The Rockit Live Foundation is New Jersey’s leading rock band program for young musicians, ages 8-18. Rockit, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, helps nurture, inspire and enrich the lives of young musicians through live music education partnered with the Count Basie Theatre in the heart of Red Bank New Jersey. Rockit also provides professional development and music scholarships while emphasizing the importance of community charity efforts. Rockit Advisory Board members, Maureen and Steven Van Zandt, Carmine Appice, Eddie Brigati, Jacquie Lee and Rich Russo lend their talent and support to a cause they keep close to their hearts. Rockit alumni having gone on to tour with Steve Vai, perform with Keith Urban, sing on Broadway and become finalists on The X-Factor and NBC’s The Voice.
Doors 5pm / Show 6pm
Special Guest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Ricky Byrd
The Rockit Live Foundation is New Jersey’s leading rock band program for young musicians, ages 8-18. Rockit, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, helps nurture, inspire and enrich the lives of young musicians through live music education partnered with the Count Basie Theatre in the heart of Red Bank New Jersey. Rockit also provides professional development and music scholarships while emphasizing the importance of community charity efforts. Rockit Advisory Board members, Maureen and Steven Van Zandt, Carmine Appice, Eddie Brigati, Jacquie Lee and Rich Russo lend their talent and support to a cause they keep close to their hearts. Rockit alumni having gone on to tour with Steve Vai, perform with Keith Urban, sing on Broadway and become finalists on The X-Factor and NBC’s The Voice.
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Tuesdays at 7 is time for you to shine! Cafe Artiste is the best place for any artist, young or old to perform some new talent. Sign up online for the ability to sing, perform a song, and show off your writing expertise.
Not ready to show off your skills? Come back next week, they do it every tuesday!
The Bob DelRosso Band returns Saturday, March 10, for another night of booze and blues at Nip-N-Tuck Bar & Grill in Long Branch.
Please join us for some delicious food, refreshing beverages, and of course musical entertainment by The Bob DelRosso Band (and possibly a guest or two). Music starts at 9:30 pm. See you there!
The Bob DelRosso Band is:
Bob DelRosso – guitar, vocals
Alan Lefton – bass, vocals
Glenn Johnson – drums
With multiple events going on, our Downtown Freehold Irish Week definitely brings people out of the cold winter blues and into the feeling that Spring is right around the corner!
Freehold Borough Arts Council’s 7th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade! Presented by the Freehold Borough Arts Council, the Ancient Order of Hibernians Div. 16, the Freehold Elks, and DowntownFreehold.com.
Sunday, March 11 at 12 PM – 2:30 PM
– Assemblage at McLean Street starting at 12:00 pm
– Parade Kick Off at 1:00 p.m.
The new parade route this year is packed with tons of fun and Irish tradition, as participants will march from McLean Street to the Elk’s Lodge. Thank you Freehold Borough Arts Council and the Ancient Order of Hibernians Div 16 for making this all possible. The parade will assemble at McLean Street starting at noon and the parade kicks-off at 1:00pm!
Trophies for the Best Dressed Baby, Best Dressed Dog, Best Dressed Adult, Best Decorated Bike, and Best Decorated Motorcycle at the end of the Parade at the Elks!
Please Park in Borough and other Public Parking Lots. Please do not park in private lots.
After Party at the Freehold Elk’s Lodge 1454 featuring Joe Baracata Band!
Twenty years after they began releasing records as the Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have politely declined the opportunity to slow down with age. Their latest release, Beauty Queen Sister, has secured their spot as one of the most legendary musical acts of this generation. Come out and see an amazing show!
Come see your favorite 90’s artists performing all of your favorite 90’s hits! Performances include La Bouche (Be My Lover, Sweet Dreams, Falling in Love), Rob Base (It Takes Two), Mad Stuntman (I Like to Move It), and Lucas Prata (And She Said, Ma Ya Hi- Numa Numa Song). General admission and VIP options available!
ROCKIT: Rockit Academy, The Count Basie Theatre’s resident rock and roll performance program, is helmed by the Rockit Live Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Rockit! runs four, seven-week programs per year, where kids aged 8-18 learn a specific repertoire of songs, supplemented with individual instruction. At the conclusion of their session, as many as sixty young musicians form separate groups to perform live on the Basie’s historic Asbury Park Press stage.
Rockin’ Road to Dublin returns to Pollak Theatre in 2018 by popular demand! Created by the 2009 World Champion of Irish Dance Scott Doherty (Riverdance & Lord of the Dance) and worldwide touring Irish musician Chris Smith, Rockin’ Road is the new generation of Irish music and dance. RRTD is a breathtaking display of classic Irish tunes accented by rock ‘n’ roll riffs, electrifying dancers and a dynamic light show. Enjoy the thrilling sights and sounds as daring performers execute rapid-fire leaps, twirls and footwork, and nimble fiddlers square off with driving electric guitar chords and pulse-pounding drum beats.
Joe D’Urso and Joe Rapolla return to Monmouth University with their Songwriters by the Sea series for an evening of relaxed and inspired round-robins. This is a rare opportunity to see and hear a unique collection of very special guest artists that in the past has included, Marshall Crenshaw, Allison Moorer, Garland Jeffreys, Joe Grushecky, John Eddie, Willie Nile and many others, in an intimate and interactive forum. What started out as a coffee shop show for area songwriters to casually perform with other writers and is now a main feature of the Light of Day Festival in Asbury Park, has quickly evolved into an international series featuring some of the top songwriters in music today.
Hooray for Hollywood! Come enjoy an afternoon of effervescent melodies from the silver screen originally performed by such iconic Hollywood figures as Fred Astaire, Ethel Waters, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, the Marx Brothers, Shirley Temple, and even Cary Grant. Dan Levinson’s Gotham SophistiCats with vocalist Molly Ryan will serve up a hot plate of delectable cinematic fare and have you dancing in the aisles. So pick yourself up, shake the blues away, put on the ritz, step out with your baby, and let yourself go – you’ll be carrying moonbeams home in a jar!
A great night of Comedy at a new Jerzee Comedy Venue, Volume Cafe in Washington Twp, NJ. A short drive from AC or Philly, this venue is centrally located and has good food and wine available. Also allows BYOB and has free parking. And we start at this new venue with a hilarious line-up with Headliner “Lump” Hamilton, AC Weekly Comedian of the year for 2 straight years Michelle Tomko, Radio Host and voice over actor Andy Julia, and 3 award winning comics, Lynne Emonds who will be your host, Jeff Roser and John Harris. This show is going to be a blast.