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Algonquin Arts Theatre's Annual Bash Brings Natural Wonder: The Ultimate Stevie Wonder Experience to the Stage on June 7th

(MANASQUAN, NJ) –- Algonquin Arts Theatre invites the community to its biggest fundraising celebration of the year—Algonquin's Motown Magic Bash—on Saturday, June 7, 2025, featuring two electrifying performances of Natural Wonder: The Ultimate Stevie Wonder Experience.

 
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SOPAC Celebrates: Share the Love - A Fundraiser Celebrating Art, Community & Love

(SOUTH ORANGE, NJ) -- South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) presents SOPAC Celebrates: Share the Love, a fundraising event that features Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legend Darlene Love and celebrates the power of the arts as a medium to inspire, unite, and uplift local and global communities. On June 12, 2025, SOPAC Celebrates: Share the Love honors SOPAC's role as the cultural anchor of South Orange, Maplewood, and beyond, and reaffirms its commitment to presenting world-class performances, providing transformative arts education programming, and facilitating meaningful community connections.

2025 Maplewoodstock Music and Art Festival to Take Place July 12-13

(MAPLEWOOD, NJ) -- The annual, free, two-day Maplewoodstock Music and Art Festival will take place the weekend of July 12-13, 2025. The Festival kicks off with music at noon and ends around 9:30pm each night. Ozomatli from Los Angeles headlines the festival on Sunday night. Boston-based Couch will close out Saturday night, preceded by New York’s The Big Takeover.

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.

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

(SOMERS POINT, NJ) -- Twisted Livin', New Jersey's newest blues-rock contenders, make their performing debut at the Jersey Gumbo Cook Off/Louisiana Music Festival, taking place at The Point Tiki Bar & Restaurant (998 Bay Avenue) in Somers Point on Monday, July 21, 2025.


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Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites... 04/23/2026

April 26, 2009; 17 years to the day this Sunday that "Danny Coleman's Rock On Radio" took to the airwaves on WIFI 1460 AM radio. Can it be that long? The answer is yes it can be and yes it has. 



This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from April 21-27, 2026



BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 4/20/26



Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Once I Wake Up" by Sam Tunkel






 

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Lenny Kaye Announces Debut Solo Album "Goin' Local"

Lenny Kaye has announced his debut solo record, Goin' Local out July 17, 2026 via Yep Roc Records. At 79, the bonafide punk pioneer and "godfather of garage rock" (NPR Music) steps forward with a deeply personal collection written over the course of many years - piecing together a lifetime of experiences and expansive musical language to find his truest voice.


Union County Students Earn Top Honors at International Music Festival; Invited to Perform at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center



Lost Romance Announces Intimate U.K. Solo Acoustic Tour



Makin Waves with Jackson Pines: 'Music Revisited'



Punch Brothers to Kick off 28-City Tour at Mayo Performing Arts Center on May 14th






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