The Ulysses String Quartet will perform in New Brunswick, Nov. 3.
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
Park Ridge
Music at the Barn at Wortendyke Barn Museum
Oct. 25: Cider Barn Band
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ESSEX COUNTY
Newark
Oct. 17: Dodge Poetry Festival: Family Fun Day at NJPAC, Newark. With poetry readings, drag storytelling, dance performances and classes, a Latino Heritage Celebration and more.
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
Hoboken
Oct. 3: River City Fair. With Cherokee Social, Sed Marsh & Eazier Sed Than Done, Bass Envy (featuring Jack Skuller), The Maybes, Bateria Fogo Azul, others.
Jersey City
Through Oct. 3: Jersey City Music & Arts Festival, presented by New Jersey Symphony and other organizations on Provost Street (between Bay and Morgan streets).
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MERCER COUNTY
Princeton
Oct. 15: Princeton Symphony Orchestra Soundtracks series: “Meet the Bassoon” with PSO principal bassoonist Brad Balliett at Princeton Public Library.
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY
New Brunswick
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 with cellist Jonathan Spitz at Schare Recital Hall at Mason Gross Performing Arts Center at Rutgers University. Program includes Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s String Quartet in E-flat Major; Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C major, D. 956, more.
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
Fun Fridays at Anchors Tiki Bar, Sewaren
Oct. 9: Mushmouth
Oct. 16: Nine Deeez Nite, ’90s tribute
Oct. 8: Winslow, The Eagles tribute at Anchors Tiki Bar, Sewaren.
Oct. 22: StevieMac, Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac tribute at Woodbridge High School.
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MONMOUTH COUNTY
Freehold
Fall Concert Series at Hall of Records
Oct. 7: Pat Roddy Band
Oct. 14: Eddie Testa Band
Long Branch
Oct. 2-4: Culture Around the Corner festival, various locations
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MORRIS COUNTY
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
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
Garwood
Fall Concert Series outside Vermella at Garwood Station
Oct. 6: Andrea
Oct. 13: The Zydeco Revelators
Oct. 20: The Kids Who Stayed
Oct. 27: Marie
Plainfield
Jan. 16: Plainfield Symphony Orchestra family concert at Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church.
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.
Nov. 11: Jazz Ambassadors: The United States Army Field Band at Union County Performing Arts Center.
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).
Summit
Dec. 6: Summit Symphony at Summit High School. Program includes Montgomery’s Soul Force; Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (featuring Carlos Avila); Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.
March 14: Summit Symphony at Summit High School. Program includes Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica.”
May 16: Summit Symphony at Summit High School. Program includes Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture; Schumann’s Cello Concerto (featuring Andres Sanchez); Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.
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