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Downtown After Sundown Brings the Music Back to South Orange

Concert series releases its remaining summer dates in a calendar full of diverse sounds.

The South Orange Village Center Alliance has released the remaining schedule for the 3rd Annual Downtown After Sundown Concert Series.

The 2013 series presents four concerts each weekend in South Orange Village from May through September. Performances run on Friday and Saturday nights from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in two locations: the corner at Sloan Street and South Orange Avenue and Spiotta Park.

DATE LOCATION  BAND GENRE June 7 Sloan Street TrombTenOrGuit Eclectic jazz June 7 Spiotta Park Mimi Nowak Project Blues with funk June 8 Sloan Street Ben Williams Group Swinging jazz June 8 Spiotta Park Broken Darling Folk rock June 14 Sloan Street Jeff Guenther's Retrofitz Southern rock June 14 Spiotta Park The Accelerators Power pop June 15 Sloan Street Stuff Bros. Light folk rock June 15 Spiotta Park Bossa5 Bossa Nova/Jazz Samba June 21 Sloan Street Courtney Sappington Trio Gypsy jazz June 21 Spiotta Park Moodring Jamband June 22 Sloan Street Trio Django Swing jazz June 22 Spiotta Park Hellatones June 28 Sloan Street Phoenix Rising Jazz Jazz June 28 Spiotta Park 3rd Gear Rock and roll June 29 Sloan Street Sarah Partridge Trio Jazz/Vocals June 29 Spiotta Park NoName James & Butterball Blues July 5 Sloan Street Robert Sandow Country rock July 5 Spiotta Park Allison Phillips & Friends Jazz July 6 Sloan Street Bill Tally Band Jazz, Standards July 6 Spiotta Park Najeli Soul Band R&B, funk, pop July 12 Sloan Street Jay Dougherty and
His Little Jazzbirds  American songbook July 12 Spiotta Park Holli Ross Trio Jazz/Vocals July 13 Sloan Street MyMyndMocean Indian fusion July 13 Spiotta Park The Kludge Rock July 19 Sloan Street M-Base Qtet Eclectic jazz July 19 Spiotta Park 3rd Gear Rock and roll July 20 Sloan Street Spin 180 Pop/acoustic alternative July 20 Spiotta Park The Baby Please Swinging jazz July 26 Sloan Street Dave Rimelis & Company Jazz/Pop/Family July 26 Spiotta Park Bossa5 Bossa Nova/Jazz Samba July 27 Sloan Street Stephen Fuller Duo  Jazz, blues, pop, R&B July 27 Spiotta Park Felt Acoustafolkadelic Aug 2 Spiotta Park Starfish Family-focused rock Aug 3 Spiotta Park David Easton Band Funk/jazz-influenced rock Aug 10 Sloan Street Sad About Girls Power pop Aug 16 Sloan Street Ben Williams Group Swinging jazz Aug 17 Spiotta Park Seventh Stage Classic rock

To sponsor a night, a weekend or a month of concerts, call the SOVCA office at 973-763-6899. 

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