foundation

Byrnes Agency Insurance

Chelsea Groton Bank Foundation

Chester Kitchings Family Fund

City of New London CDGB

City of New London Office of Community Development

Connecticut Humanities

Connecticut Office of the Arts

Edward & Mary Lord Foundation

Frank Loomis Palmer Fund

Michael Stryker

SBA

Spindrift Guitars

State of CT DECD

Office of the Arts

UBS Financial Corporations

Victoria and Charles Glassenburg Fund

Yale New Haven Health

Lawrence & Memorial Hospital