Below are listings for free cultural events in New Jersey. They are listed alphabetically and grouped together by county. To request adding something to the list, please email the information to njartsdaily@gmail.com.
ESSEX COUNTY
Newark
Feb. 23: Cheryl Warfield, soprano, with Patricio Molina, piano, presented by Discovery Orchestra at Grace Episcopal Church. “Discover Angelitos Negros” program includes opera excerpts, Hispanic folk music, spirituals and more.
MONMOUTH COUNTY
Bradley Beach
Feb. 7-8: Bradley Beach Jazz Festival at Bradley Beach Elementary School. With Marel Hidalgo Quartet, Nat Adderley Jr. Quartet, Charisa the Violin Diva, Winard Harper & Jeli Posse, CMJ Jazz Band.
Red Bank
Red Bank Chamber Music Society Concerts at Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank.
April 6: Frisson Piano Trio
May 4: Ulysses Quartet
MORRIS COUNTY
Whippany
Feb. 12: Hanover Wind Symphony at Memorial Junior School. “Kaleidoscope” program includes Helen May Butler’s “Cosmopolitan America” (arr. Clarence Barber), Peter Mennin’s “Canzona,” Randall Standridge’s “Winds of Change,” Michael Markowski’s “City Trees,” Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” (arr., Merlin Patterson), Dayla Spencer’s “Burst!”
WARREN COUNTY
Washington
April 26: Rock & Roll Steampunk Fair. With A Halo Called Fred, The Way to the Egress, Dust Bowl Faeries, Durty Rotten Parrots, Puppy Grease.
Sept. 20: Festival in the Borough. Lineup TBA.
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