Arts & Ideas Festival 2025

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From June 13–28, New Haven comes alive with performances, talks, tours, and cultural celebrations during the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. This year’s Festival features local and international artists, community-centered programming, and free headliner concerts on the New Haven Green—all designed to spark creativity, conversation, and connection. Explore daily events below and plan your visit accordingly.

Please note: All events are subject to change. Visit artidea.org for the latest updates and full event details.

Friday, June 13

• Family Business: (A)Pizza Play (Opening)

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Saturday, June 14

• East Coast Greenway: Farmington Canal Trail North (Bike Tour)
• Witness Stones Project (Bike Tour)
• Beaver Hills Tudor Tour (Walking Tour)
• Botanical Garden of Healing Tour
• Fair Haven Public Art & Food Tour
• TRACES: A Visual Memoir by Bill Graustein (Exhibit)
• Theater as Resistance (Panel Discussion)
• Keynote: Martyna Majok
• Family Business: (A)Pizza Play
• Minty Fresh Circus

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Sunday, June 15

• Ride New Haven: e-Bike Share Tour
• It Didn’t Happen Here (Bike Tour)
• TRACES: A Visual Memoir by Bill Graustein (Exhibit)
• Cancionero de Luto
• Family Business: (A)Pizza Play
• Minty Fresh Circus
• Third World – Free Headliner Concert (New Haven Green)

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Monday, June 16

• (To be announced)

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Tuesday, June 17

• (To be announced)

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Wednesday, June 18

• Stir the Style: Wasn’t Expecting That…
• Spotlight Talk – Yale Center for British Art
• The Estate (Bike Tour)

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Thursday, June 19

• Savor the Legacy: Jacques Pépin
• Tapping the Possibilities (Tour)

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Friday, June 20

• Juneteenth Jamboree
• HartBeat Ensemble: Woodhull/Beecher
• Family Business: (A)Pizza Play

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Saturday, June 21

• City of Floating Sounds – Part 1
• East Coast Greenway South (Bike Tour)
• Mixed Surfaces (Bike Tour)
• French (Bike Tour)
• More Than Oysters: Walking History of Fair Haven East
• Making Memories: Neurons, Quantum Computing, and Art
• Family Business: (A)Pizza Play

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Sunday, June 22

• Family Business: (A)Pizza Play
• Las Cafeteras – Free Headliner Concert (New Haven Green)

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Monday, June 23

• (To be announced)

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Tuesday, June 24

• New Haven’s Closet: 400 Years of Queer History in the Elm City
• The Path of Memory, the Space Within: From Synapses to Quantum Physics
• Family Business: (A)Pizza Play

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Wednesday, June 25

• PechaKucha New Haven #44: “False Advertising” Edition
• Family Business: (A)Pizza Play

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Thursday, June 26

• Sketching in the Galleries
• Family Business: (A)Pizza Play

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Friday, June 27

• CAES: The Nation’s Oldest Agricultural Experiment Station Turns 150!
• Family Business: (A)Pizza Play

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Saturday, June 28

Tank and the Bangas – Free Headliner Concert (New Haven Green)

MakeHaven: A Hub for Makers, Artists, and Innovators

Alice Washburn in Westville

Family Business: (A)Pizza Play