East Hampton & Portland Weekend Guide: Epoch Arts' Stage Fright, A Draft Horse Oktoberfest And Taproom Music

EAST HAMPTON, CT — East Hampton gets spooky and Portland gets musical this weekend, with Epoch Arts' haunted house and hayride, a free Oktoberfest at the CT Draft Horse Rescue's farm and afternoon sets at Concentric Brewing, from Thursday, Oct. 15, through Sunday, Oct. 18.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

• Stage Fright and Hayride — Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 17, 7 to 10 p.m. Epoch Arts has renamed its haunted house, keeps this year's theme a surprise until you walk in and follows it with a hayride; $15 covers both, tickets are online only, and groups of five enter at five-minute intervals. Epoch Arts, 27 Skinner Street, East Hampton
• 15th Annual Oktoberfest at the CT Draft Horse Rescue — Saturday, Oct. 17, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (rain date Sunday, Oct. 18). Admission is free to meet the horses at Autumn Ridge, with vendors, raffles, food and children's activities; the nonprofit has rescued more than 110 draft horses. CT Draft Horse Rescue, 113 Chestnut Hill Road, East Hampton

This Weekend's Restaurants & Bars

• Live music — Jeremy Haddad, Saturday, Oct. 17, 3 to 6 p.m.; Mars on Saturday, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2 to 5 p.m. Concentric Brewing Company, 91 Main Street, Portland

Meet the draft horses Saturday, hear Jeremy Haddad at Concentric that afternoon and brave Stage Fright after dark, then come back to Portland on Sunday for Mars on Saturday.

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