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Harpin' Help 2022 to Take Place April 24th

originally published: 04/16/2022


(LAKE COMO, NJ) -- Harpin' Help 2022 will take place Sunday, April 24th at Bar Anticipation in Lake Como.  Running from noon to 9:00pm, Harpin' Help is an an annual charity event organized by Sandy Mack, in conjunction with the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation (JSJB). The event benefits the Keyport Ministerium Food Pantry, The Reformation Community Food Pantry of West Long Branch, and JSJB. 

Admission is $20 plus 2 non-perishable food items or food related items (paper towels, etc) or $25 w/o a donation.

The purpose is to generate some much-needed funding for JSJBF and some much-needed food for the Keyport Ministerium Food Pantry and the Reformation Community Food Pantry while providing a lot of ?great live musical entertainment. Each year many of the best local & regional musicians donate their time and incredible talent to this worthy cause.

This year's show includes performance by Keith Kenny, Chuck Lambert Band, Secret Sound, Eddie Testa Band, Green Dream and more.  The full lineup is shown below. There is an electric stage and an acoustic stage. HARPIN' HELPERS mixed in throughout the day include Stringbean, BarBQ Bob, Jon Barone, Gary Neuwirth, James Dalton, Drew Bolognini, Laura Crisci, Ronnie Brandt, Stu Coogan, Don Nichols, and Sandy Mack.

Bar Anticipation is location at 703 16th Avenue in Lake Como, New Jersey.




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HARPIN' HELP 2022 SCHEDULE

Acoustic stage

12:30 Don Nichols, Carlotta Schmidt, April Lynn

1:30 Keith Kenny, Stu Coogan, Alexander Rausch

2:30 Strumberry Pie

3:30 Gary Wright, Poppa John, DJ Panelli




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4:30 Michael Jaskewicz, Stringbean, Maggie

5:30 Johnny Burke, Laura Crisci, Ronnie Brandt

6:30 BarBQ Bob, John Fernandez, Gary Neuwirth

 

Electric stage 

1:00pm JUMP BACK

2pm PETE TONTI

3:00pm CHUCK LAMBERT BAND

4:00pm SECRET SOUND

5:00pm GUNS 4 HIRE ELECTRIC




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6pm ABANDONED OUTCASTS

7:00pm EDDIE TESTA BAND

8:00pm GREEN DREAM

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