Hoboken will present free concerts and movies throughout the summer.
Free concerts, movies and family entertainment are coming back to Hoboken this summer. And the annual Fall Arts & Music Festival — during which Hoboken’s main drag, Washington Street, closes down so that artists can display their works and bands can perform — will return on Oct. 3, as well.
Here is the list of free offerings. For more information and updates, visit hobokennj.gov/departments/cultural-affairs.
ON WASHINGTON STREET:
Oct. 3: Fall Arts & Music Festival. Bands TBA.
MONDAY CONCERTS at Southwest Park
June 14: The Fuzzy Lemons
June 21: Gene D. Plumber
June 28: Joe Taino Group
July 12: Melting Pot with George Naha
July 19: Lloyd United
July 26: Ron Albanese (aka Polka Dot)
Aug. 2: Zydeco Revelators
Aug. 9: Elevator Pitch, Brett Altman
Aug. 16: School of Rock
TUESDAY FAMILY FUN NIGHTS at Shipyard Park
June 15: Yosi
June 22: Music Together
June 29: Ron Albanese (aka Polka Dot)
July 6: Music with Corey
July 13: Rockness Music
July 20: The Fuzzy Lemons
July 27: “Birds and Ballads” with Mr. Train and Dave Lambert
Aug. 3: Americana Family Jamboree
Aug. 10: Erin Lee & the Up Past Bedtime Band
Aug. 17: Mr. Magico
THURSDAY CONCERTS in Sinatra Park
June 24: Swingadelic
July 1: “The Sounds of Sinatra” with Tony Corrao and Jerry Pearce
July 8: Krystal
July 17: Hey Bulldog, The Beatles tribute
July 22: Tom Petty tribute by ALEO Productions
July 29: Bob Dylan tribute featuring Swingadelic’s Cheap Guitars, Gene D. Plumber, Kate Jacobs, Elena Skye and Boo Reiners (from The Demolition String Band), Deena Shoshkes and Jon Fried (from The Cucumbers), Jack Skuller, Abbe Rivers, Ed Fogarty, John Bauers, Dave Post, Elevator Pitch and others
Aug. 5: Julio Fernandez & Friends
Aug. 12: Orquesta La Experiencia
Aug. 19: “Hoboken Sings,” co-presented by the Hoboken Historical Museum
MOVIES UNDER THE STARS at Pier A Park
June 16: “Mamma Mia!”
June 23: “Rocketman”
June 30: “Jumanji: The Next Level”
July 7: “Aladdin”
July 14: “West Side Story”
July 21: “Grease”
Aug. 11: “Frozen II”
Aug. 18: “Toy Story”
MOVIES UNDER THE STARS at Jackson Street Park
July 28: “The Lion King”
Aug. 4: “Onward
AT CHURCH SQUARE PARK
Aug. 12: “Twelfth Night,” presented by Hudson Shakespeare
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