Tickets to the following shows are available for free via NJArts.net. Winning entries will be chosen randomly from among those sending emails to njartscontest@gmail.com. Also, please send an email to this address if you are interested in offering tickets for a giveaway.
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Lenny Kaye & Friends and Tammy Faye Starlite will perform at a benefit for NJArts.net taking place at The Outpost in the Burbs at The First Congregational Church in Montclair, Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. Kaye, best known as Patti Smith’s longtime guitarist, will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of his first performance with a band. Starlite will be performing the great Rolling Stones album Beggars Banquet — including songs such as “Sympathy for the Devil,” “Street Fighting Man,” “No Expectations” and “Stray Cat Blues” — in its entirety.
For a chance to win two tickets, send an email to njartscontest@gmail.com by 11 a.m. Dec. 10, with “Kaye/Starlite” in the subject line.
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Joe Deninzon, the New Jerseyan who is currently playing violin for the progressive-rock band Kansas, will celebrate his 50th birthday with his own band, Stratospheerius, at The Williams Center in Rutherford, Dec. 15 at 6:30 p.m. The show will also celebrate the release of Stratospheerius’ new album, Impostor!
Guitarist Randy McStine (who currently plays with Porcupine Tree), The Tea Club (also Jersey-based, and featuring Kansas bassist Dan McGowan) and Dave Bainbridge (who has played keyboards and guitar for Strawbs since 2015) will also perform.
For a chance to win two tickets, send an email to njartscontest@gmail.com by 11 a.m. Dec. 10, with the word “Deninzon” in the subject line.
The show will, incidentally, also be streamed live on StageIt.
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