Middlesex County Jazz Festival—Metuchen—Sat. Evening Sept 27—FREE

Our approach to the jazz festival in Metuchen is one of community inclusion.

Doors open at Metuchen High School at 4:30 PM. The festival in Metuchen starts

at 5:30 PM with a welcome and “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 MHS Jazz Ensemble (big band) with

Band Director John Messenger. The MHS 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 Festival is scheduled to end at 9:45 PM.

The jazz festival in Metuchen is a collaborative effort between 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 fund this Festival and also provides 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.

Host or Publisher Friends of Metuchen Arts