Summer Music Series featuring “Catman Bill” Katz

“Catman Bill” Katz grew up in Hartford in the 1950s and 1960s. Within a few short years I purchased my first acoustic guitar and learned to play right-handed and I’m left-handed. He purchased his first acoustic guitar and learned to play right-handed (although left-handed) a few years after hearing a couple rehearsing across from his family’s home on lower Laurel Street. Bill was influenced by the folk music movement; Bob Dylan, Dave Van Ronk, Reverend Gary Davis, Pete Seeger, Mississippi John Hurt, and on and on. Bill’s moved and inspired to write about events around him.

Connecticut’s Old State House 2026 Summer Music Series

EVERY FRIDAY | JUNE 5 – OCTOBER 2, 2026 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Join us for our annual FREE Summer Concert Series! Stop by every Friday at lunchtime to hear a different band play each week on the westside patio of Connecticut’s Old State House. Bring your lunch and enjoy the music!

Concerts begin at noon and will also be live-streamed on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Thank you to our friends from the Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and the Evelyn Preston Memorial Fund for their generous funding of the Summer Concert Series.