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Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites... 02/26/2026


By Danny Coleman

originally published: 02/26/2026

"Yes, we have Rob Johnson who is Ginger Baker's sister's grandson so it's kind of Ginger's great nephew which is really confusing to me so, I always just think of it as Ginger's sister's grandson," laughed Malcolm Bruce as he elaborated on several area shows, the future of The Sons of Cream and his philosophical outlook on today's culture environment. 

Currently on the road with what he says is, "A band paying tribute, we're not a tribute band," the son of legendary bassist Jack Bruce, along with the Kofi Baker, son of Ginger Baker and the above described nephew Rob Johnson are continuing the legacy of their bloodline with two area shows. The first is on February 28 in Sellersville, PA at the Sellersville Theater and March 3 in Millville, NJ at the Levoy Theatre and according to Malcolm, things are beginning to change a bit, making these current shows some of their last in this format.

"There is a Cream mode at the moment, we have a couple of Blind Faith songs in the set which is nice; it's all based on improvising and we're just stretching the material out but since we last spoke, we signed a record deal with Marshall Records which is part of the Marshall Amp family," stated Bruce. "They have a record label based in the UK that's doing some great things and they've signed us to a deal and we're doing a record called, "Half and Half" playing on the Cream concept (Laughs) and it's six Cream songs and six original songs. So, we're almost finished with it, we're mixing it at the moment and so it will be out later this year and then I think that's when the set will start changing; we'll start doing original music. So, it's exciting, we haven't written songs that sound like Cream, we're not intentionally going about it that way so that it's a kind of retro sound or anything like that, we've just allowed ourselves to write and see what worked together and yeah, we're excited about it. I think the next stage of this project will be to get the record out, advance some singles and really build it to the next level so yeah, we're excited." 

Will deviating from the Cream music and possibly going away from their families' legacy down the road have a negative impact on ticket sales or alienate an aging fan base? Bruce and the band don't seem to think so. 




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"I'm a composer in my own right, I'm a songwriter, I write classical music; I have lots of aspirations and when Kofi approached me shortly after the Cream reunion with this opportunity and said, "I want to do this, let's go on the road and do it,"  initially it was a way for us to honor our legacy but as an artist, I'm always looking for ways to move forward; I don't want to do my dad's music forever. I love my dad, I respect him, I admire him and you know, this is a business so it is part of the fabric of tradition. We all come through music by learning from the masters. Whether I'm sitting at the piano practicing Johann Sebastian Bach or listening to Charlie Parker; we're sharing a language and to learn that language we work with the past but I think we don't want to get stuck in the past either. The generation that loved Cream are getting older, we're all getting older (Laughs) so there is only so much leverage; I'll always love what my dad achieved, not just with Cream, he had a 55 year career and Cream was together for less than three years. He's best known as a member of Cream and their singer and whatever but he did so much more. So, we're partly tradition and we've been doing this band off and on for a while and apart from Kofi, we've had some different lineups; this feels like the best, most organic, strongest and most durable lineup so far. Rob is a great guy, he's a younger guy who brings a different kind of energy who is not really a blues artist; he comes from a different sort of place and everything just feels right and this opportunity presented itself but we don't want to contrive it. Everything in this business is so contrived, right? Everyone is reading off a script; it has all gotten out of hand, the actual artistry has disappeared, it's now just kind of, how do I get the algorithm to push me into people's ears or into their minds? The whole thing has been insane, the whole world has gone a little bit crazy. So, maybe in our own way, we can bring back a little bit of authenticity to the artistry in the same way Cream did. When Cream was around, they were something different, they were letting it all hang out, they were playing, they were actually playing (Laughs). I think, without sounding arrogant about it either, that's what this is based on; what can we do that has a bit of authenticity to it rather than being contrived or based on a model that is algorithmic by design? We plotted our album on a graph (Laughs) and the first song should sound like this and the second song should sound like this and the BPM of this song; it's a bit crazy the whole thing at the moment. So, I don't know, how do we please everybody? I think people who love Cream have an openness in their heart and people who really generally love that music understand the potentiality with it; they say, "It's not just a song, it's actually expressing something" and it's not necessarily a specific form of expression, it's kind of an abstract form of expression and if you can go with that, music can change your life, it's evolution with a spiritual aspect, a sacred aspect to music making. I think the best music will change people for the better and it can open people up to a sense of possibility but it's abstract so even a great pop song can do that, I'm not saying only Cream music can do that (Laughs). So yeah, I think seeing where this takes us without overthinking it is the best way to go with creativity and not try to contrive something before the fact and the fact that it's the three of us performing and on the record without trying to write music that sounds like Cream, hopefully there is a kind of thread that runs through it because it's the three of us in the same way that Jack, Eric and Ginger had that. My favorite record is "Fresh Cream" the mono version and if you listen to that record it's just unbelievable with all of the different influences on that record. Cream was kind of thought of as a blues rock band but they were so much more; Scottish folk music and classical elements, Ginger playing African polyrhythms and Eric kind of whaling the blues but it was psychedelic blues it wasn't straight blues, even though he was a purist, kind of, I think that's been an overused meme as it were about Eric himself whether he was aware of it or not. I think he was so much more, it's the personality that shines through rather than it being what people expected, they were completely unexpected and again, whether they were conscious of that or not, they were just making music, the three of them together so, I don't think we're trying to overthink it too much; maybe the men in suits will do that for us (Laughs)." 

When told that there have been social media posts saying things like, "In 100 years, nobody will remember your name" amongst others and that today's generations don't realize or remember bands from the 1960s, '70s or possibly even the '80s, he laughed and made several great points; especially about an uncertain future.

"1966 was when they released their first album but I think we are already at that point. A few years ago when McCartney was hanging out with Kanye West; it's Paul McCartney and people were like, "Who is the old guy standing next to Kanye?" C'mon man (Laughs), he's only the most famous songwriter on the planet of all time! He's more famous than Shubert, this guy has written hundreds of incredible songs and certainly five or 10 of the most famous songs of all time and they didn't know who he was. We can blame the education system or we can blame the Rockefellers infiltrating; I don't want to get into specifics about it but the education system was dumbed down but it's also awareness, it's consciousness. How aware are we as individuals in terms of where is our focus? Are we all completely out of our minds on pharmaceuticals that we can't even think straight? Are we all just watching television so that we get a particular version of reality that's not very real? Now, more and more we have this kind of AI algorithmic element so that if you don't like Donald Trump it'll show you more videos of people not liking Donald Trump to reinforce that and if you like Donald Trump, it'll show you more videos to reinforce that but of course, at the core of humanity we are spiritual. We are liberated but we're not necessarily cognatively functioning on that level. So, it's a very interesting time, if we want to take it to that absolute level, go with only consciousness. So, all of time, space, conceptualization, The Beatles, Rolling Stones or whatever, writing and consciousness doesn't exist separate from the ways of us. So, we can't prove that it continues anyway, we are in the mind of God everywhere, this is a good mind experience, there is only the divine and everything rises from that. Then we fell into the intellect to such a degree that we're not experiencing it in that way anymore. We're experiencing it in pain, struggle, difficulty, up, down, left, right, good and bad, I'm right, you're wrong and all of that and these aspects of experience that are false. They're falsehoods because the truth is that it is exactly as it is, not meant to be or not, not meant to be and then we try to control it or own it and it doesn't really matter. Yes, in the story of life unfolding, we still talk about Monte Verde but history is very short. The recorded aspect of history, we can only go back a few hundred years, music probably eleventh or twelfth century is where we might have some stuff written down in some rudimentary very different version of notation and now we're reaching the exponential point where AI may takeover everything, humans become transhumans, technology becomes infiltrated with the human physiology. That's the psychopathic element that the oligarchy may want for us and we may not want that but we may not have a choice and then, who cares about The Beatles or YES because it's just actually AI talking to other AI going, "Yeah, we think humans had these other emotions but were not quite sure because we've never had them so we don't really know what that's all about." 

Small venues such as these are absolutely perfect for an up close and intimate experience such as Sons of Cream and Bruce says to be prepared for several hours of great music. 

"It depends on a number of factors; if there is an opening act, we shorten it to maybe an hour-and-a-half, if we have the whole show it's usually two to two-and-a-half hours, two hours and 15 or something like that. If the venue wants us to take a break and do two sets, it's usually an hour and an hour and 15 with encores; we can easily play for three hours or more. Our tour manager is a songwriter so he'll usually do a three or four song opening set, so we're one big family here in the snow on the east coast of the United States (Laughs)." 




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To discover more about The Sons of Cream or purchase tickets for the area shows, please visit https://www.sonsofcream.com/

That's it for this week! Please continue to support live and original music and until next week....ROCK ON!



This week's event listings


Al's Airport Inn
636 Bear Tavern Road West Trenton
(609) 883-5252 
Thurs. 5 p.m. Carmen Marranco
Sat. (12 p.m.) Acoustic Brunch w/ John Brennan (7 p.m.) The Monkey bars 
Sun. (12 p.m.) Sunday Acoustic Brunch (6 p.m.) Tara Woodcock
Mon. 5 p.m. Joe Hutchinson
Tues. 7 p.m. Jessica DiDonato
Wed. 7 p.m. Kindred Spirit Duo  
Ancient Order of Hibernians 
2419 Kuser Road Hamilton 
Fri. 3 p.m. Lenten Fish Fry feat. The Successful failures
Aristaeus Brewing
2475C Big Oak Road Langhorne, PA 
(215) 757-2337
Thurs. 7 p.m. Trivia 
Arts Council of Princeton 
102 Witherspoon Street Princeton 
(609) 924-8777 
Sat. 7 p.m. Cafe` Improv
Mon. 6 p.m. Teen Film Club 
Tues. 6:30 p.m. Pop-Up Choir
Wed. 7 p.m. JAM: Jersey Art Meet-Up
Ashlynn Distillery 
32 West Bridge Street Morrisville, PA 
Thurs. 6 p.m. Cecil & Mike
Fri. 7 p.m. Billy Futrell
Sun. 3 p.m. Cecil & Friends
Wed. 6 p.m. Cara Cartney
Bailey's Bar & Grille 
6922 Bristol-Emilie Road Levittown, PA  
(215) 946-7992 
Sat. 9 p.m. Fish Out of Water
Wed. 6 p.m. Sourdough Workshop
Bella Mia
3224 U.S. Highway 206 Bordentown
(609) 291-7475
Sun. 12 p.m. Bunny Throw Pillow Case Paint Day and Lunch
Bella Sicily
44 East Bridge Street Morrisville, PA
Sat. 5 p.m. Adult Pizza Night. $25 
Bent Iron Brewing
70 Extonville Road Hamilton
Thurs. 7 p.m. Trivia
Sat. 5:30 p.m. Dueling Pianos
Wed. 6:30 p.m. Music BINGO w/ Rene
Bill's Olde Tavern
2694 Nottingham Way Hamilton
(609) 586-0192
Sun. 7 p.m. BINGO
Mon. 7 p.m. Trivia 
Tues. 9 p.m. / Wed. 9 p.m. Karaoke 
Ages 21+  
Blend Bar & Bistro   
911 Highway 33 Hamilton 
(609) 245-8887
Wed. 6 p.m. Let's Play Scrabble
Blooming Grove Inn
40 West Upper Ferry Road West Trenton 
Sat. 5 p.m. Rick Winow
Bordentown City
Farnsworth Avenue Bordentown  
Fri. 7 p.m. "Frightening Fridays!" Haunted History Tours. $20
Sat. 12 p.m. Bordentown Walking Tours. $20 
Sun. 4 p.m. The Soviet Electronic Music Revolution and the Bizarre Story of Leon Theremin. (Takes place at Old City Hall)
Bordentown Elks
11 Amboy Road Bordentown 
(609) 298-2085 
Sat. 8 p.m. The Nerds
Bowman's Tavern 
1600 River Road New Hope, PA 
(215) 862-2972
Thurs. 6 p.m. Jazz Jam
Fri. (5:30 p.m.) Bennett Lee (8 p.m.) Bob Egan 
Sat. 7 p.m. Matt Gordeuk Duo
Sun. (12 p.m.) Bill Avayou Trio (6 p.m.) Lorenzo
Wed. 6 p.m. Sam Ryan w/ Ed Wall 
Bristol Riverside Theater 
120 Radcliffe Street Bristol, PA
(215) 785-0100 
Sat. 8 p.m. Don McCloskey and the Band
Broad Street Brewing
2621 Durham Road Bristol, PA
Thurs. 7 p.m. Music BINGO
Broken Goblet Brewing
2500 State Road Bensalem, PA
(267) 812-5653
Fri. 7 p.m. EMO Night Karaoke. $15-$23
Sat. 7:30 p.m. "Romeo Delight" Van Halen Tribute. $20-$37, doors open at 7 p.m., ages 21 + 
Bucks On Bridge
25 Bridge Street Lambertville
(609) 483-2615
Fri. 6:30 p.m. Poetry Night 
Tues. 5 p.m. Chess Night
Wed. 6 p.m. Trivia
B2 Bistro Jimmy's American Grill
140 US Route 130 South bordentown
(609) 291-0200
Tues. 7 p.m. Trivia  
Cazz's Sports Bar 'N' Grille
1560 Haines Road Levittown, PA 
(267) 580-5469 
Fri. 9:30 p.m. Karaoke w/ Paul
Chesterfield Bagel & Grill
95 Saddle Way Chesterfield 
Sat. 8 a.m. "Coffee with a Cop" Meet & Greet w/ Chesterfield Police Officers (FREE event)
City Streets
510 Highway 130 South East Windsor
(609) 426-9400
Sat. 9 p.m. AntGeo
Club Atlantis
1858 Street Road Bensalem, PA 
(215) 944-1777 
Sat. 9 p.m. DJ Robbie Tronco 
All Events Ages 21+ and Dress to Impress
Cody's Roadhouse Distillery
5605 Bensalem Boulevard Bensalem, PA
(215) 252-3575
Thurs. 7 p.m. Line Dancing. $10
Fri. 8 p.m. Karaoke
Continental Tavern
2 North Main Street Yardley, PA  
(215) 493-9191
Fri. 8 p.m. Dave Maida
Sat. 8 p.m. John Madeley
Cooper's Riverview                                                                     
50 Riverview Plaza Trenton
(609) 393-7300 
Thurs. 7 p.m. Be5D
Fri. 5 p.m. Happy Hour (7 p.m.) The Influence
Sat. 8 p.m. Se7en or Riverline
Wed. 7 p.m. Live Band Jam 
Crossing Vineyard and Winery
1853 Wrightstown Road Washington Crossing, PA
(215) 493-6500 
Sat. 2 p.m. Meg Russell
Sun. 2 p.m. Rodney Wright
Curran’s Irish Inn
1909 Bristol Pike Bensalem, PA
(215) 245-1800
Thurs. 7 p.m. Music Bingo 
Mon. 7:30 p.m. Quizzo
Dadz Bar and Grill 
744 Main Street Lumberton
(609)267-4344
Thurs. 7 p.m. Open Mic Night
Fri. 5 p.m. Signature
Dharma Bums 
4935 River Road New Hope, PA
(215) 663-2867
Thurs. 7 p.m. Mill Creek Bluegrass
Fri. 8 p.m. Space Antelope. $11.75
Sat. 8 p.m. Escaper. $17
Sun. (1 p.m.) Acoustic Circle ($10 Suggested donation) (6 p.m.) The Reverend Graham Ford: Songs from the Reverend's Jukebox
Wed. 7 p.m.  DBums Hootenanny: An Open Mic of Music, Comedy & Spoken Word Hosted by Michael Henry Robert
Escape Resort, Restaurant & Bar 
120 Pheasant Run Road Newtown, PA 
Fri. 6:30 p.m. Ballroom Dancing
Falls Township Community Park 
9125 Mill Creek Road Levittown, PA 
Sat. 11 a.m. Frostbite 5K
Fireside Tavern & Table
215 West Philadelphia Avenue Morrisville, PA
(215) 295-4838
Fri. 6:30 p.m. Acoustic Music Night 
Wed. 8 p.m. Quizzo
Flying Pig Tavern & Tap 
167 US-Route 130 North Bordentown 
(609) 899-7447
Fri. 7 p.m. Acoustic Sara
Sat. 7 p.m. Paul Mariano
Tues. 9 p.m. Karaoke
Wed. 8 p.m. Trivia
Founding Father's Sports Bar & Grill 
2900 Street Road Bensalem, PA 
(215) 923-1100
Fri. 6 p.m. Bob Pantano Dance Party w/ DJ Joe Castro 
Friendly's 
1031 Washington Boulevard Robbinsville 
(609) 426-9203 
Wed. 6 p.m. Open Mic Night Hosted by Kevin McGowan and/or Gino Formaroli (Sign-ups begin at 5:30 p.m.)
Gallagher's Taproom
437 Pine Street Mount Holly 
(609) 261-0500  
Fri. 6 p.m. Random Notes 
Gambler Ridge
121 Burlington Path Road Cream Ridge
(609) 752-1701
Sat. 4 p.m. Steak Night w/ Jack Mangan. $26
Gleason's Bar
6700 Mill Creek Road Levittown, PA
(215) 943-4781 
Thurs. (7 p.m.) Music Bingo / “Ladies Night” Hosted by Best Choice Productions (9:30 p.m.) Karaoke
Fri. (6 p.m.) "Happy Hour" (8:30 p.m.) August
Sat. (12 p.m.) Music BINGO Brunch (8:30 p.m.) Out Of Pocket
Sun. 11:30 a.m. BINGO and Bloodies w/ Machine Gun Terri
Tues. 7 p.m. Game Show Palooza
Green Parrot Restaurant Pub, & Patio
240 North Sycamore Street Newtown Township, PA 
(215) 504-7277 
Sat. 8 p.m. Y'all or Nothin' Duo
Tues. 7 p.m. Music BINGO
Grover's Mill Coffee House 
Princeton-Hightstown Road Princeton Junction   
(609) 716-8771  
Thurs. 6 p.m. Open Mic Hosted by Wade Prestridge. $10  
Hamilton Township Public Library 
1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way Hamilton 
(609) 581-4060
Sun. 10 a.m. Spring Vendor Fair
Havana New Hope
105 S. Main Street New Hope, PA.
(215) 862-9897
Fri. ( 8 p.m.) "The Wankers" British Invasion (11 p.m. ) DJ Dance Party 
Sat. (3 p.m.) Matt Setzer (8:30 p.m.) Balanced Breakfast (11:59 p.m.) DJ Dance Party 
Sun. 1 p.m. Midnight Sun Orchestra
Mon. 9 p.m. Karaoke w/ DJ Steve
Tues. 7 p.m. Jillian Ashcroft Jazz Quartet 
Wed. 7 p.m. Jumper Duo
Hopewell Valley Vineyards
46 Yard Avenue Pennington 
(609) 737-4465 
Fri. 4 p.m. "Music & Merlot" feat. (5 p.m.) Madison & Mikey Delucia
Sat. 5 p.m. "Music & Merlot" feat. The Jone Dylan Band
Sun. 2:30 p.m. "Jazzy Sundays" feat. Hopewell Valley Vineyards Jazz Band
Hyatt Regency
102 Carnagie Center Princeton
Sat. 6 p.m. Heritage & Recognition Ball
Il Portico Restorante Italiano 
273 West Route 130 South Burlington
(609) 239-1000 
Thurs. 7 p.m. Jazz Night
Fri. / Sat. 7 p.m. Live Music w/ Tony O
Irish Rover Station House 
1033 South Bellevue Avenue Langhorne, PA 
(215) 970-5412 
Wed. 7 p.m. Quizzo Night
Iron Plow Vineyards
26750 Mount Pleasant Road Columbus 
(732) 306-9111 
Fri. 5:30 p.m. Mark Sacco
Sat. 4:30 p.m. Rachel & Ty
Sun. 1 p.m. AudioPilot
Ivy Tavern
3108 S. Broad Street, Hamilton 
(609) 888-1435 
Thurs. 8:30 p.m. Karaoke 
All shows 21+
John & Peter's
96 S. Main Street New Hope, Pa 
(215) 862-5981 
Thurs. 9 p.m. Lounge Night w/ T-Bird and Rico
Fri. 8 p.m. Loose Panic, Wesley David, Lydia Blair
Sat. 8 p.m. Stevenson Ranch Davidians
Mon. 9 p.m. Open Mic Night (Sign-ups start at 8 p.m.) 
Wed. 9 p.m. The Invitational
All shows 21+
Killarney's Publick House
1644 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road Hamilton
(609) 586-1166 
Thurs. 5:30 p.m. Ken Dubman
Fri. (5:30 p.m.) Lou Mutter (10 p.m.) DJ Jimmy G
Sat. 10 a.m. Brunch feat. (11 a.m.) Mark Sacco (6 p.m.) LakeHouse (10 p.m.) DJ Bay
Sun. (10 a.m.) "Sunday Funday" Brunch (2 p.m.) "Parade Kickoff" feat. Fenian Rams
Tues. 7 p.m. Music BINGO w/ DJ Brother Mike
La Cena Ristorante
2233 Galloway Road bensalem, PA
Thurs. 5 p.m. Mikey O
Lambertville Station Restaurant and Inn 
11 Bridge Street Lambertville 
(609) 397-8300 
Thurs. 6:30 p.m. "Romance In France" Wine Pairing
Laurita Winery 
85 Archertown Road New Egypt 
(609) 752-0200 
Fri. 7:30 p.m. "Murder: Family Style" Murder Mystery. $25
Sat. 7:30 p.m. Kricket Comedy feat. Nora Trabin, Sean Lynch, Emily Paige. $25, doors open at 7 p.m., ages 21+
Logan Inn 
10 West Ferry Street New Hope, PA 
(215) 862-2300
Thurs. 6 p.m. Rob Lanter Trio
Fri. 7 p.m. The Burners
Sat. 7 p.m. Aaron Quarterman
Wed. 6 p.m. Dan Ward
Magikava
87a South Main Street New Hope, PA 
(215) 862-2739 
Thurs. 6 p.m. Astrology Readings by Riss Cottrill 
Mon. 6 p.m. Magik "Art Mondays" 
Wed. 6:30 p.m. Open Mic Night  
Main Street Mt. Holly  
28 Washington Street Mt. Holly  
(609) 914-0811 
Thurs. 10 a.m. A Brief History of Cinema (Takes place at 307 High Street)
McStews Irish Sports Pub
5316 New Falls Road Levittown, PA 
(215) 949-9570 
Sat. 9 p.m. Midnight Sun Rize
Tues. 7:30 p.m. Trivia Night
Naked Brewing Company 
212 Mill Street Bristol, PA 
(267) 544-7129
Thurs.6:30 p.m. Dana Collins Project 
Sat. 7 p.m. Successful Failures, Leon and the Combo DuJour
Tues. 7 p.m. Trivia
Needle Creek Farm Brewery
91 Titus Mill Road Pennington
Thurs. 5 p.m. Bread Bowl and Soup Night
Sun. 1 p.m. Johnny Cash Tribute w/ Michael Patrick
Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company 
909 Ray Avenue Croydon, PA 
(215) 458-7081
Thurs. 7 p.m. Trivia Night 
Sat. 7 p.m. Combat Zone Wrestling: Blacklight
New Egypt Flea Market Village 
933 Monmouth County Road Cream Ridge 
(609) 758-2082
Sun. 8 a.m. Flea Market 
Wed. 8 a.m. Flea Market
New Hope Inn & Suites (Cary's Lounge)
6426 Lower York Road New Hopoe, PA
(855) 229-5934
Sat. 8 p.m. Harmony in the Canyon
Newtown Brewing Company
103 Penns Trail Newtown, PA 
(215) 944-8609 
Thurs. 7 p.m. "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" Trivia
Fri. 6 p.m. Just Todd
Sat. 6 p.m. Matt Kresge
Wed. 4 p.m. Open Mic Night w/ Bill Monach
Nick's Roast Beef
4501 Woodhaven Road West Philadelphia, PA 
(215) 637-515
Wed. 7 p.m. Karaoke
NJWeedman's Dispensary
322 East State Street Trenton
(609) 437-0898
Sun. 10 p.m. Caribbean Sundays. $15
Nomad Distilling Company
20 South Main Street New Hope, PA
Sun. 10 a.m. Brunch
Nottingham Tavern 
9 Mercer Street Hamilton Square 
(609) 587-6623
Thur. 9 pm. Karaoke w/ Super Dave Curtis 
Fri. 9 p.m. DJ Frank Olivetti
Sat. 9:30 p.m. El Ka Bong
Mon. 6 p.m. BINGO
Tues. 4 p.m. "Pie on the Patio" feat. (6:30 p.m.) Rob Silvers
Ages 21+   
O'Connors American Bar & Grille 
1383 Monmouth Road Easthampton  
(609) 261-1555
Sun. 4 p.m. 2026 St. Patrick's Day Parade Grand Marshal Dinner
O'Fowley's Tavern & Grill 
200 State Road Croydon, PA 
(215) 785-6998 
Mon. 7 p.m. Music Bingo Hosted by Best Choice Productions w/ DJ John S 
Tues. 7 p.m. Quizzo
 Old Barracks
100 Barrack Street Trenton
Sat. 7 p.m. Concerts by Candlelight
Old Hights Brewing 
123 West Ward Street Hightstown 
(609) 469-5976
Thurs.  5 p.m. Vinyl Night
Fri. 3 p.m. Happy Hour feat. (6 p.m.) Ben Selkow
Sat. (12 p.m.) Kid's Art Club (6 p.m.) Chris McMillan
Sun. 2 p.m. Bluegrass Jam
Wed. 6:30 p.m. Trivia
Old Town Pub
135 Farnsworth Avenue Bordentown 
(609) 291-9232
Sun. 10 a.m. Brunch
Wed. 7 p.m. Trivia
Patriots Crossing 
1339 River Road Titusville 
(609) 737-2780
Thurs. 8 p.m. Ladies Night  
Wed. 7 p.m. Pub Trivia
Plainsboro Preserve
80 Scotts Corner Road Cranbury
(609) 799-4013
Fri. 5:30 p.m. Nature Themed Board Game and Puzzle Night
Tues. 6 p.m. Day's End Yoga
Princeton Country Club
1-Wheeler Way West Windsor
(609) 452-9382 
Thurs. 6 p.m. Karaoke Night w/ Live DJ
Fri. 5 p.m. Happy Hour 
Sun. 11 a.m. Jazz Brunch
Princeton University (Richardson Auditorium)
Nassau Street Princeton
Thurs. 5:30 p.m. Artist Talk: Becky Suss (Takes place at the University Art Museum)
Puss N Boots Tavern
942 Trenton Road Fairless Hills, PA
Fri. 8 p.m. Karaoke
Tues. 7 p.m. Trivia
Randy Now's Man Cave
119 West Ward Street Hightstown 
(609) 424-3766
Sat. 6:30 p.m. Lux Interior/Poison Ivy Tribute w/ The Cramps, Sickidz and DJ Kogar The Swinging Ape
Raza's at Hamilton
557 Route 130 North Hamilton
Sun. 12 p.m. Brunch w/ DJ Manny The Greek
Ristorante LUCCA & Piano Lounge 
144 US Route 130 Bordentown 
(609) 262-0110
Thurs. 8 p.m. Jazz Night 
River Horse Brewery
2 Graphics Drive Ewing
Fri. 6:30 p.m. Spring Welcome Mat Workshop 
River House at Odette’s 
274 South Rive Road New Hope, PA 
(215) 682-2022 
Thurs. 7 p.m. Cara Cartney
Fri. 7 p.m. Lorenzo Branca
Sat. 7 p.m. Bob Egan
Rossi's Bar & Grill
2110 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road Hamilton
(609) 890-2004 
Thurs. 5:30 p.m. Ernie White
Sat. 11 a.m. Brunch
Sun. 11 a.m. Brunch 
Tues. 7 p.m. Quizzoholics
Sandy's Beef & Ale
2028 E. Old Lincoln Highway Langhorne, PA
(2670 852-2333
Thurs. 8 p.m. Quizzo  
Mon. 7 p.m. Music Bingo
School of Rock Princeton
1761 Princeton Avenue Hamilton
(609) 890-7090
Thurs. 5 p.m. Winter Festival feat. SOR House Band
Second Sin Brewing Company
1500 Grundy Lane Bristol, P
(267) 812-5251
Thurs. 7 p.m. Trivia
Shady Brook Farm 
931 Stony Hill Road Yardley, PA 
(215) 968-1670 
Fri. 6:30 p.m. Aaron Quarterman
Simply Pure 
1531 North Olden Avenue Ewing
Fri. 6 p.m. Meet The Lox
Slim's Irish Pub 
2195 Galloway Road Bensalem, PA
(267) 332-0047
Mon. 6 p.m. Open Mic Night Hosted by Cecil 
Wed. 6 p.m. Karaoke Contest
Small World Coffee 
14 Witherspoon Street Princeton 
(609) 924-4377 x2 
Sat. 7 p.m. Rich Seiner
Sparky World-Famous Beer Garden
4333 New Falls Road Levittown, PA 
(215) 943-2321 
Thurs. 9 p.m. Karaoke w/ DJ Dana
Sat. 9 p.m. Never Enough
Sun. 9 p.m. Open Mic Hosted by Cara Cartney
Mon. 9 p.m. Game Night Hosted by Kid Dalton 
Tues. 7 p.m. Johnny Betz  
Starving Artist Cafe
18 Bridge Street Stockton
Thurs. 6 p.m. Open Mic Hosted by Daisy Jane
Fri. (10 a.m.) JB Kline Facebook Live (6 p.m.) Jerry Monk  
Tavern On The Lake 
101 Main Street Hightstown 
(609) 426-9345  
Thurs. 8 p.m. Country DJ Night
Tues. 6 p.m. Trivia 
Wed. 7 p.m. Karaoke  
Terhune Orchards  
330 Cold Soil Road Princeton
(609) 924-2310 
Sat. 1 p.m. "Weekend Music Series" feat. Chris P
Sun. 1 p.m. "Weekend Music Series" feat. Carmen Marranco
TGI Fridays
2703 Mount Holly Road Suite 3 Washington Twp.
(609) 239-486 
Thurs. 7 p.m. Trivia
The Birdhouse Center For The Arts
7 North Main Street Lambertville
(215) 681-4660
Tues. 7:30 p.m. NJNO the "not just nyckelharpa orchestra" Community Orchestra
The Buck Hotel 
1200 Buck Road Feasterville, PA 
(215) 396-2002 
Fri. 8:30 p.m. Jukebox Graveyard
Sat. (11 a.m.) Brunch (8:30 p.m.) Fat Mezz
Tues. 7 p.m. Danny Lynch Duo 
The Cool Cricket
216 Burlington Street Fieldsboro
(609) 291-9110
Fri. 9 p.m. Karaoke w/ Dave Curtis
Mon. 7 p.m. Trivia
Tues. 7 p.m. BINGO
The Corner Inn
24509 East Main Street Columbus
(609) 298-8543
Sat. 9 p.m. Karaoke w/ We R Entertainment
The Cure Insurance Center  
81 Hamilton Ave. Trenton  
(609) 656-3200  
Fri. 8 p.m. The New Beginning New Japan Pro Wrestling
Sat. 2 p.m. The Harlem Globetrotters 100 Year Tour 
The Five Four Bar & Grill
8919 New Falls Road Levittown, PA 
(215) 547-5525
Thurs. 8 p.m. Karaoke w/ Paula and Sam 
Tues. 7 p.m. Music Bingo w/ Jonathan Appel
The HOB Tavern 
146 Second Street Bordentown
(609) 291-7020 
Fri. 8 p.m. Radio Fiction
The Ivy Inn
248 Nassau Street Princeton
(609) 921-8555
Thurs. 10 p.m. Karaoke w/ Trey Brown
Fri. 9:30 p.m. DJ Moe Green
Sat. 9:30 p.m. Markmyskillz
Sun. 2 p.m. Gameday
Tues. 7 p.m. Quizzo w/ Bob E Luv 
Wed. 10 p.m. Karaoke w/ Trey Brown
The Morrisville Tavern 
376 West Trenton Avenue Morrisville, PA
(215) 295-5310
Thurs. 7 p.m. Trivia
Mon. 8 p.m. Karaoke
Tues. 7 p.m. Music Bingo
Wed. 7 p.m. Trivia Night 
The Newtown Theatre
120 North State Street Newtown, PA
(215) 968-3859
Thurs. 3 p.m./8 p.m. ABBA Revisited. $34.99-$53 (VIP available)
Fri. 8 p.m. Disciple of the Garden: The Legacy of Chris Cornell. $34.99-$40
Sat. (12:30 p.m.) "Rebel With a Clause" Documentary and Q&A w/ Ellen Jovin. $17-$22 (8 p.m.) A Night of Pink Floyd w/ "Brain Damage." $34.99-$53 (VIP available)
Sun. 3 p.m. The Tony Bennett Songbook w/ Chris Pinella. $34.99-$53 (VIP available)
Wed. 7:30 p.m. Movie Club: "The Adventures of Robin Hood" $0-$14
The Penguin Rocks (24 Hour On-Demand Music/Radio)
www.thepenguinrocks.com 
Mon. -  Fri. "Radio Jersey" Hosted by Lee Mrowicki 
Sun. - Sat. "Classic Jersey" Hosted by Gary Wien
Sun. - Sat. "Beyond The Palace" Hosted by Lee Mrowicki 
Sun. - Sat. "Danny Coleman's Rock On Radio" feat. Mary Muehleisen and Ray
Sun. - Sat. "From The Basement" Hosted by Mike Marrone
Sun. - Sat. "Deuce Radio" Hosted by Matt Barker
Sun. - Sat. "Altrok Radio" Hosted by Sean Carolan
Sun. - Sat. "Lighty's Corner" Hosted by Gary Wien 
Sun. - Sat. "The Troubador Show" Hosted by John Godfrey
The Roost
181 Rte. 539 Cream Ridge
(609) 208-0050
Thurs. 6:30 p.m. DC Duo 
Fri. 9 p.m. Out Of The Red
Sat. 9 p.m. Kindred Spirit
Mon. 6 p.m. Music BINGO
Tues. 6 p.m. Trivia
Wed. 6 p.m. Joe Vadala 
The Union Firehouse
18 Washington Street Mount Holly
(609) 288-6491
Fri. 8 p.m. Kilmaine Saints. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Sat. 8:30 p.m. "Pure Petty" Tom Petty Tribute. Doors open at 7 p.m.
The Union House 
19 East Union Street Burlington
(609) 531-6077
Thurs. 7 p.m. Trivia
Fri. 8 p.m. (TBA)
Sat. (10 a.m.) Brunch (8 p.m.) The Perkolators
Sun. 10 a.m. Brunch
Wed. 7 p.m. Karaoke
The William Trent House
15 Market Street Trenton
Sun. 2 p.m. The Stories Fabrics Tell: An Illustrated History w/ Leslie Bramlett
Tindall Road Brewing Co.
102 Farnsworth Avenue Bordentown
(609) 526-8651 
Thurs. 7 p.m. "One Hit Wonders" Music BINGO
Tues. 7 p.m. Karaoke w/ Missy
Tir Na Nog 
1324 Hamilton Avenue Trenton 
(609) 392-2554
Sun. 3 p.m. "Irish Sessions"
All Shows 21+
Trenton Free Public Library
120 Academy Street Trenton
(609) 392-7188
Sat. 3 p.m. Microscopy Demo
Tues. 5 p.m. "Hamilton"
Trent-Towne Market
16 West Ingham Avenue Ewing
Sat. 7 p.m. Lift Every Voice feat. Underground Rats, Manni the Singer, BLU
Trenton Social
449 South Broad Street Trenton
(609) 989-7777
Thurs. 5 p.m. "Happy Hour Throwback Thursday
Sat. 9 p.m. Live Music (TBA)
Mon. 6 p.m. "Monday Night Karaoke" Hosted by Sweets
Triumph Brewing Company (New Hope, Pa. Location)
400 Union Square New Hope, Pa.
(215) 862-8300
Sat. 8 p.m. Matt Setzer Trio
Triumph Brewing Company (Princeton Location)
20 Pamer Square east Princeton 
(609) 924-7855
Fri. 5 p.m. Mike Noordzy Trio
Sat. 5 p.m. James Rosocha Trio
Vault Brewing Company
10 South Main Street Yardley, PA 
(267) 573-4291
Fri. 7 p.m. Dave Psmontier Trio
Sat. 7 p.m. Tony Miceli Trio 
Mon. 6 p.m. Quizzo
Village Idiot Brewing Company
42 High Street Mount Holly
(609) 975-9270 
Thurs. 7 p.m. Trivia 
Washington Crossing Historic Park 
1112 River Road Washington Crossing, PA
Sat. 7:30 a.m. Saturday Trails
Washington Crossing Inn 
1295General Washington Memorial Boulevard Washington Crossing, PA
(877) 882-17763
Thurs. 6 p.m. Ladies Night
Tues. 6 p.m. "Bourbon & Blues"
Working Dog Winery
610 Windsor Perrineville Road Hightstown
(609) 371-6000
Thurs. 4:30 p.m. Gary Cavico
Fri. 4:30 p.m. Open Mic Hosted by Kevin McGowan
Sat. 1 p.m. Chris Swatt
Sun. 1 p.m. Spoondrift
WWFM 89.1 FM HD2 Radio
MCCC Old Trenton Road West Windsor
Jazzon2.org
Mon. 7 a.m./7 p.m. "Danny Coleman's Got The Blues"


Danny Coleman is a veteran musician and writer from central New Jersey. He hosts a weekly radio program entitled 'Rock On Radio' airing Sunday evenings at 7:00pm EST on ThePenguinRocks.com where he features indie/original bands and solo artists.

 

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This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from April 14-20, 2026

Here is a look at shows taking place from April 14-20, 2026 along with our featured listings and a look at some upcoming shows. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.




Lighty's Corner: April 13, 2026




Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Make This World Stand Still" by Lisa Bouchelle feat. Amanda Shires




Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites... 04/09/2026






 

MORE NEWS

(VINELAND, NJ) -- The Landis Rock Fest 2026 takes place Saturday, April 18th at The Landis Theater in Vineland. Get ready for a full night of original music, hard-hitting rock, and nonstop energy. Showtime is 7:00pm.


The 17th annual Elephant Talk Indie Music festival Takes Place This Weekend in AC




Hey Bulldog to Pay Tribute to The Beatles at Liberty Science Center




Grunin Center for the Arts presents The Brit Pack on Saturday




Lizzie Rose Music Room presents Alastair Green on April 30th






 

UPCOMING SHOWS


State Theatre New Jersey presents The Sound Studio Series 2026

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey proudly presents The Sound Studio Series, an immersive musical experience that places concertgoers at the very heart of the performance. Held in STNJ's intimate Studio space, limited to just 80 attendees, The Sound Studio Series features a dynamic mix of both classical and rock performances. Each concert concludes with an exclusive post-show meet-and-greet with the artists, offering fans a rare opportunity to connect directly with the performers. Tickets for the series are $20-$30.


Soul Asylum to bring Acoustic Tour to the area in April




Berlin Under A presents "Roots Rock Women" on April 16th




The Lizzie Rose Music Room presents Susan Werner






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