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Eric Andersen

October 3, 2025 |7:30 PM

Spend an evening with Eric Andersen to promote his new album Dance of Love and Death - 17 new songs - the first studio album of new Eric Andersen songs since 2003! Accompanied by Steve Addabbo, Eric will perform songs from the new album as well as others spanning his career.


Aside from his own classics, he’s co-written songs with Lou Reed, Townes Van Zandt, Rick Danko, and Bob Weir (Grateful Dead). And his songs have been covered by many artists including Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, Fairport Convention and Peter, Paul & Mary.


A full-length documentary about Eric Andersen The Songpoet (released 2019) is available for streaming on PBS.


In 2022 a 3 CD tribute album was released with artists (including Bob Dylan, Janis Ian, Richard Shindell, Linda Ronstadt, Happy Traum, Dom Flemons and many others) interpreting and covering Eric’s songs.


Eric’s new album Dance of Love and Death (featuring Lenny Kaye, Larry Campbell and others) released in 2025 as a digital album, 2 CD set and a double LP will be celebrated at this show

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Adam Ezra Group

October 4, 2025 |7:30 PM

So how did this band operating so far outside the traditional music world come to win New England Music Award’s “Americana Act of the Year”in 2023? What could have happened to inspire John Oates to call Adam and invite him to begin a songwriting friendship that would lead to John producing their latest release and co-write, “Hold Each Other Now”? What happened to catch the attention of The Wallflowers, who recently invited AEG to join them on their spring tour, or SPIN Magazine who recently proclaimed, This Independent Underground Folk Band Is Blowing Up Without Selling Out”?

“One person at a time, over many years and thousands of shows, decided to turn their heads to listen. One person at a time decided to share our music with folks they care about. That’s always been our story. It’s no fairytale, but it sure makes me proud and humbled when I look out from the stage to watch theaters full of people singing along to our music.”

These days you’ll find Adam and his bandmates, Corinna Smith (Fiddle), Poche Ponce (Bass), and Alex Martin (Percussion), constantly out on the road. If you look at their tour schedule now, you can buy tickets to see them at festivals, rock venues, and theaters around the country, but you will also see their tour continuously peppered with activism and grassroots events; a testament to an artist who will never forget where he came from, and whose mission is about much more than music.

Devil and Daisy Dirt

October 5, 2025|3:00 PM

A bluegrass tall tale about the Jersey Devil with live music and an 8' wearable puppet. On the night of an annual appetite contest called "I 8 the Devil," Daisy Dirt finds something strange - winged and antlered, wounded but alive - in the dumpster behind Lucille's Luncheonette (aka the Devil's Diner). With the help of a Piney palm reader named Effie and a piece of magic muscle meat from the basement game locker, Daisy evades a villainous poacher named Tasty (Murder) and risks everything to save it. 

 

Think Pine Barrens "Our Town" meets cryptid E.T, with a shoulder-shot Jersey Devil instead of a stranded extraterrestrial, deer hunters instead of federal agents, and a portal that opens above the Apple Pie Hill fire tower after a midnight lightning strike instead of an alien mothership shaped like a Christmas tree ornament. All backed by a high lonesome sound.

The Soul Experience featuring

Corey Glover of Living Color

October 31, 2025 |7:30 PM

Best known as the electrifying front man of the legendary, Grammy Award-winning band Living Colour, Corey Glover has launched an exciting new project:The Soul Experience featuring Corey Glover.

 

Named one of Billboard Magazine’s 50 Greatest Lead Singers of All Time, Glover now returns to his roots with a sound that shaped his journey as an artist. “This music is the foundation of my gift,” says Glover. “If it weren’t for singing along to these songs in my parents’car, I would’ve never discovered what I could do. He adds, “It’s the music we all grew up on".

 

Backed by a dynamic, rotating lineup of world-class musicians—whose credits include collaborations with R&B icons such as Sam Moore, Mavis Staples, Bettye LaVette, Solomon Burke, Sue Foley, and The Rascals—Glover brings his powerful, multi-dimensional vocals to a soulful setlist. 

 

The Soul Experience showcases a mix of beloved soul classics, hidden gems and standout tracks from Glover’s solo career and the Living Colour catalog. “In a world full of reasons to be angry or sad,” Glover says, “how about we just have a good time? 

Willie Nile Stories and Songs

November 1, 2025 |7:30 PM

Here's a chance to experience Willie Nile up close and personal in a night of songs and stories with Willie Nile alone on stage with a guitar and piano at the intimate Avenel Performing Arts Center

 

The New York Times called Buffalo, NY born Willie Nile "one of the most gifted singer-songwriters to emerge from the New York scene in years." Uncut Magazine called him “A one-man Clash” and “the unofficial poet laureate of New York City”. Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Townshend, Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams, Jim Jarmusch, and Little Steven are among those who have sung his praises. 

 

His album, American Ride, won “Best Rock Album of the Year” at the Independent Music Awards. It appeared on dozens of year-end Top Ten lists for 2013 and was voted “Album Of The Year” by Twangville Magazine. 

The Cowsills

November 2, 2025 |7:00 PM

The real-life inspiration behind the hit television series The Partridge Family, the Cowsills -- teen siblings Bill, Bob, Barry, John, Susan, and Paul in tandem with mom Barbara -- were one of the biggest pop acts of the late '60s, scoring a series of hits including "The Rain, the Park and Other Things", “Indian Lake, and "Hair". The group's origins lie with Bill and Bob, who as children began their singing careers covering Everly Brothers hits. They soon recruited younger brothers Barry and John to play bass and drums, respectively, and as Beatlemania dawned, the teen foursome began performing live at school dances and church socials throughout their native Newport, RI. 

  

Upon signing with MGM in 1967, The Cowsills added Mom to the band and had their first million-selling single, “The Rain, the Park and Other Things” (usually called the flower girl song) which was magnificently featured in Jim Carrey’s movie, “Dumb and Dumber”. They performed on such notable TV shows as the Ed Sullivan Show, the Johnny Cash show, the Tonight show, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, and also had their own NBC television special in 1968.

 

“Indian Lake” followed in the summer of ‘68 and in 1969 they had their biggest hit, the multi-million selling title song from the musical “Hair”. The Cowsills also recorded the theme song for the TV show “Love, American Style” which is still one of the most popular songs they perform in their shows. 

 

In 2025 the Cowsills still perform as a full band but for this show siblings Bob, Paul and Susan will perform an intimate show as an acoustic trio. Here's a chance to hear the songs and stories up close and personal in the cozy 195 seat Avenel PAC with state of the art sound and lights  

The Slambovian Circus of Dreams

Christmas Show

December 5, 2025 |7:30 PM

Explore the depths of Americana "one trippy tune at a time" with New York’s Slambovian Circus of Dreams returning to Avenel PAC with their unique holiday show.


Voted "Best Band" by NY’s Chronogram Magazine for their rootsy, rockin’ psychedelia, the Slambovians' deep connection with audiences and exciting live shows are legendary.

 

This Woodstock-tinged Americana has a hint of southern rock, British folk combined with solid songwriting- a slice ofAmericana pie that is irresistible! Dylan, Bowie, Syd Barrett,Tom Petty, and The Waterboys can be heard, yet the Slambovians' musicianship and critically acclaimed songwriting stand on their own. 

 

Joziah (the resident shaman of Slambovia), leads with vocals described as "soothing and bewitching as a snake oil tonic. ” Longtime bandmates Tink Lloyd (accordion, cello, mandolin, flute) and guitarist/mandolin wizard Sharkey McEwen bring their own magic to the Slambovian brew with “a little help from their friends” - RJ McCarty (keys, bass, sax), Bob Torsello (bass), and Matthew Abourezk (drums).

The Legion of Prog

December 6, 2025 |7:30 PM

Founded in 2017 and located in central New Jersey, Legion of Prog's ongoing mission is to deliver faithful recreations of classic 1970s and '80s progressive rock music — music by great bands like Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Rush, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, and others. Top-quality musicianship, vintage equipment, and stunning visuals are all part of the memorable experience that Legion of Prog delivers on stage.


Each member of the band — Pat (lead vocals and allsorts), Mike (guitar and backing vocals), Michael (keyboards, backing vocals and effects), Doug (drums, percussion, and backing vocals) and Bill (bass, backing vocals and effects) — has over thirty years of experience playing to audiences in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Our fans are loyal and supportive, and turn out to see our live shows. And Legion of Prog knows how to put on a show ...

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