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The Sanctuary
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"A Revered Stop For Folk Musicians." -The Star Ledger
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New Jersey Folk Venues (North to South)
| Music at the Mission | West Milford | Volunteer-run nonprofit presenting major touring artists in a church sanctuary. |
| New Legacy Concert Series | Ringwood | High-profile Sunday-afternoon concerts in a library. |
| The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Club | Paramus | Long-running folk club in a Unitarian church. Member discount. |
| Spiritmouth Cafe | Succasunna | Low-key church-basement series featuring local artists |
| The Stone House Music Club | Various | Produces folk, blues, and rock concerts at various NJ venues. |
| The Puffin Cultural Forum | Teaneck | Presents a variety of performances, including an annual folk festival, oriented toward its community-activism mission. |
| The Brennan Coffeehouse | Jersey City | Concerts in the rotunda of the Hudson County courthouse |
| The Acoustic Cafe | Park Ridge | Homey church-cafeteria series with mostly local and regional artists. |
| The Outpost In The Burbs | Montclair | Popular Friday-night series in the heart of the Montclair entertainment district. |
| The Hillside Cafe | Nutley | Third-Saturday series with local and regional artists in a cabaret setting. |
| Underground Music Series | Maplewood | Cozy concerts centrally located in the popular Maplewood downtown area. |
| Coffee With Conscience | Westfield | Saturday-night series to benefit charity. Owner "Arpie" is a coffee merchant and brews his best for the concerts. |
| Minstrel Coffeehouse | Morristown | Popular and friendly every-Friday series. Prepare to sing along! |
| Cafe Z | Rahway | Friendly church-basement series featuring local performers. |
| The New Music Concert Series | Midland Park | Monthly acoustic-music series in Methodist church. |
| Music on Main Street | Woodbridge | Wednesday-night singer/songwriter series sponsored by the Township of Woodbridge. |
| New Jersey Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Assn | Little Silver | Third-Sunday bluegrass concerts |
| The Prallsville Mill | Lambertville | Radio host John Weingart runs this series in an historic stone grist mill on the Delaware |
| Concerts At The Crossing | Washington Crossing | Creative and eclectic monthly series in a church on the Delaware. |
| Grounds for Sculpture Folk Series | Hamilton | Folk music, a sculpture garden, a lake, and a four star restaurant. That's the life! |
| The Princeton Folk Music Society | Princeton | Warm-hearted and friendly group that presents folk favorites one Friday per month. |
| The Albert Music Hall | Waretown | One-of-a-kind Saturday-night four-hour country hootenanny: seven acts, five bucks, plus pickin' party. NJ's own Grand Ol' Opry in the Pinelands. |
| Careme's Cafe | Mays Landing | Dinner-and-a-show, with dinner from the students of the Academy of Culinary Arts |
| Piping Plover Music Society | Margate | Low-key folk series in an oceanfront town |
| Perkins Center for the Arts | Moorestown | The "Moorestown De-Cafe" series are their folk concerts. |
| Appel Farm Arts & Music Center | Elmer | Big-name folk concerts year-round and a one-day festival in June. |
New Jersey Folk Radio
| WFDU | "Crash On the Levee" (Jerry Treacy) Sat. 9-Noon | Singer/songwriter, folk, blues, country, cajun and zydeco. |
| WFDU | "Sunday Session" (Ron Olesko) Sun. 9-10AM | Celtic |
| WFDU | "Traditions" (Ron Olesko/Bill Hahn) Sun. 3-6PM | Folk, featuring live interviews/performances |
| WFDU | "The Soundpost" (Kim Gluckler) Fri. 9AM-1PM | Bluegrass: "The higher and more lonesome, the better" |
| WFDU | "Sunrise Saloon" (Carol Beaugard) Thurs. 6-9AM | Bluegrass, gospel and country, featuring live interviews/performances |
| WNTI | "The Crow's Nest" (Jeff Rusch) Sat. 8-10AM | Americana/Roots. |
| WPRB | "Music You Can't Hear on the Radio" (John Weingart) Sunday 7-10PM | Folk and eclectic, since 1974 |
| WRSU | "Homegrown Music" (Mark Corso) Sun. 10-Noon | Folk |
| WBZC | "Burlington County Bluegrass" (Nancy Longnecker/Joe Wills) Saturday 10AM-2PM | Bluegrass |
| WTSR | "Legacy" (Peter Kernast) Monday 6-9PM | Folk/Blues/Cajun/Celtic/Acoustic/Instrumental/Ethnic/World |
| WDVR | Numerous folk, bluegrass, and Americana shows | Americana station featuring roots and acoustic music |
New Jersey House Concerts
| Cabin Concerts | Wayne | NJ's premier house concert series, in a lovely log cabin. |
| Notes from Home | Montclair | Homey folk concert series in this arts-oriented town. |
| Ranch House Shows | West Milford | Sunday-afternoon series in a large living room with raised stage. |
| The Place House Concerts | Livingston | Sunday afternoon series. Contact Amy Blake at (973) 992-7491 or jamask8@comcast.net |
| Split Level House Concerts | Scotch Plains | Contact Mark and Arlene Klemow at akpr@comcast.net |
| My Dining Room | Highland Park | "Power Pop" series. |
| Lois & Greg's House Concerts | Belvidere | Folk concert series in Warren County. |
| Drew Eckmann House Concerts | Ringwood | Folk/rock and roots music on a lake. Write deckma@newsweek.com or call 973.962.9220 |
| Dullmusic Concerts | Rutherford | Free concert series run by musician John Dull. Write jmhdproductions@aol.com |
New Jersey Jams and Songwriter Circles
| Central NJ Song Circle | Metuchen | Friendly "guitar pull" takes place last Thursday of the month in a nice bakery. |
| Folk Project Evenings of Music | Varies | Second-Saturday round robin is for members of this large folk organization. |
| Princeton FMS Evening Sings | Princeton | Friday-night "theme" round-robins, for members of this folk club. |
| NJ Songwriters' Circle | Bloomfield | Long-running, all-welcome songwriters' critique circle. Info: tompicard@comcast.net |
| New Jersey Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Assn | Little Silver | Third-Sunday bluegrass jams, preceded by 1pm "jamming workshop" for beginning and intermediate players |
| Stony Brook Friends of Old-Time Music | Somerville | Old-time music jam session in pub; first and third Tuesdays. |
| Mitchell's Famous Irish Session | Lambertville | Irish session in pub; first and third Wednesdays |
| Saturday Afternoon Song Swap | Maplewood | Second Saturday of the month, 4:30pm at the Cafe Meow. All are welcome to play, but contact Deena deena0504@gmail.com to be one of six or so "featured performers." |
| The Woodshop Jam | Sewell | Bluegrass and old-timey jam session every Thursday night. |
| The Princeton Songwriters | New Brunswick | Very active songwriters' support and critique group. Guest speakers, workshops. |
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