Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate New Year’s Day Open House (Free Event)

The Friends of Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate and the Long Hill Estate Authority will host their 20th Annual New Year’s Day Open House on Tuesday, January 1st, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The program is free to the public and includes entertainment for visitors of all ages.

The event will feature docent tours, horse-drawn carriage rides provided by Allegra Farms, and music by the Steve Cleary. Visitors are encouraged to walk on the trails that surround the house.

Steve Cleary has been performing since 1992, playing original Rock, Jazz, Folk, Funk, Blues, Progressive, Rock-A-Billy, Reggae and Celtic music. He is a singer and sometimes songwriter that plays guitar, mandola, mandolin, ukulele, bass, harmonicas and tenor banjo. He’s currently performing weekly throughout Connecticut as a solo acoustic act, in a guitar & vocals duo with Dave Smith called Time Between Us, a guitar & violin duo with Denise Yost called High Strung and in an Irish/Celtic band called Clan O’Cleary.

The Wadsworth Mansion is owned by the City of Middletown and operated by the Long Hill Estate Authority. The Open House is an activity of the Friends of Long Hill Estate, whose mission is to promote the use of the Estate as a public and community resource.