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Live Music All Day at Maplewood 4th of July Celebration

Come on out and enjoy live music across 2 stages all day at the Maplewood 4th of July Celebration

This year the Maplewood 4th of July event will include a major music fest within the 4th of July Festival. Bands have been selected and all of you are being invited to come on out and have some fun enjoying the music. Currently there are 16 bands across the two stages - BCB Community Bank Stage and The Memorial Park North Field Stage, all playing a diverse selection of music. The stages will have live music performances with unique renditions of the most popular songs of the 1950’s 60's and 70's, Blues of the 80's and 90's, music stretching across the generations of Hard Rock, R&B Jazz and Big Band, all the way to inaudible guitar rifts of Soft Punk Music inclusive of the dynamic pounding rhythm's of Reggae Rock. Just like the overall festival, the music fest contains something for everyone, young, old and in between.

Some of your favorite North Jersey bands are in this year's 2018 Live Music Fest. Come enjoy the following dynamic music groups: - The Cameos, The Jersey Girls, Ricky Persaud Jr., Tara Layne and Friends, Flip Da Skrip Band, Pistol Paranoia, Forget The Whale, MPack Music, Another Big Band, Seyeon Chang Trio, David Beasley, Blue Light 3 NJ, the[sma]project, OMG Ur So EmO, The Chromatics along and for first time an all day Richard Reiter Inspirational Drum Circle. That's 16 plus musical performances throughout the day and the schedule is still being developed. Take a look at http://www.maplewoodcivic.org/july4th/events/music/

And remember, Maplewood Fourth of July Celebration is bigger than ever, is far from just fireworks alone. With live music on two concert stages, a brand new zipline, a carnival midway, boardwalk games, two food courts, a classic car show, the Zerbini Family Circus with 2 extra shows the night before, and much, much more!

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That's more than 40 activities are included with your General Admission wristband purchase, including everything taking place in The Big Tent, a 4,000+ square foot event space. Also included is our "Play for Free" bingo tent, prize wheel, inflatable zone, hospitality center, and much more!

You can learn all about it at http://www.maplewoodcivic.org

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I'll keep you updated, discounted tickets are available for all the festivities at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/maplewood-fourth-of-july-2018-tickets-46456590914

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