Organizers for this 3 day event are proud to announce that their 2025 event will be dedicated to jazz artist who live in or are from New Jersey. The “Jersey Fresh” Jazz@thePoint Festival will take place in Somers Point, NJ from October 16th through 18th and the event will be headlined by John Pizzarelli, a Grammy Award -winning guitarist and singer.
John Pizzarelli, a renowned guitarist and singer, has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.” The Toronto Star pegged him as “the genial genius of the guitar.” And the Seattle Times saluted him as “a rare entertainer of the old school.”
Established as one of the prime contemporary interpreters of the Great American Songbook, Pizzarelli, with 20 solo albums and appearing on more than 40, has expanded his repertoire by including the music of Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Antônio Carlos Jobim and the Beatles. .
Festival Schedule:
- Thursday, October 16, 7:00 p.m. “The Michael Pedicin Quartet” Gregory’s Restaurant, Admission $15 SJJS Members, $20 Non Members, Free SJJS Patron Members
- Friday, October 17, 7:00 p.m. The Gateway Playhouse “The John Pizzarelli Trio, Admission $35
- Friday Late Night 9:30, Gregory’s Restaurant, “The Matt Cappy Quartet, Admission Free
- Saturday, October 18, 7:00 p.m. The Gateway Playhouse “The Benedetto All Stars” featuring Benedetto guitarists Howard Paul, Dave Stryker, and Jocelyn Gould with organist Tony Monaco and drummer Byron Landham, Admission $35
- Saturday Late Night 9:30 p.m. Gregory’s Restaurant, “The Paul Jost Quartet, Admission Free
*You can buy a ticket for both the Friday and Saturday events at the Gateway Playhouse for $60 (a $10 savings)
Sponsors include OceanFirstBank, The ERCO Foundation, John Scarpa, Bill Minter, Walt’s Original Primo Pizza, The Doc’s Place, Jim Rutala Associates, Just Four Wheels, Glen Darby and Beth Broadley and Shore Local
For more information call 609-289-0326 or contact South Jersey Jazz
This event is made possible in part through the New Jersey State Council of the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, through the Local Arts Grant administered by Atlantic County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs This program is made possible in part through the New Jersey State Council of the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts through the Local Arts Grant administered by Atlantic County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs
