The Newark Arts Festival, which features dozens of art exhibitions, performances, plays and more held around the city of Newark, kicked off this week. In addition to numerous visual arts shows and tours, the festival includes numerous jazz-related events, such as a performance by Nasir Dickerson and Mia X as part of the Lincoln Park Jazzy Soul Series (on Friday, September 29), a production of the play “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” (on Friday, September 29 and Saturday, September 30) and NJPAC’s Jazz Restaurant Crawl with shows at five different venues (on Sunday, October 1).
You can find a complete schedule of events here.