Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from July 4-10, 2023 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts 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.

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FEATURED EVENT PREVIEWS

Saturday, July 8, 2023 - The Doobie Brothers to Play Two Shows at State Theatre. (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey announces two just added performances featuring four-time Grammy® Award-winners and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, The Doobie Brothers on Saturday, July 8 at 8:00pm and Sunday, July 9 at 7:30pm.

Saturday, July 8, 2023 - Brandi Carlile to Headline 2023 Count Basie Center Summer Gala. (RED BANK, NJ) -- 9x GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer Brandi Carlile will headline the 2023 Count Basie Center Summer Gala on Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 7:30pm. Funds raised from the gala will go towards the Count Basie Center's Forever For Everyone Endowment's promise of providing hundreds of scholarships to study at the Count Basie Center Academy of the Arts, Conservatory of Music and other partnership programs.

EVENT PREVIEWS

Thursday, July 6, 2023 - Story of the Year to Perform at Stone Pony Summer Stage in Support of Yellowcard. (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Story Of The Year will be hitting the road this summer to support Yellowcard and the 20th anniversary of Ocean Avenue. The tour comes to the Stone Pony Summer Stage on Thursday, July 6, 2023. This Wild Life is also on the bill. Showtime is 5:00pm.

Saturday, July 8, 2023 - The Original Misfits to Play Prudential Center with The Gaslight Anthem and Fear. (NEWARK, NJ) -- The Original Misfits, one of the most influential, genre-defying bands to emerge from North America, have announced a limited three-show run of dates for 2023. Produced by Live Nation, the tour kicks off on June 24 in Tampa, FL, and includes a hometown show at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, with fellow New Jersey natives The Gaslight Anthem, and Fear, on Saturday, July 8, 2023.

Saturday, July 8, 2023 - Newton Theatre presents The Outlaws. (NEWTON, NJ) -- The Newton Theatre presents The Outlaws on Saturday, July 8, 2023. Doors are at 7:00pm, showtime is 8:00pm. Tickets range from $49-$64

Saturday, July 8, 2023 - 2023 Maplewood Music and Arts Festival to Take Place July 8-9. (MAPLEWOOD, NJ) -- The eighteenth Maplewoodstock Music and Arts Festival will take place on Saturday, July 8 and Sunday, July 9, 2023. Music begins at noon each day. This year's headliners on Saturday are Red Baraat and Mihali. Headliners for Sunday are Remember Jones and Louis Cato.

Sunday, July 9, 2023 - Parkfest Bradley Beach to Take Place July 9th. (BRADLEY BEACH, NJ) -- Parkfest Bradley Beach returns to Riley Park for a full day of music and fun activities on Sunday, July 9. Presented by the Borough of Bradley Beach and Telegraph Hill Records, this free event begins at 11:00am with yoga, followed by non-stop music from noon until 7:30pm on two stages in the park.

Sunday, July 9, 2023 - Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association presents The 69th Annual Choir Festival. (OCEAN GROVE, NJ) -- One of Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA)'s most steadfast and beloved traditions, the Annual Choir Festival, now in its 69th season, returns on Sunday, July 9 at 7:00pm in The Great Auditorium. This spectacular choral event features dozens of choral organizations from the Northeast, forming a massed choir of hundreds of voices accompanied by the Great Auditorium's historic 13,000+ pipe organ and featuring the Great Auditorium Soloists. This year's theme is "And the Greatest of These Is Love."

Monday, July 10, 2023 - Garbage, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, And Metric To Play NYC & Philly. Garbage and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have announced a co-headlining tour of North America for this summer. The tour, produced by Live Nation, features special guest Metric and will kick off in Auburn, Washington on June 2nd. Locally, the tour comes to Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage in New York City on July 10th and the TD Pavilion at Mann in Philadelphia on July 14th.

FEATURED EVENT LISTINGS

Wednesday, July 5, 2023 @ 7:00pm - Tony Mart Presents Mardi Gras AC: Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & Il Sont Partis Band at Kennedy Plaza, 2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Wednesday, July 5, 2023 @ 7:30pm - South Orange Summer Nights: Essex Funk Collective, presented by SOPAC at Floods Hill in Meadowlands Park, 100 N Ridgewood Rd, South Orange, NJ 07079

Thursday, July 6, 2023 @ 8:00pm - del Amitri with special guest Renee Maskin at The Vogel, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Friday, July 7, 2023 @ 7:00pm - Imperial Brass with Trombone Soloist Brett Baker at Salvation Army Montclair Citadel, 13 Trinity Place, Montclair, NJ 07042

Saturday, July 8, 2023 @ 7:30pm - Brandi Carlile at Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Saturday, July 8, 2023 @ 8:00pm - The Doobie Brothers at State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Sunday, July 9, 2023 @ 7:30pm - The Doobie Brothers at State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901