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2026 RED BANK PORCHFEST SATURDAY: MAP AND SCHEDULE
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Red Bank's 5th annual Porchfest: get the map, list of performers, times and other info here. (Click to read)
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September 30th @ 5pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: BIG BASIE BASH ON TAP
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A free concert by The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra tops three days of events to celebrate William "Count" Basie's birthday weekend. (Click to read)
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August 19th @ 7am
RED BANK: DARLENE LOVE, SMITHEREENS GET BASIE CENTER HONORS
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Legendary artists Darlene Love and The Smithereens inducted to the Count Basie Center for the Arts Walk of Fame. (Click to read)
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December 22nd, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: JAZZ ARTS PROJECT UNVEILS SWINGIN’ NEW DIGS
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Red Bank's Jazz Arts Project christens new digs and unveils the coolest door in Red Bank. (click to read)
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December 8th, 2025 @ 7am
2025 RED BANK PORCHFEST: YOUR ULTIMATE GUIDE
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Red Bank Porchfest 2025: Get your schedule, map, livestream info and more all right here. (click to read)
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October 2nd, 2025 @ 2pm
TIM CRONIN, BELOVED RED BANK ROCK ‘N ROLLER DIES
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Tim Cronin, who achieved local legend status as the affable face behind the counter at Jack's Music Shoppe in Red Bank and global cult hero notoriety as a founding member of the band Monster Magnet, has died. 
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July 8th, 2025 @ 6pm
BENEFIT FOR RED BANK ROCKER FIGHTING ALS
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Benefit concert Sunday for Red Bank rock 'n roller and local legend Tim Cronin. (Photo by Sara Stadtmiller. Click to read)
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June 21st, 2025 @ 1pm
SPRINGSTEEN DOC PUTS RED BANK AT CENTER STAGE
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Hulu's new Bruce Springsteen documentary follows him across the globe, but keeps Red Bank rehearsals sessions front and center. (click to read)
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October 28th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MONSTER MAGNET FRONTMAN MARKS 35 YEARS OF ROCK
News Dave Wyndorf and Tim Cronin at jack's music shoppe
The lead singer of Monster Magnet, the Red Bank-spawned band that turned fans worldwide on to "space rock" or "stoner rock" looks back on an unlikely 35-year career - and his own dual reality. (click to read)
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September 25th, 2024 @ 11am
GROWIN’ UP WITH SPRINGSTEEN, OFF BROAD
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RED BANK: The untold story of the coffeehouse that had a lifelong impact on local teens while helping to launch the career of an 18-year-old singer named Bruce Springsteen.
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September 12th, 2024 @ 7am
DOGGO FEST, VINYL HOUNDS AND THE WAG: RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS
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RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS: Dog Days event, street fair, record fest and more. (click to read)
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September 6th, 2024 @ 5pm
RED BANK: UNSINKABLE SIDEWALK SALE TOPS WEEKEND PICKS
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Red Bank's 70th annual, indomitable, rain or shine sidewalk sale tops the list of things to do on a spectacular weather weekend.
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August 9th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS
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Summer heat slows us down, the calendar thins, but the music in Red Bank never stops. Redbankgreen's picks of things to do this weekend.
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July 19th, 2024 @ 6am
WEEKEND PICKS: WOMEN’S SOCCER, JAZZ VIOLIN AND MORE
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From Jazz to soccer, Redbankgreen's picks of things do for the (sort of) Fourth of July weekend.
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July 5th, 2024 @ 6am
‘PUNK EDIT’ FASHION TO LIGHT UP THE VOGEL
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RED BANK: Pearl St. Consignment and Shedhead Vintage team up Wednesday night on "The Punk Edit Fashion Show," a sonic and visual phantasmagoria. (Click for more)
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June 24th, 2024 @ 4am
WEEKEND: SOCCER, MORE SOCCER, MUSIC AND ART
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RED BANK: Semipro soccer; an outdoor benefit concert; bands in bars; an art opening and more. Here's what's on tap in town this weekend.
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May 31st, 2024 @ 8am
SYMPHONY RETURNS JUNE 29
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RED BANK: An annual crowd pleaser returns June 29 with a free concert in Marine Park by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, RiverCenter said Thursday.
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May 30th, 2024 @ 6pm
RECORDS SKIP INTO TOWN
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RED BANK: Devotees of vinyl records expected to drop needle at Broad and Mechanic Saturday. Here's why.
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May 10th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: MONMOUTH ARTS OPENS NEW SPACE
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RED BANK: Doors away from the Basie's storied marquee, Monmouth Arts unveils a new home for fostering art dubbed ArtSpace.
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April 17th, 2024 @ 5pm
THROWBACK: A SUPERSTAR’S FIRST GLIMMER
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THROWBACK: This week in 1964, a photographer serendipitously captured a future pop superstar, Melanie, then a senior at Red Bank High School.
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April 4th, 2024 @ 7am
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.