Headliner Announced For Hoboken Arts And Music Festival 2022

HOBOKEN, NJ — The spring Hoboken Arts and Music Festival on May 1 will be packed, as always, with vendors, food, and music.

Past musical headliners have ranged from The Smithereens to Joan Jett to Leon Russell. So who will be headlining for 2022?

The headliner this year will be Ivan Julian, a guest guitarist for the Clash, lead guitarist for Matthew Sweet and Shriekback, and founding member of Richard Hell & the Voidoids.

A portion of Julian's band members live in Hoboken.

Julian comes to the Hoboken Festival on the heels of his latest solo LP "Swing Your Lanterns' on LADTK Records.

Ivan’s Band:

• Guitar: James Mastro (Ian Hunter, Robert Plant, John Cale, Richard Lloyd, The Bongos)
• Bass: Jared Michael Nickerson (Katel Keineg, Charlie Musselwhite, Burnt Sugar Arkestra)
• Backing Vocals: Debby Schwartz (The Aquanettas, Psycho Positive) & Judy Ann Nock (Psycho Positive)
• Guitar, Piano, Organ: Al Maddy (NItecaps, Joey Ramone, The Master Musicians of Jajouka, The Dots)‍
  
• Drums: Mike Ratti (The Nails)
  
• Percussion: Boris Kinberg (Mink DeVille)

Other Event Details

The festival will run from 11-5 from Observer Highway to Seventh Street.

Find out about the other bands and more here.

Sponsors include Burgiss, Suez Water, The Rockefeller Group, Muller Insurance, and Ironstate Development.

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