Atlantic City will host some excellent free concerts this summer, offering a fun night out for the whole family. Come and listen to some great music and support these talented artists.
Gardner’s Basin Music Series
Gardner’s Basin holds its annual outdoor concert series every Wednesday through August from 4-6 PM.
800 N. New Hampshire Ave, Atlantic City
August 2 Six Mile Cross
August 9 Pure Acoustic Duo
August 16 Visions of Indecision
August 23 TBD
August 30 Rob McMahon
Atlantic City Boardwalk Music Series
Atlantic City Boardwalk Music Series returns to Kennedy Plaza in front of Boardwalk Hall every Thursday and Friday and select Sundays and Mondays. Concerts run from 6-8 PM.
August 10 Poor Mouth Henry
August 11 The Remedy Band
August 13 Craig Carey Band
August 14 Suburban Sensi
August 17 The Remedy Band
August 18 Poor Mouth Henry
August 20 Dead Reckoning
Jazz in the Park
Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation presents a free summer jazz concert, featuring headliner Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers, Opening Artist: Cintron Band.
Where: Brighton Park in front of the Claridge Hotel Atlantic City
When: Thursday, August 31
Time: 7:00 PM
Atlantic City Library’s Third Thursday Concert Series
The Atlantic City Free Public Library will bring free entertainment to the city with its Third Thursday Concert Series. Performances will be held 5 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month through September at the Main Library.
Leonard Dozier on Aug. 17 – Accomplished actor and ADDY award-winning voice actor Leonard Dozier kicks off his 2017 Songwriter Tour and makes his only Atlantic City stop in support of his new album “Songwriter,” which pays tribute to some of the great songwriters in music history, including: James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Burt Bacharach and Babyface.
Locust St. Riot on Sept. 21 – Locust St. Riot is the music of singer/songwriter Justin Gonzalez being brought to life by the collaboration of three friends, trained as classical musicians, now exploring what originally drew them to music. LSR’s originals can be heard on its self-titled CD, and it always pays homage to their inspirations with covers of Stevie Wonder, The Stylistics and Chris Isaak.
Atlantic City Free Public Library
One North Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Boardwalk Hall Pipe Organ Tour
Built between 1929 and 1932 by the Midmer-Losh Organ Company of Merrick, Long Island, N.Y., the Boardwalk Hall Pipe Organ was designed by Atlantic County State Senator and noted organ architect Emerson L. Richards. He specified almost every detail of the instrument, from its physical construction to the actual sound the various stops should make. Get a group together to tour this magnificent machine.
This one hour tour starts with a half hour concert, followed by a half hour tour of the organ.
All tours are free and open to the public and no reservations are necessary. Entrance to the building is through the front lobby off the boardwalk.
When: Monday – Friday, No tours August 21-September 12. Tours end September 29, 2017
Time: Noon
Visit: www.boardwalkorgans.org
