MORE FREE SUMMER SHOWS
Levon & The Hawks
Kennedy Plaza in Atlantic City will positively rock this summer when the free concert series known as “Mardi Gras On The Boardwalk’ runs from June 24 to September 2. All shows start at 7:00 p.m.
“Tony Mart Presents Legacy Concerts On The Beach” in Somers Point at Morrow Beach, 800 Bay Avenue, for free, starting June 12. All shows start at 7:00 p.m.
The “Jersey Gumbo Cookoff & Louisiana Music Festival” will take place July 13 in Somers Point for free, 998 Bay Avenue.
Historical Background
Tony Mart’s in Somers Point was a bayside club that ran from 1945 to 1982. The club hosted a wide variety of stars like Bill Haley & His Comets, Conway Twitty, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Joey Dee & The Starliters, Dwayne Eddie, Del Shannon, Tony Orlando & Dawn and hundreds of others including an unknown band called Levon & The Hawks who went on to become The Band when Bob Dylan called Tony Mart’s to ask if they could be his back-up band. So even The Band, long associated with Woodstock, New York, got their start in New Jersey! Check the picture and see if you can even recognize Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel and Rick Danko.
Mardi Gras On The Beach
June 24: Tony Mart Allstars Superstar Rock Tribute with Billy Walton, Patty Balbo, Danny Eyer, Patty Blee and others
July 1: Ana Popovic & Fantasafunk, Ocean Avenue Stompers (featuring Brian Murray)
July 8: Tab Benoit, Sgt. Splendor
July 15: Shemekia Copeland, Soul Project NOLA
July 22: George Porter Jr. & Runnin Pardners, John “Papa” Gros
July 29: Mitch Ryder, Tony Mart Allstars
Aug. 3: Gary U.S. Bonds & the Houserockers, Anthony Krizan
Aug. 5: Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
Aug. 10: Tommy Castro & the Painkillers
Aug. 12: Ivan Neville & Dumpstaphunk
Aug. 17: Dana Fuchs, Funktastic Voyage (tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire, War, Ohio Players, Chaka Khan and Prince)
Aug. 19: Booker T. Jones, Billy Walton Band
Aug. 24: Melody Trucks, Vaylor Trucks, Fitzkee Brothers, Peter Levin, Lamar Williams Jr., Allman Brothers Band tribute
Aug. 26: Dead Zep (tribute to The Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin), Hayley Jane
Aug. 31: Flow Tribe
Sept. 2: Love TKO (Teddy Pendergrass tribute), The AshCats
Legacy Concerts On The Beach in Somers Point
June 12: Tom Hambridge & The Rattlesnakes Twisted Livin’ Band
June 19: Bonerama
June 26: The Dane Anthony Band
July 10: Dead Zep
July 17: John Cafferty & Beaver Brown
July 24: George Porter, Jr. & The Runnin’ Pardners
July 31: Mitch Ryder
August 7: The Weeklings
August 14: Melody Trucks Band
August 21: Billy Walton & The All-Star Jersey Horns
August 28: Deep Blue Something
September 4: E Street Shuffle
September 11: The Girls Can’t Help It
For further information, visit https://tonymart.com/.