Sunday Night Jazz and Blues Concert Series Presented by The Freehold Borough Arts Council

The Freehold Borough Arts Council (FBAC) is pleased to announce the line up for the 2015 Sunday Night Jazz and Blues concert Series. This will be the third year, for what has become a signature series for the FBAC. This year we are expanding the series from last years 8 shows to 11 shows this year starting on Sunday June 28th, 2015. The series will start with Freehold favorite “Billy J. Brown and Friends” and end on September 6th with “The Chuck Lambert Band.”

The eleven concerts are free to the public and will run each Sunday night from 7pm until 9pm in the downtown Freehold gazebo located just outside of 10 East Main Street, Freehold Borough. This is a perfect opportunity to finish summer weekends in beautiful Downtown Freehold Borough. Seating is provided by downtownfreehold.com or the public may eat at any number of out door restaurants and still enjoy the music.

FBAC board member Dru Anne Palaima and FBAC founding member Amy Caro- Brown have played a vital role in the success of the series. Both ladies are very active within the music community in Monmouth County and beyond. Among many things, Caro-Brown is a volunteer with the Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation. Palaima also works closely with New Jersey blues acts including Gary C and Stone Blue, who she runs the largest weekly blues jam in the state with.

According to Dru Anne Palaima “I’m looking forward to another successful Jazz & Blues Concert Series in Freehold and would like to thank Jeff Friedman and Brian Sullivan for listening to my dream of bringing Jazz & Blues to Freehold NJ. Also, I appreciate the FBAC board of trustees who has been very supportive.”

FBAC president Jeff Friedman adds “From our early days, the FBAC has been interested in bringing jazz and blues to downtown Freehold. This successful and growing Sunday Night series has been a perfect fit, meeting our many goals as an art council. This series is one of the many programs the FBAC supports that has helped define Freehold Borough as a destination town for arts and music lovers. This concert series is free to the public and couldn’t happen without the FBAC volunteers and our sponsors.”

The complete line up for the season is as follows:

June 28 Billy J. Brown & Friends (Jazz & Blues)
July 5 Shore Blue (Blues)
July 12 Stone Blue (Blues)
July 19 Red Bank Blues (RBB) (Blues)
July 26 Gary Wright (Delta Blues)
Aug 2 The Incinerators (Blues)
Aug 9 Poppa John “Bug” & The Jam Band (Jazz & Blues)
Aug 16 Layonne & The New Standards (Funk, Soul, Jazz & Blues, R& R)
Aug 23 Beth Burns and Vic Schioppo (Jazz)
Aug 30 Bob DelRossa Band (Blues)
Sept 6 Chuck Lambert Band (Jazz & Blues R&B)

This series is not possible without the support of our sponsors. Dr. Russell Brokstein of Hometown Family Wellness, Linda Fascio, Freemasons Olive Branch 16, Downtownfreehold.com, Stillwell-Hanson Inc., and Poshe Socials.

There are opportunities for sponsorship of these concerts still available. Interested businesses, individuals, or organizations should reach out to the FBAC at info@freeholdborougharts.org

The Freehold Borough Arts Council is a non profit registered 501c(3) group. We depend on membership dues, sponsors and donations to help us Provide, Champion, and Inspire the Arts in Freehold Borough. Please visit our web site at www.freeholdborougharts.org or find us on Facebook to find out about all local arts and music events, as well as more about the FBAC.