Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from June 15-21, 2025. Each week we publish about 70 articles, including several original columns and features, along with news releases for events happening throughout the state and nearby areas like Philadelphia and New York City. This week's top 15 includes articles from 10 counties in New Jersey (Atlantic, Bergen, Camden, Cumberland, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Union, and Warren.)
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1) Asbury Park Music Foundation Launches Summer Music Season Featuring Free Concerts Across the City - (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- The Asbury Park Music Foundation (APMF) is proud to announce the return of its signature summer music programs, bringing free live performances to public spaces throughout the city while raising funds to support music education for youth in Asbury Park and beyond.
2) 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.
3) Haddon Township hosts 8th Annual Summer Solstice Music Festival - (HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- Haddon Township will kick off the season with the 8th Annual Summer Solstice Music Festival on Friday, June 20, 2025. The event takes place from 4:00pm-10:00pm on Haddon Avenue between Strawbridge Avenue & Cooper Street.
4) Events This Week in New Jersey from June 17-23, 2025 - Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from June 17-23, 2025 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.
5) Renovated Tamarack West Course Advances Middlesex County's Vision to Offer Residents a World-Class Golf Destination - (MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ) -- Middlesex County and Indigo Sports, a Troon Company, officially opened the newly renovated West Course at Tamarack on Thursday, June 12, 2025, to the public. The much-anticipated completion of the West Course renovation offers residents a world-class golf course with brand new fairways, improved drainage, new tee boxes, new USGA spec greens with 100% bent grass putting surfaces, bunkers with the most up-to-date liners and sand, new golf carts, and cart paths with added curbs near tee boxes and greens. East and West Courses were strategically designed by renowned golf course designer Mark Mungeam, ASGCA for maximum playability to ensure players of all calibers can enjoy and discover something new in every play.
6) Joan Osborne LIVE! at UCPAC - Fans of Bob Dylan’s music stream into Rahway, NJ’s historic UCPAC theater this Friday, June 6, 2025 evening for a Dylanology Live concert by singer Joan Osborne. Osborne is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter known by many for her 1995 hit, “One of Us,” as well as for appearing in the 2002 documentary film, Standing in the Shadows of Motown.
7) Discover Seeing Eye(R) Services at the Ocean County Library Plumsted Branch - (PLUMSTED TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- A letter written in 1927 by a young sightless American to a woman in Switzerland training dogs for police and military work led to the creation of The Seeing Eye®. Learn about this pioneering New Jersey philanthropic enterprise and meet trainers and dogs at the Ocean County Library Plumsted Branch on Monday, July 14, 2025. The event begins at 6:30pm.
8) Gateway Playhouse to Showcase a Weekend full of One Acts - (SOMERS POINT, NJ) -- Gateway Playhouse will host "Party of One (Acts)" from July 11-13, 2025. The one-act plays are a series of vignettes taken from Tracy Wells' A Trip to the Moon, with each story set during the Summer of '69, specifically around the moon landing.
9) The Final Performance: Johnny Mathis LIVE! at bergenPAC - Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of Johnny Mathis at bergenPAC on May 18, 2025 - the last live performance of his legendary career.
10) Levoy Theatre presents Sheena Easton - (MILLVILLE, NJ) -- On Thursday, September 11, 2025, Sheena Easton will perform at the Levoy Theatre. Easton, whose career has spanned nearly five decades, has sold over 20 million records worldwide. Doors are at 6:00pm, showtime is 7:00pm.
11) Ocean County Library Foundation Receives Generous Donation From the Toms River Sunrise Rotary Charitable Foundation - (TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- The Toms River Sunrise Rotary Charitable Foundation has donated $100,000 to the Ocean County Library Foundation for the activities of the Sparks’s Lab at the Toms River Branch.
12) 50th Monmouth County Fair to Take Place July 23-27 - (FREEHOLD, NJ) -- The Monmouth County Fair is marking its 50th anniversary with opening night hot air balloon rides and a spectacular firework display (both are weather permitting). Held at East Freehold Showgrounds, Kozloski Road, Freehold, this year's event runs Wednesday-Sunday, July 23-27. Hours are 4:00pm-11:00pm Wednesday-Friday, July 23-25; 11:00am-11:00pm on Saturday, July 26; and 11:00am-6:00pm on Sunday, July 27.
13) Middlesex County's FolkLIVE: Gospel Music Festival Returns with Headliners Fred Hammond and Kierra Sheard - (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Get ready to experience an uplifting celebration of gospel music at Middlesex County’s second annual FolkLIVE: Gospel Music Festival, featuring Grammy Award-winning artist Fred Hammond and Grammy Award-nominated artist Kierra Sheard, along with a lineup of rising local talent on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at Monument Square Park. The event runs from 2:00pm–6:00pm and takes place rain or shine. Admission is free.
14) Middlesex County hosts an Evening of Music with the New Jersey Symphony at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park - (SOUTH AMBOY, NJ) -- Experience the sounds of the New Jersey Symphony under the stars at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from 6:00pm–9:30pm. This family-friendly event is open to the public.
15 - TIE) HYCIDE Founder Akintola Hanif to Open New Art Space in Newark - (NEWARK, NJ) -- HYCIDE magazine founder Akintola Hanif celebrates the June 27, 2025 opening of HYCIDE XPANSE, a Newark arts axis that will serve as a production hub and offer free classes in photography, photojournalism, meditation and yoga.
15- TIE) Centenary Stage Company Offers Early Bird Special for Season Subscribers - (HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company, the not-for-profit theatre company, is proud to announce its 2025-26 Professional Theatre Series, marking its 40th anniversary season of producing and presenting professional music, dance, and theatre events in northwest New Jersey. This milestone season promises a jam-packed line up of professional performing arts programming and it all kicks off with Broadway's own John Lloyd Young.
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