ALLISON MORGAN
Davy Knowles will perform at Parker Press Park in Woodbridge, Sept. 16.
Below are listings for free cultural events in New Jersey. They are listed alphabetically and grouped together by county. To request adding something to the list, please email the information to njartsdaily@gmail.com.
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BERGEN COUNTY
Mahwah
TD Summer Concert Series at Bandshell Lawn at Ramapo College
Sept. 12: Super Trans Am, ’70s tribute
Park Ridge
Music at the Barn at Wortendyke Barn Museum
Sept. 27: Bergen All-Star Jazz Blast
Oct. 25: Cider Barn Band
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CAMDEN COUNTY
Camden
Sunset Jazz Series at Wiggins Park.
Sept. 14: Victor Wooten & The Wooten Brothers
Haddon Heights
Sundown Music Series at McLaughlin Norcross Memorial Dell, Haddon Lake Park
Sept. 16: Here Come the Mummies
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ESSEX COUNTY
Montclair
Sept. 12: “Tributes,” one act-plays and monologues, presented by Apricot Sky Productions at Grove Street Theater. Donations accepted for National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
Sept. 25: “Hamlet” (script-in-hand performance), presented by Royal Shakespeare Company at Kasser Theater at Montclair State University.
Newark
Nov. 7: Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars tribute to James Moody at Bethany Baptist Church. Part of TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
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HUDSON COUNTY
Jersey City
Sept. 24-Oct. 3: Jersey City Music & Arts Festival, presented by New Jersey Symphony and other organizations at Provost Square Plaza.
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MERCER COUNTY
Princeton
Summer Music and More, presented by West Windsor Arts at Nassau Park Pavilion
Sept. 19: Briz & the Revival, Dan Kassel & Friends (featuring Karttikeya Arul)
West Windsor
Happy Hour at The Boathouse at Mercer Lake
Sept. 17: Amazing Grace
Sept. 24: Kindred Spirits
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Carteret
Sept. 25: Middlesex County Jazz Festival at Carteret Performing & Events Center. Featuring Lance Bryant’s Shout Big Band, Jeff Levine.
Metuchen
Sept. 26: Middlesex County Jazz Festival at Metuchen High School Auditorium. Featuring Mingus Big Band, Dave Schumacher & Cubeye, Metuchen High School Jazz Ensemble and Orchestra, Metuchen Dance Center (jazz tap)
New Brunswick
Sept. 24: Middlesex County Jazz Festival at Liberty Square Park. Featuring Camille Thurman with the Darrell Green Quartet, Cocomama
Sept. 24: West Point Band at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University
Sept. 28: Kirkpatrick Choir at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University.
Oct. 1: Ajaye, Sam Tunkel at Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater at the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center at Rutgers University.
Oct. 3: Rutgers University Glee Club at Kirkpatrick Chapel at Rutgers University.
Oct. 8: Rutgers Baroque Players at Schare Recital Hall at Mason Gross Performing Arts Center at Rutgers University. Program includes works by Handel, Lully, Telemann and Vivaldi.
Oct. 10: Rutgers Wind Ensemble at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University.
Oct. 15: Rutgers Symphonic Winds and Symphony Band at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University.
Oct. 18: Karina Bruk and Paul Conrad, piano duos, at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University.
Nov. 3: Ulysses String Quartet at Schare Recital Hall at Mason Gross Performing Arts Center at Rutgers University.
Nov. 6: Rutgers Glee Club at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University. Program includes Tyler’s Suite, written by John Corigliano, Stephen Schwartz, Ann Hampton Callaway and others.
Nov. 7: Voorhees Choir at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University.
Nov. 15: Rutgers Percussion Ensemble at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University. Program includes works by Lansky, Koshinski and Levitan.
Nov. 23: Rutgers String Ensemble at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University.
Dec. 2: Rutgers Symphony Band at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University.
Dec. 3: Rutgers Symphonic Winds at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University. Program includes works by female composers, including Nadine Silverman’s Supernova, performed by CODA Brass Quintet.
Dec. 7: Rutgers Wind Ensemble at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University. “Synesthesia” program includes Philip Sparke’s A Colour Symphony; John Mackey’s Kingfishers Catch Fire.
Dec. 7: Rutgers University Choir at Kirkpatrick Chapel at Rutgers University.
Dec. 8-9: Rutgers Chamber Jazz Ensembles at Shindell Choral Hall at Rutgers University.
Dec. 10: Latin American Cultural Music Ensemble at Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University. Celebration of the music of The Dominican Republic.
Woodbridge
Woodbridge Wednesdays at Parker Press Park
Sept. 16: Davy Knowles, Iain Matthews
Sept. 23: Middlesex County Jazz Festival with Shayna Steele Quintet, Eli Yamin Jazz & Blues Band, Woodbridge High School Jazz Choir
Fun Fridays at Anchors Tiki Bar, Sewaren
Sept. 18: Sharon Lasher
Sept. 25: No Surrender, Bruce Springsteen tribute
Oct. 2: Green River, Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute
Oct. 9: Mushmouth
Country Sundays at Anchors Tiki Bar, Sewaren
Sept. 13: Late for the Sky, Jackson Browne tribute featuring Jake Thistle
Sept. 20: Winslow, The Eagles tribute
Sept. 27: Karly C & Rebel Y’all
Oct. 4: E Boro Bandits
Oldies Monday at Woodbridge High School Concert Field
Sept. 14: Beginnings, Chicago tribute
Sept. 21: Rock This Town Orchestra, Brian Setzer Orchestra tribute
Tribute Tuesdays at Woodbridge High School Concert Field
Sept. 14: Beginnings, Chicago tribute
Sept. 15: The Launch, Boston/Styx tribute
Sept. 22: Saints in the City, Bruce Springsteen tribute
Sept. 29: Best Friend’s Girl, The Cars tribute
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MONMOUTH COUNTY
Asbury Park
Sept. 18: Sea.Hear.Now festival’s “Kickoff on Cookman,” on Cookman Avenue. Featuring Snacktime, Shepard Fairey (DJ Set), Church and State, Dentist, Lakehouse Music Academy Band
Freehold
Fall Concert Series at Hall of Records
Sept. 16: NRG Trio
Sept. 23: Black Dog, Led Zeppelin tribute
Sept. 30: The Ruckus
Oct. 7: Pat Roddy Band
Oct. 14: Eddie Testa Band
Holmdel
PNC Bank Arts Center
Sept. 16: “Malt Shop Memories” with The Duprees, Clyde McPhatter’s Drifters (featuring Ronn David McPhatter), Ron Dante (of The Archies and The Cufflinks), Eddie Holman, Brian Hyland, The Dixie Cups, Bobby Wilson, Vito Picone & the Elegants, The Chiclettes, Vinnie Medugno, Rainere Martin (Tammi Terrell tribute), Sounds of The Street, The Coda Band, Jackie DiMaggio
Long Branch
Oct. 2-4: Culture Around the Corner festival, various locations
Red Bank
Sept. 20: Manhattan Chamber Players, presented by Red Bank Chamber Music Society at Trinity Episcopal Church. Program includes works by George Walker, Johan Halvorsen, Franz Schubert.
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MORRIS COUNTY
Madison
Summer Stage Series at Madison Community Arts Center
Sept. 18: Blüecrüe, Nematode, Kate Dressed Up
Morristown
Nov. 11: The United States Army Concert Band & Soldiers’ Chorus at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
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PASSAIC COUNTY
Ringwood
Oct. 11: The Barn Trio at The Barn Gallery at Ringwood State Park. Lenny Paykin, cello; Carla Auld, flute; Gabriel Schaff, violin. “Music That Shaped America” program.
Wayne
The Jazz Series at Our Lady of Consolation Church
Sept. 13: Next Wave Jazz Orchestra featuring Caelan Cardello and Jonny Gittings
Oct. 18: Vanderlei Pereira & Blindfold Test
Nov. 15: The Jazzwomen featuring Jenny Hill, Rachel Therrien, Roberta Piket, Mary Ann McSweeney and Kim Peralta
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UNION COUNTY
New Providence
Sept. 13: Summit Chorale at Faith Lutheran Church. All are welcome for 9/11 memorial sing of Mozart’s Requiem.
Rahway
Oct. 25, 3 p.m.: New Jersey Youth Symphony, “America250: Harmony Across Cultures” at Union County Performing Arts Center. Helen H. Cha-Pyo, conductor; Inner City Dance Ensemble; Korean Traditional Music and Dance Center; Edmar Castañeda, harp; Ema Mitrovic, mezzo-soprano.
Oct. 25, 7 p.m.: New Jersey Youth Symphony, “America250: Harmony Across Cultures” at Union County Performing Arts Center. Oliver Hagen, conductor. With Plainfield Symphony Orchestra (Charles Prince, conductor). Program includes music by Morton Gould, John Philip Sousa, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Edwin Franko Goldman and others.
Dec. 12: Gospel Music Festival at Union County Performing Arts Center. New Jersey Youth Symphony (Helen H. Cha-Pyo, conductor); Elevation; Cicely Tyson High School for the Arts Chorus; J.P. Stevens High School Chorus; Somerville High School Chorus; Rosa Parks High School for the ARts Chorus. Program includes André J. Thomas’ “Mass: A Celebration of Love and Joy” and more.
Dec. 13, 2 p.m.: New Jersey Youth Symphony at Union County Performing Arts Center. Helen H. Cha-Pyo, conductor. With NJYS Youth Orchestra (Oliver Hagen, conductor); NJYS Jazz Orchestra. “Two Nutcrackers” program includes Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker Suite”; Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “The Nutcracker Suite.
Dec. 13, 7 p.m.: “Season of Joy at Union County Performing Arts Center. Holiday program featuring New Jersey Youth Symphony Philharmonia (Mark Gunderman, conductor); Plainfield Symphony Orchestra (Charles Prince, conductor).
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WARREN COUNTY
Washington
Sept. 26: Festival in the Borough, East Washington Avenue. With Jimmy & the Parrots (Jimmy Buffett tribute), Sick Star Nation, Trevor Power Band, Tequila Rose, Debra Devi, Jack Tannehill, Crash Gordon & Debra Dynamite, JerZGirls, more.
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