2021 Festival Music Line-up
Main Stage in Michael J. Mauri Park
Afro Dominocano - Main Stage 5:55pm
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Afro Dominicano is a Latin Fusion band which centers its music into what we call Afro Caribbean soul. We blend traditional folkloric roots music from the Dominican Republic with Afro-beats, reggae, calypso, samba, Funk, Punk rock and other Caribbean rhythms. We played mostly original songs written and arranged by the Band and a few cover songs renditions to the music we grew up listening to as Dominican’s living in the U.S.A. Our band is composed of Vocalists,Accordion guitar, bass, drums, Conga, Guira, and Tambora.
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Swingadelic- Main Stage 4:35pm
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Swingadelic began in 1998 as the neo-swing movement was cresting. Upright bassist Dave Post gathered his jazz & blues playing friends together to play engagements at New York City's Supper Club, Swing 46 and Windows On The World, the former restaurant atop of the World Trade Center. As the swing scene waned the band was able to turn to swing dance groups, concerts, festivals, schools and private engagements to keep active.
Swingadelic has performed at Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing, NJPAC, and at many festivals, including Bele Chere (Ashville NC), MusikFest (Allentown PA) the CD 109 Jazz & Blues Festival (Red Bank, NJ) and the sanofi-aventis JazzFest (Madison NJ). Swingadelic has eight CDs and has been recording for the ZOHO Music label since 2011. Swingadelic CDs have been in the JazzWeek Radio charts top thirty and garnered many critically acclaimed reviews in jazz publications such as Jazz Times and All About Jazz. Website |
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Alexis Morrast- Main Stage -3:10pm
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Alexis Jessica Morrast youngest of six, singer/song writer; a 18 year old phenom, native of Newark, now residing in Plainfield, New Jersey began singing at the age of three. Since that time she's performed on several stages; the U.S. OPENS, NJPAC with Christian McBride and Dizzy's Coca-Cola Club with jazz legend Barry Harris.
Her resounding tone has been heard on the Millennium Stage of The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, abroad in Cape Town South Africa, Austria and worked with greats like Greg Phillinganes, Steve Jordan, Ray Chew, Lisa Fischer, Michael Feinstein and Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole; stockily the list only names a few leaving her humbled and striving for her best!!! Website |
Screenage Band - Main Stage 1:50pm
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Screenage Band finished 3rd at the Stone Pony 2018 Rock to the Top Competition, with over 100 bands in the competition.
They have performed at the aforementioned Stone Pony 4 times, as well as The Saint, The Trocadero and Voltage Lounge in Philadelphia, as well as Maplewoodstock this past year, to name a few.
They released their first album in early 2018 ( you can find it on all streaming platforms), and are working on their next release now.
They are hard working, dedicated, true to their word "kids" (most are in college already). If they say they will be there, they will be there with bells on in a respectful and responsible manner.
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Screenage Band finished 3rd at the Stone Pony 2018 Rock to the Top Competition, with over 100 bands in the competition.
They have performed at the aforementioned Stone Pony 4 times, as well as The Saint, The Trocadero and Voltage Lounge in Philadelphia, as well as Maplewoodstock this past year, to name a few.
They released their first album in early 2018 ( you can find it on all streaming platforms), and are working on their next release now.
They are hard working, dedicated, true to their word "kids" (most are in college already). If they say they will be there, they will be there with bells on in a respectful and responsible manner.
The Johnny Woods Band - Main Stage 12:45
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The Johnny Woods Band is comprised of singer-songwriter Johnny Woods on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, his wife Maryanne Woods on guitar, baritone ukelele and backing vocals, Robert Franchini on lead guitar and Steve Saporta on bass. The band plays both covers and originals and describes its style as country/folk/Americana. Singer-songwriter Johnny Woods has gigged around the Garden State for years, opening for artists such as Joan Osbourne and Badfinger. A couple of years ago Johnny debuted his all-original cd "Broken Fences," produced by Anthony Krizan of the Spin Doctors. Robert "Blaze" Franchini has been playing guitar and slide guitar with various bands here and in Montana for many years. He plays all styles: rock, blues, country, Top 40 acoustic folk rock - you name it. Steve Saporta has played bass guitar for 30 years, appearing in rock, blues and folk band throughout New Jersey. Most recently before joining the Johnny Woods Band, he was a member of Cara Crash and Crash NY. Maryanne Woods has sung and played with many line-ups here and in California. She has sung and played with guitar great Matt Cartsonis as well as Chris Isaak's band. |
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Roselle Park Locals Stage
at the Roselle Park Library lawn
Christina Sophia - Library Stage -5:30
Singer and pianist
Ryan Chatelain - Library Stage -4:30
Roselle Park-based singer-songwriter Ryan Chatelain's music is a blend of pop, rock and country. Chatelain has played at some of the top clubs in New York and his hometown of New Orleans – including the Big Apple's Knitting Factory and Pianos, and the Crescent City's Tipitina's and Howlin' Wolf. In December 2020, he released his second album, “The Shoestring Sessions,” which was recorded with musicians spanning three states in the early weeks of the pandemic. Find out more about Ryan at ryanchatelain.com, or look him up on Apple Music, Spotify or Amazon Music.
Kyle Cancino- Library Stage - 3:30 pm
Kean University Student saxophonist
Trying Our Best - Library Stage - 2:30 pm
Chris Shoemaker - Library Stage - 2:00 pm
Chris Shoemaker serves as Chairman of the Roselle Park Arts Committee and is one of the Head Cantors of St. Theresa’s Church in Kenilworth. A graduate of Madison High School in Madison, New Jersey, Chris was very active in the school’s music and theatre department and was part of the Madison High School Symphony Orchestra as a violinist and a tenor in the Madison High School Concert Choir. Chris has taken part in musicals such as Sweeney Todd, The Music Man, Side by Side by Sondheim, Bye, Bye, Birdie and Les Misérables. Chris is pleased to welcome his accompanist and music director at St. Theresa’s, Mr. Ed Wesley.
Quaranteens - Library Stage -1:00 pm
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Isabelle Latorre graduated from Roselle Park Middle School and is currently a 9th grader in UCVTS- Magnet High School. She performed in A Little Princess, an off Broadway production with Vanguard Theater Company in NYC. Other performance credits include 13 Jr., Something Rotten Jr., The People Garden with Pixie Dust Players (UCPAC) and Roselle Park Theater Camp. She also loves to dance, practice taekwondo, do commercials and print ads. She is thrilled to be performing with her cousin Reanna at the 2021 Roselle Park Arts Festival!
Reanna Saldana is a college freshman from Rutgers University who graduated from the Class of 2021 of Roselle Park Highschool. She was an active member of the RPHS Theater Department for all four years of high school, and wants to keep doing theater as an extracurricular, even in college. She is very excited for the 2021 Roselle Park Arts Festival and hopes everyone has a great time. |