Essex County Summer Music Concert Series is Free

Written By Mike Greenblatt
Essex County Summer Music Concert Series

The lineup for the FREE 2025 Essex County Summer Music Concert Series has been announced. It includes three nights of fireworks, five concerts in Brookdale Park and 14 concerts in various locations. And it all starts tomorrow!

  • Tuesday, June 24, 7 p.m. in Belleville Park: 1 Wild Night: A Bon Jovi Tribute

  • Wednesday, June 25, 7 p.m. in Verona Park: The Fireflies: Doowop Classics

  • Friday, June 27, 7:30 p.m. in Branch Brook Park in Newark: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra followed by a Fireworks Spectacular

  • Saturday, June 28, noon to 6 p.m. in Monte Irvin Orange Park, Orange: Gospel Festival (rain date is Sunday, June 29)

  • Tuesday, July 1, 7:30 p.m. in Weequahic Park in Newark: Stage Revolution: A Night of Rock followed by a Fireworks Spectacular.

  • Wednesday, July 2, 7:30 p.m. Brookdale Park in Bloomfield/Montclair: The Infernos followed by a Fireworks Spectacular

  • Tuesday, July 8, 7 p.m. in Veterans Memorial Park in Newark: Big Bang Band

  • Wednesday, July 9, 7 p.m. in Riverbank Park in Newark: Los Nueves

  • Friday, July 11, 7:30 p.m. in Brookdale Park in Bloomfield/Montclair: Soul Machine: A Night of R&B

  • Saturday, July 12, noon to 9 p.m.: in Monte Irvin Orange Park, Orange: Jazz Festival (rain date is Sunday, July 13)

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  • Tuesday, July 15, 7 p.m. in Essex County Watsessing Park, Bloomfield: Esteem

  • Wednesday, July 16, 7 p.m. in Essex County Ivy Hill Park in Newark: True Sol

  • Friday, July 18, 7:30 p.m. in Essex County Brookdale Park in Bloomfield/Montclair: After Shock: Tribute to the ‘90s

  • Tuesday, July 22, 7 p.m. in Essex County Vailsburg Park in Newark: Big Beat Band

  • Wednesday, July 23, 7 p.m. in Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark: Jamaica VYBZ

  • Friday, July 25, 7:30 p.m. in Essex County Brookdale Park in Bloomfield/Montclair: Men of Soul: An Evening of Motown

  • Tuesday, July 29, 7 p.m. in Essex County Grover Cleveland Park in Caldwell/Essex Fells: Tribute to Taylor Swift

  • Wednesday, July 30, 7 p.m. in Essex County Cedar Grove Park, Cedar Grove: Big Hix

  • Friday, Aug. 1, 7:30 p.m. in Essex County Brookdale Park in Bloomfield/Montclair: Promised Land: Sounds of the Jersey Shore

  • Tuesday, Aug. 5, 7 p.m. in Essex County Independence Park, Newark: Liftoff Brass: A Night of Pop

  • Wednesday, Aug. 6, 7 p.m. in Essex County Yanticaw Park in Nutley: Jersey Sound

  • Friday, Aug. 8, 7:30 p.m. in Essex County Brookdale Park in Bloomfield/Montclair: Captain Jack: Tribute to Billy Joel

  • Saturday, Aug. 9, noon to 9 p.m. in Essex County Monte Irvin Orange Park, Orange: Caribbean Festival (rain date Sunday, Aug. 10)

  • Tuesday, Aug. 12, 7 p.m. in Essex County Irvington Park in Irvington: Eddie Belton Band

  • Friday, Aug. 15, 7:30 p.m. in Essex County Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange: Theater Rocks: A Broadway Revue

  • Saturday, Aug. 16, 1 to 9 p.m. in Essex County Ivy Hill Park, Newark: International Food Festival (rain date Sunday, Aug. 17)

  • Saturday, Aug. 23, noon to 9 p.m. in Essex County Monte Irvin Orange Park, Orange: Latino Festival (rain date Sunday, Aug. 24)

Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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