Tickets to the following shows are available for free via NJArts.net. Winning entries will be chosen randomly from among those sending emails to njartscontest@gmail.com. Also, please send an email to this address if you are interested in offering tickets for a giveaway.
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FREEDOM WILLIAMS
May 11 will be ’90s Night at The Red Bull Arena in Harrison. In addition to the 7:30 p.m. soccer match between The New York Red Bulls and The New England Revolution, The C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams — best known for their 1990 hit “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” — will perform, along with singer Sybil (“Don’t Make Me Over,” “When I’m Good and Ready”) and the Saved by the ’90s cover band. The music will begin outside the arena at 4 p.m. and continue inside the venue’s CrossBar at 5:30 p.m.
For a chance to win two tickets — good for both the game and the musical entertainment — send an email to njartscontest@gmail.com by 10 a.m. May 9, with “Factory” in the subject line.
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Daveed Goldman, left, and Nobu Adilman of Choir! Choir! Choir!
The duo Choir! Choir! Choir! will present what it is billing as “An Epic Fleetwood Mac Sing-Along” at The Outpost in the Burbs at The First Congregational Church of Montclair, May 10 at 8 p.m. Formed in Toronto in 2011, Choir! Choir! Choir! is made up of Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman, who have led audiences all over the world on singalongs of a wide variety of pop and rock songs. “We teach! You sing!” is their motto.
Check out a video of them, and an enthusiastic audience, performing Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 hit “Don’t Stop,” in 2022, below.
For a chance to win two tickets, send an email to njartscontest@gmail.com by 10 a.m. May 7, with “Choir” in the subject line.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform at Prudential Hall at NJPAC in Newark, May 10-12.
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In an annual Mother’s Day Weekend tradition, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform at Prudential Hall at NJPAC in Newark, May 10-11 at 8 p.m. and May 12 at 3 p.m., with each show including the company’s trademark number, the Ailey-choreographed “Revelations” (1960) — set to blues and gospel music, and spirituals — as well as other pieces.
For a chance to win two tickets to the May 11 show — which also will feature Amy Hall Garner’s “Century” (inspired by her grandfather’s 100th birthday) and Alonzo King’s “Following the Subtle Current Upstream” — send an email to njartscontest@gmail.com by 10 a.m. May 7, with “Ailey” in the subject line.
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