Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published on New Jersey Stage from October 19-25, 2025. Each week we publish at least 70 articles, including original columns and features, promoting events and covering arts news taking place throughout the state and nearby areas like Philadelphia and New York City. This week's top 15 includes articles from 5 counties in New Jersey (Bergen, Camden, Essex, Monmouth, Morris) and includes 8 original features and columns.
Following decades of experience in public relations and writing for the arts, New Jersey Stage was created to serve as the state’s arts newswire. The site is built around its Event Calendar and event preview articles. The vast majority of these articles come from a monthly schedule that lets us cover every arts genre and region of the state on a regular basis with original coverage. These event preview articles get noticed when we first publish them and then get noticed again the week the event takes place. Our articles and event calendar pages are picked up by search engines and resources like Google News. The site’s audience grows each year. New Jersey Stage gets over one million unique visitors per year, but has kept ad rates at a fraction of the competition.
We accept press releases sent to [email protected]. Advertisers have first priority for press releases and will get every release run. Non-advertisers are part of our monthly schedule and will get one release run per month. We view New Jersey Stage as a partner for the arts with ad rates designed to be affordable. Venues can ensure they receive promotion for every show for as low as $50 per month. Individual shows can also be spotlighted for just $10 per show. We go above and beyond for those who advertise with us with a combination of banner advertising, editorial, and social media. For more information on advertising, click here.
1) Four Sticks - The Music of Led Zeppelin to Perform at Drew University - (MADISON, NJ) -- Gene DiNapoli presents Four Sticks - The Music of Led Zeppelin at The Concert Hall at Drew University on Saturday, October 25, 2025. If you've ever dreamed of witnessing the raw power and electrifying presence of Led Zeppelin live, this is the band that will make that dream a reality. Showtime is 8:00pm.
2) Events This Week in New Jersey from October 21-27, 2025 - Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from October 21-27, 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.
3) Halloween in Haddon Township: Haunted Market, Pub Crawl, Parade & More - (HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ) --- Haddon Township has planned a lineup of Halloween activities for all ages leading up to the 31st.
4) Friends of Symphony Hall presents "An Evening of Smooth Jazz" with Gerald Albright - (NEWARK, NJ) -- Friends of Symphony Hall along with Smooth Jazz New Jersey team up to bring adult contemporary music to the newly renovated Terrace Ballroom housed in Newark Symphony Hall. On Saturday, December 6, 2025, they present "An Evening of Smooth Jazz" with Gerald Albright and special guest Bradford Hayes Quartet. Doors are at 6:00pm.
5) "Frank Sinatra At The Hollywood Bowl 1943-1948" - first of several unreleased albums - SING, a blockchain tech company and rightsholder, selling music from major artists and catalogs as vinyl/digital hybrid releases to super-fans, is releasing a treasure trove of previously unreleased live radio performances by "The Voice" - Frank Sinatra - are scheduled for release in 2025 and 2026 on digital, compact disc and vinyl formats.
6) 2025 Rutgers Jewish Film Festival Preview - (NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The Rutgers Jewish Film Festival will feature eleven thought-provoking and entertaining films, dynamic discussions with filmmakers and special guests, and New Jersey premieres. Running from November 6-16, 2025, the festival will be held at the Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick.
7) Asbury Park Halloween Food Truck & Music Festival to Take Place October 25-26 - (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- MES Event Services, LLC is excited to announce Asbury Park Halloween Food Truck & Music Festival, scheduled for October 25 & 26, 2025, from 11:00am to 8:00pm on Saturday and 11:00am to 6:00pm on Sunday, located in front of Convention Hall at Bradley Park (101 5th Avenue) in Asbury Park.
8) Teaneck International Film Festival announces Arfat Sheikh as Inaugural Emerging Filmmaker Activist Award Recipient - (TEANECK, NJ) -- The Teaneck International Film Festival (TIFF) is proud to announce filmmaker Arfat Sheikh as the inaugural recipient of the Emerging Filmmaker Activist Award for his debut film Saffron Kingdom. The honor is open to the general public and will be presented at TIFF's 20th anniversary screening of the film on Sunday, November 9, 2025 at Teaneck Cinemas. The screening begins at 3:00pm.
9) Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Tan Lines" by Blaise - The magic of Local Summer has been captured by Asbury Park singer-songwriter Blaise with his new single and video, “Tan Lines.”
10) An Interview with Jay Wade who stars as The Creature in "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" - Jay Wade is starring as The Creature and Lord Byron in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey now through November 16, 2025. These are roles he's very familiar with having portrayed them at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Merrimack Repertory Theatre as well.
11) Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Lie Fight (The Truth)" by Dinosaur Stampede - The all-star Jersey band Dinosaur Stampede will release their sophomore LP, “Big Sigh Country,” on Nov. 1 at Randy Now’s Mancave in Hightstown.
12) 'Bull Durham the Musical' Brings the Joys of Baseball to Paper Mill Playhouse - It is said that baseball is America's pastime. The game creates a culture all its own whether it’s on the professional level or right in our own communities. And that's what Bull Durham The Musical does so well. It provides a look into the culture of a baseball minor league team from Durham, North Carolina. The community support for the Durham Bulls allows us to see the joys, the losses, and those great baseball superstitions.
13) Conan Gray and Esha Tewari to do shows in NJ, NY, and PA - (NEWARK, NJ) -- Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Conan Gray has announced his 2026 Wishbone World Tour with special guest Esha Tewari, in support of his critically acclaimed fourth studio album Wishbone (Republic Records). The 42-city global run kicks off in February and includes shows at Prudential Center in Newark on Friday, February 27, the UBS Arena in Belmont Park, NY on Saturday, February 28, and Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, PA on Monday, March 2, 2026.
14) Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...10/23/25 - "My Mississippi Roots," I'm going deep on that one," said bassist James "JB" Barnes as he discussed the recently released album of the same name. "I had to reach back to my family history on my father's side. My dad was from Port Gibson, Mississippi, was born in 1928 and he's not with us anymore but he is my lineage. The Barnes family name comes from that part of Mississippi, Claiborne County and that's where my dad is from; there's a lot of tradition down there in Mississippi; look at the blues musicians who came out of there (Mississippi). Muddy Waters, B.B. King, there is a lot of history down there, good, bad and ugly."
15) [TIE] The Newton Theatre presents Queensrÿche - (NEWTON, NJ) -- The Newton Theatre presents Queensrÿche on Thursday, January 15, 2026. The band first burst onto the music scene in 1982 with the release of their self-titled 4 song EP "Queensrÿche". They very quickly gained international recognition and performed to sold out audiences around the world. Showtime is 8:00pm.
15 [TIE] The Landis Theater presents Halloween Night show with Alice Cooper and Type O Negative tribute bands - (VINELAND, NJ) -- The Landis Theater presents Schools Out! Tribute to Alice Cooper and Dead Again - Tribute to Type O Negative on Friday, October 31, 2025 at 8:00pm. It's a rocking Halloween night!
