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Join us each Monday evening for our Jazz Arts Jam Sessions! This event is always free to attend and exciting to experience. We always have a professional house band, and we invite top pro jazz artists as well as our current students, alumni, faculty, and friends to sit in. We come together for a night of celebration, music, and pure jazz joy. It’s a chance to reconnect, reminisce, and make new memories while sharing the stage and celebrating the spirit of jazz. Bring your instruments to sit in or bring your ears to listen to some great music. This is a free music event with great food, craft beer, and cocktails available for purchase.

Lulu & The Broadsides plays an intimate house concert in Bradley Beach. We do an optional potluck (bring anything) at 5:30 and the band will play from 7-ish to 8:30-ish. You can find more information and reserve seats at https://nolasarkconcerts.com/.

Session Americana plays an intimate house concert in Bradley Beach. We do an optional potluck (bring anything) at 5:30 and the band will play from 7-ish to 8:30-ish. You can find more information and reserve seats at https://nolasarkconcerts.com/.

Wax and Hoppa had crossed paths musically before, but everything changed when Hoppa joined as Wax's tour DJ in 2024. On the road together, the two quickly discovered a deep creative chemistry and a shared obsession with making music as often as possible.
Hoppa never travels without his portable studio, and that habit turned the tour into a rolling recording session. Songs took shape in hotel rooms, green rooms, and the back of moving vans on long stretches across the US and Canada. "People call it 'work ethic,'" says Wax, "but when your work is fueled by fun and passion, it is very easy to clock in."
The result is Highway Hotel — a road-born album that finds the perfect middle ground between Hoppa's raw hip hop instincts and Wax's melodic range and eclectic lyricism. Hoppa credits the casual environments for keeping things honest: "You are way less likely to overthink… you just do what feels right in the moment and roll with it."
With a stacked guest list featuring Little Stranger, G Love, K.A.A.N., Jarren Benton, Watsky, Jarv, Demrick, ¡Mayday!, Krysta Youngs, Damn Skippy, Kail Problems, Marley B, 1Ton, SUMPP, and Wax's twin brother Herbal T, this is an album you will gladly bump over and over again.

In the spirit of collaboration and appreciation for musical brilliance, we bring you our monthly concert series — pairing tunes from legendary masters of rock, along with some unsung heroes following in their footsteps. Settle in for an intimate vibe akin to MTV Unplugged, Storytellers and Behind the Music, as singer/guitarist Kevin Spyker performs timeless hits and hidden gems, accompanied by an array of instrumentalists from the Belmar Arts music collective.

Reserve your seats for our series launch on May 18th — highlighting the music of rock icon Tom Petty, with an opening set honoring the up-and-coming band known as Dawes...each month we will tribute two different bands.

Between songs we’ll share some history and fun facts about our featured songsters.

We’re honored to name our tribute series after the memorable Dawes song / album “All Your Favorite Bands” with the anthemic refrain:

“I hope that life without a chaperone is what you thought it'd be,

I hope your brother's El Camino runs forever,

I hope the world sees the same person that you've always been to me,

And may all your favorite bands stay together!”

Join us as we celebrate the musical legacy of New Brunswick’s own James P. Johnson, who penned the ‘Charleston,’ the defining song and dance of the 1920s. Swing and sway to the signature jazz melodies of Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra, the world’s premier Jazz-Age dance orchestra, and learn to cut a rug with dance lessons from The Canarsie Wobblers. The day will also feature a vintage DJ playing records from the early 1900s to the 1930s on wind-up phonographs with a “special appearance” by an Orthophonic Victrola.

Welcome to an afternoon of percussion music that celebrates rhythm, melody, and cultures from around the world. This program features a diverse selection of works from traditional rudimental drumming and expressive marimba compositions to beloved film music, folk music, classical favorites and vibrant dances. Each piece highlights the remarkable versatility of the percussion ensemble. We hope you enjoy this free musical journey across styles, traditions, and continents.

Don’t miss the driving music force that rocked Broadway and millions of fans in the ground-breaking musical “Rock of Ages!” This band of rock star musicians and lead singers from the original cast of the five-time Tony Award nominated show electrified Broadway audiences for over seven years, and now they’re coming to UCPAC’s Main Stage.

With a serious commitment to playing great ‘80s rock hits the way they were meant to be played, these elite musicians and singers crush your favorite tunes in a concert performance that must be seen. THIS IS REAL ROCK by rock stars. THIS IS BROADWAY’S ROCK OF AGES BAND®.

All the members were specifically selected from popular rock bands to bring to life the hits of the best bands of the ‘80s, including songs by Bon Jovi, Journey, Whitesnake, Poison, AC/DC, Joan Jett, Styx, Pat Benatar, REO Speedwagon, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot and many more…all in one thrilling performance!

In fact, the musicians in this band have played with, or currently play with, many of these artists. The lead singers are well-known Broadway stars who have appeared around the world in celebrated productions, delivering lead vocals with the quality and energy that brings these concerts to a whole new level. So, if you wanna rock and have nothin’ but a good time, grab your Aqua Net and your acid-wash jeans, and come have a blast at Broadway’s Rock of Ages Band®!

In the spirit of collaboration and appreciation for musical brilliance, we bring you our monthly concert series — pairing tunes from legendary masters of rock, along with some unsung heroes following in their footsteps. Settle in for an intimate vibe akin to MTV Unplugged, Storytellers and Behind the Music, as singer/guitarist Kevin Spyker performs timeless hits and hidden gems, accompanied by an array of instrumentalists from the Belmar Arts music collective.

Reserve your seats for our series launch on May 18th — highlighting the music of rock icon Tom Petty, with an opening set honoring the up-and-coming band known as Dawes...each month we will tribute two different bands.

Between songs we’ll share some history and fun facts about our featured songsters.

We’re honored to name our tribute series after the memorable Dawes song / album “All Your Favorite Bands” with the anthemic refrain:

“I hope that life without a chaperone is what you thought it'd be,

I hope your brother's El Camino runs forever,

I hope the world sees the same person that you've always been to me,

And may all your favorite bands stay together!”

Brian McKnight has earned himself a spot in contemporary music history and is one of the most consistent and enduring R&B artists today. This October, the 17-time Grammy nominated artist appears at UCPAC's Main Stage for a performance like no other.

As a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, McKnight has released 21 albums to date, including 4 consecutive top 10 albums for Motown with several going 2 and 3 times platinum. Having sold over 25 million albums worldwide, his musical expertise has earned him Billboard Songwriter of the Year, as well as other accolades from the American Music Awards, Soul Train Awards, and the NAACP Image and Blockbuster Awards.

His soulful performances and hit songs such as Back at One, One Last Cry, Love of My Life, 6 8 12, Crazy Love and many, many more continue to inspire and uplift audiences around the world. Join UCPAC for this exhilarating night showcasing the best in modern R&B, and get your tickets for Brian McKnight today!