bergenPAC presents WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW: The Bacharach Songbook Live featuring Todd Rundgren and Rob Shirakbari

(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW: The Burt Bacharach Songbook Live in Concert comes to Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) on Friday, April 11, 2025 at 8:00pm. The show is dedicated to honoring the award-winning music of songwriting icon Burt Bacharach and features Todd Rundgren and Rob Shirakbari.

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Bergen Professor Makes a Musical Call to Urgency on Climate Change for Earth Day

(PARAMUS, NJ) -- Bergen Community College music professor and songwriter/performer Dan Sheehan brings a special presentation of his project The Seas Are Rising: Stories of a Climate in Crisis to Bergen's Paramus campus on Monday, April 21, 2025 as part of the college’s Earth Week celebrations.

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North Jersey Blues Society to hold Annual Blues Competition at The Stanhope House

(STANHOPE, NJ) -- The North Jersey Blues Society presents its Annual Blues Competition on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at The Stanhope House. This lively event will showcase the incredible talents of local musicians in two categories: Band and Solo/Duo. Doors open at noon.

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Grunin Center presents Contemporary Folk and Americana Icon Vance Gilbert

(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- The Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College continues its thrilling spring season with a special performance by acclaimed singer-songwriter Vance Gilbert on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 7:00pm. The concert takes place in the Prima Studio Theatre (Building #12).

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Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...5/1/25

"Marcia Ball, Terence Simien, Southern Avenue," began Crawfish Festival founder and organizer Michael Arnone (Pronounced Ar-known-e) as he didn't even scratch the surface of the line-up for this year's May 30, through June 1 "32nd Annual Crawfish Festival" being held at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, NJ.

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2025 Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival Announces Lineup

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty has announced the line-up for this year's free annual Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival. It will be held on Saturday, August 16; on the Green. The music begins at noon and runs until 10:00pm. As it has for the past three years, the Festival will honor two of its founders, Linda Smith and Michael Fabrizio, who both sadly passed away in June 2021.

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Twisted Livin' to Perform at Jersey Gumbo Cook Off / Louisiana Music Festival

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White Eagle Hall hosts Jersey Fest on May 17th

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The Newton Theatre presents FJ - A Tribute to Foreigner & Journey

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Split Level Concerts Announces 2025-26 Season

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