New Jersey - Music and Performing Arts

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The Cape May Jazz Festival is held twice a year.
The Cape May Jazz Festival is held twice a year. (Courtesy of the New Jersey Division of Travel & Tourism)

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As the birthplace of film and home to numerous legendary Jazz and artistic pioneers, New Jersey has a long history of world-class arts and cultural excellence. The legacy continues to grow, as the Garden State boasts dozens of award-winning theaters, performing arts centers, and unique museums. Whether it’s the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and Newark Museum in Newark, the State Theater in New Brunswick, McCarter Theatre in Princeton, the Count Basie in Red Bank or Wheaton Arts and Glass Museum in Millville, New Jersey’s arts, cultural and historic venues strive and succeed in providing visitors insight into the diversity cherished by residents of the Garden State.


As the birthplace of film and home to numerous legendary Jazz and artistic pioneers, New Jersey has a long history of world-class arts and cultural excellence. The legacy continues to grow, as the Garden State boasts dozens of award-winning theaters, performing arts centers, and unique museums. Whether it’s the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and Newark Museum in Newark, the State Theater in New Brunswick, McCarter Theatre in Princeton, the Count Basie in Red Bank or Wheaton Arts and Glass Museum in Millville, New Jersey’s arts, cultural and historic venues strive and succeed in providing visitors insight into the diversity cherished by residents of the Garden State.

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