(EGG HARBOR, NJ) -- Renault Winery and Resort celebrates America's birthday with a two-day, all-day celebration this Saturday, July 2nd and Sunday, July 3rd. Music fans are invited to the first-ever Renault Winery 1st Annual Country Music Festival with two days of live music and bands, multiple stages, wine, food trucks, family fun and other surprises. Next, Renault presents the first-ever Red, Wine and Blue 5K Run and Red, Wine and Blue Kids' Run on Sunday morning, starting at 8:30am. On Sunday night, look to the skies above Renault for an Independence Day themed fireworks show, free with admission to the music festival, or $10 per car to watch from the Renault parking lot.
(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Willie Nile returns to Asbury Park for a show at The Wonder Bar on Sunday, July 3rd at 8:00pm with Fantastic Cat opening the night. Willie is touring in support of last summer's release, The Day the Earth Stood Still. While many of us struggled to salvage a sense of purpose from a year’s worth of isolation, the veteran New York rocker tapped into his own lockdown experience as a source of inspiration for the set of haunting new songs that comprise this emotion-charged release.
(CAMDEN, NJ) -- The 13-time GRAMMY® award-winning, multi-platinum selling global superstars, The Chicks will return to the road with The Chicks Tour, set for summer 2022. Produced by Live Nation, the 27-city tour kicks off on June 14 at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in St. Louis, MO. The tour comes to the local area for shows on Wednesday, July 6 at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel and Friday, July 8th at Waterfront Music Pavilion in Camden. Patty Griffin will support them on both dates and throughout much of the tour.
(SUMMIT, NJ) -- Vivid Stage presents Summer Solos readings on Wednesdays from July 6-27 at 6:30pm at the Visual Arts Center of NJ at 68 Elm Street in Summit. In its ninth year, the series provides audiences with an opportunity for entertainment at an affordable price, while also introducing them to highly personal works performed by professional actors. Performances in the series will take place on the lawn of the Arts Center. Patrons are invited to bring chairs or blankets and a picnic dinner. The rain location for all performances is the Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ.
(SOUTH ORANGE) -- On the first Wednesday of every month, the Loft at South Orange Performance Arts Center (SOPAC) turns into a comedy club during this New York City-style stand-up showcase hosted by Joe Larson. The next Laughs in the Loft performance is Wednesday, July 6 at 7:30pm. The lineup includes Jason Salmon, KC Arora, Sharon Simon, and Mike Earley. Tickets are $20.
(SUMMIT, NJ) -- The Summit Playhouse will present The Adams Family (July 7-10) and Spring Awakening (July 22-31) this summer. They will be asking all patrons to wear a mask during performances.
(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company and the NEXTStage Repertory are currently in rehearsals for the first mainstage production for the 2022 Summerfest, Rent by Jonathan Larson. This show will run July 7-17 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the Centenary University campus at 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown, NJ. La Vie Boheme! Jonathan Larson's iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in love.
(OCEAN GROVE, NJ) -- The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association will kick off its Summer Stars classical music series on Thursday, July 7 with NJ’s own Imperial Brass, in a program entitled “Americans We” at 7:30pm in the Great Auditorium.
(MAPLEWOOD, NJ) -- Four actors play eight characters in twelve monologues showing the faces of eldercare: the families, the caregivers, the cared for, and the neglected. Finishing It Off! by Mary Jane Walsh, will be presented by The Theater Project, a leading incubator for rising talent and a showcase for New Jersey artists. Performances will be at the Burgdorff Cultural Center in Maplewood from July 7-17.
(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company and the NEXTStage Repertory present the first mainstage production for CSC’s 2022 Summerfest, Rent by Jonathan Larson. The show will run July 7-17 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the Centenary University campus at 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown, NJ. This is Jonathan Larson's iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in love.