(OCEAN GROVE, NJ) -- Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and storyteller Griffin House will perform at the Jersey Shore Arts Center in Ocean Grove on Saturday, December 21, 2024 as part of the Split Level Concerts series. Touring and making records for over 20 years, Griffin House has a discography that includes more than 15 albums and EPs. New Jersey native Cranston Dean will open the show. Showtime is 8:00pm.

Griffin House's 2004 album, “Lost and Found,” was featured on CBS Sunday Morning by music critic and then Vice President of MTV/VH1, Bill Flanagan, who named House one of the best emerging singer-songwriters of our time. After forging a loyal fan base through years of grassroots touring as an opener for acts such as John Mellencamp and the Cranberries, House broke through as a national headliner in 2009 with an appearance on Late Night with Craig Ferguson and the release of his underground hit “The Guy That Says Goodbye to You is Out of His Mind.” The music documentary “Rising Star,” released on Amazon Prime in 2019, chronicles House’s journey through the music business, as he attempts to balance the challenges of life as a traveling modern-day troubadour with marriage, fatherhood and sobriety.

House’s music has been featured on prime-time television shows such One Tree Hill, Rescue Me, Party of Five, and Everwood, and reviewed in magazines such as Paste, No Depression and Rolling Stone. American Songwriter wrote “if you want to be blown away by raw talent, look no further than Griffin House.” His latest releases are 2023's “The Tides,” a five song EP recorded with Grammy Award-winning producer Jacquire King, and “Summer Dream,” a three song EP released earlier this year.

Opener Cranston Dean is a New Jersey native with an ancient New England soul. His music draws from Americana, folk, jazz, country, blues and pop to translate and transform the human condition into beautiful works of art. The singer/songwriter has been a featured artist in clubs throughout the Jersey Shore (especially Asbury Park) including The Wonder Bar, The Stone Pony, Asbury Park Yacht Club, and others. He has shared stages with River City Extension, Simone Felice, Rayland Baxter, Nicole Atkins, Nora Jane Struthers, Julie Rhodes, and more.

Advance tickets are $30 and are available for purchase online.  The show is part of the on-going Split Level Concert Series which highlights renowned Americana and contemporary folk musicians in a uniquely intimate setting. The Jersey Shore Arts Center is located at 66 S. Main Street in Ocean Grove, New Jersey.

Jersey Shore Arts Center and Split Level Concerts are proud to partner with Brookdale Public Radio 90.5 The Night and Musicians On A Mission (MOAM) to promote the concert series. Musicians On A Mission is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating connection and inspiring giving through music. MOAM will be on hand at all of the Split Level concerts, collecting cash donations that will be split between Jersey Shore Arts Center and a MOAM charity chosen for each concert. December’s beneficiary of cash donations will be Asbury Park Music Foundation. MOAM will also be collecting non-perishable food donations to benefit Fulfill.

Split Level Concerts began as a house concert series in 2000 and grew to eventually present shows at the JCC of Central NJ in Scotch Plains and the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway. Over the years, Klemow curated more than 125 shows. For more on Split Level Concerts, click here for an article on moving the series to Ocean Grove.

The Jersey Shore Art Center is located at 66 South Main Street in Ocean Grove, New Jersey.  Follow both the Jersey Shore Arts Center and Split Level Concerts on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date on all the concert happenings, on-sale dates, etc.