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"Amazing!" Bruce Hornsby LIVE! at Ocean City Music Pier

Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers performing at the Ocean City Music Pier on July 17, 2026.

 
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New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2026 Includes a Concert Featuring Two Bands of Rutgers Students

** THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED** (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Hanging Coats and Lawns, part of New Brunswick's basement music scene, take the stage for an audio-visual performance on October 2 , 2026 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. A Rutgers student is injecting some sonic youth from the New Brunswick music scene into this year's New Jersey Fall Film Festival.

Bruce Hornsby’s Indigo Park Tour LIVE! at MPAC

Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) on July 24, 2026.

Judy Collins LIVE! at Ocean City Music Pier

Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of Judy Collins and Richard Thompson in concert at the Ocean City Music Pier on July 20, 2026.

Shinedown Brings Dance, Kid, Dance Act II Tour to a Packed Prudential Center

(NEWARK, NJ) -- A packed Prudential Center came alive on July 21, 2026 as the Dance, Kid, Dance Act II Tour rolled into Newark, bringing together From Ashes to New, Coheed and Cambria, and Shinedown for an evening of powerhouse performances and nonstop energy.



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COLUMNS


Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Big Black Car" by Part Time Baby

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Big Black Car" from "My Island," the third album from Jersey rocker Part Time Baby, aka singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mike Goldstein.




Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites... 10/29/2026




This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from October 27 to November 2, 2026




Makin Waves Song of the Week: "If the World Is Ending" by Renee Maskin






 

MORE NEWS

(MIDDLETOWN, NJ) -- Brian Ostering and his band present The Elvis Spectacular at the Middletown Arts Center on Saturday, November 28, 2026. Showtime is 7:00pm.


Chris Rockwell is Dropping 'Rockwell Rebel Radio 2 DELUXE' with a Heavy-Hitting Mutual Aid Show on Friday




Albert Music Hall to Celebrate Pinelands Folklore with Annual Jersey Devil Show on Saturday




U.K. Folk Trio, The Longest Johns, to Perform at The Vogel




Princeton Folk Music Society presents Kate Taylor






 

UPCOMING SHOWS


Shemekia Copeland to Perform Two Nights at Lizzie Rose Music Room

(TUCKERTON, NJ) -- Award-winning vocalist Shemekia Copeland will give two live performances at the Lizzie Rose Music Room in Tuckerton on Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6, 2026. Copeland possesses one of the most instantly recognizable and deeply soulful roots music voices of our time. She will have a different supporting act each night.


"Everything Fab Four" Fest 2026 to feature Ken Burns, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, The Cyrkle & many more




Roy's Hall to Host Peter Karp Record Release Show on November 6th




Chris Rockwell is Dropping 'Rockwell Rebel Radio 2 DELUXE' with a Heavy-Hitting Mutual Aid Show on Friday






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