ESSEX COUNTY FREE CONCERT SERIES The Essex County Free Summer Music Concert Series BOARD OF offers a diverse lineup of CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS performers who will take ESSEX COUNTY center stage throughout our Britnee N. Timberlake, President historic Parks System. Pack Brendan W. Gill, Vice President a blanket, enjoy the cool Rolando Bobadilla Leonard M. Luciano evening breeze, and dance to SUMMER Rufus I. Johnson Wayne L. Richardson the sounds of summer. Lebby C. Jones Patricia Sebold Cynthia D. Toro PUTTING ESSEX COUNTY FIRST Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. MUSIC Essex County Executive LIVE AT YOUR LOCAL 2017 ESSEX COUNTY PARK All performances begin at 7pm GROOVE ST. QUINTET ESSEX COUNTY FREE FAMILY FUN! Tuesday, June 27 ~ Yanticaw Park, Nutley BROOKDALE PARK LATIN SPLENDOR All performances begin at 7:30pm FESTIVALS* Tuesday, July 11 ~ Independence Park, Newark TRILOGY AN OPERA COMPANY DUPREES GOSPEL FESTIVAL Friday, July 7 Wednesday, July 12 Saturday, June 17 ~ 12noon-5pm Veterans Memorial Park, Newark DARLENE LOVE Monte Irvin Orange Park, Orange Friday, July 14 DENISE HAMILTON HOUSE MUSIC FESTIVAL Tuesday, July 18 RADIO NASHVILLE Saturday, June 24 ~ 12noon Monte Irvin Orange Park, Orange Friday, July 21 Weequahic Park, Newark JULIAN & DOMINIQUE GLORIA’S MIAMI SOUND AFRICAN CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL Wednesday, July 19 ~ Riverbank Park, Newark FEATURING NIKKI TORRES Saturday, August 5 ~ 11am-8pm PULSE JAZZ QUINTET Friday, July 28 Monte Irvin Orange Park, Orange Tuesday, July 25 NEW YORK BEE GEES INTERNATIONAL FOOD FESTIVAL Watsessing Park, Bloomfield/East Orange Friday, August 4 Saturday, August 12 ~ 4pm-9pm Ivy Hill Park, Newark STEPPIN’ OUT THE INFERNOS Wednesday, July 26 Friday, August 11 LATINO FESTIVAL Grover Cleveland Park, Caldwell/Essex Fells Sunday, August 13 ~ 10am-8pm GORDON JAMES Monte Irvin Orange Park, Orange Tuesday, August 1 ~ Ivy Hill Park, Maplewood FIREWORKS HOUSE MUSIC FESTIVAL FRANK PIOMBO QUINTET Saturday, August 19 ~ 2pm-7pm Wednesday, August 2 ~ Verona Park, Verona SPECTACULARS Monte Irvin Orange Park, Orange FILLET OF SOUL RICHARD REITER ESSEX COUNTY TALENT SHOWCASE Thursday, June 29 ~ 7:30pm Tuesday, August 8 ~ Vailsburg Park, Newark Weequahic Park, Newark Sunday, August 20 ~ 2pm-7pm Monte Irvin Orange Park, Orange FRANK VALDES NEW JERSEY Wednesday, August 9 ~ Riverfront Park, Newark AFRICAN CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONICS Friday, June 30 ~ 7:30pm Saturday, September 9 ~ 11am-8pm Branch Brook Park, Newark Tuesday, August 15 Branch Brook Park, Heller Parkway, Newark Cedar Grove Park, Cedar Grove In case of rain, the concert will be held in the MIKE GRIOT’S ESSEX COUNTY Cathedral Basilica in Newark and the SOUTH MOUNTAIN BLUES FESTIVAL BRADFORD HAYES fireworks display will be rescheduled. Sunday, September 10 ~ 11am-8pm Wednesday, August 16 ~ West Side Park, Newark JERSEY SOUND South Mountain Reservation, West Orange CAMEOS Monday, July 3 ~7:30pm *These events are co-sponsored by the Essex County Friday, August 18 Brookdale Park, Bloomfield/Montclair Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs. Eagle Rock Reservation, West Orange PUTTING ESSEX COUNTY FIRST For more information, please call 973-268-3500 or visit www.essexcountynj.org OUR SPONSORS: made possible with funds.