The Hackensack Performing Arts Center, which opened in November 2017, will kick off its second annual “PAC the House” concert series with a show by a performer who is very well known to New Jersey jazz fans, singer-guitarist John Pizzarelli. It will take place Oct. 5 at 8 p.m.
Pizzarelli’s latest album, Sinatra & Jobim @ 50, includes songs recorded by Frank Sinatra and Brazilian bossa nova luminary AntĂ´nio Carlos Jobim in the ’60s, as well as other material, and features Jobim’s grandson, singer Daniel Jobim, on vocals.
For a chance to win two tickets to this show, send an email to njartscontest@gmail.com by 3 p.m. Oct. 4, with “Pizzarelli” in the subject line.
Also coming up this season are:
Nov. 3: R&B singer-songwriter Elijah Bland, a Hackensack native.
Feb. 2: Amy Helm, the daughter of Levon Helm and a veteran Americana artist in her own right (formerly with the group Ollabelle. She released her second album, This Too Shall Light, Sept. 21.
March 9: All-female mariachi band Flor de Toloache.
April 6: Marc Cohn, best known for his 1991 hit, “Walking in Memphis.”
The 240-seat theater, formerly the site of a Masonic Temple, is at 102 State St. For information, visit hacpac.org.