Eddie's Garage will perform at Pinestock II in Mays Landing on Saturday.

The Pinestock II Music Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 4, from 2pm-2am at the Watering Hole Café in Mays Landing. Admission to the festival is free and open to all ages until 9pm, at which time a nominal cover charge will apply and guests must be 21 years of age or older to stay later.  

Pinestock was put together by members of the band Eddie’s Garage and was the brainchild of band member Billy Zane, percussionist and vocalist. Zane’s motivation behind creating the festival was to thank fans who have supported Eddie’s Garage and other local musicians throughout year, while showcasing the home-grown talented musicians and bands.

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The Sweet Soul and Rock 'n' Roll Concert in Wildwood has been canceled.

Event organizer Carver Entertainment Group, citing the pending adverse weather conditions brought on by Hurricane Earl, has canceled the Sweet Soul and Rock & Roll Concert Series — to have taken place this Saturday, Sept. 4, at the Wildwoods Convention Centerr — and plans to reschedule at a later date. No date has been announced as of this time.

Three legendary groups from the Motown era were scheduled to perform at in the inaugural event — The Spinners, Little Anthony and the Imperials (pictured), and The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards. Celebrity impersonator Linda Axelrod was to host the show, performing at Joan Rivers.

For more information contact the Carver Entertainment Group at 570-646-2643. For information about the Wildwoods, go here or call 609-729-9000.

Atlantic City Weekly has learned that the Experience Hendrix tour is coming back to Atlantic City this November. Among the just-announced set of fall dates for the tour — which crisscrossed the country earlier this year — is a Nov. 13 date at Caesars Atlantic City.

The line-up of the tour this time out, includes the late Hendrix’s long-time friend and musical partner Billy Cox, along with an impressive list of blues-rockers, including Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Susan Tedeschi, Robert Randolph, Jonny Lang, Steve Vai, Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas, Eric Johnson, Ernie Isley, Living Colour, Chris Layton of Double Trouble and The Slide Brothers.

According to a news release sent to the media today, “For the first time in its history, Experience Hendrix, the concert tour that has wowed audiences revisiting the music and inspiration of Jimi Hendrix featuring an all-star line up of music greats will be re-launched within a single calendar year. The Experience Hendrix tour crisscrossed the country this past March for a string of sold-out concerts and will return with a new set of U.S. and — for the first time — Canadian dates this October and November.”

Click here for more information on the tour series.

Tickets are on sale now for the Experience Hendrix Fall 2010 dates, which are:

Oct. 26 – Pittsburgh – Benedum Theater
28 – Toronto, ON – Sony Center
29 – Quebec City, QUE – Grand Theatre
30 – Montreal, QUE – Place des Arts
Nov. 2 – Buffalo, NY – Center for the Arts
3 – Morristown, NJ – Community Theatre
4 – Mashantucket, CT – MGM Grand @ Foxwoods
6 – Albany, NY – Palace Theater
7 – Boston, MA -  Orpheum Theater
9 – Hershey, PA – Hershey Theatre
10 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
11 – Baltimore, MD – Hippodrome
12 – Richmond, VA – Landmark Theater
13 – Atlantic City, NJ – Caesars Casino
16 – Columbus, OH- Palace Theater
17 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theater
18 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theater
19 – Merrilville, IN – Star Plaza Theater
20 – Indianapolis – Murat Theatre

Courtesy of HBO

Including one very exciting one co-organized and co-presented by Atlantic City Weekly called “Conversations & Storytelling,” which will be followed by a free and open-to-the-public Viewing Party at Caesars on Sept. 19, the night of the premiere of HBO’s upcoming series Boardwalk Empire.

Click here for all the info, plus info about some of the major events planned for the Atlantic City area over next couple months in relation to the show.

While you’re at it join the AC Weekly Boardwalk Empire Fan Club on Facebook to keep up to date on all the news and promotions surrounding the Cable TV series.

As reported by Spinner.com, the band Phish has announced a fall tour, including three dates in Atlantic City at Boardwalk Hall. The dates are Oct. 29, 30 & 31. As most Phish fans know, the band typically does something very special for its Halloween gigs.

As spinner.com has it:

“The Atlantic City shows are of particular note because they will be the backdrop for the band’s annual Halloween tradition. Every year on the holiday, Phish perform a three-set show, including one set in which they don a “musical costume” and cover an album in its entirety. Last year’s nominees included discs by MGMT, Michael Jackson and Led Zeppelin, with the winner being the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street.”

Another interesting note: The band’s Trey Anastasio recorded the 2008 album Original Boardwalk Style: Live in Atlantic City, which was recorded during his New Year’s Eve sets at the House of Blues at Showboat in 2006-2007.

Dennis Miller

The fall entertainment schedule at area casinos is beginning to fill out as more September and October dates have been announced.
The Borgata is determined to make us laugh this autumn with a bevy of comics. Bob Saget, originally listed briefly yesterday (Aug. 16) with an Aug. 21 date, is now scheduled for Oct. 9. Joining him in an October onslaught of bellylaugh-inducing comedians are Jerry Seinfeld (Oct. 2), Howie Mandel (Oct. 2), Carlos Mencia (Oct. 8), Dennis Miller (Oct. 14), Rob Schneider (Oct. 16) and Jeffrey Ross with JB Smoove (Oct 22). Just to break up the guys is Mary J. Blige (Oct. 9).
There is also good news coming from Harrah’s Resorts, with the announcement that Penn and Teller have been booked Nov. 5-6. Other new shows announced include Pepper at the House of Blues Oct. 8 and the Allman Brothers Band Nov. 13 at Trump Taj Mahal. For the complete list of headliners, go here.

Dan Fogel

Margate resident and jazz organist Dan Fogel is back by popular demand to perform at the 11th annual Chicken Bone Beach Concert Series. The free weekly concert series takes place at Kennedy Plaza on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, located between Mississippi and Georgia avenues (adjacent to Boardwalk Hall). Fogel and his quartet, which includes Fogel on Hammond B3 organ, Pete Chavez on tenor sax, O’Donel Levy on guitar and Webb Thomas on drums, will perform Thursday, Aug. 11, starting at 7pm.
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John Fogerty

The casinos are beginning to fill in headliner dates for the fall. Two of the best just announced are John Fogerty, Sept. 11 at Borgata and Aretha Franklin, Oct. 8 at Caesars. Other recent additions include Marc Anthony, Oct. 1 at Trump Taj Mahal, So You Think You Can Dance? cast members Oct. 16 at Boardwalk Hall, America’s Got Talent Live! Oct. 30 at Trump Taj Mahal and on Sept. 26, the Beatles tribute Classical Mystery Tour with the Bay Atlantic Symphony at the Borgata.

A new and free Monday-night (with some exceptions) concert series in Atlantic City will start next Monday, Aug. 2, with none other than the legendary New Riders of the Purple Sage.

The series, called “Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk” presented by Tony Mart’s Presents, will offer five free concerts at Kennedy Plaza on the Atlantic City Boardwalk on Monday nights in August as well as a concert the day before the Atlantic City Air Show, immediately following the Air Show and over Labor Day weekend for a total of eight concerts.  The Monday night concerts start at 6pm with beads, plenty of New Orleans flavor and stellar, national acts.

Here is the series schedule; look for more inside this week’s issue of Atlantic City Weekly.

Aug. 9: Buckwheat Zydeco

Aug. 16:  George Porter Jr. (founding member of the Meters)

Aug. 23: Cyril Neville with Voice of the Wetlands all-star Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone

Aug. 30: Guitar Shorty and La Master A Otro Nivel (blues guitar great and sizzling Latin dance music)

Other non-Monday concerts in the series:

Tues., Aug. 24 (Air Show Eve): Bonerama ( Keeping the New Orleans brass band tradition alive)

Wed., Aug. 25: At 3:30PM on the afternoon of the Air Show, John Lee Hooker Jr. will perform.

Sept. 5: A tribute to Fats Domino and Professor Longhair featuring Mitch Woods and his Big Easy Boogie with Jill West and Blues Attack. (This date is the Sunday during Labor Day weekend.)

Atlantic City Weekly is one of many sponsors behind this exciting new series for Atlantic City and its Boardwalk.

Get ready to catch those beads!

The Hilton Atlantic City’s “Summer Speaker Series” has had to endure its fair share of hardships.

First, the debut of the series, featuring FOX news faces Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly was canceled due to weather. (It has been rescheduled for Aug. 5)

Then, Former President Bill Clinton’s plane was delayed this past Friday, but he eventually made it to Atlantic City and gave a lecture to the sold-out Hilton crowd. Doing so, Clinton became not only the first president ever to enter an Atlantic City casino, but also the first speaker in the Hilton’s summer series, which also includes Ann Coulter and James Carville sharing the stage on Aug. 21 and Dick Cheney taking the stage Sept. 18.

Did you attend the Bill Clinton event? Leave a comment.