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AC Beer & Music Fest
Atlantic City, NJ
Beardfest
Hammonton, NJ
North to Shore Festival
Held in Atlantic City, Asbury Park, and Newark
Submersion Festival
Hammonton, NJ
Medford Oktoberfest & Music Festival
Medford, NJ
Haddonfield Music Festival
Camden, NJ
Merchantville Music Fest
Merchantville, NJ
MMRBQ
Camden, NJ
XPoNential Festival
Camden, NJ
Barefoot Country
Wildwood, NJ
Boots @ The Beach
North Wildwood, NJ
Cape May Music Festival
Cape May, NJ
Exit Zero Jazz Festival
Cape May, NJ
Lincoln Park Music Festival
Newark, NJ
Montclair Jazz Festival
Montclair, NJ
North to Shore Festival
Held in Atlantic City, Asbury Park, and Newark
Rocktoberfest
Millburn, NJ
Hoboken Arts & Music Festival
Hoboken, NJ
Hudson West Fest
Jersey City, NJ
Jersey City Jazz Festival
Jersey City, NJ
Jersey City Latin Jazz Festival
Jersey City, NJ
Sourland Mountain Festival
Ringoes, NJ
Princeton Porchfest
Princeton, NJ
Hub City Jazz Festival
New Brunswick, NJ
Middlesex County Jazz Festival
Throughout Middlesex County, NJ
New Brunswick Heart Festival
New Brunswick, NJ
New Jersey Folk Festival
New Brunswick, NJ
Asbury Park Porchfest
Asbury Park, NJ
Bayzara Music Festival
Keansburg, NJ
EarthVibes Festival
Farmingdale, NJ
Long Branch Jazz and Blues Festival
Long Branch, NJ
NJ Clearwater Festival of Music and the Environment
Asbury Park, NJ
North to Shore Festival
Held in Atlantic City, Asbury Park, and Newark
Sea.Hear.Now.
Asbury Park, NJ
Dark Force Fest
Parissipany, NJ
Giralda Music & Arts Festival
Madison, NJ
Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival
Morristown, NJ
Rock the Farm Festival
Seaside Heights, NJ
Autumn Lights Festival
West Milford, NJ
Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival
Woodstown, NJ
Central Jersey Jazz Festival
Flemington/Somerville, NJ

Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest
Sussex County Campgrounds, Augusta, NJ
Rock, Ribs and Ridges Festival
Augusta, NJ
Plainfield's Annual House Music Festival for a Cause
Plainfield, NJ
Jazz & Roots Music Festival
Hillside, NJ
Festival in the Borough
Washington, NJ
Rock & Roll Steampunk Fair
Washington, NJ
Steampunk Alchemy
Hackettstown, NJ

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of Punch Brothers at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) on May 14, 2026.

Here is the 2026 New Jersey International Film Festival Short Film Video Panel that features Festival Director Al Nigrin and NJIFF Official Selection filmmakers: Jen Nista, Max Beckerman, David Arrow and Gianfranco and Stefania Bello.

We are always being watched, always being seen, always looking. But where are we? Who are we looking at? What are we seeing? Is it all a dream? Who’s dream is it? ‘Bottom feeders’ are the lowest form of species on the pyramid at the bottom of the deep, dark, and unexplored sea. Sometimes, if you pay attention, ‘bottom feeders’ take shape in the lowest form of human beings at the bottom of the deep, dark, and unexplored subconscious. Bottom Feeder is a black and white experimental film, shot on 16mm film in a square 4x3 format. Vito Trabucco is a Los Angeles based filmmaker, is known for his award-winning films Charlie Christ (2024), Britney Lost Her Phone (2023), and Kevin Can Wait (2020). In Bottom Feeders, Trabucco brings you on a dream-like journey with a woman, the aptly named Pageant (an uncommon name historically associated with theatrical spectacles), who by way of nature, explores her own dream and the meanings behind her visions, both in her head and what she sees. A front door, fractured. A home, for whom? A doll, draped in desire. A sunset, alone but for how long? A reflection, a gaze. A location, unknown

After gathering a sizeable following on YouTube with a series of short comedy skits, Curry Barker used that platform to self-release his feature film debut, 2024's found footage thriller Milk & Serial. Available to watch for free, that movie has racked up over two million views. It's no surprise then that Hollywood knocked on Barker's door, but what is perhaps surprising is how much the Blumhouse-backed Obsession feels like an indie movie rather than a Hollywood production. With an intimate cast and just a handful of locations, you suspect Barker would have made Obsession himself if the House of Blum hadn't thrown money in his direction. Unlike so many other filmmakers who have been rendered soulless by the studio system, Barker has maintained his vision here, and he even casts Milk & Serial's Cooper Tomlinson in a major supporting role.
