Capturing the Moment is a virtual two-part showcase of seven dance choreographers who have received the highest honor from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts - a Choreography Fellowship. Each evening's program includes performances as well as commentary by the artists and by dance critic Robert Johnson.
Voted “Best Keyboardist of All Time” (Music Radar Magazine), virtuoso musician/composer Jordan Rudess embarks on a solo piano tour that will travel through his fascinating musical journey – how a young Juilliard piano prodigy destined for a Classical music career evolved into a keyboard Rock star phenomenon. The concert will feature the music of Dream Theater and other Rock classics reimagined for the piano.
Nai-Ni Chen is the founder, choreographer and Artistic Director of the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company. Born in Taiwan, she became a renowned traditional dancer and has served on several ambassadorial culture missions to nineteen countries around the world. Through "Awakening," Nai-Ni Chen hopes the dances will speak to viewers and provide a sense of joy and hope for the future.
Join us for Laughs in the Loft, a new SOPAC series featuring stand-up comics from our own backyard and beyond! Laughs in the Loft is every first Wednesday of the month and each event will feature four comedians in an NYC-style showcase. The talent will be announced approximately two weeks prior to each show. Come be part of something exciting, fun and hilarious. You never know who might drop in!
Two celebrated singer-songwriters return together to the SOPAC stage. Lucy Kaplansky is a rare vocal talent, “a truly gifted performer…full of enchanting songs” (The New York Times). Richard Shindell is a writer whose songs paint pictures, tell stories, juxtapose ideas and images, inhabit characters, vividly evoking entire worlds along the way and expanding our sense of just what it is a song can be.
The Afro-Latin Experience, led by Dizzy Gillespie’s long time Bassist, and 2019 Grammy winner, John Lee, guides you through this musical journey, as the ensemble brings to life the driving rhythms, dynamic melodies, and flowing vocals of the Dizzy Gillespie vision of Afro–Latin music.
Join us for Laughs in the Loft, a new SOPAC series featuring stand-up comics from our own backyard and beyond! Laughs in the Loft is every first Wednesday of the month and each event will feature four comedians in an NYC-style showcase. The talent will be announced approximately two weeks prior to each show. Come be part of something exciting, fun and hilarious. You never know who might drop in!
Since their inception, EagleMania has been thrilling audiences all over the country with their stunning five-part harmony and their uncanny ability to emulate the unmistakable sound of The Eagles. You’ll hear The Eagles’ greatest hits, as well as some of the solo work of Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh.
From the signature saxophone solo in "Brown Sugar" to the unforgettable backing vocals in "Gimme Shelter," every last detail has been accounted for by this eight piece band. Classic Stones Live™ performs all of the songs that are staples of any Rolling Stones show in original tunings.
Join us for Laughs in the Loft, a new SOPAC series featuring stand-up comics from our own backyard and beyond! Laughs in the Loft is every first Wednesday of the month and each event will feature four comedians in an NYC-style showcase. The talent will be announced approximately two weeks prior to each show. Come be part of something exciting, fun and hilarious. You never know who might drop in!
Broken Arrow performs the music of Neil Young, featuring both the rockin' electric Crazy Horse tunes and the more acoustic, pedal steel driven Country Rock material. The band delivers these classic songs faithfully while taking them out on some jamming excursions and tastefully tweaking some of the arrangements.
America’s most unique celebration of the music and muse of The Beatles, The Weeklings features former members of Styx, Dave Mason, the original Beatlemania on Broadway, Jon Bon Jovi & The Kings of Suburbia, Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes, Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg’s Jukebox and BeatleFest house band Liverpool. The band performs and records explosive renditions of The Beatles albums and Top 40 classics.
Grammy Award-winning artist Suzanne Vega celebrates her career-spanning live album, An Evening of New York Songs and Stories in an intimate concert from the SOPAC stage.
Melding Rock, Blues, Tex-Mex, Mexican Folk and more Los Lobos scored their first hit with Ritchie Valens' iconic “La Bamba.”
Dubbed “the essential duo,” Russell and Pizzarelli transport audiences to the glory days of Jazz with masterful ease, capturing Holiday’s effortless grace and Sinatra’s cool swagger. World-renowned guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli has been hailed by The Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing Jazz,” while All Music Guide says, “Russell emerged as a retro old school vocalist for the ages.”
Israeli superstar David Broza is considered one of the world’s most dynamic and vibrant performers. He brings together audiences of all cultures, bridging barriers of language and genre through his music. He is joined by Cuban “Trio Havana” with Jorge Bringas, Manuel Alejandro Carro and Yuniel Jiminez as well as special guest and flute virtuoso Itai Kriss. Together they bring a unique interpretation to the full spectrum of Broza’s rich repertoire of hits.
Damien Escobar sits at the intersection of Hip-Hop and Classical music. His classic yet edgy style comes complete with an unstoppable swagger that has helped propel his career from playing the violin in NYC subways to performing for President Barack Obama, Former President George W. Bush, the royal family of Dubai, Oprah Winfrey and many more.
America’s pre-eminent Pink Floyd tribute band, The Machine, is coming to SOPAC for back-to-back nights featuring two classic albums that will be played in their entirety. Hear The Wall on Friday, October 8 and then hear Greatest Hits & Obscurities on Saturday, October 9.
Since appearing in the blockbuster film Titanic (where they performed “Irish Party in Third Class”), Gaelic Storm has become a world-class genre-bending Irish Rock band mixing Celtic traditions with something uniquely creative.
Kindred The Family Soul, also referred to as Kindred, is simply Aja Graydon and Fatin Dantzler; artists, songwriters, lovers, family. They are an American R&B, Soul and Neo Soul duo that emerged from the Philadelphia movement that also includes Jill Scott, who discovered them while the couple was performing at the Black Lily Film & Music Festival.
A multi-platinum selling recording artist and seven-time Grammy Award nominee, Joan Osborne is a soulful vocalist who has performed alongside many notable artists including Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Luciano Pavarotti, Emmylou Harris and Mavis Staples, to name a few.
The THE BAND Band’s spectacular Last Waltz Celebration revisits that 1976 Thanksgiving evening that has become embedded in the heart of the Rock and Roll lexicon. Re-creating the stage of The Last Waltz, The THE BAND Band acts as backing band for the myriad of talented guest artists representing some of the special guest performances from that night: Eric Clapton’s “Further On Up the Road,” Ronnie Hawkins’ “Who Do You Love,” Van Morrison’s “Caravan” and many more.
Richie Furay performs his ONLY “Farewell” show at this rescheduled concert since his farewell tour had been canceled due to the Covid-19 Virus. He’ll be playing songs from his catalog of classic POCO, Buffalo Springfield, Souther-Hillman-Furay and some new music from his 2021 studio album release of country classic songs by other artists. Come celebrate Richie’s retirement from headline touring at SOPAC.
Rock-and-Roll Hall Of Fame Drummer and South Orange native Max Weinberg brings his interactive concert experience to the SOPAC stage! A truly interactive experience, Weinberg asks the audience to create the set list, in real-time, that he and his band will play that night! You choose songs from the glory days of Rock and Roll that you select from a video menu of over 200 songs—everything from the Beatles to the Stones to Bruce and The E Street Band’s biggest hits—and hear the group play them the way you want to hear them played!
New Orleans-born Aaron Neville brings his unmistakable sound, heard in classic ballads like “Tell It Like It Is” and “Don’t Know Much” – his hit duo with Linda Ronstadt – to the intimate SOPAC stage in an evening of sublime artistry. Slipping easily from Funky to R&B and Soul, Aaron Neville is surely one of the most distinctive vocal stylists of all time.
KT Tunstall broke into the public eye in 2004 with "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree.” She's had much success since, picking up three nominations before winning a BRIT Award and a Grammy Award nomination. She is also the recipient of an Ivor Novello Award for her self-penned hit “Suddenly I See."
Grammy Award-winning drummer, producer, educator, activist, 2019 Doris Duke Award recipient and 2020 NEA Jazz Masters Fellow Terri Lyne Carrington, and her band Social Science, boldly confront social justice issues with their "gritty and politically charged hybrid of Jazz, Rock, Rap and R&B" (The Sydney Morning Herald).
Celebrating more than 35 years of music making, Cherish the Ladies continues to delight audiences with its beautiful vocals, captivating arrangements and stunning step dancing. You’ll delight in the special Christmas music that embodies the beauty of the season - Celtic style!
The Moth is dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling and has presented more than 35,000 stories, told live and without notes, by people from all walks of life to standing-room-only crowds worldwide.