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This Week in Music:
Previews for Concerts
January 9-16, 2024

originally published: 01/09/2024

This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts Taking Place January 9-16, 2024

Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from January 9-16, 2024 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas. Click on the title to go to the full preview. Jump to Featured EventsEvent PreviewsEvent Listings.

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FEATURED EVENTS

Friday, January 12, 2024 - State Theatre New Jersey presents EagleMania. (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents EagleMania – The World's Greatest Eagles Tribute Band on Friday, January 12, 2024 at 8:00pm. Tickets range from $25-$49.

Friday, January 12, 2024 - bergenPAC presents Back To The Eighties Show with Jessie's Girl. (ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) presents Back To The Eighties Show with Jessie's Girl on Friday, January 12, 2024 at 8:00pm. Every Saturday night for the last 7 years, crowds of ecstatic fans and newcomers alike have thrown on their best spandex, leg warmers and metal gear, lined up, and come downtown for an all-out celebration at the Back To The Eighties Show. Here's your chance to join the party in Englewood!




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EVENT PREVIEWS

Friday, January 12, 2024 - Scottish Rite Auditorium presents Marshall Charloff & The Purple Xperience. (COLLINGSWOOD, NJ) -- Scottish Rite Auditorium presents Marshall Charloff & The Purple Xperience on Friday, January 12, 2024 at 8:00pm. This is the most celebrated tribute to Prince in the world. The group was co-founded by Marshall and Matt "Doctor" Fink (keyboardist from Prince & The Revolution) in 2011, an era where Prince closely monitored the use of his art. Their vision was to deliver Prince's music on the highest level, played live and untracked by skilled musicians while paying respectful visual homage through costuming and likeness.

Friday, January 12, 2024 - New Jersey Symphony Presents Augustin Hadelich Performing Beethoven's Violin Concerto. (NEWARK, NJ) -- The New Jersey Symphony presents one of the foremost concert violinists in the world, Augustin Hadelich, in three performances with Music Director Xian Zhang conducting. Hadelich performs Friday, January 12, 2024, at 8:00pm in Richardson Auditorium in Princeton; Saturday, January 13, 2024, at 8:00pm at Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank; and Sunday, January 14, 2024, at 3:00pm at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.

Saturday, January 13, 2024 - NJPAC presents Stephanie Mills with The Whispers. (NEWARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) welcomes the return of Stephanie Mills with legendary hitmakers, The Whispers performing in Newark on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 8:00pm. The awe-inspiring Stephanie Mills (original star of The Wiz) performs R&B hits from an illustrious 35-year career in a soul-stirring evening with The Whispers. Part of NJPAC's annual celebration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Saturday, January 13, 2024 - Symphony in C Presents Bruch's Violin Concerto featuring William Hagen. (CAMDEN, NJ) -- New Jersey-based young professionals orchestra Symphony in C presents violinist William Hagen in Bruch's Violin Concerto on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts's Gordon Theater. The concert includes a performance of Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26 in G minor, Beethoven's Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 in B-flat major and Jessie Montgomery's Records from a Vanishing City led by Symphony in C's Music Director, Noam Aviel. Showtime is 8:00pm.

Saturday, January 13, 2024 - Opera Superstar Anthony Roth Costanzo and More with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra in 2024. (PRINCETON, NJ) -- In the new year, Metropolitan Opera star, GRAMMYat Award winner, and Princeton University alum Anthony Roth Costanzo headlines the first concerts of the year for the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO). Performances take place Saturday, January 13 at 8:00pm and Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 4:00pm at Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall at Princeton University.

Saturday, January 13, 2024 - Centenary Stage Company's 2024 Winter Thaw Music Festival. (HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Start the New Year with Centenary Stage Company's Winter Thaw Music Festival. This year, the music festival will feature concert performances by Jumaane Smith on January 13, Reverie Road on January 20, Rosaway on January 27, and Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba on Februrary 3. All performances will begin at 8:00pm in The Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown, NJ.




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Saturday, January 13, 2024 - Centenary Stage Company presents Jumaane Smith. (HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company's Winter Thaw Festival of concerts kicks off 2024 with a performance by Jumaane Smith in his show titled: "Louis! Louis! Louis!" on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 8:00pm. The concert will take place at CSC's Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center (715 Grand Avenue) in Hackettstown, NJ.

EVENT LISTINGS

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 @ 7:30pm - Tuesday Night Record Club - The Eagles’ Hotel California at Monmouth University - The Great Hall, 400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764

Thursday, January 11, 2024 @ 8:00pm - Face 2 Face: A Tribute to Elton John & Billy Joel at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), 100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960

 

Friday, January 12, 2024 @ 7:30pm - Light of Day 24 – TUSK “The World’s #1 Tribute to Fleetwood Mac” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Friday, January 12, 2024 @ 7:30pm - Neil Young and Beyond: An Evening with Hathaway-Siegel at Lizzie Rose Music Room, 217 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, NJ 08087

Friday, January 12, 2024 @ 7:30pm - Pink Talking Fish at The Vogel, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Friday, January 12, 2024 @ 8:00pm - Face 2 Face: A Tribute to Elton John & Billy Joel at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), 100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960

Friday, January 12, 2024 @ 8:00pm - Back to the Eighties Show with Jessie’s Girl at Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), 30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631




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Friday, January 12, 2024 @ 8:00pm - Eaglemania at State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Saturday, January 13, 2024 @ 7:30pm - Coyote Jack Band with Special Guest Lisa Bouchelle at Lizzie Rose Music Room, 217 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, NJ 08087

Saturday, January 13, 2024 @ 8:00pm - New Jersey Symphony presents Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Augustin Hadelich at Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Sunday, January 14, 2024 @ 7:00pm - The Elvis Birthday Bash at Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

FEATURED EVENTS

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Blackberry

Blackberry Smoke: Rattle, Ramble and Roll Tour 2025

Thursday, January 30, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: music

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Sun

Sun Ra Arkestra

Thursday, January 30, 2025 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theatre)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: music

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New

New Jersey Symphony presents Holst's The Planets - An HD Odyssey

Thursday, January 30, 2025 @ 7:30pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: music

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Ty

Ty Mares

Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Lizzie Rose Music Room
217 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, NJ 08087
category: music

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Taylor

Taylor Shines - The Laser Spectacular

Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)
30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
category: music

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EVENT PREVIEWS

Lucrecia

Lucrecia Pays Homage to Former Bergen County Resident and Reigning Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz

"Life is a carnival! It's much more beautiful to live it singing." If you're unfamiliar with my life's mantra, perhaps you’d recognize it if I were instead to say "la vida es un carnaval, es más bello vivir cantando." Now put a salsa beat under it and add the iconic voice of the Queen herself, Celia Cruz. Sound familiar? One would hope.



MPAC

MPAC presents Vitamin String Quartet: The Music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton, and Beyond

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) presents Vitamin String Quartet: The Music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton, and Beyond on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 7:30pm. With over two billion streams, pop-culture inspired instrumentalists Vitamin String Quartet (VSQ) has helped establish classical crossover as a genuine force in contemporary music.



State

State Theatre New Jersey presents Are You Ready For It? A Taylor Experience

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Are Your Ready For It? A Taylor Experience Starring Traci Marie, paying tribute to Taylor Swift's iconic Eras Tour on Friday, February 14, 2025 at 7:00pm. This is a fast paced, energetic, captivating show, that features a live band tribute to the most successful tour in music history.



Springsteen

Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music Announces the Third Annual American Music Honors Recipients

(WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music has announced the honorees of its third annual American Music Honors event, to be held Saturday, April 26, 2025 on the campus of Monmouth University in West Long Branch. The 2025 honorees are: Smokey Robinson, John Fogerty, Emmylou Harris, Tom Morello, and Joe Ely. The event begins at 8:30pm.



Remember

Remember Jones to Be First Performer at Mantoloking Road Playhouse with JONES SINGS JONES!

(BRICK, NJ) -- Remember Jones, Asbury Park native known nationally for his theatrical performances and original music, has been announced as the first artist to play Brick's first live theater, Mantoloking Road Playhouse. Remember Jones will bring his 17-piece big band to present JONES SINGS JONES! on March 21-22, 2025.