Intimate piano performances in a relaxed setting

Ease into your weekend with live piano music in a one-of-a-kind art space. Held each month on the fourth Friday, this piano concert series extends AMP’s exhibit hours—inviting you to experience the mural in a whole new light.

Each week features a different style of piano—jazz, blues, pop, classical, and more—in an art-filled space that’s anything but ordinary. Explore the three-level mural gallery with a drink, take it all in from a comfy couch on the upper levels, or sit close up to the keys. 

Curated by AMP’s Program Director Michelle Begley, the concert series features accomplished pianists from across the tri-state area. It’s become a well-loved Friday night tradition and a standout for Winsted live music.

Reserve your $8 tickets in advance or purchase at the door.

The cash/credit bar offers a selection of wine, craft and domestic beer, cider, and various beverages. Your tickets support AMP, a nonprofit arts organization.

The Happy Hour Piano Series is supported in part by the Greenberg family.

Fall 2025 Lineup

AMP’s Friday exhibit hours are extended for the Happy Hour Piano Series. Live music begins at 5:30pm.

Michael Carabello

Friday, September 26

Pianist Michael Carabello has performed on some of the most prestigious stages, including The White House—where he performed for First Lady Michelle Obama, New York Jazz Piano Festival at Kalvierhaus, Jazz at Lincoln Center Live in Times Square, The Side Door Jazz Club, Smalls Jazz Club, and The Django in NYC, The Hartford Jazz Festival, NYC Winter Jazz Festival, and the Newport Jazz Festival.

Mary DiPaola

Friday, October 24

Pianist Mary DiPaola has performed at the Litchfield Jazz Festival and the Hartford Jazz Festival. She is on faculty at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford. Her recordings include Cat’s Cradle and Seventh Sign.

Zoe Bates

Friday, November 28

Pianist Zoe Bates takes the spotlight in this month’s Happy Hour Piano Series, showcasing the talent and promise of an emerging local artist.

Dan Ringuette

Friday, December 26

Winter Holidays Sing-a-Long

Pianist Dan Ringuette is a frequent Music Director and pit musician for the Warner Theater, the Goshen Players, and the Landmark Community Theater, bringing to life such plays as 9 to 5, All Is Calm, The SpongeBob Musical, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and Dogfight. Dan has also arranged music for shows at the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods. When he is not working in the theater, Dan teaches piano, voice, and woodwinds and is the keyboardist/cantor for St. Louis de Montfort parish in Litchfield, CT.

Friday, December 26th, at 7:00 PM, Walter Jacobson is back at 2nd Home. Walter brings his musical diversity, dynamics, and most importantly, fun! Everyone always has a great time when Walter is here!

For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Join us for an hour of story time hosted in our Children's Section at Honeybee Books & Tea!

Our story selection is thoughtfully curated including Caldecott Honor books and Newberry Medal winners. Our staff brings excitement to reading through their storytelling, and all books that are read are available for purchase for you to bring the magic home. The readings can be curated by age group, offering an assortment of reading-level material.

For more information, visit our website or speak to an associate in-store.

Saturday, December 27th, at 7:00 PM, 2nd Home welcomes back The Holcomb Hill Billy’s for their 3rd Annual End Of Year Bash. We are looking to end the year on a high note, and they will certainly work to that end. Come down and have a great time!

For reservations (encouraged but not required - last year we were sold out) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Join us at Honeybee Books and Tea for our weekly Open Mic Night!

With a full technical assortment of equipment, we are more than happy to welcome:

• Musicians
• Poets
• Stand-up Comedy
• Reading Excerpts
• Dance
• Puppetry
• Whatever Makes You Buzz

We ask that attendees arrive promptly at 6:00 pm to respect performers. For more information, check out our website or stop by in-store.

Join the Friends of the David M. Hunt Library for their monthly book sale on the first Saturday of every month from 10 am to 1 pm. New, used, cds, dvds, coffee table books, recent fiction and mystery, children's books- there is something for everyone! All proceeds benefit the library.

Join us for an hour of story time hosted in our Children's Section at Honeybee Books & Tea!

Our story selection is thoughtfully curated including Caldecott Honor books and Newberry Medal winners. Our staff brings excitement to reading through their storytelling, and all books that are read are available for purchase for you to bring the magic home. The readings can be curated by age group, offering an assortment of reading-level material.

For more information, visit our website or speak to an associate in-store.

Join us for an hour of story time hosted in our Children's Section at Honeybee Books & Tea!

Our story selection is thoughtfully curated including Caldecott Honor books and Newberry Medal winners. Our staff brings excitement to reading through their storytelling, and all books that are read are available for purchase for you to bring the magic home. The readings can be curated by age group, offering an assortment of reading-level material.

For more information, visit our website or speak to an associate in-store.

Friday, January 16th, at 7:00, Michael Sasportas returns to 2nd Home. It has been too long since we've had the pleasure of hosting Mike, and we are very much looking forward to what we know will be an evening of great music, food, drinks, and fun!

For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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524 Main Street, Winsted

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Join us for an hour of story time hosted in our Children's Section at Honeybee Books & Tea!

Our story selection is thoughtfully curated including Caldecott Honor books and Newberry Medal winners. Our staff brings excitement to reading through their storytelling, and all books that are read are available for purchase for you to bring the magic home. The readings can be curated by age group, offering an assortment of reading-level material.

For more information, visit our website or speak to an associate in-store.

Saturday, January 17th, at 7:00 PM, 2nd Home welcomes back Carm & St. George with Brian and Paul Buckles. The group specializes in a unique blend of folk, rock, and a little country. We're looking forward to having them, and hope you'll join us. Great music, food, drinks, and fun!

For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Friday, January 23rd, at 7 PM, 2nd Home welcomes back Don Petruzzi, and we're thrilled to have him back. Whether he is playing Elton John, Billy Joel, or any other great song he performs, everyone is happy. We always have a great time with the piano man.

For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Join us for an hour of story time hosted in our Children's Section at Honeybee Books & Tea!

Our story selection is thoughtfully curated including Caldecott Honor books and Newberry Medal winners. Our staff brings excitement to reading through their storytelling, and all books that are read are available for purchase for you to bring the magic home. The readings can be curated by age group, offering an assortment of reading-level material.

For more information, visit our website or speak to an associate in-store.

On Saturday, January 24th, at 7:00 2nd Home welcomes back Tom Turci (https://tomturci.com/). Tom is a guitarist, singer and songsmith from central Connecticut whose musical roots stem from bluegrass, blues, folk, rock and country. Tom says his original music echoes sounds from the 70's and earlier. Fingerstyle guitar, downhome strumming, harmonicas singing and a voice all his own to give it life. Great music, drinks, food, and fun!

For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Friday, January 30th, at 7 PM, 2nd Home welcomes back Brian Mattiello. It's always a great night with Brian here, and this time will be no different. Great music, food, drinks, and fun. Come down and enjoy!

For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Join us for an hour of story time hosted in our Children's Section at Honeybee Books & Tea!

Our story selection is thoughtfully curated including Caldecott Honor books and Newberry Medal winners. Our staff brings excitement to reading through their storytelling, and all books that are read are available for purchase for you to bring the magic home. The readings can be curated by age group, offering an assortment of reading-level material.

For more information, visit our website or speak to an associate in-store.

Saturday, January 31st, at 7 PM, 2nd Home welcomes back Orb Mellon with Dave Robbins. Orb Mellon (https://www.facebook.com/orbmellon/) is the blues moniker of Mike Malone, founder and guitarist of the seminal 1990s indie rock band and Sony/Epic recording artists Dirt Merchants. Orb Mellon mines the raw energy of 20th Century American roots music, particularly whiskey fueled house party delta blues. They are one of the most dynamic performers we've had, and we don't use "don't miss" lightly. We are very much looking forward to having them back!

For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Friday, February 6th, at 7:00 PM, 2nd Home welcomes back Brett Potter. Everyone had a great time the last time he was here, and we are very much looking forward to having him back. Great music, food, drinks, and fun!

For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Join the Friends of the David M. Hunt Library for their monthly book sale on the first Saturday of every month from 10 am to 1 pm. New, used, cds, dvds, coffee table books, recent fiction and mystery, children's books- there is something for everyone! All proceeds benefit the library.

Join us for an hour of story time hosted in our Children's Section at Honeybee Books & Tea!

Our story selection is thoughtfully curated including Caldecott Honor books and Newberry Medal winners. Our staff brings excitement to reading through their storytelling, and all books that are read are available for purchase for you to bring the magic home. The readings can be curated by age group, offering an assortment of reading-level material.

For more information, visit our website or speak to an associate in-store.

Join us for an hour of story time hosted in our Children's Section at Honeybee Books & Tea!

Our story selection is thoughtfully curated including Caldecott Honor books and Newberry Medal winners. Our staff brings excitement to reading through their storytelling, and all books that are read are available for purchase for you to bring the magic home. The readings can be curated by age group, offering an assortment of reading-level material.

For more information, visit our website or speak to an associate in-store.

Saturday, February 14th, at 7:00 PM, Mad River Music, with Frank and Sam Guglielmino, are back at 2nd Home! Frank and Sam play a great mix of 60's - 80's classic rock, with a few other gems thrown in.It is always a great time with MRM! Great music, food, drinks, and fun!

For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Thursday, February 19th, at 6:30 PM, 2nd Home welcomes The Jocamo Band for their first time here. The Jocamo band is long time friends playing the wonderful melting pot music of New Orleans including delta blues based genres such as jazz, funk, zydeco and cajun. The band hails from the local area and includes Brian Griswold on drums, Chris Eldredge on bass and lead vocals, and Tom Czarnecki on keys, guitar, accordion and backup vocals. The music is so infectious it will get your toes tapping and put a smile on your face!

For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Friday, February 20th, at 7:00 PM, Robert C. Fullerton (https://www.robertcfullerton.com/) returns to 2nd Home. It's been too long since we have had Robert here, and we are looking forward to having him back. His original and cover material, along with his storytelling, are a don't miss. Always great fun!

For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Join us for an hour of story time hosted in our Children's Section at Honeybee Books & Tea!

Our story selection is thoughtfully curated including Caldecott Honor books and Newberry Medal winners. Our staff brings excitement to reading through their storytelling, and all books that are read are available for purchase for you to bring the magic home. The readings can be curated by age group, offering an assortment of reading-level material.

For more information, visit our website or speak to an associate in-store.

Friday, February 27th, we are thrilled to have Kent Besocke (https://www.kentbesockemusic.net/) back. Kent is a singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who has been performing solo and in various groups for over 20 years. A performance from Kent involves homespun stories, original songs, well-chosen cover material, and accompaniment that includes guitar, banjo, mandolin, and other stringed instruments. Everyone enjoyed his performance his first time here, and this time will be no different.

For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Join us on a musical journey from your first day in the valley all the way to your arrival to the summit, with the brand new Stardew Valley concert Symphony of Seasons!

Curated by ConcernedApe, Symphony of Seasons features a 35-piece orchestra performing the most memorable music from the game, and a screen above the stage playing gameplay footage plus original content created exclusively for this tour.

Concert-goers can look forward to hearing the game's most cherished songs as they watch their farm grow throughout the seasons and explore some of the valley’s most memorable locations, from Pelican Town to the Skull Cavern, Ginger Island to Calico Desert, the Submarine to the Wizard's Tower and much more.

Join us for an hour of story time hosted in our Children's Section at Honeybee Books & Tea!

Our story selection is thoughtfully curated including Caldecott Honor books and Newberry Medal winners. Our staff brings excitement to reading through their storytelling, and all books that are read are available for purchase for you to bring the magic home. The readings can be curated by age group, offering an assortment of reading-level material.

For more information, visit our website or speak to an associate in-store.

Friday, March 6, at 7:00 PM, 2nd Home welcomes Barbara Stein for her first time here. Barbara is a life-long music lover and player. Raised in the mid-west, Barb relocated with her husband to the “northwest corner” of CT by way of NYC. Barb’s sound is a blend of moody, fingerstyle driven alt-rock and Americana blues and dives into “open tunings”. She writes many originals but loves covering some of her favorite artists. Her song list is a throw-back to the Woodstock and Laurel Canyon-era covering many of the icons -- Joni Mitchell, the Dead, Hot Tuna and Jorma Kaukonen, Simon & Garfunkel, Mark Knopfler, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jeff Tweedy, Jackson Browne, Neil Young, Lyle Lovett, Bonnie Raitt, Patty Griffin, Emmy Lou Harris, Chris Smithers, Shawn Colvin, Leo Kottke, Peter Mulvey--to name a few. Please come down and help us make Barbara feel welcome for her first time here.

For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Join the Friends of the David M. Hunt Library for their monthly book sale on the first Saturday of every month from 10 am to 1 pm. New, used, cds, dvds, coffee table books, recent fiction and mystery, children's books- there is something for everyone! All proceeds benefit the library.