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This Week In Music: Event Listings And Previews For Shows Taking Place May 23-29, 2023

originally published: 05/23/2023

This Week In Music: Event Listings And Previews For Shows Taking Place May 23-29, 2023

Here is a look at our concert previews for shows taking place from May 23 to May 29, 2023 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. Click on the title to go to the full preview.

Send press releases to info@newjerseystage.com to have your events previewed at New Jersey Stage. There is no cost for preview articles. Featured listings are found in the NJ Stage calendar, reserved for advertisers. Listings are also available for $10 a piece. Click here for more information on our event listings.

FEATURED EVENT LISTINGS

Thursday, May 25, 2023 @ 8:00pm - On & On: José James Sings Badu at The Vogel, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Friday, May 26, 2023 @ 2:00pm - Afternoon Recital: Dr. Sungji Kim at Grunin Center, 1 College Drive, Toms River, NJ 08754



 
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Friday, May 26, 2023 @ 8:00pm - Crowded House at Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Friday, May 26, 2023 @ 8:00pm - Collective Soul at The Vogel, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Saturday, May 27, 2023 @ 8:00pm - Boz Scaggs at Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Sunday, May 28, 2023 @ 8:00pm - Heart & Soul: An Evening with Avraham Fried at Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), 30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631



EVENT PREVIEWS

Sunday, May 28, 2023 - The Porchistas to Hold Forest Street Music Festival. (MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- On Sunday, May 28, in coordination with John Cozz, The Porchistas are throwing another Memorial Day Weekend Festival in their backyard in Montclair. The lineup includes Through, Jug and the Bugs, Lightheaded, The Porchistas, Little Hag (solo), John Cozz and the Jugs, Yo Kinky, and Fruitbodies. If it rains, the event will be moved inside. Doors open at noon and they'll be rockin the neighborhood till around 9:00pm.



 
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COLUMNS


Makin Waves Song of the Week: "What I Need" by Gab Cinque Band

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "What I Need" from "Highway Junkie," the debut EP by the soaring Gab Cinque Band.




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MORE NEWS

(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.


Chris Batten & the Woods release "2 For The Summer"




The Plainfield Symphony Orchestra Announces 2024-2025 Season




Sieminski Theater presents Summer Cabaret Series in August






 

UPCOMING SHOWS


NJPAC Announces Lineup for 2024 Sounds of the City FREE Concerts

(NEWARK, NJ) -- Experience an amazing lineup of diverse artists under the stars this summer at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) for exciting, FREE concerts during the Horizon Sounds of the City series every Thursday from 5:00pm to 9:00pm. The series unites Newark's cultural diversity by bringing together residents, workers, and visitors for unforgettable evenings of great music, food, and fun. This year's lineup includes Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista, Afrobeat singer and artist Kofi Kinaata, New Orleans funk band Galactic f. Jelly Joseph, rap icon KRS-One, and New Orleans bounce singer Big Freedia. Some performances will also showcase a guest poet from Dodge Poetry, as well as local opening talent and NJPAC's student performers.


Mercer County's $5 Friday Summer Concerts are Back!




West Windsor Arts presents "Summer Music and More" Free Concert Series




Paper Mill Playhouse Announces Summer Nights at the F.M. Kirby Carriage House






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