Category: Events
September Membership Meet Up
The Idle Hour in Point Pleasant was the site of the JSJBF’s latest Membership Meet Up. We will continue to move these events to different locations in Monmouth and Ocean counties in order to make them accessible to our membership and the general public.
Long Branch Jazz and Blues Fest serves up a perfect day of hot blues
Don Jay Smith who is in charge of the Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival was my guest last Saturday at our Long Branch Jazz & Blues Festival. The article he wrote “Long Branch Jazz and Blues Fest serves up a perfect day of hot blues” was published on NJarts.net” said Tom Baldino, the President of the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation.
The Jazz & Blues Festival Music
Check out some of the photos of the musicians and the audience
Food Trucks at the Jazz & Blues Festival
delicious festival food…
Vendors at the Jazz & Blues Festival
Check out the vendors from the 2023 Jazz & Blues Festival
Long Branch Jazz & Blues Festival!
The 2023 Long Branch Jazz & Blues Festival … August 26th!
ML Youth Open Mic August 11th 2023
The Mark LaRochelle Youth Open Mic presented by The Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation made its first stop to the Belmar Arts Council on Friday August 11th. The room and Council is host to all types of art and expression for the community of Belmar, Monmouth County and beyond.
Blues Abound at the Chubby Pickle
It was a great night for Blues at member venue, the Chubby Pickle, with The Incinerators and headliner Filthy Rich & the Poor Boys serving them up on a perfect summer night.
“If you build it, they will come.”
We’ve all heard this line, “If you build it, they will come.” This not-quite accurate Field of Dreams quote still resonates. For me, it became kind of a mantra, build it and they will come. Build what exactly, you’re wondering? We at the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation reached out to our Mississippi friends. Reflecting upon the legacy of the MS Delta blues and the integrally related rock ‘n roll heritage of the Jersey Shore, we created The Mississippi Delta Meets the Jersey Shore!