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The Bushnell Sensory-Friendly Performances

The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Hartford, Connecticut - Hartford County

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Provider overview

The Bushnell in Hartford offers sensory-friendly performances with lights on, lower volume, flexible seating, quiet spaces, and sensory bags, plus ASL and audio description.

The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford offers sensory-friendly and accessible performances.

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Ages
Audiences of any age who benefit from sensory-friendly accommodations
Season
Performance season, with sensory-friendly accommodations at select events
Cost
Confirm ticket cost, which performances are sensory-friendly, accessible seating, and any advance-request steps.

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The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Sensory-friendly accommodations apply to select performances. Families should confirm which performances offer them and any deadlines.

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Sensory-friendly and accessible performances

Performance visit planning, sensory-friendly shows, quiet spaces, sensory bags, communication supports, ASL, and accessible seating.

Ages
Audiences of any age who benefit from sensory-friendly accommodations
Season
Performance season, with sensory-friendly accommodations at select events
Schedule
Contact The Bushnell to confirm which performances are sensory-friendly and to arrange accommodations and communication supports.
Cost
Confirm ticket cost, which performances are sensory-friendly, accessible seating, and any advance-request steps.
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The Bushnell in Hartford offers sensory-friendly/relaxed performances with lights kept on, lower audio levels, flexible seating, designated quiet spaces, and sensory bags with noise-canceling headphones, fidgets, and communication supports, plus ASL and audio description.
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Sensory-friendly and accessible performances

The Bushnell in Hartford offers sensory-friendly/relaxed performances with lights kept on, lower audio levels, flexible seating, designated quiet spaces, and sensory bags with noise-canceling headphones, fidgets, and communication supports, plus ASL and audio description.

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What the provider says: The source names sensory-friendly/relaxed performances, lights on, lower audio levels, flexible seating, quiet spaces, sensory bags, noise-canceling headphones, fidgets, communication supports, ASL, and audio description.

Access notes to confirm: Ask which performances are sensory-friendly, the quiet-space locations, where to pick up sensory bags, communication supports, accessible seating, and advance-request deadlines.

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What we found: The Bushnell in Hartford offers sensory-friendly/relaxed performances with lights kept on, lower audio levels, flexible seating, designated quiet spaces, and sensory bags with noise-canceling headphones, fidgets, and communication supports, plus ASL and audio description.

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What to confirm

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  • Do you currently have openings, waitlists, deadlines, or intake steps?
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  • What should families know about cost, financial assistance, cancellation rules, forms, and first-visit expectations?
  • For sensory-friendly activities: what changes are made to sound, lighting, crowds, timing, quiet space, and re-entry?
  • Who should families contact to talk through accommodations before registering?

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