Summertime…and the living is easy. After work, Hoboken residents can stroll down to Sinatra Park and enjoy free concerts by talented area musicians. It’s an opportunity to check out those bands you’ve been wanting to see – with no cover charge and no smoky bar. And the Manhattan skyline provides a dramatic backdrop.Hoboken’s Summer Enchanted Evenings Concert Series starts this Thursday, June 3, with a show by local singer-songwriter Kate Jacobs. Concerts take place every Thursday evening in June, July, and August at Sinatra Park. For a schedule of performances, see “In concert.”
For those with kids, there’s also a Tuesday evening series of shows at Shipyard Park in uptown Hoboken. These kid-friendly shows feature magicians, jugglers, sing-alongs, and more. But the Tuesday night lineup also includes a few acts that will attract the child-free as well. For more information, see “Kidstuff.”
In concert
June 3: Kate Jacobs
June 10: Demolition String Band
June 17: Ernie Contri
June 24: Bill McGarvey (6:30 p.m.)
July 1: 63rd Army Band
July 8: 747 Highjackers (6 p.m.)
July 15: Sugar Tooth
July 22: Raphael Cruz
July 29: Gene D. Plumber
August 5: Mariachi music
August 12: Eugene
August 19: Swingadelic
August 26: Skanatra
When: Hoboken’s Summer Enchanted Evenings Concert Series presents a free show every Thursday evening in June, July, and August. Most concerts are from 7 to 9 p.m. (Exceptions are noted above.)
Where: Sinatra Park, on Sinatra Drive between Fourth and Fifth streets.
Admission: Free
For more info: Call (201) 420-2207 or see www.hobokennj.org.
Kidstuff
For a complete list of the family-oriented shows offered on Tuesday evenings at Shipyard Park, see www.hobokennj.org. Below are a few performances that may appeal to the child-free as well.
July 6: A Night of Opera
July 27: Don Carter Jazz Trio
August 31: Gene D. Plumber
When: Kid-friendly shows take place every Tuesday evening in June, July, and August from 7 to 8 p.m.
Where: Shipyard Park, on Constitution Way and 13th Street
Admission: Free
Concerts in the Park Hoboken offers free summer music series
