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This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from August 27 to September 3, 2024

originally published: 08/27/2024

This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from August 27 to September 3, 2024

Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from August 27 to September 3, 2024 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts 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. Jump to Featured Events, Event Previews, Event Listings.

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, and provided with individual event pages for every performance. Event pages are also available for $10 per event (multiple performances count as a single event). Click here for more information on our event pages. Event pages are also included with every banner ad purchase. Banner ads run from $50-$100 for a full month of coverage.

FEATURED EVENTS

This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from August 27 to September 3, 2024

Thursday, August 29 - Wonder Bar presents Jackson Pines with Hunter Root on Thursday. (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- On Thursday, August 29th, the Wonder Bar is hosting one of the last Asbury Jams Concert of the Summer season, presented by Nectar's Live: Jackson Pines and Hunter Root at the legendary seaside venue.

Friday, August 30 - Lizzie Rose Music Room presents Janis Joplin Experience starring Lisa Polizzi on Friday. (TUCKERTON, NJ) -- The Lizzie Rose Music Room presents Janis Joplin Experience starring Lisa Polizzi on Friday, August 30, 2024 at 7:30pm.



 
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This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from August 27 to September 3, 2024

An Interview with Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night of Blackmore's Night - The renaissance folk rock band has shows at The Vogel on Friday, August 30th and Saturday, August 31st (both rescheduled from earlier in the summer).

 

Saturday, August 31 - NJ Clearwater Festival Rolls Into Labor Day Weekend In Asbury Park Celebrating Music and Mother Earth. (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- The Wag, Chuck Lambert Band, and Poppa John Bug Band are among the many performers bringing their music to Sunset Park in Asbury Park for the 49th Annual Clearwater Festival Labor Day Weekend (Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1, 2024). The free, fun-filled, family-friendly event is the longest-running environmental festival in New Jersey.

EVENT PREVIEWS

Sunday, September 1 - The Newton Theatre presents Asleep At The Wheel. (NEWTON, NJ) -- The Newton Theatre presents Asleep At The Wheel on Sunday, September 1, 2024 at 7:00pm. For over fifty years, Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson has been traversing the globe as an ambassador of Western swing music and introducing its irresistible sound to generation after generation.

Sunday, September 1 - PNC Bank Arts Center presents Goose. (HOLMDEL, NJ) -- Connecticut rock band Goose comes to the PNC Banks Arts Center in Holmdel on Sunday, September 1, 2024 as part of a US tour spanning the country with dates throughout the fall. All this comes after an extensive spring tour, Goose's first with their new drummer, Cotter Ellis; Ellis made his debut with the band in four stunning, sold out nights in April at the legendary Capitol Theatre in Portchester, NY. Showtime is 7:30pm.



 
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EVENT LISTINGS

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Tuesday, August 27 @ 7:30pm - Nektar at The Vogel, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank

Wednesday, August 28 @ 7:00pm - Samantha Fish / Reverend Billy & Nighthawks at Atlantic City at Kennedy Plaza, Boardwalk at Kennedy Plaza, Atlantic City

Wednesday, August 28 @ 7:30pm - NYC Musical Marathon & Jack Dallas presents Repertoire 2024 at Divinity Hall at the Centennial AME Zion Church, 5 Lewis Place, Closter

Thursday, August 29 @ 6:00pm - Billy Walton Band at The Point, 998 Bay Avenue, Somers Point

Friday, August 30 @ 7:30pm - Janis Joplin Experience Starring Lisa Polizzi at Lizzie Rose Music Room, 217 E. Main Street, Tuckerton

Friday, August 30 @ 8:00pm - Blackmore’s Night at The Vogel, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank

Saturday, August 31 @ 8:00pm - Blackmore’s Night at The Vogel, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank

Saturday, August 31 @ 8:00pm - Dweezil Zappa: Celebrating 50 Years of Roxy & Elsewhere + Apostrophe at Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank



 
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Tuesday, September 3 @ 8:00pm - Tuesday Night Record Club - The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers at Monmouth University - The Great Hall, 400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch


 

COLUMNS


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MORE NEWS

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- NiCori Studios & Productions announces the next installment of the long running Cabaret series "Music at the Mansion™" at the historic Thorne Mansion home of the Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Morristown on Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 3:00pm.


The Levoy Theatre presents Yngwie Malmsteen




Christopher Riddle Tribute




Music at Bunker Hill Announces 17th Season






 

UPCOMING SHOWS


Creed, 3 Doors Down, and Finger Eleven to play shows in Holmdel and Atlantic City

(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- CREED, the multi-platinum, GRAMMY® and American Music Award-winning rock band, has announced Summer of ‘99 Tour dates for 2024. Produced by Live Nation, the 40-city tour comes to the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 and the Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in Atlantic City on Saturday, September 28, 2024. Both shows include supporting acts 3 Doors Down and Finger Eleven.


Rod Wave - Last Lap Tour comes to Prudential Center in December




Bachman-Turner Overdrive featuring Randy Bachman to Perform Shows in Atlantic City and Carteret




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