Carolyn Wonderland – Red hot guitar heroine, lap steel virtuoso, whip-smart songwriter and fire-breathing singer. She delivers the blues’ honest truth in vividly detailed, infectious songs, all shot through with her stinging fretwork and full-throated vocals. “Pure electricity…astonishing playing and soulful, sophisticated singing…Wonderland delivers cleverly penned lyrics with sly joy. Her passionate singing is expressive and sensual. Her solos burn and elevate the groove.” – AllMusic

Sugar Mountain brings together an ensemble of veteran musicians from the New Jersey music scene who faithfully replicate the songs of one of our era’s most prolific and beloved singer/songwriters, Neil Young.

Traditional Celtic and Quebecois music that causes a wonderful stir and fills to overflowing at every venue – that is Cécilia! Widely recognized as three of Canada’s finest musicians, it is a pleasure to see how much enjoyment Timi Turmel, Erin Leahy, and Louis Schryer find in playing together. While honouring their heritage as Cécilia, their music making has an undeniably fresh and high-spirited sound that sets them apart.

They bring the best of many musical worlds together in their explorations of traditional music. Every one of their pieces is skillfully arranged and highlighted with influences from contemporary, classical, jazz and swing styles. Cécilia’s recent debut album Accent is an impressive offering full of vibrant rhythms and melodies, all resonating with a unique warmth and richness of expression.

Each performance by Cécilia is a call to come out and share – not only in the joy of three dedicated musicians making music together, but also in creating with Timi, Erin, and Louis an infectiously energetic and memorable musical experience. You’ll find yourself with a smile that lasts long after the final notes of Cécilia’s accordion, piano, and violin have melted away.

In the 1960s, the rhythms of northern New Jersey pulsed hard with urgency. Perhaps it was because of its dense population of first generation European immigrants getting thrown together with the mass migration of Latinos from South America, Mexico, and Cuba, combined with the surge of African Americans who sojourned their way north from the southern states in the nation’s post–WWII second Great Migration. It was here, in North Jersey, in the grayness, grit, din, and relentless rush-hour traffic, amidst cold and crumbling rusted steel bridges and dark overpasses, beneath looming loading cranes that towered like prehistoric skeletons over billowing refineries and post-apocalyptic swamplands, at the last chance and final stop on the New Jersey Turnpike, that Peter Karp was born.

Karp is a singular musician whose ability to tap timeless emotions with such musical passion stands out. He emulates the power and soul of Springsteen, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Otis Redding, putting on one of the most entertaining show you’ve seen.

Peter Karp chosen One of the “75 Modern Blues and Blues Rock Artists You Must Hear” by Rock and Blues Muse Magazine! 

Brian St. John is a Sussex County, NJ based singer-songwriter writing in the present who connects deeply with music of the past. After fronting his eponymous Quartet for five years and three albums, he has struck off on his own releasing seven studio albums and eight live records in a little over a decade. With his latest release which we are hear to celebrate, 2026's The Blues Album, we are here to bring it back to where it all begins. After a chance encounter to open for the great Jimmie Vaughan, inspiration struck to add to the myriad of blues standards with originals hinting at Warren Zevon's sardonic wordplay and Warren Haynes' powerful but tasteful bending and improvisation. Together with Chris Calandrillo [guitar], Jon Irizarry [keys], Matt Carlson [drums/percussion], Alan Tepper [bass], and Lou Tambone [drums/percussion], The Brian St. John Band will play the album in its entirety plus a few favorites from his catalog to mark the release of this new record. We hope you can join us for an evening of to celebrate the release of The Blues Album at Roy's Hall on Saturday Nov 7th at 8pm with special guest The Harrisons & Co. 

The original 1980 genre-defining classic. Friday The 13th was filmed in and around Blairstown NJ and fans from across the country make a pilgrimage to the small NW NJ hamlet to pay homage to the Mother-Of-All-Slashers. Two screenings only at 6:30PM and 9:PM. All advance seats $13.00

BOX OF RAIN is the classic six piece that pays tribute to the most prolific and finest period of the GRATEFUL DEAD, 68-74. Featuring a revolving, all star lineup with former members of Dark Star Orchestra, Living Earth, Zen Tricksters and Dead On Live, BOX OF RAIN channels the sound and magic that could have only happened at that special time.

And what a time it was..the Dead were at the height of both their songwriting and improvisational prowess! Featuring an extended Pig Pen presence, one very swingin’ drummer and the most coherent and visceral space/improvisations, the typical 5-6 hour GD performances were legendary and a trip for sure.

“BOX OF RAIN is a true labor of love with Bob Stirner (Living Earth/Boris Garcia) on lead guitar, Craig Privett (Half Step, Jam Stampede) on bass, Mike Kennedy (Living Earth) on guitar, Bud Burroughs (Boris Garcia) on keys, Jon Bernstein (Bears Choice) on harp and Pig Pen vocals and Tim Kelley (Boris Garcia) on drums.”

The dance floor will be open. Seating limited to first 125 ticket holders. First come, first served.

British folk/country musician Teddy Thompson came to the United States some 25 years ago and made a new life for himself in New York City and has not looked back ever since. Born to folk singer parents Richard and Linda Thompson and brother to Kamila Thompson, also a musician, music is in Thompson’s blood. He will perform at Roy's Hall in Blairstown presented by Blairstown Live-Arts. Thompson's web site reveals more about his background, the role of music in troubling times, and why he stays in America, even now.

For anyone unfamiliar with Thompson’s brand of americana, It might best be described as personal and introspective, confident but without ever being showy. His self-titled debut was released in 2000, followed five years later with the more seminal ‘Separate Ways’. The mid-00s was a time of creative wealth for Thompson, with classic country covers album ‘Upfront & Down Low’ released in 2007, ‘A Piece of What You Need’ following in 2008, and ‘Bella’ in 2011. Aside from a few compilation contributions, the only thing Thompson would then put out until 2020’s ‘Heartbreaker Please’ was ‘Little Windows’ in 2016, a snappy album of duets with Kelly Jones (the American female singer, not to be confused with the Welsh Stereophonics frontman). While ‘Heartbreaker Please’ is the last original material he released, he did duet with Jenni Muldaur on a couple of thoroughly enjoyable EPs of covers in 2021 (‘Teddy & Jenni do Dolly & Porter’ and ‘Teddy & Jenni do George & Tammy‘).

Teddy has returned with the exquisitely crafted Never Be The Same, his first collection of original material since 2020. Across ten tracks, Thompson refines his craft via an exploration of music’s enduring preoccupations — love, longing, and the uneasy passage of time.