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We can’t hide our excitement. Earth, Wind & Fire is coming back to NJPAC! The GRAMMY® Award-winning supergroup is responsible for some of the funnest, funkiest tunes of all time: “September,” “Shining Star,” “After the Love Has Gone,” “Sing a Song.” It’ll be a “Boogie Wonderland” for two nights at NJPAC. Get your tickets to one or both performances, and “Let’s Groove!”

Carrie Jackson & All Stars, Radam Schwartz, pn; Takashi Otsuka, bass; Les Mc Kee, drms Swingin' the Great American Song Book Deer Head Inn, Delaware Water Gap, Pa the oldest continuously running jazz club in the country and home of Jazz in the Pocono Mountains situated in the historic Delaware Water Gap

Chris Distefano is taking over the comedy world, one laugh at a time. Along with comedy buddy Yannis Pappas, he created the gut-busting Bay Ridge Boys web series and History Hyenas podcast. With his hilarious POV and growing fan base, Chris quickly caught Comedy Central’s eye—and now he’s the network’s rising star. He hosts the weekly series Stupid Questions with Chris Distefano, premiered a new standup special (Size 38 Waist), and has another special AND an animated series in the works. This performance at NJPAC is just the next step in his plan for total comedy domination.

“ONE OF THE MOST RIVETING YOUNG IMPROVISORS IN NEW YORK” - --NY TIMES Brent Birckhead sax, flute Mark Meadows, piano Kris Funn, bass Carroll Dashiell III, drums Saxophonist Brent Birckhead is an award-winning artist, whose aesthetic is an intersectional amalgam of traditional and popular styles. Unbound by genre, Birckhead’s approach to woodwind artistry is driven by his compulsion for creative risk and deep respect for legacy. His place in the continuum of a storied lineage begins with his surname, Birckhead, and extends to his extensive musical education and work ethic as a visionary approach to life as a rising leader. Educated at Howard University (BME, MM), Birckhead was named best blues/pop/rock soloist and outstanding instrumental jazz soloist by Downbeat Magazine as part of the annual Student Music Awards. In 2011 Brent was named "Best Alto Saxophonist" by the Washington City Paper. The Baltimore native's talent earned him the honor of performing and touring with legendary artists including Lauryn Hill, Nas, Wale, Eric Benet, Larry Graham, George Duke and many more. Birckhead is the professor of saxophone at Morgan State University. On February 22nd Birckhead released his self-titled debut album on Revive Music. He currently resides in New York City. Showtime is 7 pm ET/6 pm CT/5 pm MT/4 pm PT/11 pm GMT A limited number of in-person seats are available for $20 each. In-person student ticket is $10 with valid student ID. Please email henry@andiemusik.com for stipulations. Streaming cost is $10 Donations are welcomed! The link will be available 15 minutes before the show and will remain active through June 30

Echo Taunt is the hybrid electronic project of musicians Michael Alfieri and Walsh Kunkel. The duo is marking their beginnings with the release of Sudsville on the Shiny Boy Press Record Label and with live improvisatory performances. Guitarist Walsh Kunkel and drummer Michael Alfieri play in a free jazz tradition with intensely superb musicianship; crafting an immersive dimension of sound art environments. Check them out on Spotify, YouTube, Bandcamp and other streaming services. Walsh Kunkel is a guitarist, composer and electronic musician hailing from Baltimore, Maryland. Walsh has spent his youth organizing and experimenting with sound and song form, writing and producing tracks of an array of styles. These abilities and interests have been augmented by the Jazz Performance program at Towson University where he studied with the likes of Anthony Pirog, Kris Davis, Drew Gress, William Parker and many more. With a focus on combining electronic and acoustic music styles, Walsh Kunkel is forging his own sound and searching for ways to express his views of the world through his work. Mike Alfieri is a drummer, percussionist and composer from New York now living in Baltimore, Maryland. Mike is a frequent collaborator and session drummer - writing, recording, and producing with Tomato Flower, Freaks No Geeks, Kinsmen & Strangers and other projects. He has worked with renowned jazz artists including John Riley, Dan Weiss, John Abercrombie, Pete Malinverni, Ralph Lalama, Richie Morales, and Tom Rainey. He’s played festivals, galleries, theaters, DIY spaces and independent venues all around the US and abroad including Brooklyn Bowl, The Ottobar, Rockwood Music Hall, Weinberg Center for the Arts, Cornelia St. Cafe, Merriman’s Playhouse, and The Count Basie Theater. Mike earned a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam and a Master's degree in Jazz Studies from the Conservatory of Music at SUNY Purchase. He has been a featured education writer for Modern Drummer Magazine. Showtime is 7 pm ET/6 pm CT/5 pm MT/14 pm PT/11 pm GMT A limited number of in-person seats are available for $20 each. Please email henry@andiemusik.com for stipulations. Streaming cost is $10 Donations are welcomed. The link will be revealed to you 15 minutes before the show and will remain active through July 7

Take a musical trip across the globe in this family-friendly concert with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players. Bring your families for this joyous music from across the world!

New Jersey’s newest state holiday - Juneteenth, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Join us in a conversation exploring the people, laws, and economic leaders that kept African Americans enslaved in New Jersey until 1865. The panel will feature Dr. James Amemasor, “Will Likely Endeavor to Pass for Free’: Runaway Slave Advertisements in New Jersey Newspapers, 1777-1808,” and Dr. James J. Gigantino, "The Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775-1865." Newark artist, historian and curator Noelle Lorraine Williams, Director, African American History Program at the New Jersey Historical Commission will moderate the discussion. This Juneteenth program is the kickoff of the New Jersey Historical Commission’s virtual series “Black Is: African American History and Sites in New Jersey.”

Food Drink and Jazz with ......Chuk Fowler, keyboard Santi Debriano, bass Mark Johnson, drum Café, percussion Tommy Morimoto, tenor saxophone

In support of their debut album Town Attend virtually via a well-known online platform (yes, that one). Registration is required to attend virtually. Virtual attendance link will be emailed to you following registration. The Soubrettes are a singing ensemble based at the Vermont Jazz Center and led by Anna Patton. They specialize in close-harmony arrangements of swing, jazz, blues, and songs by contemporary songwriters. They take the moniker “Soubrette” from the musical theater term for the non-leading lady who is usually more worldly, funnier, and more instrumental to plot intrigue than the lead. The Choir seeks out these kinds of Soubrette-like songs and performs them with syncopation, panache, and wonderfully crunchy harmonies. A year in which they couldn’t perform as usual seemed like a good time to revisit some favorite songs from their twelve years together and make a remotely-recorded album. They chose songs by songwriters including Irving Berlin, Carsie Blanton, Mose Allison, and Kris Delmhorst and arrangements based on performances by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, McCoy Tyner, and Cecile Mclorin Salvant. They rehearsed online and recorded individually, mostly by showing up to Anna’s porch where mic and headphone cables were dangling out her second-story office window. Some of Vermont’s finest instrumentalists joined Anna in creating the accompaniment tracks, including Will Patton, Eugene Uman, and Dono Schabner. The recording project has been a true labor of love, and their concert will feature their never-before-heard rough mixes: a sneak peek at recorded tracks that won’t be available for some months yet! There will also be moments of live audio, music videos, and a few of the group’s favorite short jokes.  The Soubrettes are raising money to have their album mixed and mastered and even printed to CD, so donations are much appreciated. Suggested donation scale: $10 - $30 The event can also be viewed via the VJC Facebook Live page. https://www.facebook.com/VermontJazzCenter/live/ Register now, donate now or during the event. https://tinyurl.com/Soubrette-register https://tinyurl.com/Soubrette-donate

Part of The Newark Museum of Art's Community Day: Juneteenth. Shareeduh Tate and Tera Brown, members of the Floyd family, present this moment of remembrance and an update on the George Floyd Foundation initiatives. Moderator: Tezlyn Figaro, political consultant and senior Advisor for the George Floyd Foundation.