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This Week In Music: Event Listings And Previews For Shows Taking Place May 23-29, 2023

originally published: 05/23/2023


Here is a look at our concert previews for shows taking place from May 23 to May 29, 2023 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of events throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas. Click on the title to go to the full preview.

Send press releases to info@newjerseystage.com to have your events previewed at New Jersey Stage. There is no cost for preview articles. Featured listings are found in the NJ Stage calendar, reserved for advertisers. Listings are also available for $10 a piece. Click here for more information on our event listings.

FEATURED EVENT LISTINGS

Thursday, May 25, 2023 @ 8:00pm - On & On: José James Sings Badu at The Vogel, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Friday, May 26, 2023 @ 2:00pm - Afternoon Recital: Dr. Sungji Kim at Grunin Center, 1 College Drive, Toms River, NJ 08754




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Friday, May 26, 2023 @ 8:00pm - Crowded House at Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Friday, May 26, 2023 @ 8:00pm - Collective Soul at The Vogel, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Saturday, May 27, 2023 @ 8:00pm - Boz Scaggs at Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Sunday, May 28, 2023 @ 8:00pm - Heart & Soul: An Evening with Avraham Fried at Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), 30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631



EVENT PREVIEWS

Sunday, May 28, 2023 - The Porchistas to Hold Forest Street Music Festival. (MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- On Sunday, May 28, in coordination with John Cozz, The Porchistas are throwing another Memorial Day Weekend Festival in their backyard in Montclair. The lineup includes Through, Jug and the Bugs, Lightheaded, The Porchistas, Little Hag (solo), John Cozz and the Jugs, Yo Kinky, and Fruitbodies. If it rains, the event will be moved inside. Doors open at noon and they'll be rockin the neighborhood till around 9:00pm.




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EVENT PREVIEWS

An

An Interview with Tim Palmieri of Lotus

Lotus was founded between 1998-1999 at Goshen College in Goshen, IN. Now based out of Dever, Colorado and Philadelphia, PA primarily, Lotus continues to bloom as a premiere jamtronica band for over the past 25 years. In 2021, founding member and longtime guitarist, Micheal Rempel left Lotus ushering in new guitarist, Tim Palmieri.



Bergen

Bergen County presents 2nd Annual Star-Spangled Spectacular

(RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ) -- County Executive Jim Tedesco, the County Board of Commissioners, and the County Parks Department are excited to announce the full schedule for Bergen County's 2nd Annual Star-Spangled Spectacular on July 4, 2025 in Overpeck County Park. Musical groups Super Trans Am, Glenn Roberts Country Band, and Tempo Alegre will take the stage ahead of a performance from the New Jersey Wind Symphony.



Celebrate

Celebrate America! 'Music of the Revolution' at the Ocean County Library Brick Branch

(BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- The momentous decision by our founding fathers to emerge from colonization and establish a new nation will soon mark its 250th anniversary. In honor of this historic milestone, join us for Anne and Ridley Enslow's "Music of the American Revolution" at the Ocean County Library Brick Branch on Saturday, July 5, 2025. The event begins at 2:00pm.



Count

Count Basie Center for the Arts presents Graham Nash

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Graham Nash, two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and founding member of both the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash, will perform at Count Basie Center for the Arts on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Nash will be joined on stage by Todd Caldwell (keyboards and vocals), Adam Minkoff (bass, drums, guitars and vocals) and Zach Djanikian (guitars, mandolin, drums and vocals), performing favorites from across his sixty-year career. Showtime is 7:30pm.



bergenPAC

bergenPAC presents Straight No Chaser - Summer: The 90's Part 2

(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- After a totally fly 2024 summer tour packed full of 90s boy band, pop, and R&B hits, RIAA-certified Gold a cappella group Straight No Chaser is back by popular demand with "Straight No Chaser Summer: 90s Part 2." The tour comes to Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) on Thursday, July 8, 2025 at 7:00pm.



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Curtis

Curtis Salgado

Wednesday, July 02, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Lizzie Rose Music Room
217 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, NJ 08087
category: music


 

John

John Lee & Friends

Thursday, July 03, 2025 @ 7:30pm
The Morris Museum Back Deck
6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: music


 

Blues

Blues People with Special Guest: Jeff Levine

Saturday, July 05, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Lizzie Rose Music Room
217 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, NJ 08087
category: music


 

Straight

Straight No Chaser - Summer: The 90’s Part 2

Tuesday, July 08, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)
30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
category: music


 

Frisson

Frisson Winds

Thursday, July 10, 2025 @ 7:30pm
The Morris Museum Back Deck
6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: music