“…the South Orange Performing Arts Center’s spectacular sound design rendered the material nearly sumptuous…” -Rolling Stone Magazine
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is synonymous with genre-bending romps and high-octane performances while New Orleans brass band-meets-Mardi Gras Indian outfit, Cha Wa radiates the fiery energy of the city’s street culture.
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Rising young Jazz artists, under the leadership of Wynton Marsalis, will play selections from Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and Dave Brubeck.
Get your groove on at the Jazz & Blues in the Loft concert series. Hear world-class artists from the region in the cabaret-style setting of the SOPAC Loft. Cash bar available.
A Rock 'N Roll lifer, James Maddock has been carving his unique path since the 1980s, when the British-born singer-songwriter kicked off his career with a raw, soulful voice; a storyteller's sense of narrative; and the ability to blur the lines between Folk, Classic Pop, and Rock.
A worldwide sensation, The High Kings are four extraordinary Irish Folk singers who celebrate the joy of traditional Celtic ballads and bring to brilliant life their own original songs.
Experience the groundbreaking fusion of traditional Scottish music and Rock/Pop anthems that the Red Hot Chilli Pipers proudly call “Bag-Rock.”
This native New Orleans Roots Rock group serves up an irresistible blend of Folk, swamp Pop, New Orleans Rhythm & Blues, Louisiana Blues, Country, Cajun/Zydeco, Funk, Soul and Gospel with harmonies that always deliver.
Alexis Morrast is a two-time winner of Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, NY and has performed with top-flight musicians on stages around the world.
This acclaimed ensemble will play Dvorak’s “American,” Webern’s “Langsamer Satz,” Caroline Shaw’s “Entr’acte” and a Quartet from Beethoven’s Op. 18.
Get your groove on at the Jazz & Blues in the Loft concert series. Hear world-class artists from the region in the cabaret-style setting of the SOPAC Loft. Cash bar available.
Del & Dawg celebrates the nearly 50-year Bluegrass friendship that these two legendary musicians share.
An award-winning musician who tells his truth through song, Ellis Paul is more than a Folk singer - he is a modern troubadour who chronicles the lives of the ordinary and makes them extraordinary.
Get your groove on at the Jazz & Blues in the Loft concert series. Hear world-class artists from the region in the cabaret-style setting of the SOPAC Loft. Cash bar available.
Seton Hall Alumni Jazz is a marvelously entertaining ensemble of highly talented and passionate young Jazz artists who are led by Hanniel Dossous, pianist, and Steve Smith, guitarist.
Melding Rock, Blues, Tex-Mex, Mexican Folk and more Los Lobos scored their first hit with Ritchie Valens iconic “La Bamba.”
Cyrille Aimée brings a jazzy fresh take to the lovely complexities of the legendary composer’s musical theatre masterpieces, and makes them sparkle anew.
Lucy Kaplansky is a rare vocal talent, “a truly gifted performer…full of enchanting songs” (The New York Times).
Fiery guitar licks and passionate vocals are their hallmarks. See Coco Montoya and Tinsley Ellis in a once-in-a-lifetime concert experience.
Take a photo with Max Weinberg and bring one personal item for an autograph at a private meet & greet as an add-on to your concert experience.
Rock-and-Roll Hall Of Fame Drummer and South Orange native Max Weinberg brings his interactive concert experience to the SOPAC stage.
The Seton Hall University Faculty Jazz Ensemble, highly acclaimed by the university and the community for its energetic, entertaining, and educational performances celebrates its eighth appearance at SOPAC.
From his signature 12-string Rickenbacker sound, to his instantly recognizable vocals on hits like “Turn,Turn,Turn”,“Eight Miles High”and “Mr. Tambourine Man”, Roger McGuinn, founder of The Byrds, didn’t just make music; he made history.
Progressive Rock’s King Crimson was famously fronted by Adrian Belew for over 30 years, and he served as its songwriter and guitarist, leaving an indelible stamp on its sound and discography.
World-renowned guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing Jazz.”
Get your groove on at the Jazz & Blues in the Loft concert series. Hear world-class artists from the region in the cabaret-style setting of the SOPAC Loft. Cash bar available.
The Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood & Mike Cooley, a.k.a. the “Dimmer Twins,” founded one of the most well-respected Alt-Country-Rock bands of the 2000s.
Get your groove on at the Jazz & Blues in the Loft concert series. Hear world-class artists from the region in the cabaret-style setting of the SOPAC Loft. Cash bar available.
Seton Hall University’s Choral Program presents its Annual Spring Choral Celebration.
Seton Hall University’s Concert Band and Chamber Orchestra present their Annual Spring Concert. Presented by the Seton Hall University Arts Council within the College of Communication and the Arts.
Graham Parker is one of the sharpest songsmiths of the U.K. Rock scene from the late Seventies when he performed with the popular British band Graham Parker & The Rumour.
Since the runaway success of her 1990 debut album Circle of One (which went Platinum), and the impassioned hit single “Get Here” (which became an unofficial anthem of the 1991 Gulf War) Oleta Adams has inspired a growing legion of fans around the world.
Richie Furay will perform classic Poco, Buffalo Springfield, Souther-Hillman-Furay and some new music. Come celebrate Richie’s exclusive 75th birthday concert!
The curiously named female trio Mountain Man bring a haunting beauty to the Appalachian-style Folk songs they love as they showcase their always exquisite harmonies.
The award-winning Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir returns to the SOPAC stage!
Don McLean is one of America’s most iconic singer-songwriters and will be forever celebrated for his classic hits “American Pie” and “Vincent (Starry Starry Night).”
Heralded by Rolling Stone as the best Beatles show on earth. "1964" The Tribute is thrilling audiences around the world with an uncanny re-creation of the “great little band” that rocked the world.
