You have an extra long holiday weekend after Thanksgiving. What to do? Besides stuffing yourself with leftovers, there are lots of option.
We told you about:
- Ashenfelter 8K Classic
- Small Business Saturday in Montclair
Here’s what else is happening this weekend:
Enjoy a great night of music at The Festival of Soul at NJPAC on Friday night. Hear all your favorite hits live: “You Make Me Feel Brand New,” “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get,” “You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else,” “If You Don’t Know Me By Now,” “Stop to Start,” and more!
Festival of Soul
Friday, November 25 at 8 pm
NJPAC, 1 Center Street, Newark. NJ
Tickets are $49.50 – $79.50 and can be purchased online here
The Flemtones will perform at Tierney’s in Montclair on Friday night. The Flemtones play an eclectic mix of rock n roll cover tunes that stylistically include blues, R&B, roots rock, folk, country, pop, and a little bit of funk or jazz thrown in for good measure. They have been playing together in various incarnations and under a few different names (to stay a step ahead of the law) since they met at MHS in the mid-1970’s.
The Flemtones
Friday, November 25 at 9 pm
Tierney’s Tavern, 136 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ, 07042
$5 cover
Giants of Jazz 19 honors Jimmy Cobb in a star-studded night of music at SOPAC on Saturday night. If the world of Jazz crowned their legendary musicians, Jimmy Cobb would be sitting atop a throne. But for now, he sits behind a collection of drums that have seen him recording and sitting-in with the likes of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Earl Bostic, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn and almost any jazz legend you can think of.
Giants of Jazz
Saturday, November 26 at 8 pm
SOPAC, One SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ
Tickets are $50-$60 and can be purchased online here
Dave Stryker performs with his Quartet at a release party for his new CD Eight Track II at Trumpets Jazz Club on Saturday night. “The guitarist’s six-string expression has deepened while his blues-and-bop chops remain razor sharp… These nostalgic ‘70s anthems are deeply ingrained in Stryker’s consciousness. And the earthy feel of the organ quartet sound is imbedded deep in his bones after 30 years of playing on the scene. He successfully, joyfully combines the two on Eight Track II.” – Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times
Dave Styker Quartet CD Release Party
Saturday, November 26 at 8 pm and 10 pm
Trumpets Jazz Club and Restaurant, 6 Depot Square, Montclair, NJ 07042
$20 pp at door and $20 for advance tickets. $12 minimum drinks and food
The strangest flea market is coming back to Montclair on Saturday. There will be vendors selling unique wares, music, food trucks, and clown performers for your strange enjoyment pleasure.
The StrangeXchange Pop Up Holiday Market
Saturday, November from 11 am – 5 pm (VIP tickets get you in at 11 am)
The Wellmont Theater, 5 Seymor Street, Montclair, NJ, 07042
Tickets are $5 and can be purchased online here
Blessed with a voice that The New York Times has described as a “beautiful countertenor,” singer Art Garfunkel has made an indelible mark on the music world as both a solo artist and half of the unrivaled Simon & Garfunkel for nearly 50 years. See hi perform at MAYO Performing Arts Center on Saturday night.
Art Garfunkel
Saturday, November 26 at 8 pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center, 100 South Street, Morristown, NJ
Tickets are $39 – $79 and can be purchased online here
Eric Daino, the frontman and band leader for Denton, TX ska punk group The Holophonics, will perform at East Side Mags on Sunday. As a producer and recording engineer, he has released a discography of twelve albums with The Holophonics and two solo albums, as well as producing albums for ska/punk bands Shaka, Madaline, and Flip and The Combined Effort.
Eric Daino at East Side Mags
Sunday, November 27 at 4 pm
East Side Mags, 7 So Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ, 07042
Free
Check our Calendar for more happenings this holiday weekend and enjoy!
HISTORY OF HOW THANKSGIVING CAME TO NEW JERSEY WITH THE PURITANS IN 1666
The arrival of Leif Erickson with the 1010AD Norst Expeditions marks the beginning of the European’s discovery of the New World . Then afterwards, the indigenous natives witnessed British explorer Henry Hudson, commissioned by the Dutch East India Company who began to navigate the territory at the beginning of the 1600s. The Dutch began to set up trading posts with the indigenous and later claimed the natives’ land to found New Netherlands. (the Mid Atlantic States) The first Africans were present in NJ in the early 1600s. British Puritan monarchic dissidents moved from where they had settled in Milford Connecticut to New Jersey in 1665. Robert Treat led a group of dissidents who left the royal colonies. They moved to New Jersey in 1666 where they were joined by other dissidents from Branford, Connecticut. The dissidents from Branford were led by Abraham Pierson, Sr. Robert Treat wanted the new community to be named Milford, New Jersey. Pierson, a devout Puritan, preferred the name New Ark, and this place is now known as Newark. Robert himself returned to Milford, Connecticut in 1672 and lived there the rest of his life. Treat headed the colony’s militia for several years, principally against the Narragansett Indians. Among the Puritans who settled in Newark, were the Crane Family who’s land purchase became know as Cranetown, later West Bloomfield and then later, Montclair. Treat’s daughter Mary became the wife of Deacon Azariah Crane. Previously, the territory was the home of the Lenni Lenape for over 10,000 years. The Cranes were also among the founders of Horseneck (The Caldwells and Essex Fells).