Aug
1
Thu
JOHN BUTLER TRIO WITH TREVOR HALL @ The Stone Pony
Aug 1 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

John Butler Trio with special guest Trevor Hall
Tickets: $35 and up in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $42 at the doo

Aug
2
Fri
Ben Folds & Violent Femmes @ The Stone Pony
Aug 2 @ 5:30 pm – 10:04 pm

Tickets: $39.50 and up in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $55 at the door

Aug
4
Sun
Rebelution @ The Stone Pony
Aug 4 @ 5:00 pm – Aug 5 @ 10:00 pm

Good Vibes Summer Tour 2019
with Protoje, Collie Buddz & DJ Mackle
Fourteen years into an effervescent career, California reggae band and touring juggernaut Rebelution remains abundantly creative. Its members (singer/guitarist/lyricist Eric Rachmany, keyboardist Rory Carey, drummer Wesley Finley, and bassist Marley D. Williams) are as focused and committed as they are easygoing and laid-back. And they haven’t lost a step since Falling Into Place, their 2016 studio album, became the band’s fourth release to top the Billboard reggae chart, earning them their first ever Grammy nomination in the category of Best Reggae Album. Ever expanding and reaching wider audiences, the Rebelution phenomenon continues to spread good vibes on tour, and in the studio.
Free Rein, their sixth studio album, while still rooted in the Jamaican inspiration that Rebelution’s songs and sounds have always paid homage to, takes experimental leaps and new adventures too, welcoming old fans and new audiences alike. The musicians collaborated with Jamaican artists on three of the 12 new tracks. Don Corleon (Sean Paul, Rihanna) produced “Rise On Top,” a pointed reflection on celebrity and ambition; and Winta James, producer for Damian Marley and Chronixx, worked with the band on “Settle Down Easy” and “City Life,” two songs that reflect a more confessional perspective.
“Celebrate,” the new album’s opening track, nods to the classic Rebelution sound. It has special meaning for the band too. In their long months on the road they’ve met fans with health struggles who’ve said that their music has helped them get through tough times. An energizing shout-out to one and all, the song celebrates the oneness of artist and audience.
“Patience,” a reggae-R&B hybrid, is another hymn to human connection, a haunting message from the well of romantic love: “Maybe isn’t good enough / I’m patient, I ain’t giving up…Can I be your everything and more?”
Other tracks take a wider perspective. “City Life” is one that hits home for Rachmany. “There are moments,” he says, speaking for urban dwellers everywhere, “when I just want to get out and find some solitude and find the beauty of mother nature.” The uptempo groove conveys the positive energy of this universal desire.
The band remains in touch with the traditions that it builds on. Much of the style, the songwriting, and the quality of the instrumentals derive from Jamaican roots, says Rachmany, stressing what an honor it is that producers from reggae’s birthplace signed on to work with Rebelution.
But every great band is its own life force as well, and the musicians of Rebelution take inspiration from other genres, including soul, r&b, and folk. “A lot of this album has to do with being comfortable in your own skin,” the singer notes. In “Take On Anything,” for example, “what I’m trying to get across is that it’s OK to be different, different is actually a beautiful thing — if you’re comfortable in your own skin every single day then you really can take on anything.”
Manifesting the singer’s love for acoustic guitar are two quieter numbers, one of which, “Healing,” takes the long view: “I wrote that song to remind people that life is always worth living, and to provide some healing energy to a person listening.” Again, always making that connection with the audience.
Rebelution formed in Isla Vista in 2004 when a group of college friends discovered a mutual love for reggae. After their debut album Courage to Grow reached #4 on the Billboard reggae chart, there was no stopping them. Many more releases followed, and in 2012 Peace of Mind debuted at #13 on the Billboard Top 200, hit #1 on both the Reggae and Independent charts, and was the #4 iTunes album overall. 2014’s Count Me In made an even bigger splash than its predecessor, entering the Reggae chart at #1 and the Billboard overall chart at #14. Then came the Grammy-nominated album Falling Into Place and the Rebelution concert experience, Live At Red Rocks.
With Free Rein, Rebelution is poised to continue spreading the joy. The band boasts an impressive 85 million spins on their Top 5 Spotify tracks alone, and will continue playing sold-out shows as well as taking the coveted headlining slots at some of the nation’s top festivals this year. Additionally, Rebelution continues to transcend the world of music and break barriers with their entrepreneurial prowess. They recently launched their own four-night destination event on the beach in Jamaica and released their customized cannabis oil battery pen, herb vaporizer, and oil, which are currently available in select dispensaries in California, Colorado, Nevada, and Oregon. The journey rolls on.

Aug
5
Mon
Lou Gramm @ Music Pier
Aug 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Lou Gramm @ Music Pier

The Original Voice of Foreigner with Asia Featuring John Payne at the Ocean City Music Pier Tickets $59/$75/$89. For more information and to purchase tickets go to www.ticketmaster.com or call 1-866-448-7849

Aug
6
Tue
Broadway Musical Disney’s NEWSIES presented by the Ocean City POPS and Ocean City Theatre Company @ William & Nancy Hughes Performing Arts Center
Aug 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Broadway Musical Disney’s NEWSIES presented by the Ocean City POPS and Ocean City Theatre Company @ William & Nancy Hughes Performing Arts Center

Setin turn-of-the century New York City, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged “newsies.” When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what’s right! Based on the 1992 motion picture and inspired by a true story, Newsies features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken (Little Shop of HorrorsSister Act) and Jack Feldman and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein (Kinky Boots). Featuring the now classic songs “Carrying the Banner,” “Seize the Day,” and “Santa Fe,” Newsies is packed with non-stop thrills and a timeless message, perfect for the whole family and every audience. August 6, 7 and 9 at 7:30 PM, August 8 at 2:00 PM. Hughes Performing Arts Center. Tickets will go on sale February 1, 2019. Call 609-399-6111 or visit oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice

Aug
9
Fri
Papa Roach And Asking Alexandria @ The Stone Pony
Aug 9 @ 4:30 pm

Papa Roach and Asking Alexandria on The Stone Pony Summer Stage
with Bad Wolf and more
Tickets: $42.50 and up in advance (plus applicable surcharges)
Alternative rock quartet Papa Roach will bring their summer 2019 headlining run, the Who Do You Trust? Tour,with Asking Alexandria and Bad Wolves to The Stone Pony Summer Stage on August 9, 2019. The tour will also have an area date at Philadelphia’s Metropolitan Opera House on August 7th.
The tour announcement follows Papa Roach’s recent news that their highly anticipated tenth studio album, Who Do You Trust?, will be released January 18, 2019 and is available to pre-order now HERE. The 12-track anthemic album features emotionally-charged lyrics with catchy hooks on lead track, “Who Do You Trust?” and heavy rhythmic guitars on “Renegade Music.” You’ll find melodic tunes on “Not The Only One” and a return-to-frontman Jacoby Shaddix’s MC roots on “Elevate.” The album is produced by Nick “RAS” Furlong and Colin Cunningham. The track “Top Of The World” is produced by Jason Evigan.

Aug
10
Sat
Main Avenue Galleria Sips and Serendipity
Aug 10 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Main Avenue Galleria Sips and Serendipity

Join artist, Norma Tolliver, for a unique guided painting experience! This 3-hour workshop is a casual, social event where you can relax, enjoy your favorite beverage, and tap into your inner Van Gogh as you paint the featured painting for the evening on a pre-sketched 16” x 20” canvas.

Class Session & Students
Sips & Serendipity Workshops are offered every Saturday evening for ages 21+.

Class Fee & Materials
Workshop Fee: $40; You supply your refreshment and we supply everything else.

Dark Star Orchestra @ The Stone Pony
Aug 10 @ 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Recreating Grateful Dead’s 7-9-89 Giants Stadium show
Tickets: $32.50 and up in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $40 at the door

Let’s Hang On- A Tribute To Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons @ Strand Center for the Arts
Aug 10 @ 8:00 pm

James D’Amico Productions Presents

Performing to sold out audiences nation wide, Let’s Hang On! has established itself as the premiere tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Capturing that iconic sound with crisp harmonies and sleek choreography you are sure to take a trip down memory lane with some of the best music from the 1960’s. Proudly dubbed America’s #1 Frankie Valli tribute show, if you liked “Jersey Boys” you will love Let’s Hang On!

Aug
15
Thu
THE WAILERS’ JULIAN JUNIOR MARVIN @ The Stone Pony
Aug 15 @ 7:00 pm
Aug
17
Sat
SAVES THE DAY/JOYCE MANOR @ The Stone Pony
Aug 17 @ 7:00 pm
Aug
22
Thu
Squeeze @ The Stone Pony
Aug 22 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Squeeze – The Squeeze Songbook Tour
Tickets: $44.50 and up in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $52.50 at the door

Aug
24
Sat
Game Grumps Live @ The Stone Pony
Aug 24 @ 6:00 pm – 10:15 pm

The Final Party with Game Grumps is here! Join us on this very special summer tour with Arin and Danny as we retire the present live format. The guys will be playing games, making jokes and having a blast in front of a live audience! You will not want to miss this!
Tickets: $39.50 & up in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $49.50 at the gate

Aug
25
Sun
Drawing cone flowers with colored pencils @ 57 Main avenue, Ocean grove, Monmouth County, New Jersey 07756
Aug 25 @ 12:45 pm – 2:45 pm
Drawing cone flowers with colored pencils @ 57 Main avenue, Ocean grove, Monmouth County, New Jersey 07756

Join artist, Irina Steinberg, for a one day workshop where you will learn the fundamentals of drawing beautiful Cone Flowers with colored pencils using a step-by-step approach. Just perfect for both the beginner and intermediate drawing student.

Class Session & Students
Open to students age 12 to adult. Limited to 6 students.
Class Fee & Materials
Class fee is $35 per student, includes all materials.

Aug
30
Fri
Umphrey’s McGee @ The Stone Pony
Aug 30 @ 5:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Umphrey’s McGee
with Big Something

Tickets: $27.50 and up in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $35 at the door
The music of Umphrey’s McGee unfolds like an unpredictable conversation between longtime friends. Its sixparticipants—Brendan Bayliss [guitar, vocals], Jake Cinninger [guitar, vocals], Joel Cummins [keyboards, piano, vocals], Andy Farag [percussion], Kris Myers [drums, vocals], and Ryan Stasik [bass]—know just how to communicate with each other on stage and in the studio. A call of progressive guitar wizardry might elicit a response of soft acoustic balladry, or a funk groove could be answered by explosive percussion. At any moment, heavy guitars can give way to heavier blues as the boys uncover the elusive nexus between jaw-dropping instrumental virtuosity and airtight song craft.

Aug
31
Sat
The Stranger (Billy Joel Tribute) @ House of Independents
Aug 31 @ 6:30 pm
Sep
13
Fri
Nice Work If You Can Get It @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Sep 13 @ 8:00 pm

A new take on a classic 1920s musical farce – it’s the tale of Jimmy Winter, a wealthy and carefree playboy living the good life in the midst of Prohibition. Jimmy has an unfortunate habit of marrying chorus girls, until he’s forced to marry a woman of substance – Eileen Evergreen, the finest interpreter of modern dance in the world. On the weekend of their nuptials, Jimmy meets Billie Bendix, a tough-as-nails bootlegger who has inadvertently stashed 400 cases of gin in Jimmy’s basement. Knocked out by this one-of-a-kind woman, Jimmy must deal with his high strung fiancée and an assortment of bootleggers, prohibitionists, G-Men and chorus girls, as well as one very moralistic senator….all to the tunes of George and Ira Gershwin.

Sep
14
Sat
Nice Work If You Can Get It @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Sep 14 @ 8:00 pm

A new take on a classic 1920s musical farce – it’s the tale of Jimmy Winter, a wealthy and carefree playboy living the good life in the midst of Prohibition. Jimmy has an unfortunate habit of marrying chorus girls, until he’s forced to marry a woman of substance – Eileen Evergreen, the finest interpreter of modern dance in the world. On the weekend of their nuptials, Jimmy meets Billie Bendix, a tough-as-nails bootlegger who has inadvertently stashed 400 cases of gin in Jimmy’s basement. Knocked out by this one-of-a-kind woman, Jimmy must deal with his high strung fiancée and an assortment of bootleggers, prohibitionists, G-Men and chorus girls, as well as one very moralistic senator….all to the tunes of George and Ira Gershwin.

Sep
15
Sun
Nice Work If You Can Get It @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Sep 15 @ 8:00 pm

A new take on a classic 1920s musical farce – it’s the tale of Jimmy Winter, a wealthy and carefree playboy living the good life in the midst of Prohibition. Jimmy has an unfortunate habit of marrying chorus girls, until he’s forced to marry a woman of substance – Eileen Evergreen, the finest interpreter of modern dance in the world. On the weekend of their nuptials, Jimmy meets Billie Bendix, a tough-as-nails bootlegger who has inadvertently stashed 400 cases of gin in Jimmy’s basement. Knocked out by this one-of-a-kind woman, Jimmy must deal with his high strung fiancée and an assortment of bootleggers, prohibitionists, G-Men and chorus girls, as well as one very moralistic senator….all to the tunes of George and Ira Gershwin.

Sep
20
Fri
Nice Work If You Can Get It @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Sep 20 @ 8:00 pm

A new take on a classic 1920s musical farce – it’s the tale of Jimmy Winter, a wealthy and carefree playboy living the good life in the midst of Prohibition. Jimmy has an unfortunate habit of marrying chorus girls, until he’s forced to marry a woman of substance – Eileen Evergreen, the finest interpreter of modern dance in the world. On the weekend of their nuptials, Jimmy meets Billie Bendix, a tough-as-nails bootlegger who has inadvertently stashed 400 cases of gin in Jimmy’s basement. Knocked out by this one-of-a-kind woman, Jimmy must deal with his high strung fiancée and an assortment of bootleggers, prohibitionists, G-Men and chorus girls, as well as one very moralistic senator….all to the tunes of George and Ira Gershwin.

Sep
21
Sat
Nice Work If You Can Get It @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Sep 21 @ 8:00 pm

A new take on a classic 1920s musical farce – it’s the tale of Jimmy Winter, a wealthy and carefree playboy living the good life in the midst of Prohibition. Jimmy has an unfortunate habit of marrying chorus girls, until he’s forced to marry a woman of substance – Eileen Evergreen, the finest interpreter of modern dance in the world. On the weekend of their nuptials, Jimmy meets Billie Bendix, a tough-as-nails bootlegger who has inadvertently stashed 400 cases of gin in Jimmy’s basement. Knocked out by this one-of-a-kind woman, Jimmy must deal with his high strung fiancée and an assortment of bootleggers, prohibitionists, G-Men and chorus girls, as well as one very moralistic senator….all to the tunes of George and Ira Gershwin.

Sep
22
Sun
Nice Work If You Can Get It @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Sep 22 @ 8:00 pm

A new take on a classic 1920s musical farce – it’s the tale of Jimmy Winter, a wealthy and carefree playboy living the good life in the midst of Prohibition. Jimmy has an unfortunate habit of marrying chorus girls, until he’s forced to marry a woman of substance – Eileen Evergreen, the finest interpreter of modern dance in the world. On the weekend of their nuptials, Jimmy meets Billie Bendix, a tough-as-nails bootlegger who has inadvertently stashed 400 cases of gin in Jimmy’s basement. Knocked out by this one-of-a-kind woman, Jimmy must deal with his high strung fiancée and an assortment of bootleggers, prohibitionists, G-Men and chorus girls, as well as one very moralistic senator….all to the tunes of George and Ira Gershwin.

Oct
5
Sat
Fiber Arts Festival @ Mill Hill Park
Oct 5 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Join BSB Gallery, along with the Trenton Downtown Association on Saturday, October 5th from 11am to 5pm (rain date October 6th) to participate in a live yarn bombing in Mill Hill Park in Trenton. There will be fiber artists, food vendors, children’s activities and live music. The Fiber Arts Festival is meant to highlight and connect knit & stitch/fiber communities and involve the public in this vibrant art form.

The Fiber Arts Festival Trenton

BSB Gallery is proud to present The Fiber Arts Festival, a celebration of all creative avenues for fiber based arts in one massive public yarn bombing. Join BSB Gallery in conjunction with the Trenton Downtown Association, Saturday, October 5th 11am-5pm (rain date: Sunday, October 6th, 11am-5pm) to participate in a live yarn bombing in Mill Hill Park, alongside individuals of all skill levels, food and craft vendors, children's activities, and live local music. For more information or to sign up for a tree check out the link below! https://www.bsbgallery.com/the-fiber-arts-festival

Posted by BSB Gallery on Thursday, September 12, 2019

Nov
15
Fri
Phoenix Productions presents Mamma Mia @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Nov 15 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

ABBA’s hits tell the hilarious story of a young woman’s search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago.

 

Nov
16
Sat
Mamma Mia! @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Nov 16 @ 8:00 pm

ABBA’s hits tell the hilarious story of a young woman’s search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago.

The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, creating an unforgettable show. A large cast, non-stop laughs and explosive dance numbers combine to make Mamma Mia! a guaranteed smash hit for any theatre. A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget!

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