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.
BERGEN
Park Ridge
Summer Concert Series at Veterans Park Gazebo (by Train)
Aug. 13: Steve Lafiosca
Aug. 21: Tim Gysin
Aug. 27: Joe D’Urso
ESSEX
Montclair
Sept. 12: Dance on the Lawn at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. With Carolyn Dorfman Dance, New Jersey Ballet, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Megan Chu, Maurice Chestnut, others.
HUDSON
Weehawken
Lincoln Harbor Park (Shows presented by Hudson Riverfront Performing Arts Center)
Aug. 12: “An Evening of Latin Jazz and More” starring Paquito D’Rivera and featuring Edmar Castaneda, Jorge Glem and Alex Brown.
Aug. 19: Nella
Aug. 26: Matthew Whitaker Quartet
Sept. 2: Matt Nakoa Band
MIDDLESEX
Woodbridge
Summer Concerts at Woodbridge High School
Aug. 10: Shadows of the ’60s
Aug. 11: The Guthrie Brothers (Simon & Garfunkel tribute)
Aug. 12: Susan Werner, Emily Duff
Aug. 13: Seven Stone
Aug. 16: Southern Steel
Aug. 17: Stan Zizka’s Del Satins
Aug. 18: Frontiers (Journey tribute)
Aug. 19: The Honey Dewdrops, VickiKristinaBarcelona (Tom Waits tribute)
Aug. 20: Smoke & Mirrors
Aug. 23: The “The Band” Band (Bob Dylan tribute)
Aug. 24: The Cameos
Aug. 25: Broken Arrow (Neil Young tribute)
Aug. 26: Kerri Powers, Katie Henry
Aug. 27: Marty & the Martians
Aug. 30: Panama Dead (New Riders of the Purple Sage tribute)
Aug. 31: The Infernos
Sept. 1: BStreet Band (Bruce Springsteen tribute)
Sept. 2: Tristan McIntosh, Bandits on the Run
Sept. 3: Revolver
Sept. 6: The Big Takeover
Sept. 8: Starman (David Bowie tribute)
Sept. 9: Back to the Garden 1969 (Woodstock tribute)
Sept. 10: Shaman
Sept. 11: Nine Deeez Nite
Sept. 13: Linda Ronstadt Experience
Sept. 14: Real Diamond (Neil Diamond tribute)
Sept. 15: Saints in the City (Bruce Springsteen tribute)
Sept. 17: 9 South
MONMOUTH
Asbury Park
Asbury Park Music Foundation’s Music Mondays, at Springwood Park
Aug. 10: Layonne Holmes & The Motor City Revue
Aug. 17: Al Covington and Nu’Eara
Aug. 25 (Tuesday show): Sensational Soul Cruisers
Freehold
Oct. 11: County Seat Jazz & Blues Street Fest, West Main Street between Court Street and Throckmorton Street. Artists TBA.
MORRIS
Morris Township
Summer Concert Series at Ginty Field Gazebo
Aug. 11: Linda Ipanema
Aug. 18: Hanover Wind Symphony
Morristown
Aug. 21, 2021: Morristown Jazz and Blues Festival, Morris Green. Artists TBA.
OCEAN
Berkeley Township
Sounds of Summer Concert Series at Veterans Park, Bayville
Aug. 12: New Power Soul, Gerard Esposito
Aug. 15: Parrot Beach (Jimmy Buffett tribute)
Aug. 19: The Infernos, Rock ‘n’ Rhythm
PASSAIC
Wayne
Wayne Township Summer Concert Series, Municipal Complex
Aug. 11: The Kootz
Aug. 26: Jersey Sound
SUSSEX
Sparta
Concerts at Dykstra Park
Aug. 14: Cassidy Catanzaro
Aug. 21: Peter Karp Band
Aug. 28: Danielia Cotton
Sept. 4: Big Fun(k) featuring Don Braden and Karl Latham
Sept. 11: John Byrne Band
WARREN
Washington Township
Sept. 19: Festival in the Borough with Southbound, The JerZgirls, Katie Henry Band, Kinderhook, Flexible Flyers, Don Kincaid & The Wait, Diana Dove, Autumn Breeze with Laura Granzka & Brian Piper, Winterlong (Dave and Gift Venezio), TC Carpenter, Avoiding Foreclosure (featuring Bob Del Elba and Ken Purcell).
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