Niladri Kumaar, right, with the late Zakir Hussain.
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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Sitarist Niladri Kumaar will pay tribute to his late friend and mentor, and frequent collaborator — the late tabla player Zakir Hussain — in a concert at The Victoria Theater at NJPAC in Newark, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. He will be joined by tabla player Satyajit Talwalkar, keyboardist Agnelo Fernandes and drummer Sambit Chatterjee.
This will be the first event in this year’s TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
Kumaar and Hussain performed together, in a duo format, in the 2017 documentary “The Space Between the Notes.” Check out their performance on the song of the same name, below.
Hussain died in 2024, at the age of 73.
For a chance to win two tickets, send an email with the word “Kumaar” in the subject line to njartscontest@gmail.com by 11 a.m. Nov. 4.
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Choir! Choir! Choir!, based in Toronto and led by Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman, specializes in shows in which they teach those in attendance various songs, and everyone is encouraged to sing along. They will present a show titled “Hallelujah: An Epic Anthems Sing-Along!,” Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. at The Outpost in the Burbs series at First Congregational Church in Montclair.
For a chance to win two tickets, send an email with the word “Choir” in the subject line to njartscontest@gmail.com by 11 a.m. Nov. 4.
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