Music in Trenton, NJ

Events this Week:

• The Trenton City Museum: Music for a Midsummer Night
  Friday, July 25, 2008 - 7:00 PM
  Venue/Location: Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Trenton, NJ , Phone: (609) 989-3632, Fax: (609) 989-3624
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader Park, Trenton, New Jersey.

  609-989-3632.

  Ellarslie has been a restaurant, ice cream parlor and monkey house.

  Tickets:  Sales limited to 80 patrons.

  Members $15.

  Non-Members $20.

• An Evening of Irish Music at Fonthill Museum: Doylestown, Pa.
  Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 7:00 PM
  Venue/Location: ,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 80 S. Pine St., Doylestown, Pa.  215-345-0210, ext. 123.

  Celtic musician Mark Carroll and his talented family perform traditional Irish jigs, reels and ballads.

  $4. adults; $2. children

  (BCHS members: Adults $2.; children $1.

• Concerts on the Landing:Weekly free concert series: Trenton, N.J.
  Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 12:00 PM
  Venue/Location: Trenton War Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, NJ 08608, Phone: (609) 984-8400,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 1 Memorial Drive, Trenton, New Jersey  609-984-8400

  On the Landing at Patriot's Theater, Trenton, New Jersey.

  Featuring some of the area's best musicians.  Great food from local arae restaurants will also be available for purchase.

  List of performers follows:

  7/8: "Lady D" Posey & Company; 7/15: Donald "Pup" Bolding; 7/22: Tom Tallitsch; 7/29: The Ernie White Band; 8/5: Stein Brothers Quartet; 8/12: The Jon Thompson Duo; 8/19: Sue Giles;

   8/26: Roy Richardson.

   

    

   

• Arts Council of Princeton Outside Concert Series; Princeton Shopping Center, N.J.
  Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Venue/Location: ,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton Shopping Center, Princeton, Nnew Jersey.  609-924-8777.

  Note: Concerts in the Courtyard.

  Note: Free Admission

  6/26: Swingadelic

  7/3: The Blawenburg Band

  7/10: The VooDudes

  7/17: Animus with Dancers

  7/24: The Alice Project

  7/31: Alex and the Kaliedoscope Band

  8/7: KJ Denhert

  8/14: Monday Blues

  8/21: String Fever

  8/28: Frank Vignola

   

• Midsummer Night Music at Ellerslie Museum: Trenton
  Friday, July 25, 2008 - 7:00 PM
  Venue/Location: Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Trenton, NJ , Phone: (609) 989-3632, Fax: (609) 989-3624
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton, New Jersey.  609-989-3632.

  $15 - $20. A Passage Theatre co-production.

  Miche Braden in Concert.  A mix of jazz, blues, and more.

• Music in the Park(Mercer Co. Park): W. Windsor, N.J.
  Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 6:00 PM
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  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: Mercer Co. Park, Near the Ice Rink, W. Windsor. 

  609-989-6559.

  www.mercercounty.org.

• Capital City Market jazz concert: Trenton
  Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 11:00 AM
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  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site:  State Street Commons, East State between Warren and Broad Streets,  Trenton, New Jersey. 609-393-8998

  Outdoor jazz concert, farmer's market and craft fair.

• Kuser Park Summer Sing-Along: Hamilton, N.J.
  Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 6:00 PM
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  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: Kuser Park, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, New Jersey. 

  Information number (609) 890-3630

  Note:  This event will have no rain dates.

  The sing-along will be hosted by Tom Glover Sr. and Tom Glover Jr.

   

• Garden State Soul at Mill Hill Saloon: Trenton
  Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 10:00 PM
  Venue/Location: The Mill Hill Saloon, 300 South Broad Street, Trenton, NJ 08608, Phone: (609) 394-7222,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 300 S. Broad St., Trenton, New Jersey.
  
  Note: Must be at least 21 years to attend.

• Courtyard Concert: The Commons at Grounds for Sculpture: Hamilton
  Friday, July 25, 2008 - 7:30 PM
  Venue/Location: Grounds for Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, NJ 08619, Phone: (609) 586-0616,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site:  18 Fairgrounds Rd., Hamilton, New Jersey.  609-586-0616.

  $8.

  An independent rock band with touches of country and blues.

• Live Music with John and Carm at the Haitian Community Outreach Program: Trenton
  Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 7:00 PM
  Venue/Location: ,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 33 West Front St., Trenton, N.J.  609-921-1710

Links:

• Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra
  28 West State Street
  Suite 202
  Trenton, NJ 08608
  Phone: (609)396-5522 e
  Fax: (609) 394-1394
  

  Founded in 1921, the Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra is New Jersey's oldest professional symphony orchestra producing concerts each season in the city of Trenton and the surrounding communities

• New Jersey Opera Theater
  P.O. Box 3151
  Princeton, NJ 08543
  Phone: (609) 799-7700
  

  
  

• Rackett
  

  Two very distinguished Princeton professors, Paul Muldoon and Nigel Smith, eschew the mundane and turn their mutual love of music into a rock and roll band. The result? Rackett, a rocking six-member band dedicated to, as Smith says, "straight up rock and roll".

• Richardson Auditorium
  Alexander Hall
  Princeton University
  Princeton, NJ 08544
  Phone: (609) 258-5600
  Fax: (609) 258-0004
  

  Richardson Auditorium is Princeton University’s premiere performance venue for a wide variety of events presented by the Department of Music, as well as student and community organizations. Richardson is also home to the annual Princeton University Concerts series, featuring world-class professional musical artists. In addition, the hall is often used for the recording of chamber, orchestral, and solo instrumental and vocal music.

Upcoming Events:

• Kenny Rogers Christmas: State TheatreNJ
  Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 8:00 PM
  Venue/Location: ,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, N.J.

  732-246-SHOW.

  $38. - $150.

  The State Theatre, a premier nonprofit venue for the performing arts and entertainment.

• David Crosby & Graham Nash: State TheatreNJ
  Monday, October 13, 2008 - 8:00 PM
  Venue/Location: ,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

  732-246-SHOW.

  Tickets $39. - $126.

  As a duo, longtime creative partners Crosby and Nash bring out the best in each other. 

• Sounds of the Garden State: Bradford Hayes Quartet: Princeton Library
  Monday, August 11, 2008 - 7:00 PM
  Venue/Location: Princeton Public library, Sands Library Building, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542, Phone: 609-924-9529,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton, New Jersey.  609-924-9529.

  Saxophonist Bradford Hayes brings his quartet to the Princeton Library for an evening of jazz spotlightingsongs from the ensemble's latest recording, "The Jazz Life." A fixture on the regional jazz scene, Hayes's group has performed in clubs, colleges and concert halls, including Birdland, Tavern on the Green and the Beacon Theater.

  He has also been a music educator in the Newark, N.J. public schools for the past 24 years.

• Concerts on the Landing:Weekly free concert series: Trenton, N.J.
  Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 12:00 PM
  Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 12:00 PM
  Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 12:00 PM
  Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 12:00 PM
  Venue/Location: Trenton War Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, NJ 08608, Phone: (609) 984-8400,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 1 Memorial Drive, Trenton, New Jersey  609-984-8400

  On the Landing at Patriot's Theater, Trenton, New Jersey.

  Featuring some of the area's best musicians.  Great food from local arae restaurants will also be available for purchase.

  List of performers follows:

  7/8: "Lady D" Posey & Company; 7/15: Donald "Pup" Bolding; 7/22: Tom Tallitsch; 7/29: The Ernie White Band; 8/5: Stein Brothers Quartet; 8/12: The Jon Thompson Duo; 8/19: Sue Giles;

   8/26: Roy Richardson.

   

    

   

• Arts Council of Princeton Outside Concert Series; Princeton Shopping Center, N.J.
  Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Venue/Location: ,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton Shopping Center, Princeton, Nnew Jersey.  609-924-8777.

  Note: Concerts in the Courtyard.

  Note: Free Admission

  6/26: Swingadelic

  7/3: The Blawenburg Band

  7/10: The VooDudes

  7/17: Animus with Dancers

  7/24: The Alice Project

  7/31: Alex and the Kaliedoscope Band

  8/7: KJ Denhert

  8/14: Monday Blues

  8/21: String Fever

  8/28: Frank Vignola

   

• Music in the Park(Mercer Co. Park): W. Windsor, N.J.
  Saturday, August 2, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Saturday, August 9, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Venue/Location: ,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: Mercer Co. Park, Near the Ice Rink, W. Windsor. 

  609-989-6559.

  www.mercercounty.org.

• Natural Breakdown jam band: Grounds for Sculpture: Hamilton, N.J.
  Friday, August 8, 2008 - 7:30 PM
  Venue/Location: Grounds for Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, NJ 08619, Phone: (609) 586-0616,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 18 Fairgrounds Rd., Hamilton, New Jersey.  609-586-0616

  Rain or shine.

  Note: The lead guitarist/vocalist, Dan Farella will lead a special yoga lesson prior to the performance at 6 p.m (if interested bring your own mat).

  $8 members and $10 nonmembers.

  Tickets at the door only.

• Jay Keller and the Eastside Vibe at Grounds For Sculpture: Hamilton, N.J.
  Friday, August 22, 2008 - 7:30 PM
  Venue/Location: Grounds for Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, NJ 08619, Phone: (609) 586-0616,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 18 Fairgrounds Rd., Hamilton, New Jersey.  609-586-0616.

  $8 members and $10 nonmembers.  Tickets at the door only.

  Rain or shine.

  A danceable blend of R&B, Funk, and Popwith a James Brown and Prince influence. 

• Best of Beethoven at the War Memorial: Trenton
  Friday, October 24, 2008 - 7:30 PM
  Venue/Location: Trenton War Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, NJ 08608, Phone: (609) 984-8400,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, W. Lafayette & Barrack Sts., Trenton, N.J.

  Order by phone on 1-800-255-3476 or 973-624-3713

  Note: Doors open at 6:30 pm

  Additional selections from Beethoven's piano and violin concertos, overtures, and other symphonies  will be offered.

• Capital City Market jazz concert: Trenton
  Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 11:00 AM
  Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 11:00 AM
  Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 11:00 AM
  Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 11:00 AM
  Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 11:00 AM
  Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 11:00 AM
  Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 11:00 AM
  Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 11:00 AM
  Venue/Location: ,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site:  State Street Commons, East State between Warren and Broad Streets,  Trenton, New Jersey. 609-393-8998

  Outdoor jazz concert, farmer's market and craft fair.

• Kuser Park Summer Sing-Along: Hamilton, N.J.
  Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 6:00 PM
  Venue/Location: ,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: Kuser Park, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, New Jersey. 

  Information number (609) 890-3630

  Note:  This event will have no rain dates.

  The sing-along will be hosted by Tom Glover Sr. and Tom Glover Jr.

   

• Garden State Soul at Mill Hill Saloon: Trenton
  Wednesday, August 6, 2008 - 10:00 PM
  Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 10:00 PM
  Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 10:00 PM
  Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 10:00 PM
  Venue/Location: The Mill Hill Saloon, 300 South Broad Street, Trenton, NJ 08608, Phone: (609) 394-7222,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 300 S. Broad St., Trenton, New Jersey.
  
  Note: Must be at least 21 years to attend.

• Peter Nero & Philly Pops present Broadway Showstoppers at Patriots Theater: Trenton
  Saturday, September 27, 2008 - 8:00 PM
  Venue/Location: Trenton War Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, NJ 08608, Phone: (609) 984-8400,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: Patriot Theater at the Downtown Trenton War Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive, Trenton,  N.J.  

   

  Special guestss Anne Runolfsson and Gary Mauer.

  Tickeet prices range from $30 - $75. 800-955-5566 or 609-984-8400.

  Patron Tickets: $150-$200. 609-896-9500, ext. 2215

  Note: Patron Tickets only include a champagne reception with Mr. Nero & guest artists following the concert.

   

   

• Summer Concert Series, NJN Public TV & Radio: Trenton
  Friday, August 29, 2008 - 3:00 PM
  Venue/Location: ,
  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: 25 S. Stocketon St., Trenton, New Jersey.  800-722-6588.

  Call the above number to register for $40.

  This is an in-studio performance and an opportunity to meet the artist.

  Tim Janis has over one million albums sold, four national public tv specials, and ten Billboard Charting CDs, composer Tim Janis has worked with some of the top artists in the music and entertainment business; some are Paul McCartney, Billy Joel and Ray Charles to George Clooney  and James Earl Jones.  

• Romanza (three classically trained tenors): Central Park, Doylestown, Pa.
  Wednesday, August 6, 2008 - 7:00 PM
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  Site: Central Park, 425 Wells Rd., Doylestown, Pa.

  'L'Arte del Tenore'

  Note: Concert WILL STILL BE HELD if inclement weather prevails:  AT the Central Bucks West High School, 375 W. Court St., Doylestown, Downtown, Pa.  For information contact the twp. at 215-348-9915.

  For the outdoor venues, blankets, chairs and picnics are permitted.

  Romanza is the group: Featuring Philip Grant, Todd Jang and Frederik Robert bridging the gap from opera arias through to the musical theater and Canadian Folk tunes.

   

  Note: Piano sponsored by Jacobs Music. 

• Helen Lin (Concert Pianist) Sounds of Summer 2008: Doylestown Chapman Park, Pa.
  Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 7:00 PM
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  Organizer/Sponsor: ,
  

  Site: Chapman Park, Rt. 202 and East Rd., Doylestown, Pa.

  For information on the park, contact the twp. at 215-348-9915.

  Note: Concert WILL STILL BE HELD if there is inclement weather at another location: The Central Bucks West High School, 375 W. Court St., Doylestown Downtown, Pa.

  Concerts are free, open to the public and handicap accessible.  For the outdoor venues, blankets, chairs and picnics are permitted.

  Helen Lin is an award winning and "most captivating" concert pianist.  The range: classical to contemporary.