The Rascals return to Ridgefield Playhouse for a February date

The Groovin' Forever Tour stops at the 500-seat Ridgefield room on Saturday, February 13, 2027, a year to the day after the band's last visit.

There are not many places left where you can hear "Good Lovin'" from the band that made it a hit in a room of 500 seats. Ridgefield is one of them, and it has just added another date. The Rascals bring their Groovin' Forever Tour to the Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, February 13, 2027, at 8 p.m., per the Playhouse's event listings. The show was announced October 20.

If the date sounds familiar, it should. The Rascals played the Playhouse on February 13 this year too, a Friday night show the venue billed as a reunion of two of the band's founders, Felix Cavaliere and Gene Cornish. The 2027 show lands on the same date, this time a Saturday, and the day before Valentine's Day. It is hard to think of a better soundtrack for that weekend than "Groovin'."

The Playhouse has been a steady home for the band over the years. Its past-events pages show Felix Cavaliere & Gene Cornish's Rascals in October 2018 and Felix Cavaliere's Rascals in January 2022, and they came back again in June 2023, as WOR's Mark Simone noted at the time. When a band keeps coming back to the same room, it is usually because both sides like the arrangement.

When a band keeps coming back to the same room, it is usually because both sides like the arrangement.

The catalog speaks for itself. The Playhouse's own listing puts the numbers plainly: 17 Top 20 hits, seven Top 10s and three No. 1s, including "Groovin'," "People Got To Be Free" and "Good Lovin'," and a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Those are songs that people in the room will know every word of, and in a 500-seat theater they will be close enough to the stage to sing them back.

That size is the whole point of seeing this band here. Ridgefield Playhouse is a small, seated theater, and it is the kind of room where a band of this stature feels like it is playing for you rather than at you. For a Fairfield County audience, it also means a night out without a drive into the city or a train schedule to worry about.

The tour name, Groovin' Forever, tells you what kind of night this is meant to be. Expect the hits. The venue has not yet published lineup details for the 2027 date, so check the listing as the show gets closer.

Practical notes: tickets are sold through the Playhouse's own box office site, or by phone at 203.438.5795. With only 500 seats and a date this close to Valentine's Day, good seats will not last long. If you are planning a date night, book dinner in town when you book the tickets.

February is a long way off. But the Rascals have been in Ridgefield before, and the last show was a party. Buy early.

Sources: Ridgefield Playhouse — Event series (The Rascals – Groovin' Forever Tour, Sat Feb 13, 2027) (ridgefieldplayhouse.org); Ridgefield Playhouse — The Rascals (Feb 13, 2026) (ridgefieldplayhouse.org); Ridgefield Playhouse — Tickets (tickets.ridgefieldplayhouse.org); Ridgefield Playhouse — Past events (rock series) (ridgefieldplayhouse.org); WOR 710 — Felix Cavaliere talks with Mark Simone about The Rascals (wor710.com); The Rascals - Groovin' Forever Tour - Ridgefield Playhouse (ridgefieldplayhouse.org)