MAPLEWOODSTOCK IS FREE IN JULY
On July 12 and 13, for the 20th time in 22 years, Memorial Park on Valley Street in Maplewood will turn into Maplewoodstock from noon to 10:00 p.m. And it’s free. You can be like the dancing dude in the video below. Looks like fun, what with wall-to-wall bands, 50 art vendors, 20 food venders, a Beer Garden, a Kid Zone and more.
Saturday, July 12
Noon: Maplewood Glee Club performs Beatles and Bruce
12:45 New York City singer-songwriter Becky Crosby and her band
1:30 Asbury Park quartet Ballistic Berry
2:15 Paper Money punk
3:00 Jersey Girl alt-rocker Gina Royale
3:45 South Orange cover-band Lorado doing Jim Croce, Brandi Carlisle, Dylan and Dawes
4:30 Clifton funk-rockers Mother Hubbard
5:15 Sarah Hodd & The Drive, a neo-soul octet
6:00 Indie-Rockers Water Street
7:15 The Big Takeover features Jamaican-born NeeNee Rushie and his mash-up of dancehall,
ska, reggae and soul.
8:30 Boston’s Couch is an in-your-face septet with horns and synths.
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Sunday, July 13
Noon: Cold Hill encompasses rock’n’roll, bluegrass, funk, jam-band and trop-rock.
12:45 Roe Knows Best, a Jersey band, pop-punk to the max
1:30 Philadelphia’s Cheer Up Dusty has been likened to Blink 182 and Sum 41
2:15 Jersey City’s The Penniless Loafers, ska, dance, brass, and the art of the guitar shred.
3:00 A Denver sextet, The Hip Snacks, influenced by Tedeschi Trucks Band, Bonnie Raitt and the
Allmans
3:45 Essex County Funk Collective
4:30 Norbert Leo Butz, a two-time Tony Award winner, steps away from the Broadway stage.
5:15 Reina Williams & The Remedy combine reggae, hip-hop, soul and funk.
6:00 Simmerr sizzles with ‘80s soul, indie-rock, yacht-rock and Latin Jazz.
6:45 Annie Minogue Blues-Rock Band
7:45 California’s Ozomatli is a freewheeling L.A. powerhouse of multiple genres.