(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

Range Life is the passion project of seasoned New Jersey musician Mike Chiarappa, known for his work in The Stolen. The collection of lo-fi tracks that comprise his first EP as a solo artist were all performed,  mixed, and written by Mike in his bedroom.  His latest release is "2001" - a song that he hopes will remind listeners of a different time.... READ ON

(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Chris Pinnella is bringing his "Sinatra at The Sands" residency to Tim McLoone's Supper Club in Asbury Park. Pinnella will reprise his sold-out series of concerts last year for a 3-show residency (October 22, November 12, and November 19), playing through the iconic live album, "Sinatra at the Sands" from beginning to end with a 6-Piece Little Big Band.... READ ON

In April 2019, Columbia University’s Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program won first prize in the College Combo division at the Next Generation Jazz Festival competition in Monterey, CA. Two members of that ensemble – trumpeter James Haddad and pianist Joe Block, now students at The Juilliard School and Columbia – will be performing live from Brooklyn in a New Jersey Jazz Society virtual concert on Thursday, October 29.... READ ON

(NEWARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts center (NJPAC) presents Sarah Brightman Hymn in Concert on Friday, October 30, 2020 at 8:00pm. With a voice like hers, it’s no surprise Sarah Brightman is the biggest selling soprano in the world! ... READ ON

(NEW ORLEANS, LA) -- Endless Night and the House of Blues New Orleans present the first ever Virtual Vampire Ball on Halloween weekend: October 30th and 31st, 2020. This year’s theme is “Full Moon Masquerade,” with a ton of immersions, entertainment and, of course, Fred Samedi, the guardian spirit of the Endless Night events, hosting as the Master of Ceremonies.... READ ON

(HOLMDEL, NJ) -- Classic blues rockers, the Matt O’Ree Band, will perform their first live concert since the global pandemic shut down all the music venues. The concert is the main attraction of the Holmdel PBA Fall Fest, which will also include various vendors. The concert will take place at Bayonet Farm in Holmdel, NJ on October 30, 2020. The show will feature new original music, a Led Zeppelin set, and include special guest David Bryan of Bon Jovi.... READ ON

(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Jersey Country, the sound which Williams Honor is becoming known for, has taken over America's Pollstar Livestream chart this past week, landing spots at #5, #8, #15, and #17. Their online show known as "The Willi Ho Show" has been airing each week since the pandemic hit in March and crippled the music buisness.... READ ON

(HOPEWELL, NJ) -- Hopewell Theater will light up to open for one night only, Friday, October 30, 2020, with a concert by Chris Harford's Central Jersey Show Dance Band, live streamed online for anyone to watch, at 8:00pm EST. The venue will present this show in celebration of Independent Venue week, #IVW, and to raise funds for the national Save Our Stages, #SOS, emergency relief fund - directly supporting our most vulnerable venues experiencing catastrophic revenue loss.... READ ON

(BOULDER, CO) -- Richie Furay, an American Country-Rock music luminary and pioneer, is a Colorado Musical Hall of Fame and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, and a founding member of the legendary musical groups Buffalo Springfield, Poco, and Souther-Hillman-Furay band.  On Friday, October 30, 2020, from his Boulder, Colorado property, Furay is hosting a livestream concert for music fans, and proceeds support the documentary currently in production on his life, in additional to a favored venue, My Father’s Place in Roslyn, New York that has been severely hit by the pandemic. ... READ ON