The Landis Presents Deaf Leopard: The Ultimate Def Leppard Experience

(VINELAND, NJ) -- The Landis presents Deaf Leopard: The Ultimate Def Leppard Experience on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 10:00pm. They are America’s premier Def Leppard tribute band. They are a family-friendly, multi-media spectacle of sight and sound that is a true tribute to the music and majesty of Def Leppard!

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Mainstage Center for the Arts presents Beatlemania Again

(BLACKWOOD, NJ) – Beatlemania Again will take the Mainstage Center for the Arts audience on a musical journey back in time, featuring over 30 of The Beatles' greatest hits performed live on January 7, 2023 at 7:00pm in the Dennis Flyer Theater (300 College Drive, Blackwood). Beatlemania Again is sponsored by the Republic Bank, the Lamp Post Diner and the Meadows Diner.

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James Dalton's "Asbury Park & Me" to Have US premiere at Stephen Crane's House

(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- If you were to spend several decades of your life playing the popular clubs, portable stages, purposeful rooms, public parks and private porches of the greater Asbury Park circuit, there’s a slight but significant chance that you could get famous. As James Dalton can vouch, there’s a much greater chance that you’ll get stories — the kind of awesome anecdotes and flipped-out folklore that a veteran performer (who also booked, managed, and worked at places that range from the world-renowned Stone Pony to the long-gone Moonrock and El Lobo Negro) can boast as a badge of authenticity.  On the afternoon of Sunday, January 8, 2023, the self-proclaimed “story-teller guy, song man, front man, radio personality, poet, and actor” brings a special presentation, based on a near-lifetime of lived experience, to local lovers and makers of music for the first time.

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Annual What A Wonderful Year Benefit Concerts Take Place December 29-30

(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Telegraph Hill Records and Transparent Clinch Gallery have added a “no ticket required” event at the gallery to the annual What a Wonderful Year (WAWY) festivities on December 29 and 30th. The inaugural What a Wonderful "Cheer" reception is December 29th and will feature interviews with WAWY festival's non-profit beneficiaries, The Asbury Park African-American Music Project (AP-AMP) and The Project Matters (TPM), performances from their alumni and an opportunity to mingle with the sponsors, organizers, and festival performers from 4:30pm to 6:30pm, just prior to the Wonder Bar event.

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Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Make It Happen" by Mike Chick

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Make It Happen" by Asbury Park Yawn Mower legend Mike Chick from "Congarts," his third solo album and second for Mint 400 Records.

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2026 Maplewoodstock Music + Art Festival to Take Place July 11-12

(MAPLEWOOD, NJ) -- Going on 20+ years, the annual, free, two-day Maplewoodstock Music + Art Festival will take place the weekend of July 11-12, 2026, in Memorial Park in Maplewood. The festival features performances by Anders Osborne, Lettuce, Slap Dragon, and Megan Jean's Secret Family. It kicks off with music at noon and ends around 9:30pm each night. As always, it is free and welcomes the entire community.

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Tributes to Chicago, Taylor Swift, Van Morrison, Zac Brown, Elvis, Genesis, and Zach Bryan are coming to The Strand

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Lily Vakili to Celebrate Release of "Live Wire" EP on Wednesday

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Centenary Stage Company presents Double Vision: The Foreigner Experience on May 23rd

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Rising Sun Presents: A Funky Reggae Party on August 1st

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