Saturday,
September 27th
Metuchen
5:30pm to 9:45pm
Festival is Free – Please register on Eventbrite
To help manage attendance, please pre-register for a free ticket on Eventbrite by directing your camera to the QR Code shown below.
This will help assure you have a seat at Metuchen High School Ina Schlein Auditorium. If you pre-register and then decide not to attend, please let us know so others may attend. We hope to see you at the Festival! Thank you!
For More Information
To learn more about Metuchen Jazz – a Program of Friends of Metuchen Arts.
To learn about more arts in Metuchen: Friends of Metuchen Arts has a new home with Art Gallery at 315A Main Street across from the Forum Theatre in Metuchen. Come visit. Open on Wednesdays from 6 to 8 PM and Sundays from 1 to 3 PM.
Metuchen Arts Council is a Commission of Metuchen Borough at 500 Main Street, Metuchen. Friends of Metuchen Arts provides additional funding for specific projects of Metuchen Arts Council.
Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund.
Our approach to the jazz festival in Metuchen is one of “community inclusion. The Festival in Metuchen starts with “A Celebration of the75th Anniversary of Peanuts Comic Strip” presented by Metuchen Dance Center and the Metuchen High School (MHS) Jazz Combo. This is followed by Metuchen High School Jazz Ensemble (big band) with Band Director John Messenger. The Metuchen High School Chamber Orchestra conducted by Chris McEwan joins them. Then the 7 – piece band “AAPI Jazz Collective led by trombonist Peter Lin” is next. The headliner event is “Sherrie Maricle and The DIVA Jazz Orchestra” with 15 musicians.
The jazz festival in Metuchen is a collaborative effort between and Friends of Metuchen Arts (FOMA) and Metuchen Arts Council (MAC). MAC is a Commission of the Metuchen Borough and, every year, MAC receives a limited budget from the Borough for its events. FOMA is a 501 (C) 3 nonprofit organization which fundraises for all kinds of arts events and also produces events on its own, specifically Metuchen Jazz and has recently started Metuchen Classical. FOMA helps provide additional funds to Metuchen Arts Council for its projects and to other arts organizations and individual artists through a Grant Program. Friends of Metuchen Arts (FOMA) has its home with art gallery at 315A Main Street in Metuchen across the street from the Forum Theatre. FOMA open hours are Wednesday from 6 to 8 PM and Sunday from 1 to 3 PM.
You are invited to Metuchen! We are Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of its Founding! Experience great jazz, fabulous restaurants and small-town friendliness. It’s been called the “Brainy Borough” since the 1900’s in recognition of all the artists and writers who have called Metuchen “home.” Metuchen was honored to receive the “Great American Main Street Award Winner in 2023. Yes – a Big Deal! Come and see why!
Saturday’s Schedule
Visitors to the Middlesex County Jazz Festival – Metuchen may begin seating at 4:30pm. The Festival will begin at 5:30pm and is scheduled to end at 9:45pm.
| 5:30 – 6:00pm | Welcome and Metuchen Dance Center plus Metuchen High School (MHS) Jazz Combo Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Peanuts Comic Strip |
| 6:00 – 6:45pm | MHS Jazz Ensemble (Big Band) with John Messenger, Director and MHS Orchestra with Christopher McEwan, Director |
| 7:00 – 8:00pm | AAPI Jazz Collective led by trombonist Peter Lin |
| 8:15 – 9:45pm | Sherrie Maricle and The DIVA Jazz Orchestra |
