New Jersey


NEW JERSEY

Count Basie Center for the Arts

99 Monmouth St, Red Bank
www.countbasietheatre.org

See venue web site for updates, ticket $
The Vogel Theater
Apr 4   7:30-Lee Ritenour
5      8-The Amish Outlaws
6      7:30-Yacht Rock Gold Experience SOLD OUT
11    7:30-Orquesta Akokán
16    7:30-Pearl Jam – Dark Matter – Global Theatrical Experience
17 & 18   7:30-Jorma Kaukonen
19    8-A Brother’s Revival
21    7-Martin Sexton
23    7:30-Joanne Shaw Taylor
May 2   7:30-JD Souther
3      8-Jimmy Kenny and the Pirate Beach Band
4      7:30-Early Elton Trio
5      6-iTardeada de Cinco de Mayo!
7      7:30-Al Stewart & The Empty Pockets
11   7:30-DECADE – Neil Young Tribute
13    7:30-Dixie Dregs with Special Guests: Steve Morse Band
17    8-Alan Doyle
18    7:30-Sinatra: A Man and His Music starring Michael Martocci with the 22-piece Ol’ Blue Eyes Orchestra; a multi-media presentation celebrating Mr. Sinatra’s career.
19    11am-The Rock and Roll Playhouse: Grateful Dead for Kids
23    7:30-Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Music of Warren Zevon w/ Vini Lopez, Adam Weiner and Jake Thistle; host, Pat Guadagno
24    8-Lindsey Webster
28    7:30-Don Was and the Pan Detroit Ensemble
31    7-That Motown Band
Jun 1   7:30-The British Invasion Years: A 60’s Musical Revolution
2      7-Reverend Horton Heat & The Surfrajettes
6      7:30-Gary U.S. Bonds 85th Birthday Party Concert
7      8-SuperBlue: Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter
13    7:30-Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
20    8-Corinne Bailey Rae: Plum Red Lipstick Tour
Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre
Apr 8   7:30-Joe Satriani & Steve Vai
9      8-Buddy Guy – Damn Right Farewell
12    7:30-Benise
13    7-Oh What a Night of Doo-Wop
14    7-The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA
16    8-The Wallflowers
19, 20   7:30-Almost Queen
23    7:30-Beth Hart
24    8-Get the Led Out
26    7:30-Summer of Love
May 9   8-Todd Rundgren: ME/WE
See venue web site for update

Cozy Cabin Concerts

2 Green Brook, New Jersey 732.752.5294
https://www.facebook.com/CozyCabinConcerts/
Saturday evening shows doors at 7 p.m./music at 8
Sunday afternoon shows doors at 3 p.m./music at 4
Most shows suggested donation $20/person
May 5 
  Grainne Hunt with Johnny Kasun
9      Terry Reid
Jun 2   Jesse Terry with Halley Neal
23    Deni Bonet & Chris Flynn
30    The Black Feathers

Earth Room Concerts

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County
1475 W. Front St., Lincroft, NJ
www.earthroomconcerts.org
concerts@earthroomconcerts.org
732-542-4127
Shows: 7:30pm || Adm: $20 Adv / $25 Door

ON HIATUS

Fox and Crow

594 Palisade Ave | Jersey City
http://www.foxandcrowjc.com/
Shows at 8pm except where noted

Apr 4   8-Widely Grown 1st Thursday Residence
5      9-Nick Dunbar and Sad Cowboy
6      8-NowSterDay
10    7-School of Rock: the Adult Band
11    8-2nd Thursday’s with Milton
12    9-Mother Hubbard (Ticketed – SOLD OUT)
13    8-Kelli Bruno
18    8-ChillBrown – 3rd Thursdays Spring Residency
19    9-Sonofdov and Renee Maskin
20    1-Marc Del Giudice (Single Release) with David Diange
25    8-Cold Weather Company
26    9-Sam Brown
27    8-Forget the Whale with Twisted Martini.

Heights House Concert Series

Jersey City; Address given w/ reservation
www.heightshouseconcerts.com    201-310-1322
All shows Sundays @ 3pm
reservations: @ https://www.heightshouseconcerts.com/contact-us
Apr 28  
3-Sam Robbins

Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Coffeehouse

Fair Lawn Community Center, 10-10 20th Street, Fair Lawn Shows at 8:00
201-384-1325    www.hurdygurdyfolk.org

ON HIATUS

Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)

https://www.mayoarts.org    Ticket info: 973-539-8008
100 South St, Morristownn
Apr 5   8-Pat Metheny: Dream Box Tour
7      7-Jeremy Camp: Live in Concert
10    7:30-One Night of Queen w/ Gary Mullen and the Works
18    7:30-The Classic Rock Show – World Tour 2024
19    8-The Fab Four: Beatles Tribute
20    8-The Piano Guys
21    7:30-Matteo Bocelli
26    7:30-Kansas
28    3-The Glenn Miller Orchestra
May 3   8-Buddy Guy Damn Right Farewell
4      Taylor Simon King: (James Taylor, Carly Simon, Carole King tribute) performed by James Gedeon, Lisa Sherman and Alice Leon.
15    7:30-Lyle Lovett and Lisa Loeb: In Conversation and Song
17    8-Bernadette Peters
Jun 8    8-Paul Anka – Seven Decades Tour
13    7:30-Abducted by the 80’s with Wang Chung, The Motels & Naked Eyes
14    7:30-Happy Together 2024 featuring The Turtles, Jay & The Americans, The Association, Badfinger, The Vogues and The Cowsills
19    7:30-The Australian Pink Floyd Show
21    8-Invincible: Michael Jackson tribute
Jul 16   7:30-Justin Hayward & Christopher Cross
17    8-Yächtley Crëw
Aug 6   7:30-The Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston tribute) w/ Belinda Davids
8      8-Air Supply
15    8-Tusk (Fleetwood Mac tribute)
22    7:30-Dweezil Zappa: Rox(Postroph)y Tour.

Music on Main Street

http://www.woodbridgeartsnj.org
AVENEL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
150 Avenel St, Woodbridge
Apr 6   7:30-Adam Ezra Group, Opener: Joe Cirotti Trio
7      Pat Guadagno’s The Heart of Saturday Night w/ Pat Guadagno, Small Change, Ryan Gregg , Emily Grove, Deseree Spinks
May 10   7:30-Grace Pettis, Robby Hecht & Joe Crookson: Songwriters in the Round
11    7:30-Vienna Teng, Opening Act: Jean Rohe
12   3-Jake Thistle Band
Oct 6   3-Kim Richey
Nov 1   7:30-The Slambovian Circus of Dreams
3      7:30-Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre: Acoustic Delights w/ Dan Crisp, Alan Thomson and Terl Bryant

BARRON ARTS CENTER
582 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge
Reservations Essential

FREE SHOWS TBA
In-person Free Concerts Mon & Tues 7:30pm
Thurs & Sun 7pm

www.woodbridgeartsnj.org/woodbridge-wednesdays.html
Woodbridge HS Concert Field 1 Samuel Lupo Pl, Woodbridge
COUNTRY SUNDAYS 2024
Woodbridge HS Concert Field 1 Samuel Lupo Pl, Woodbridge
Shows at 7:30pm except where noted
Jun 23   Splintered Sunlight
30    Kinderhook
Jul 7   Moss Henry and the Bryophytes
14    ZBTB
21    Simply Shania
28    Wichita Lineman
Aug 8   Eddie Clenedening Blue Ribbon Boys (Thursday)
11    Southpaw
18    Cosmic Jerry
25    E-Boro Bandits
Sep 2   Late for the Sky
8   Rock This Town
OLDIES MONDAYS 2024
Woodbridge HS Concert Field 1 Samuel Lupo Pl, Woodbridge
Shows at 7pm except where noted
Performers TBA

TRIBUTE TUESDAYS 2024

Woodbridge HS Concert Field   1 Samuel Lupo Pl, Woodbridge
Shows at 7:30pm
Jun 25
   Frontiers (Journey)
Jul 2   Midnight Blue (Foreigner)
9      Reelin’ in the Years (Steely Dan)
16    Beginnings (Chicago)
23    The ELO Tribute Show
30    Best of the Eagles
Aug 6   Best Friend’s Girl (The Cars)
13    Stevie Mac (Fleetwood Mac – Stevie Nicks)
20    33 1/3 Live’s Killer Queen Experience
27    Captain Jack (Billy Joel)
Sep 3   Time Travelers (Moody Blues)
17    The Launch (Boston)
24    The B Street Band (Bruce Springsteen)
WOODBRIDGE WEDNESDAYS 2023
Parker Press Park 400 Rahway Ave, Woodbridge
Shows at 7:30
WOODBRIDGE WEDNESDAYS 2024
Parker Press Park 400 Rahway Ave, Woodbridge
Shows at 7:30
Jun 12  
Meta and the Cornerstones / Opener: Kyshona
19    Carolyn Wonderland / Opener: Miss Emily
26    Alysha Brilla / Opener: Low Lily
Jul 3   The Suffers / Opener: Mary Elaine Jenkins
10    Nella / Opener: Honey Dewdrops
17    Taj Farrant / Opener: The Outcrops
24    Taimane
31    Honey Island Swamp Band / Opener: Robinson Treacher
Aug 7   Fantastic Cat
14    Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales / Opener: Zydeco Revelators
21    Mary Fahl / Opener: Jesse Terry
28    Light of Day Benefit Concert / Performers TBA
Sep 4   House of Hamill / Jann Close (co-bill)
11    Bandits on the Run / Kat Wright (co-bill)
18    Colebrook Road / Rachel Summer & Traveling Light (co-bill)
LOCAL BAND THURSDAYS 2024
Herbert Rankin Park Ferry Street, Sewaren
Shows at 7:30
Performers TBA

njpac

1 Center Street Newark     (973) 642-8989
www.njpac.org

Apr 6   8-Caetano Veloso: meucoco @ Prudential Hall – Betty Wold Johnson Stage
11    7:30-RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles @ Prudential Hall – Betty Wold Johnson Stage
12    8-Musiq Soulchild & Eric Benet @ Prudential Hall – Betty Wold Johnson Stage
May 17   8-Diana Ross @ Prudential Hall – Betty Wold Johnson Stage
Jun 5   7:30-Bonnie Raitt @ Prudential Hall – Betty Wold Johnson Stage

Outpost in the “Burbs”

First Congregational Church of Montclair  
40 South Fullerton Avenue
973-744-6560     www.outpostintheburbs.org
Unless otherwise noted, all shows are 7:30 doors and 8:00 performance.
Apr 12    Robbie Fulks and Bill Kirchen (Co-bill)
20    Nefesh Mountain
May 4   7:30-Richie Furay; A Final Farewell Concert & 80th Birthday Celebration @ South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC)  (Outpost-sponsored)
10    Choir! Choir! Choir! – An Epic Fleetwood Mac Sing-Along
31    Chastity Brown (!!!!)
Jun 2  
4-Jill Sobule
23    7-S.G. Goodman / Special Guest: Secular Pets

PNC Bank Arts Center

Garden State Parkway Exit 116   Holmdel
732-203-2500    pncbankartscenter.org

Jun 1 
  7-The Beach Boys
30    5-Outlaw Music Festival: Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Jul 3   7-Alanis Morissette, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts & Morgan Wade
10    7:30-Dave Matthews Band
13    6-Jason Aldean
14    6:30-Third Eye Blind, Yellowcard & Arizona
23    6:45-Foreigner, Styx & John Waite
27    7-Sammy Hagar & Loverboy
30    6:30-Limp Bizkit
Aug 1   7-Train, REO Speedwagon & Yacht Rock Revue
2      7-Hootie and The Blowfish
3      7:30-Earth, Wind and Fire & Chicago
6      7:30-The Doobie Brothers & Steve Winwood
7      7-Creed, 3 Doors Down & Finger Eleven
8      7-New Kids On The Block
9      7-Kidz Bop Live
21    6:30-Bush, Jerry Cantrell & Candlebox
23    7-Avril Lavigne, Simple Plan & Girlfriends
25    4-Kidz Bop Live
Sep 7   6-Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper

Pollak Theatre

Monmouth University  400 Cedar Ave  West Long Branch
732-263-6889
www.monmouth.edu/arts_events/performingarts.asp

Princeton Folk Music Society

Concerts at Christ Congregation Church
50 Walnut Lane in Princeton
3rd Friday of the month – 8:15
www.princetonfolk.org   info@princetonfolk.org
or: (609) 799-0944
In-person and Live-streamed concerts (indicated by LS)

Apr 19   TBA (LS)
May 17   Ivan Goff/Katie Linnane (LS)

South Orange Performing Arts Center

1 Sopac Way, South Orange     www.SOPACNow.org

Apr 5   Oleta Adams
6      Rufus Wainwright
May 4   7:30-Richie Furay: A Final Farewell Concert & 80th Birthday Celebration
Jun 1   An Evening with Paula Cole
14    Lucy Kaplansky & Livingston Taylor

Spiral Sounds House Concerts

Jersey City
www.SpiralSounds.org
7:30 pm concert, doors at 6:30 pm
$20 donation. All proceeds go directly to the performers
ON HIATUS

The Stone Pony

913 Ocean Ave Asbury Park 732-502-0600
www.stoneponyonline.com

Apr 5   7-Marc Ribler’s Watkins Glen Tribute playing music of Allmans, Dead, The Band
6      7-Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute with the Ocean Ave Stompers Horns – An Evening of Music by Talking Heads, David Byrne and more
7     7-GIANT ROOKS How Have You Been? The Tour. North America with Friedberg
12    6:30-The Warped Tour Band: A Tribute to Emo/Pop-Punk with special guests Dookie (A Green Day Cover Band) and All the Blink Things (A Tribute to blink-182)
13    7:30-The E Street Shuffle The Springsteen Anthology Show / Opener: Jake Thistle
14    6-Grayscale and Smallpools: The NightShift Tour / The Romance / Fia James
19    7-Splintered Sunlight: Grateful Dead Tribute with The Unknowns
20    9-Emo Night Brooklyn
24    7-The 502s: Great American Road Trip Tour with Daniel Nunnelee

The Troubadour Acoustic Concert Series

(formerly The Minstrel)
Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Hts. Rd.
Shows at 7:45pm 973-335-9489 $10 Cover www.folkproject.org

The Folk Project Acoustic Stayaway
Free Livestream Concerts at 7pm on Tuesdays and Fridays:
Television Show most Sundays
at 3pm EST w/ host, Joe Guzzo
https://www.youtube.com/c/FolkProjectVideo.
********Online only**********
Apr 2   7-Rigby Summer Presented by Streaming Tuesdays
9      7-Judy Kass Presented by Streaming Tuesdays
11      7-Sam Robbins Presented by Inside the Song
16    7-Roia Rafieyan Presented by Streaming Tuesdays
23    7-Jud Caswell Presented by Streaming Tuesdays
30    7-Grace Morrison Presented by Streaming Tuesdays
May 1   7-Greg Greenway Presented by Inside the Song
Jun 13   7-Mustard’s Retreat Presented by Inside the Song

Live shows 
Apr 5   Peter Yarrow with Christine DeLeon
12    Open Stage
13    Folk Project Songwriter’s Day Workshops (9:30am) & Concert (7:30pm) w/ Susan Werner and Natalia Zukerman
19    Arielle Silver with Halley Neal
26    The Tannahill Weavers
May 3   The Loose Canons with Opening Act Carla Ulbrich
10    Open Stage
17 – 19   Acoustic Getaway Spring 2024 @ Stony Point Center, 17 Cricketown Rd, Stony Point, NY 10980
Concerts and workshops with Rob Flax’s Boom Chick Trio, The Pairs, Toby Walker, Joe Crookston, Flamy Grant, Lili Añel and more.
Jun 14   Open Stage
Swingin’ Tern Dances
7-10:30   St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 200 Main Street, Chatham
Apr 6   Chloe Levine & Contra Intuitive
20    Ridge Kennedy & Contra Rebels
May 4   George Thomson & Smash the Windows
18    Don Flaherty & Rhythmic Heart
Jun 1   Alex Deis-Lauby and Annie Kidwell & Grand Picnic
15    Bob Isaacs & Box and String and Friends
Jul 6   Sue Gola & Midnight on the Water

Wellmont Theater

5 Seymour St, Montclair (973) 783-9500
wellmonttheater.com

Apr 26   8-Pink Talking Fish
See venue web site for updates

White Eagle Hall

337 Newark Avenue Jersey City
http://www.whiteeaglehalljc.com/calendar/

Apr 5   8-Shovels & Rope with Al Olender
6      9-Emo Night Brooklyn
17    8-Madison Cunningham, Juana Molina
19    8-Matthew Sweet and his band with plus special guest
23    8-Robyn Hitchcock (solo)
May 2   8-Carbon Leaf

William Carlos Williams Center for the Arts

Rutherford
https://www.williamscenter.org

William Paterson University

Shea Center for Performing Arts
300 Pompton Road, Wayne www.wpunj.edu