By Tara Fischer

Staff Writer

This Sunday, Berlin will be filled with live music and family-friendly community events.

On Sunday, Aug. 10, in addition to the weekly farmers’ market, this time accompanied by a live cooking competition, the municipality will host a variety of summer events for residents and visitors alike. First up is the town’s Art and Vintage Market, held every second Sunday of each month.

Town of Berlin Economic and Community Development Director Ivy Wells said that at the market, a variety of artistic pieces and vintage items will be available for tourists and Berlin citizens to browse. Like always, it will be held in the parking lot of the Berlin Welcome Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wells added that the event will feature musical stylings from the group Lucky Shoes.

Also kicking off Sunday is a multi-day festival from Chamber Music by the Sea. The classical musical group, an organization with a commitment to music education and outreach activities, will begin its annual fair on Aug. 10 at 3 p.m. with a “musical stroll,” Wells said.

According to the community development director, the musical team’s first stop is the Berlin Welcome Center, followed by performances at Reverie Arbor and Wine Bar and the Mermaid Museum.

Chamber Music by the Sea will treat Berlin to its classical sound throughout the week. On Monday, Aug. 11, the group invites community members to a free open rehearsal at the Berlin Public Library at 10:30 a.m. Later that night, at 7 p.m., there is a sound bath collaboration with Zenna Wellness yoga studio on Franklin Avenue.

On Wednesday, Aug. 13, Chamber Music by the Sea will perform at the Atlantic Hotel at 7 p.m. On Thursday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m., the musical group will host a concert and reception at Temple Bat Yam. The small ensemble will also perform on Saturday, Aug. 16, at 11 a.m. at the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum.

Wells said that the town is ecstatic for the chamber festival to begin, and with the popularity of shows featuring classical, small ensemble music, like Netflix’s “Bridgerton,” organizers expect the event to yield high attendance.

“Everyone is a fan of ‘Bridgerton,’” Wells said. “Chamber music has a new fanbase now, so if you come down to Berlin, you get to hear some chamber music performed live. There are probably kids out there who haven’t heard this style of music before. We should all be exposed to a variety of different music, and we have the opportunity to be able to bring this to Berlin, and we’re excited about it.”

More live music will take over Berlin this weekend by way of the Taylor House’s regular second Sunday at the museum event.  On Aug. 10, the band Slomfire will perform on the facility’s lawn at 6 p.m. The concert is free.

Berlin residents and visitors are invited to the upcoming happenings around town, organized to foster community togetherness and development. The week will be particularly crowded with live music, a priority of town staff, Wells said.

“We are an arts and entertainment district, so we try to add live music to everything that we do,” she said. “You can never get enough of live music in downtown Berlin.”