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State Fair Meadowlands Announces Bargain Days 2017 Fair: New Jersey’s biggest event features amazing deals for families during this 18 day summer fair East Rutherford » State Fair Meadowlands, the largest fair in the New York metro area with over 150 rides and attractions, wants you to experience their thrilling rides, delicious food and electrifying entertainment for a great price this summer. The fair has announced its special Bargain Days for the 2017 fair, which runs from June 22 through July 9 at the State Fair Meadowlands Fairgrounds, next to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. An entry ticket gets fairgoers access to all of State Fair Meadowlands’ incredible array of free entertainment. Watch in awe at the Amazing High-Dive Show and the Great American Thrill Show. Giggle at the incomparably entertaining and hilarious Master Hypnotist Steve Bayner. And don’t forget about the long-time crowd favorite, the hysterical Racing Pigs, back for their 29th straight year; plus, music, magic, fireworks shows, the biggest kiddieland in New Jersey and much, much more. Families will really love the bargains at the fair this summer. Every day, children shorter than 34 inches get into the fair for free (everyone needs a ticket to ride the rides). Here’s a snapshot of this year’s Bargain Days: Opening Night Preview Night: Thursday, June 22, 6 pm-midnight – Gate admission is $8 for ages 13 & older; $6 for ages 12 & younger. Get a Mega Pass and receive gate admission and an Unlimited Ride Hand Stamp for just $22 for all ages. Parking is $5 per carload. Family Value Day: Friday, June 23, 6 pm to 1 am – Gate Admission is $10 per person, all ages. Each ride is $2 per person, each game is $2 per person. There will be select food and drink items for $2 each. Parking is $2 per carload. Hand Stamps are not available tonight. Kids Go Free Night: Tuesday, June 27, 5 pm-midnight – Any child 12 and younger gets into the fair for free; a savings of $8 per child! There will be an Unlimited Ride Hand Stamp available for $20. For persons 13 & older, gate admission is $10 and there will be an Unlimited Ride Hand Stamp for $20; Combo Ticket for adults is $30. Parking is FREE. Cheap, Cheap Night: Thursday, July 6, 6 pm-midnight – Gate admission is $5 per person, all ages. An Unlimited Ride Hand Stamp is offered at $19 or you may purchase a gate admission/ Unlimited Ride Hand Stamp Combo $24.

Patron Appreciation Day: Sunday, July 9, 2 pm-midnight – Enjoy a Pay-One-Price Combo Ticket for gate admission and an Unlimited Ride Hand Stamp. The Combo Ticket is available for $33 per person for children 12 and younger. It is available for $35 for persons 13 and older. If you do not ride the rides, gate admission for persons 13 & older is $11; gate admission for children 12 & younger is $9. Parking is $5. Bargain Night Policies – The Advance Sale Mega Pass is NOT Valid on FAMILY VALUE DAY, Friday, June 23. Unlimited Ride Hand Stamp excludes Live Animal Rides and Special Attractions such as the Batcopter Sightseeing Ride. Gate Admission is FREE any day for children under 34”. But, everyone needs ride tickets to ride the rides. Please check height requirements for each ride before purchasing a hand stamp or individual tickets. Advance Sales Tickets – Purchased in advance through June 21, a Mega Pass, which includes fair admission and unlimited rides for all ages, is $27.99; an adult admission ticket, for those 13 and older, is $8.99; a child’s admission ticket, for those 12 and younger is $6.99. Buy online through June 21 at www.njfair.com. This year, the fair is proud to be showcasing over 50 food vendors plus a wide range of family entertainment that is FREE with entry ticket to the event. Adrenal System/Stress Management at the Wellness Center: Friday, June 23, at 6:30pm-8:30pm; at Wellness Centers, Kendall Park, NJ Join Chef Allie O’Brien and Suppers Facilitators Beth, Maryann, and Shanti at the Sandhills Community Wellness Center and be guided through improving your adrenal system and better managing stress through cooking. The meal will include turkey tacos in a cauliflower shell, pineapple salsa, black beans with coconut oil, quick pickle cabbage, guacamole and a delicious gluten free, dairy free Tres Leches cake. Eaters of all styles are welcome and we will always feature a tray of Wellness Center Herb Almond Crackers and will always have a vegan option as well as probiotics. Registration for this event, as well as other meetings held by The Suppers Programs, is available on www. thesuppersprograms.org. Ballet Boot Camp with Julie Cobble: A day where dancers can prepare their bodies for summer intensives, workshops and classes. Students will take a dance conditioning, ballet technique, and stretch class all instructed by Julie Cobble. Julie, a former dancer at Roxey Ballet and teacher at Mill Ballet, will share her extensive knowledge on ballet technique as well as fitness and conditioning with all students. Space is limited! Ballet Boot Camp Ages 12 and Up Friday, June 23, 2017, 10am2pm Mill Ballet School, Lambertville NJ 08530 Cost: $50.00 Visit www.millballetschool.com or email info@millballetschool.com for more information. Shakespeare ’70 Takes on Big Moral Questions in Dark Comedy ‘Measure for Measure’ at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre June 23 to July 2: “Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall,” proclaims Shakespeare in “Measure by Measure,” coming to Mercer County Community College’s (MCCC’s) Kelsey Theatre. Dates and show times for this dark comedy are: Friday, June 23 and 30, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, June 24 and July 1 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, June 25 and July 2 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on the college’s West Windsor Campus at 1200 Old Trenton Road. A reception with the cast and crew followed the opening performance on June 23. Set in Vienna, “Measure for Measure” explores some of society’s big moral questions – the abuse of power and merciful justice, hypocrisy and virtue, and forgiveness and repentance. Mistaken identifies abound, as Shakespeare tells his morality tale with a cast of colorful characters including murderers, pimps, politicians, whores, nuns and nobles. Tickets for “Measure for Measure” are $18 for adults; $16 for seniors; and $14 for students and children. Tickets may be purchased online at www. kelseytheatre.net or by calling the Kelsey Box Office at 609570-3333. Kelsey Theatre is wheelchair accessible, with free parking available next to the theater. CANAL HISTORY WILL COME ALIVE AT WATERLOO: MORRISTOWN » Waterloo Village’s transportation heritage will again come alive at the 11th annual Waterloo Canal Day Festival on June 24 (rain date June 25), sponsored by the Canal Society of New Jersey and the NJDEP Division of Parks and Forestry. The Canal Society will offer similar Canal Days two Saturdays a month through the summer and into the fall, on July 8 and 22, August 5 and 26, September 9 and 23, and October 14 and 28. All of these special days will feature musical entertainment, tours of village buildings, boat rides, and merchandise sales, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Canal Society volunteers will be on hand to talk about the area’s history and offer hands-on activities. Waterloo Village is located on Waterloo Road at Exit 25 off of Route I-80, Stanhope, NJ. Visitors will be able to view a brand-new exhibit featuring the Highlands Canal Boat artifacts recently donated to the Canal Society. The remains of this canal boat were discovered last year beneath a house being elevated to mitigate Superstorm Sandy damage. The boat had been preserved when its frame was used in the house’s construction decades ago; it may be the only original canal boat still extant. Its bow is now displayed in Waterloo’s Samuel T. Smith Carriage House, along with a feed box and other authentic artifacts from the Canal Society’s collection. New interpretive panels provide construction details. Augmenting the canal boat display, woodworker Earle Post and his assistants will be crafting a full-size canal boat rudder in the carpenter shop using authentic materials throughout the summer. Richard and Richard Brusco, blacksmiths from Brookside, NJ, will demonstrate metalworking in the blacksmith’s shop at the Festival and on Canal Days through October 14. Scheduled musical performances include Roy Justice, musician and singing canal historian, on June 24, July 22, August 26, and September 23; Irish musicians Terry Hartzell and Rick Weaver on July 8 and August 5; Celtic singers Jan and Jeff Ausfahl on September 9; and the Skylands Dulcimer String Band on October 14. Waterloo is approximately halfway along the Morris Canal’s 102-mile, five-day route between Jersey City and Phillipsburg, NJ. In the canal’s heyday in the 1860s, the village offered the necessities a canal crew would require. These included a hotel and tavern, general store, church, and blacksmith shop for the canal mules that pulled the boats. The partially restored village is now an open-air museum operated by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection Division of Parks and Forestry Village grounds are open daily for passive recreation from dawn to dusk. Admission to the village is free, but there is a $5 parking fee. The Canal Society’s museum will be open most Saturdays. Tours of the Lenape village will be available every Sunday. The State Park Service will offer additional programs and activities on Saturdays throughout the season. For details, contact the park office at 973-347-1835. More information about CSNJ programs and events is available at http://canalsocietynj.org or https://www.facebook.com/CanalSocietyNJ/?hc_ref=SEARCH, or by contacting macgraphics1@verizon.net or 973-292-2755. Rowan & Glassboro celebrate Summit 50th anniversary: On Saturday, June 24, Rowan University and the Borough of Glassboro will mark the 50th anniversary of the Summit. From noon until 4 p.m., the Summit 50th Anniversary Celebration will feature activities for people of all ages on the grounds of Hollybush, on Whitney Avenue, and at nearby sites. Guests will be able to tour Hollybush and ride a free shuttle to the historic West Jersey Depot Museum, Heritage Glass Museum, Edelman Planetarium (to view “10 Minutes to War,” about the solar flare that almost caused a nuclear war a few weeks before the Summit) and Summit City Farm & Winery. The University will host Summit Stories, an opportunity for visitors to hear and record memories of the Summit, and it will showcase interactive theatrical performances during which audience members can join in the “negotiation process.” The event also will feature 1960s’ vintage cars and face painting, balloon artists and more. From 6 to 9 p.m., the University will host the Summit 50th Celebration Dinner and Spirit of Hollybush Awards on the Hollybush lawn. The evening, open to those 21 and older, will feature 1960s’-inpsired food and entertainment, plus craft beer and wine. The cost is $60 per person, and proceeds benefit the Glassboro Historical Society and Rowan University Hollybush Institute. Seating is limited. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit Glassboro.org/ summit-celebration. Co-sponsors of the day are RoseBud Floral Art, Chickie’s & Pete’s, and Masso’s Catering & Events Rentals. Together... A Century of Creativity: Artists’ Reception and Painting Demonstrations for “Together… A Century of Creativity” featuring Cindy Baron, Kenn Backhaus and Joseph Orr on Saturday, June 24 from 11:00am – 6:00pm at Highlands Art Gallery, 41 N. Union Street, Lambertville, NJ. These artists have over 100 years of painting experience between them. Baron, Backhaus and Orr have many years of experience of plein air painting, teaching, studio work and national recognition. The artists will be painting informally during the opening reception. All are invited to meet them, see some wonderful work and watch these masters create. The show runs through July 30th. For more information visit www.highlandsartgallery.com or call 908-766-2720

Terhune Orchards Firefly Festival Sparks a Love for Nature: Sunday, June 25, 3-9 p.m. People of all ages have glowing memories of chasing fireflies on a warm summer night. If you’ve never done it yourself, let Terhune Orchards introduce you to this timeless summer fun at its annual Firefly Festival. On Sunday June 25, visitors will be treated to an electrifying afternoon and evening from 3-9 p.m. Admission to Firefly Festival is free. The farm is kept open late into the evening after dark, just once a year for this special occasion. Fireflies are smart - they sleep until it is dark so they can be seen by their mates. Bring a blanket and lay down in the grass to watch their yellow glow blink in the twilight. Firefly Festival is a fun filled event for the whole family. Children can dress up as fireflies after painting wings and making antennas in the craft area. They can also decorate bug boxes toe use to catch a firefly as the sun goes down. Just remember to always catch and release our flying friends. During the afternoon Miss Amy and the Big Kids Band will get the crowd up dancing, playing instruments and having fun while we wait for the bugs to start their blinking. Circus Place, New Jersey’s premier circus training facility will showcase their Youth Circus Performance Troupe at Firefly Festival. Watch their students perform aerials, acrobatics and juggle. Visitors can also participate in interactive workshops and learn to juggle, spin a plate, balance feathers, and walk a tight wire. Did you know fireflies are actually beetles? These insects use their bioluminescence as a way to communicate with each other. Look out for their signaling while you are on a pony ride or a free wagon ride. Fireflies are mostly found along the edges of forests,

wooded yard areas, and near streams or ponds. Terhune Orchards goes to great lengths to cultivate habitats for beneficial insects like bees, butterflies and fireflies on it 200 acres of preserved farmlands. Look for them along the Farm Trail. While waiting for nature’s show have an old-fashioned farm supper at Pam’s Food Tent. The grill will be cooking up everyone’s summer favorites- hot dogs, barbecued chicken, corn on the cob along with salads and gazpacho. Apples, pies, donuts and other freshly baked treats will be available for dessert, too. The winery tasting room will stay open late for flights of wine tastings. Admission and parking is free. Craft activities are $5. For more information call 609924-2310 or visit www.terhuneorchards.com Terhune Orchards is located at 330 Cold Soil Rd., Princeton. June Hours: The winery is open Fridays- 12:00 p.m. – 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. The farm store is open daily, 9 a.m. –6 p.m. Wine bottles are available in the store daily. Find Terhune Orchards online at terhuneorchards. com, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. GardenWorkshop with Suppers Program: Sunday, June 25, 1:30pm-2:30pm; at 144Patton Ave, Princeton NJ 08540 Join Dor in her garden for a day full of learn-by-doing instructions on growing vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers. Participants will start seeds, divide plants, and learn how to take care of the garden that supplies many of the ingredients for Suppers Meetings menus. The cost of the workshop is $15to cover the cost of seeds and tools, which will be supplied by Dor. So come this Sunday for a day full of gardening and hard work where you will be able to take home bundles of herbs, seedlings, infused vinegar, probiotic rich sauerkraut. Registration for this event, as well as other meetings held by The Suppers Programs, is available on www.thesuppersprograms.org. Home Fermentation with Dor and Shanti: When: Tuesday, June 27, 4:30pm-6:00pm, at 144Patton Ave, Princeton NJ 08540 Join Dor and Shanti and learn how to make your own kraut and kimchi and learn about the positive effects fermented food has on your gut biome, digestion and blood sugar. Bring your sharp knife, wide-mouth quart Ball jars and cutting board. Dor will buy the ingredients, you do the work (including sweeping up the cabbage!). It’s $8for the first jar, $6for each additional. Please bring small bills and specify in the message box the number of jars you want to set up when you register. Registration for this event, as well as other meetings held by The Suppers Programs, is available on www.thesuppersprograms.org. MCCC’s Trenton Gallery Presents ‘Beloved Trenton,’ a Photo Exhibit by Habiyb Ali Shu’Aib, June 19to July 17; Gallery Talk June 23: Trenton » The Gallery at JKC, Mercer County Community College’s (MCCC’s) new exhibit space in downtown Trenton, is proud to present “Beloved Trenton” by photographer Habiyb Ali Shu’Aib (beloved1). The show runs from Monday, June 19to Monday, July 17. A Reception and Artist’s Talk takes place Friday, June 23, from 5to 8p.m., with the talk to start at 5:30p.m. The Gallery is located in Trenton Hall at 137North Broad Street (across the street from the James Kerney Building). Gallery hours are Tuesdays, 11a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays, noon to 6p.m., and Thursdays, 11a.m. to 4p.m. Shu’Aib was born and raised in Trenton. At age 9his parents gave him a disposable camera, which ignited his love for photography and photographing the city he calls home. According to JKC Gallery Director Michael Chovan-Dalton, coordinator of the MCCC Photography and Digital Imaging program, he selected to showcase Habiyb’s work because “he shows us Trenton as home as opposed to Trenton as problems, which is often how photographers depict the city. He fits well with the goal of the gallery to be both an opportunity for up-and-coming photographers and a destination for more established photographers. Habiyb is part of the vibrancy of the Trenton art scene that the gallery and I am excited to be a part of,” Chovan-Dalton said. Chovan-Dalton notes that Shu’Aib’s photographs depict Trenton with honesty, affection, familiarity and curiosity. “Trenton can be a complicated place to describe because it is a city that struggles with its identity and it is perceived differently by those who only know it through the media, by those who work here but live elsewhere, by those who left here, by those who moved here, and by those who never left,” Chovan-Dalton said, adding that Shu’Aib’s work reads like a journal about the place he grew up. “The viewer, in turn, is given an experience that may reflect our own perceptions of Trenton but also remind us of something familiar and beloved in our own travels,” he said. Shu’Aib’s work has been featured regularly around the area in recent years: Trenton’s Art All Night and Art All Day, Trenton 365Show (WIMG 1300), Soul of The Message with SAGE Coalition at Casa Cultura Gallery, Trenton Makes at Capital Health Medical Center, I See Storytellers Exhibit at Hopewell Valley Vineyards, and, most recently, the Anthracite Fields Art Exhibition at Roebling Wire Works. For more information, visit www.mccc.edu/JKCgallery. 2017 Princeton Festival’s 13th Season of Musical Comedy, Opera, Jazz, Film, Dance, and Lectures Adds Two Venues and a Disney Pops Concert: For its 13th season The Princeton Festival (www.princetonfestival.org) is offering 22performances of 11different programs between June 3and June 25, 2017in venues throughout the Princeton area. The Festival has scheduled its first-ever Baroque chamber music recital in Princeton Abbey, a new venue, and created its first Pops concert for Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University, another new venue. “We’re excited to be adding a Pops concert and two beautiful new performance spaces this year,” said Richard Tang Yuk, the Festival’s General and Artistic Director. “It’s part of our commitment to stage the broadest range of performing arts for audiences in Central Jersey and beyond, enhanced by the most varied series of lectures we have ever presented.” This year’s mainstage event is Beethoven’s opera Fidelio, a tale of uplift and the triumph of love in the face of tyranny, in two performances. There will also be 11performances of the musical Man of La Mancha, source of the song “The Impossible Dream,” an anthem of human hope and aspiration. The Festival’s first Pops event is “Disney in Concert: Around the World,” a concert sure to appeal to all lovers of Disney, featuring a live orchestra playing while clips from favorite Disney films are shown on a big screen. Other attractions include a jazz concert by the Peter Martin Trio. Martin is not only a piano phenomenon in his own right, but often accompanies some of the biggest names in jazz. The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra returns for its third annual concert, and its principal players also perform in the chamber program at Princeton Abbey. Other headline performances include the inventive contemporary ballet troupe BalletX; the film “Quartet,” with Festival singers giving a live mini-concert after the screening; the exciting finals of the Festival’s annual youth piano competition; and a typically inventive and enjoyable performance by the Concordia Chamber Players. Sixteen free lectures by wellknown experts on topics such as the Don Quixote legend, heroism in Fidelio, Leonore as a new kind of heroine, Baroque music, and ballet begin May 4. There are also previews and workshops on opera. See http://princetonfestival.org/event_cat/2017-ee-programs/ for details. Full descriptions of all offerings are available on the Festival website, with instructions for ordering tickets by phone, email, or online. Performance Overview: Twentytwo performances by outstanding artists and ensembles begin on June 3. Concordia Chamber Players perform music by Aaron Jay Kernis, Beethoven, and Richard Strauss, Saturday, June 3, Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary. Quartet2: a screening of the popular film, followed by a live performance of popular quartets and more by Festival singers. Sunday, June 4, Princeton Garden Theatre. Pops Orchestra: Disney in Concert around the World. Live performance of music from Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, Frozen, and more, with scenes from the movies on a big screen. Friday, June 9, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. Musical Comedy: Man of La Mancha, June 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, Matthews Acting Studio, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University, 185Nassau Street. Piano Competition for Young Artists, Finals: Sunday, June 11, Clark Music Center, The Lawrenceville School. Baroque Music: Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra. Chamber concert Saturday, June 17, Princeton Abbey; Orchestra concert Wednesday, June 21, Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary Jazz: Peter Martin Trio, Saturday, June 17, Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton. Opera: Beethoven’s Fidelio. Sunday, June 18and Sunday, June 25, Matthews Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton. Dance: BalletX. Contemporary ballet troupe performs Saturday, June 24, Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton. Choral Concert: Music by Handel, Vivaldi, Monteverdi, and Zelenka with conducting masterclass participants leading the Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra and Chorus, Saturday, June 24, Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary. For more information and a link to ticket sales (handled by McCarter Theatre), visit www.princetonfestival.org. To purchase tickets by phone, call McCarter Theatre at 609-258-2787. Watercolor Art: During the month of June the Gourgaud Gallery, 23-A North Main Street in Cranbury, NJ will feature an exhibit of “Small Works by Watercolorists Unlimited” and will feature small watercolor paintings (under 11”x 17” framed) by Watercolorists Unlimited, a group of 13 NJ artists who meet monthly to critique work together. Each month the group chooses a new subject to paint and they meet at the end of the month to have lunch and a formal critique. Many of the artists have been active in the group for more than 20years. There will be several paintings from each artist on exhibit, and most works will be for sale. An artist’s reception will be held on Sunday, June 4 from 1-3. There will be refreshments, and many of the artists will be present. The show will be on exhibit from June 4- 30, Monday - Friday 9-4and on Sunday June 181-3. The artwork is for sale with 20% of each sale going to support the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment. See www. cranburyartscouncil.org.

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Theatre in an animal shelter? SAVE teams up with Local Award Winning Playwright for an evening of theatre and pets: Award winning, local playwright Noemi de la Puente teams up with SAVE - A Friend to Homeless Animals, for an imaginative fundraising event to support both Dramatic Question Theatre (DQT) in New York City, and SAVE - A Friend to Homeless Animals in Skillman, NJ. Ms. de la Puente will present a reading of scenes from her latest work THE PET PLAY - a comedy that explores the relationship between pet owners, their pets, and each other. THE PET PLAY is being developed by DQT, a playwright driven theatre company. Ms. de la Puente approached SAVE because of the subject matter of the play: pets and pet owners. “I’m thrilled with SAVE’s work in the community. I’m grateful they have embraced this unusual partnership. It’s not the usual combination - theatre companies and animal shelters. Two of the characters in the play are the dog and the cat that belong to the leading couple. So it’s a perfect fit to have a reading here, and raise money for both organizations.”, says Ms. de la Puente SAVE’s Volunteer Coordinator Anna Finch, “We’ve never done this before, but we are excited that Ms. de la Puente thought of SAVE. It’s a unique opportunity to get people here to see our beautiful new facility, take a tour, hear a play reading, and possibly take the first step towards adopting a pet.” Funds that are raised will support the SAVE animal shelter and DQT’s production of “The Pet Play” in New York City, slated for February 2018. SAVE and DQT are both non-profit 501(c) 3organizations. Can’t make it because you will be out of town? Be there in spirit by following the ticket link to make a donation. When: Thursday June 29, 2017 at SAVE - A Friend to Homeless Animals, 1010Route 601Skillman, NJ 08558(10minutes from the Princeton Shopping Center, just off the Great Road) 5:30PM tour of the facility 6:00doors open for “The Pet Play” reading 6:30PM - 8:30PM play reading and light refreshments Tickets: $20on line at www.artful.ly/dramatic-question-theatre-dqt, $25at the door. Donations grateful accepted on line, and at the door. SAVE: www.SaveHomelessAnimals.org, on Facebook (savehomelessanimalsnj), and Twitter @ SAVEanimalsNJ Noemi de la Puente: www.noemidlp.com, on Facebook (look for the red mask), @noemidlpDQT: www.theDQT.org, on Facebook (Dramatic Question Theatre) and Twitter @DQTheatre 2017 Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series Line Announced: NJ State Council of the Arts Pledges Support Free Summer Music Series Beginning June 29th-August 31st, 5pm - 8pm in Historic Mill Hill Park in Downtown Trenton Trenton - The Trenton Downtown Association (TDA) and The Rockhopper Creative are excited to announce the approved line up for the 2017 Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series. The ten-week free concert series will take place every Thursday starting June 29, 2017 in Mill Hill Park. This year’s family friendly entertainment features a variety of genres chosen to appeal to the diverse community here in Trenton and beyond. In addition, we have received a commitment from the NJ State Council of the Arts of financial support for this very important community building event. These free concerts are open to the public and we encourage entire families to join us throughout the series. The 2017 Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series Program: 6/29/17 -8/31/2017 6/29/2017: Derrick Hodge (Grammy Award-Winning Jazz Bass Virtuoso from Willingboro) 7/6/2017: Sotomayor (Latininspired Electronic Fusion from Mexico) 7/13/2017: Jeff Bradshaw (Smooth Jazz/Funk/R&B from Philadelphia) 7/20/2017: Lawrence (Soul Pop from New York City) 7/27/2017: Viva La Hop (Funk/ Jazz/Hip Hop from Boston) 8/3/2017: The Steppin’ Stones (Blues Rock from Nashville) 8/10/2017: Bad Rabbits (R&B/ Soul/Rock from Boston) 8/17/2017: Big Mean Sound Machine (Afrobeat/Dance/Funk from Ithaca, NY) 8/24/2017: The Weeklings (Beatles-influenced Power Pop from Asbury Park) 8/31/2017: NJ Capital Philharmonic Orchestra (Professional Symphony Orchestra from Trenton)