ELIZABETH BOUGEROL
Hot Sardines singer Elizabeth Bougerol, trombonist Conrad Herwig’s Latin Side All Stars, drummer Sherrie Maricle’s all-female DIVA Jazz Orchestra and the all-female Brass Queens ensemble will be among the performers at this year’s third annual Middlesex County Jazz Festival, which will include free shows in New Brunswick, Woodbridge, Metuchen and Carteret, Sept. 24-28.
According to the festival’s website, “The idea of a Middlesex County wide jazz festival developed when the leaders of musical events in each of the towns realized that each of the towns produces live musical events including jazz. This common experience of neighboring towns and our love of jazz music was the seed which led to a cooperative dialogue and agreement to join to create this cross-town event.”
Here is the lineup. For information, visit middlesexcountyjazzfestival.org.
SEPT. 24
Location: Parker Press Park, Woodbridge
7 p.m.: Woodbridge High School Jazz Choir (Lisa Romero, director_
7:30 p.m.: Brass Queens
8:30 p.m.: Elizabeth Bougerol
SEPT. 26
Location: URSB Carteret Performing Arts Center
7 p.m.: Lezlie Harrison
SEPT. 27
Location: Metuchen High School Auditorium
5:30 p.m.: Metuchen High School Jazz Combo and Metuchen Dance Center celebrate the 75th anniversary of “Peanuts”
6 p.m.: Metuchen Jazz Ensemble (John Messenger, director) and Metuchen High School Orchestra (Christopher McEwan, director)
7 p.m.: AAPI Jazz Collective led by trombonist Peter Lin
8:15 p.m.: Sherrie Maricle & the DIVA Jazz Orchestra
SEPT. 28
Location: Livingston Avenue (in front of New Brunswick Performing Arts Center)
1 p.m.: Mike Noordzy & the Rutgers Alumni Jazz Orchestra
2:15 p.m.: Antoinette Montague
4 p.m.: Conrad Herwig’s Latin Side All Stars
The festival’s producing organizations include The Borough of Carteret; The Metuchen Arts Council; Friends of Metuchen Arts; The New Brunswick Jazz Project; and Woodbridge Arts.
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