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The Weeklings to Perform FREE Outdoor Show in Matawan

originally published: 07/26/2024

The Weeklings to Perform FREE Outdoor Show in Matawan

(MATAWAN, NJ) -- On Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 7:00pm, The Weeklings will celebrate 60 years of The Beatles and more in a FREE outdoor concert in Terhune Park.

The Weeklings are America’s most unique celebration of the music and the inspiration of The Beatles, have recently released their 4th album on JEM, the brilliant Raspberry Park and are in the midst of their “Raspberry Park Tour”.

They band consists of four amazing musicians, Glen Burtnik, Bob Burger, John Merjave and Joe Bellia who have written, performed and toured with artists ranging from Beth Hart to Bowie, Springsteen to McCartney! They perform and record explosive renditions of Beatles album and Top 40 classics, uniquely arranged nuggets such as "Paperback Writer", "Baby You're a Rich Man”, “I Am the Walrus”, “I’ve Just Seen a Face” and “She’s Leaving Home, 60’s classic remakes like The Easybeats 1966 garage rock hit “Friday On My Mind” plus brilliant Beatles-inspired Indie Rock originals, like “Little Elvis”, "In the Moment”, ”3” chosen the #1 Coolest Song in the World 2020 on Sirius/XM's Little Steven's Underground Garage.

Their last “Coolest Song in the World”, a re-imagining of The Beatles “I’ve Just Seen a Face” as well as their recent original single “Brian Jones” and their latest and 8th “Coolest Song”, “All The Cash in the World” are all on Raspberry Park.

Terhune Park is located at 6 South Street in Matawan, New Jersey.



 
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The Weeklings are annually featured at premier Beatles festival events like Abbey Road on The River in Jefferson, IN and The Fest for Beatles Fans in Jersey City, NJ and Chicago, IL. They play numerous clubs and theaters including the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park, Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, The Count Basie Theater, Red Bank, the New Hope Winery, The City Wineries in NYC, Washington DC, Boston and Philadelphia, the Maryland Theatre, Hagerstown, the Mauch Chunk Opera House, Jim Thorpe, Steel Stacks, Bethlehem, The Bull Run, Shirley, Mcloones Supper Club, Asbury Park, Hard Rock Cafe, Atlantic City, Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair, the Grunin Center, Toms River, The Sands, Bethlehem, Daryls House, Pauling, Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, Towne Crier, Beacon, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, The Space at Westbury, The Cutting Room, NYC, The State Theatre, New Brunswick, Penn Community Bank Amphitheater, Bensalem, Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, The World Cafe, Philadelphia and many others.


 

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