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Apply to Perform at the Hartbeat Music Festival
The Hartbeat Music Festival will be held on Saturday, June 14. Interested in performing? Apply using the form below by midnight on November 10
Celebrating Our Momentum
The Big Mo’ is Riverfront Recapture’s major annual fundraising event; it celebrates new and positive changes along the Connecticut River in Hartford and East Hartford.
Rowing 5K: Results & Photos, 2024
Thanks to all who ran, rowed, erged, or walked to support our community rowing program.
The race was a success, and our goal of raising $25,000 will be too.
Riverfront Dragon Boat & Asian Festival: Photos & Results
Seventy teams competed in this year’s Dragon Boat & Asian Festival, and it was an amazing day of racing. Thanks to all who attended, volunteered, performed, and paddled!
In the News: Taylor Tries It on CT LIVE
Taylor KInzler’s CT LIVE! series “Taylor Tries It” brought her to Riverside Park for a rowing lesson.
In the News: Celebrity Chefs at the Food Truck Festival
Celebrity chefs Erica Blaire Roby and Rasheed Philips cooked up a preview of the Riverfront Food Truck Festival for Scot Haney & Nicole Nalepa on Great Day CT.
Emerging Vision Plan Unveiled for Future Park
Riverfront Recapture has reached a significant milestone in the master planning process for its future park, unveiling the emerging vision plan. This visionary project marks a generational opportunity to breathe new life into a stretch of riverfront terrain separated from local communities by highways and infrastructure barriers.
Free Fun Returns to the Riverfront Next Month – Festivals, Fitness & More​
Riverfront Recapture has announced their 2024 line-up of free festivals, concerts, and fitness programs in their four riverfront parks. Riverfront Recapture’s parks and trails are open daily and welcomed more than 800,000 visitors in 2023.
Hartbeat Friends of the Festival
The Hartbeat Music Festival is a free, family-friendly celebration of music and community that features local and regional bands on three stages, music-making activities, food, beer, and more. This free event is made possible through sponsors, donors, and Friends of the Festival, like you.
Questions about our parks & programs? Contact Tara Cantor, Director of Communications & Marketing by email or at (860) 986-8553.Â