{"id":2062126,"date":"2025-10-01T14:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2062126"},"modified":"2025-10-01T14:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:01:17","slug":"live-music-and-musical-events-in-jersey-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/live-music-and-musical-events-in-jersey-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Music and Musical Events in Jersey City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" width=\"100%\" height=\"130px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_WKBBEig9DGK?client=wp&amp;client_version=2.3.4\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_WKBBEig9DGK?client=wp&amp;client_version=2.3.4\" width=\"100%\" height=\"130px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>So our inaugural poet laureate wants to rock, huh? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Rashad Wright <\/strong>certainly has the presence to front a band. His verses crackle with cadences familiar from American popular music: hip-hop and contemporary folk, but also cornerstone traditions like gospel, blues, and early R&amp;B. Since stepping down as laureate (there\u2019ve been three since), Wright has been restless and creatively omnivorous, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jcitytimes.com\/dance-review-raucus-caucus-tango-at-nimbus-arts-center\/\">collaborating with Nimbus on a politically-themed dance show<\/a>, crawling across a Kearny factory floor for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOFP57yDvIn\/\">an IN7 film<\/a>, and turning the boiler room at MANA Contemporary into a boot camp. But rhythm and verse is where his heart is, and lower case capital, his new combo, feels like a sort of homecoming.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rashad Wright<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Wright premiered the five-piece group at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jcitytimes.com\/jersey-citys-poet-laureate-launches-a-poetry-festival\/\">Jersey City Poetry Festival<\/a> \u2014 about as friendly a crowd as it was possible for a performing writer to summon. His twenty-five minute set wasn\u2019t spoken word, and it wasn\u2019t really alternative rap music, either. Instead, lower case capital was reminiscent of those mid-\u201970s Gil Scott-Heron sets on which talented sidepeople with a working knowledge of jazz attuned themselves to the frontman\u2019s lyrics. A lower case capital song develops like a poem does: Wright established the rhythm and the tone through his verses, and his accompanists hung back, colored in between the lines, and drew attention to the storytelling through subtle musical choices. Yet Wright did get worked up from time to time, and he did present a few choruses. \u201cI am my favorite favorite,\u201d went one of them. I believed him.<\/p>\n<p>Current poet laureate <strong>Melida Rodas<\/strong> selected Wright and lower case capital as one of her Poetry Fest headliners. The Jersey City Art and Studio Tour is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jcitytimes.com\/reoriented-and-facing-the-future-jcast-returns-for-its-thirty-sixth-year\/\">too big and too sprawling<\/a> to have main attractions, but if there were to be a name in lights, it might be Wright\u2019s. He\u2019s brought lower case capital to the <strong>Brightside Tavern<\/strong> (141 Bright St.) a popular Downtown bar and performance space, on <strong>Saturday, Oct. 4 <\/strong>at 8 p.m. That\u2019s a prime time gig in an outstanding location. That JCAST would select a new band for the honor gives a pretty good indication about how respected Rashad Wright is, and how curious we are about the things he gets himself up to doing. The band, already reasonably polished in the backyard of the History Museum for the Poetry Festival, will only get tighter and more expressive from here. <\/p>\n<p>As for Wright himself, his entertainment abilities and knack for connecting with an audience have never been in question. It\u2019s early yet, and bands fall apart all the time. But his is one of the most intriguing new projects to hit the Jersey City pop-rock scene in many moons.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"587\" data-attachment-id=\"55475\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jcitytimes.com\/screen-shot-2025-09-30-at-11-00-41-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?fit=1990%2C1498&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1990,1498\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{\" aperture=\"\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2025-09-30 at 11.00.41 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Champian Fulton&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?fit=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?fit=780%2C587&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?resize=780%2C587&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?resize=1030%2C775&amp;ssl=1 1030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?resize=1536%2C1156&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?resize=400%2C301&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?resize=1200%2C903&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?resize=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?resize=780%2C587&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?resize=706%2C531&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM.png?w=1990&amp;ssl=1 1990w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.00.41-PM-1030x775.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Champian Fulton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Champian Fulton @\u00a0The Statuary <\/strong>(Oct. 3)<\/p>\n<p>Since her dad was jazz trumpeter Stephen Fulton and she grew up surrounded by music, you\u2019d expect <strong>Champian Fulton<\/strong> to be a hardcore traditionalist. And you\u2019d be right: many of her recordings sound as if they could have been cut in the 1940s. Her piano playing is indebted to the greats of the early 20th Century, and she never steps to the microphone unaccompanied by the memory of Sarah Vaughn. But Champian Fulton is such an ebullient player \u2014so marvelously percussive, so joyous in her approach, so loose, playful and confident \u2014 that she\u2019s made her own lane for herself anyway. The pianist\u00a0is a delight to watch and listen to, and that\u2019s especially true in a live setting where her personality shines, her warmth is palpable, and her grooves go surprisingly deep. We get\u2019ll to see her on a small stage when she comes to the Heights with her trio: alto saxophonist and clarinetist <strong>Klas Lindquist <\/strong>and bassist <strong>Neil Miner<\/strong>. From the very first downbeat, they\u2019ll be swinging. (<em>Appearing at the Statuary, 53 Congress St., 7 p.m.; $25 suggested donation; visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestatuaryofjerseycity.com\/\">https:\/\/www.thestatuaryofjerseycity.com\/<\/a>).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"55478\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jcitytimes.com\/rogue-waves-october-live-music-and-musical-events-in-jersey-city\/960x0\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/960x0.jpg?fit=959%2C639&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"959,639\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{\" aperture=\"\" data-image-title=\"960\u00d70\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/960x0.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/960x0.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/960x0.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/960x0.jpg?w=959&amp;ssl=1 959w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/960x0.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/960x0.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/960x0.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/960x0.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/960x0.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/960x0.jpg?resize=706%2C470&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/960x0.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Evnne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evnne @ White Eagle Hall <\/strong>(Oct. 19)<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t try to pronounce it; it\u2019s an even stranger cluster of consonants and vowel sounds in the original Korean. All you really need to know about <strong>Evnne<\/strong> is that they\u2019re a state-of-the-art boy band, freshly minted from a competition show in 2023, and already regular visitors to the pinnacle of Seoul\u2019s all-powerful Circle Chart. This fresh-faced seven man singing, dancing, and rapping K-pop consortium is led by a Japanese import \u2014 the Osaka-born, lollipop-toting<strong> Keita Terazono<\/strong> \u2014 and promoted through Jellyfish Entertainment, a pop confectionary renowned for spun sonic sugar. Evnne has now released five mini-albums in a little more than two years, and their latest, <em>Love Anecdote(s)<\/em> [2025], returned them to their customary perch on the top of the Korean pops (it cracked the top 10 in Japan, too). By now, the recipe is a familiar one: a little Backstreet Boys, a little solo Timberlake, a little \u201890s pop-rap, and a whole lot of the ruthless, expedient foregrounding of hooks that has made K-pop an irresistible commercial proposition all over the world. If you\u2019re looking to give in to the colorful madness, here\u2019s the ticket. <em>(Appearing at White Eagle Hall, 337 Newark Ave, 7 p.m.; $43-$189; visit www.whiteeaglehalljc.com or www.kpoptickets.com).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0The Ghost of Uncle Joe\u2019s @ Historic Harsimus Cemetery<\/strong> (Oct. 24 &amp; 25)<\/p>\n<p>Like the Blob, it just gets bigger and bigger. The Ghost of Uncle Joe\u2019s and its satellite events now ooze all over the back half of October and drip into early November. There\u2019ll be afterparties at Porta (135 Newark Ave.), Sip Studios (140 Sip Ave.), the Statuary (53 Congress St.) and elsewhere, a Ghost open dress rehearsal at Pet Shop (193 Newark Ave.) on Oct. 16, a drop in at the 14C Necropolis (157B 1st. St.) on Oct. 29, a Day of the Dead show at Art House Productions (345 Marin Blvd.) on Nov. 1, and other ghostly happening all over town. That\u2019s just how phantoms are \u2014 they\u2019re amorphous and protean and impossible to contain, see <em>Poltergeist<\/em> [1982], the <em>Amityville Horror<\/em>, et. al. The main event, however, is right where it always is: the old cemetery that marks the border between the Downtown and Journal Square. For two days and nights, a parade of favorite local bands will take the boneyard stage in full costume and deliver tribute sets dedicated to their favorite classic rockers, rappers, and pop stars. And once again, it all goes to a good cause: keeping the gates of the HHC open.<em> (Appearing at the Historic Harsimus Cemetery, 435 Newark Ave; 5:30 open on Friday, 1 p.m. open on Saturday; visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theghostofunclejoes\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theghostofunclejoes<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"537\" data-attachment-id=\"55476\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jcitytimes.com\/screen-shot-2025-09-30-at-11-03-35-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C1763&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1763\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{\" aperture=\"\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2025-09-30 at 11.03.35 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Zombie Opera&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?fit=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?fit=780%2C537&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM.png?resize=780%2C537&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?resize=1030%2C709&amp;ssl=1 1030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?resize=80%2C55&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C529&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C1058&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?resize=2048%2C1410&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?resize=1200%2C826&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?resize=1024%2C705&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?resize=2000%2C1377&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?resize=780%2C537&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?resize=400%2C275&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?resize=706%2C486&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-scaled.png?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-09-30-at-11.03.35-PM-1030x709.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Zombie Opera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zombie Opera @ Hamilton Park<\/strong> (Oct. 25)<\/p>\n<p>While the Ghosts rock the Cemetery, a different kind of undead monster will rise \u2014 for the sixth time \u2014 by the gazebo at Jersey Avenue and Pavonia. As they do every year, the zombies will awake and serenade the neighborhood with classical voice. Only this time around, they\u2019ve brought along\u2026 the Greek gods? Yes, it\u2019s true. It turns out that indestructible beings with unlimited power and ambition and infinite time on their hands are pretty monstrous things to behold. <em>Zombie Opera: The Curse of Olympus <\/em>brings the inspired lunacy of Undead Arts to the pantheon, and lets some world-famous deities get in on the seasonal fun. It\u2019s worth remembering, though, that while the team of <strong>Catriona Rubensis-Stevens<\/strong>, <strong>Molly Dunn<\/strong> and <strong>Katy Gardiner<\/strong> adore their silly business, they remain dead serious about great singing. Zombie Opera continues to attract world-class vocal talent to the Downtown with the promise of a great time. A big audience, too; I mean, who wouldn\u2019t want to hear a countertenor in the role of Hades? That\u2019s so delicious blasphemous that I expect a lightning bolt from Zeus at any moment. <em>(Appearing in Hamilton Park, Jersey Ave. at 8th St., 6 p.m.; free; visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.undeadarts.org\">www.undeadarts.org<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" data-attachment-id=\"55472\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jcitytimes.com\/bre\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bre.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{\" aperture=\"\" data-image-title=\"bre\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bre Holly&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bre.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bre.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bre.jpg?resize=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55472\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bre.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bre.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bre.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bre.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bre.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bre.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bre Holly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Bre Holly &amp; Faithful @ St. John\u2019s Baptist Church<\/strong> (Oct. 25)<\/p>\n<p>Never forget that Whitney Houston \u2014 still the most influential pop singer of the century \u2014 learned to perform in the churches of Northern New Jersey. Her style was contemporary and commercial, but it was rooted in gospel. Like many of the greatest vocalists in Garden State history, she developed her sound in the well-known musical proving ground between the pulpit and the pews. The same thing could be said about Jersey City\u2019s own <strong>Bre Holly<\/strong>, a pure gospel singer who leads with her huge, powerful voice and her excitability before the Lord. The difference is that, so far, Holly and her accompanists are better known in the faith community than they are by the public at large. That\u2019s changing, though: few artists in any genre have a better social media game than Holly does. Later this month (and just before Election Day), she\u2019ll put her pipes and her connections to the service of City Council candidate Reverend Tami Henry. Holly and her band Faithful will be part of a multi-act gospel show that they\u2019ve dubbed \u201cGiving JC Back to God.\u201d I know what they\u2019re saying, but I\u2019d like to think that He has had us all along. <em>(Appearing at St. John Baptist Church, 525 Bramhall Ave., 4:30 p.m.; $25 advance, $35 at the door; visit https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StJohnsBC525\/).<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" data-attachment-id=\"55474\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jcitytimes.com\/0036117869_10-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{\" aperture=\"\" data-image-title=\"0036117869_10-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lightheaded&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?fit=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?resize=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?resize=1030%2C773&amp;ssl=1 1030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?resize=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?resize=706%2C530&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0036117869_10-1-1030x773.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lightheaded<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lightheaded @ Sip Studios<\/strong> (Oct. 30)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to start a band with Amelia Fletcher,\u201d sings <strong>Cynthia Rittenbach<\/strong> on <em>Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!<\/em> [2025], the latest album by <strong>Lightheaded<\/strong>. She then proceeds to play, and write, and sing in a manner befitting an artist with that exact aspiration. You could call her group the Garden State\u2019s answer to the Jeanines: a fetching guitar-pop outfit with tight, brief, bright, and briskly-played songs, all reminiscent of college rock as it was back when Fletcher broke in to the business. Tastemakers and promoters Look at My Records and \u201cHoboken Jack\u201d Silbert bring the band to Journal Square for a headlining show with several compelling names on the undercard. Opening the show will be fuzzed-out power pop band Joy Cleaner and Wild Carnation, the folk-rock band led by Feelies bassist Brenda Sauter. Then, as main support, there\u2019ll be a set by Giant Day, who\u2019ll be celebrating the release of <em>Alarm<\/em>, a new set, on the legendary Elephant 6 label. Rittenbach and Lightheaded might argue that Slumberland, their imprint, is even more storied. I call it a left-of-the-dial draw. <em>(Appearing at Sip Studios, 140 Sip Ave., 7 p.m.; $15 advance, $17 at the door; visit www.lookatmyrecordscom).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source jcitytimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So our inaugural poet laureate wants to rock, huh? Rashad Wright certainly has the presence to front a band. His verses crackle with cadences familiar from American popular music: hip-hop and contemporary folk, but also cornerstone traditions like gospel, blues, and early R&amp;B. Since stepping down as laureate (there\u2019ve been three since), Wright has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2062127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[384749],"class_list":["post-2062126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-jersey-city-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Live-Music-and-Musical-Events-in-Jersey-City.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2062126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2062128,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062126\/revisions\/2062128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2062127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2062126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2062126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2062126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}