School of Rock Montclair is bringing some hot weekend concerts to Baristaville, including a first-ever Women Who Rock concert.
“Our enrollment has grown to the point where we can support five extremely diverse Performance Program concerts, and we have some amazing shows to present,” says Matt Sandoski, owner of School of Rock Montclair. Fans of dark industrial sounds will love the way our musicians give props to Nine Inch Nails. Dave Grohl devotees will get a big taste of the best of The Foo Fighters, Nirvana, and Them Crooked Vultures. Our ‘Women Who Rock’ show will feature performances of hits by Pink, Blondie, Hole, Amy Winehouse, Sheryl Crow, Janis Joplin, Garbage, Veruca Salt, Joan Jett, and many more. The many high points of Led Zeppelin’s career will be visited in what’s sure to be an amazing tribute concert. And our visit back to 1992 and ‘Michael Jackson’s Dangerous Tour’ will include Michael’s hottest solo hits as well as his Jackson Five smash singles.”
Personally, I’m very excited for the Women Who Rock concert. I was a pretty big Joan Jett fan back in the day, and not only because our names our similar and I looked a bit like her — or tried to — her music was cool.
Here’s SOR’s January weekend concert schedule:
Women Who Rock
Who: Tweens and up.
What: School of Rock Montclair will pay tribute to some of the most talented and important female rockers of all time, including such favorites as “Another Piece Of My Heart” (Janis Joplin), “I Hate Myself For Lovin’ You” (Joan Jett), “Crush Crush Crush” (Paramore), “Cherry Bomb” (The Runaways), “My Favorite Mistake” (Sheryl Crow), and many more.
Where: Just Jake’s, 30 Park Street, Montclair, NJ, 07042 & Crossroads, 78 North Ave, Garwood, NJ
When: Saturday, January 14 at Just Jake’s (4:00pm) and Sunday, January 15 at Crossroads 78 North Ave, Garwood (12:30 pm)
Cost: Adults $10, 17 and under $5. Reservations for Just Jake’s show 973.655.8987, for Crossroads show 908.232.5666 or email info@xxroads.com
Nine Inch Nails
Who: Tweens and up.
What: School of Rock Montclair will perform a tribute to the band Nine Inch Nails. Featured will be the hits “Hurt”, “Terrible Lie”, “Head Like A Hole”, “In This Twilight”, “March Of The Pigs”, and more.
Where: Just Jake’s, 30 Park Street, Montclair, NJ, 07042 & The Parrish Hall at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 55 Montclair Ave., Montclair, NJ, 07043.
When: Saturday, January 14 at Just Jake’s (12:30PM) and Sunday, January 15 at The Parrish Hall at St. John’s Episcopal Church (6:00PM).
Cost: Adults $10, 17 and under $5.
Led Zeppelin
Who: Tweens and up.
What: School of Rock Montclair will present a tribute to Led Zeppelin. Featured will be such timeless rock anthems as ”Black Dog”, “Whole Lotta Love”, “Fool In The Rain”, “No Quarter”, “D’yer Mak’er”, and more.
Where: Just Jake’s, 30 Park Street, Montclair, NJ, 07042 & Crossroads, 78 North Avenue, Garwood, NJ, 07027.
When: Saturday, January 21 at Just Jake’s (4:00PM) and Sunday, January 22 at Crossroads (12:30PM).
Cost: Adults $10, 17 and under $5.
Rockin’ Grohl
Who: Tweens and up.
What: School of Rock Montclair will pay tribute to the many bands of Dave Grohl. The show will include such energetic rock hits as “My Hero”, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, “Bridges Burning”, “Learn To Fly”, “Drain You”, and more.
Where: Just Jake’s, 30 Park Street, Montclair, NJ, 07042 & The Parrish Hall at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 55 Montclair Ave., Montclair, NJ, 07043.
When: Saturday, January 21 at Just Jake’s (12:30PM) and Sunday, January 22 at The Parrish Hall at St. John’s Episcopal Church (6:00PM).
Cost: Adults $10, 17 and under $5.
Michael Jackson’s Dangerous Tour
Who: Tweens and up.
What: School of Rock Montclair will wind the clock back to 1992 and recreate Michael Jackson’s Dangerous Tour. Songs will include “Beat It”, “I Want You Back”, “Billie Jean”, “Smooth Criminal”, “Thriller”, and more.
Where: James Caldwell High School, Westville Avenue, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
When: Saturday, January 28 (7:00PM) and Sunday, January 29 (3:00PM).
Cost: All tickets $10.
For more information about any of their January shows, contact School of Rock Montclair at (973) 337-5296. Tickets can be purchased in advance at School of Rock Montclair,125 Valley Road, Montclair, or at the venue on the day of the show.
