The Asbury Park Concert Band is once again performing on the Asbury Park boardwalk between Convention Hall and the Robinson Ale House at 7 p.m. Thursdays beginning July 5. The concerts are free. Rain site is the Casino Walkway at the south end of the boardwalk, Asbury and Ocean Avenues. On July 5 it will be a concert featuring […]
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Bruce Springsteen Will Be Special Guest at Asbury Lanes
The reopening of Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park will feature a special appearance by the city’s favorite son, Bruce Springsteen, Mon., June 18. Locally tickets for the event will be distributed to 100 Asbury Park residents who will each have the opportunity to win two free tickets through an online lottery system. Grammy winners Portugal […]
Continue readingGay Men’s Chorus at City Church
The New Jersey Gay Men’s Chorus will perform in concert at Trinity Episcopal Church, 503 Asbury Ave., Asbury Park Sat., May 5. The concert begins at 8 p.m. It will feature a musical time capsule of remembrance and resistance from World War II America. Tickets are $20 in advance and $15 for seniors and students. All […]
Continue readingRoger That! McGuinn returns to MU campus
By TOM CHESEK By the time he and his fellow Byrds flocked out of the West to take up guitars against the Brit invaders of the mid 1960s, he was already a young veteran in granny glasses; a creature of the jug-band hootenanny scene (Chad Mitchell Trio, The Limeliters) who made Dylan and Seeger’s songs […]
Continue readingA SPRINGSTEEN CONFERENCE ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
Clockwise from top left: Gary Cavico and Vini Lopez, Joe Rapolla, and Pat Roddy help Monmouth University mark the 40th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, during a weekend of words, music, and history. (Bruce photo by Michael J. Booth; Rapolla photo by John Posada) By TOM CHESEK From the bins […]
Continue readingJazz Concert at Asbury Park Church
The Church of St. Augustine in Asbury Park is presenting an afternoon jazz concert on Sun., April 8 at 3 p.m. in memory of Gladstone Trott. Numerous musicians are preforming including: Dorian Parreott, saxophone/vocalist; Billy Lawlor, keyboard; tommy La Bella, saxophone; Desi Norman, vibe-pans; Wilbur Wittemann, trumpet/cornet; Stanton Davis, trumpet/flugelhorn and Bobby Boyd, drummer. The church […]
Continue readingArt from Upstage Club Presented at Light of Day Event
By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI A slide show of pictures from the Upstage Club was shown Jan. 13 during a Light of Day Foundation event at the Asbury Park Music Foundation while a variety of bands performer at the venue. Pictures on display showed foundation President James Lenskold and his friends removing historic art work […]
Continue readingIrish Singer Now Calls Jersey Home
By DON STINE In 2007, singer/songwriter Steve Reilly left his native Ireland and came to the United States to pursue the music career he was looking for – and he has been here ever since. “I always wanted to come here, even as a kid I pictured myself living in the states. And playing […]
Continue readingSpringsteen Tickets Up for Auction
The Monmouth County SPCA is holding an auction for two tickets to see the Bruce Springsteen on Broadway show Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. The show is sold out but the SPCA is offering the tickets as a fundraiser. The auction closes Dec. 4 at 7:00 p.m. Bid on a pair of orchestra seats at […]
Continue readingIn Asbury Park: New Partnership to Produce Shows on Boardwalk
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the state’s largest provider of arts programming, will partner with national real estate developer Madison Marquette of Washington, D.C. to produce live performances, arts education and community engagement events on the Asbury Park Boardwalk starting in December. The alliance of NJPAC with Madison Marquette, the company driving the transformative […]
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