(NEWTON, NJ) -- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is celebrating over 40 years since their founding in 1977, New Orleans-based Dirty Dozen Brass Band has taken the traditional foundation of brass band music and incorporated it into a blend of genres including Bebop Jazz, Funk and R&B/Soul. This unique sound, described by the band as a ‘musical gumbo,’ has allowed the Dirty Dozen to tour across 5 continents and more than 30 countries, record 12 studio albums and collaborate with a range of artists from Modest Mouse to Widespread Panic to Norah Jones. Forty-plus years later, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a world-famous music machine whose name is synonymous with genre-bending romps and high-octane performances.... READ ON

(NEWARK, NJ) -- GRAMMY Museum Experience(TM) Prudential Center continues its dynamic online programming with its first-ever live D.I.Y. Record Label Workshop, a free online video learning series open to New Jersey area high school students.  The series runs Tuesdays from May 26 to June 16 - all at 3:00pm.... READ ON

(SOUTH ORANGE, NJ) -- 4th Annual 24 Hours of Music Jamboree Returns 5/30-31/2020 Launches New Approach to Address Our Social Distancing World. Continuing its commitment to the live music community, the Annual 24 Hours of Music Jamboree will open on Noon Sat May 30 with the final performance ending Noon Sunday May 31. This year’s event is significant in more ways than one, as this Coronavirus situation has  stopped the ability of our musicians’ to earn an income and has also stopped our very active live music community from gathering and enjoying live music. This year’s festival is being targeted to relieve the stress of our stuck at home live music listening community and to raise some funds to relieve some of our musicians financial burdens.... READ ON

(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Composer Ben Goldberg comes home to Toms River to premiere his chamber piece, The Gift, on the Garden State Philharmonic's upcoming virtual concert taking place on Saturday, May 30th at 7:00pm. Viewers can tune in to the Garden State Philharmonic Facebook LIVE  or through the Garden State Philharmonic YouTube Channel.... READ ON

Are car concerts the wave of the near future? The Weeklings will find out when they perform May 31 at Tupelo Music Hall in Derry, New Hampshire. The band is touring in support of their third studio album,  the aptly titled 3, which was released earlier this year on JEM Records.... READ ON

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) invites patrons, subscribers, and members of the Greater Princeton community to be part of a couch-side, virtual gathering of music lovers on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 4:00pm. Executive Director Marc Uys will host “At Home with the PSO: A Visit with Rossen Milanov & Friends” and mix lively conversations with musical surprises alongside Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov. Special guests include violinist Daniel Rowland and cellist Maja Bogdanović, originally scheduled to perform with the PSO at the orchestra’s canceled May concert. PSO concertmaster Basia Danilow will also drop by to talk about music and how she balances life at home.... READ ON

Hip New Jersey, the Garden State’s premier lifestyle television series, and News 12+ are joining together on Sunday, May 31 at 8:00pm to air a one-hour telethon to raise awareness and funds for the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund (NJPRF). Telethon appearances include Bobbi Brown, Daniel Jones, David Burke, Golden Tate, Vic DiBitetto, Melissa Gorga, Vincent Curatola, and George Oliphant. Musical performances included Constantine Maroulis and Kimberley Locke of American Idol, David Bryan of Bon Jovi, Garden State Radio, The Happy Fits, Williams Honor, The Benjamins, The Nerds, Jim Babjak of The Smithereens, Robin DiLauri, Marco Benevento, Samantha Blossey, and Eliza Neals.... READ ON

(MANASQUAN, NJ) --  Algonquin Arts Theatre’s annual fundraiser goes online on June 4 and the organization promises to deliver more than it has ever delivered before. In addition to more performers than any other Broadway Bash, this year’s event includes the option to have food and drink delivered to your doorstep on Thursday, June 4.... READ ON

NEWARK, NJ—In response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) global pandemic, and to express gratitude to frontline medical and service workers, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra has commissioned a new work, Gratias Tibi, for physically distanced orchestra and choir from José Luis Domínguez. The Montclair State University Singers, longtime NJSO partners, will join the musicians of the NJSO for a virtual world premiere on June 8.... READ ON

(NEWARK, NJ) -- K-pop sensation MONSTA X will perform at Newark's Prudential Center on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 7:00pm. Over the past four years MONSTA X has attracted a massive international fan base with their array of hit singles and tours, including a sold out U.S. arena outing in 2019.... READ ON