Indie Arts Montclair will be continuing its tradition of organizing free live music and events on the winter solstice, December 21st, as part of Montclair Make Music Winter.
Indie Arts Montclair is a Montclair based arts non-profit which was formed by local artists, musicians, and community activists to act as a collective that aims to lift up and support like-minded creatives - DIY, local, new, and emerging artists in all disciplines - and put a face on alternative and outsider arts in Montclair.
Make Music Winter, first launched in New York in 2011, is a free, outdoor musical event each December 21st that turns audiences into music makers. Montclair had its first Make Music Winter in 2017. The celebration transforms the local soundscape with participatory musical parades on the winter solstice. It is open to any musical genre. The event is coordinated with cities and towns across the country through the Make Music Alliance.
This year’s schedule of events will include the following:
12:30 – Holiday Bell Play-a-long outside of the Bellevue Branch of the Montclair Public Library at 185 Bellevue Ave. Montclair, NJ. Join in by helping lead and/or play bells led by Barbara Rudy.
Starting at 12:30 pm, there will be live music at Houss Freya featuring, Machinery of the Human Heart, Gabi the Artist, Joe Allocco, German Herrera, and more. Houss Freya is located at 205 Glenridge Ave. Montclair, NJ
1:00 pm The Passing Notes, Montclair High Schools student-run acapella group, will perform inside the Bellevue Branch of the Montclair Public Library, 185 Bellevue Ave. Montclair, NJ
1:30 pm Montclair Early Music will perform for Make Music Winter at Job Haines Home, 250 Bloomfield Ave. Bloomfield NJ
2:30 pm Ukulele Play-Along Join a Ukulele play-a-long led by Andrew Rohloff at Nuts and Delights, 555 Bloomfield Ave Montclair, NJ. RSVP at tinyurl.com/mmwukeplayalong to get music and updates.
4:00 – 6:00 pm Live Music at the Montclair Center BID w/ Kessaye Selasse Stop by the Montclair Center BID Office at 26 Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair, NJ starting at 4:00 pm for a performance by Kessaye Selasse. The Montclair Center BID Office will be open all afternoon and until 6:30 pm for participants to pick up Make Music Winter programs and warm up.
5:00 – 6:30 pm – Join our annual celebration of The World Turned Upside Down, a sing and play-along of traditional Zydeco, Appalachian and folkie protest songs, led by John Sherman, at The Space 356 Bloomfield Ave Loft #2, Montclair NJ (upstairs). Songs and music are available at: https://montclairmakesmusic.org/world-turned-upside-down
*A Special Event this Make Music Winter, Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night*
Indie Arts Montclair will be holding a special event, Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night, starting at 6:30 pm on the 21st.
Unsilent Night is a luminous soundscape of music played by the public on speakers, cellphones, and other amplified devices.
Participants will gather at Crane Park starting at 6:15 pm. At approx. 6:25 pm, we will start one of the Unsilent night tracks (available for download or streaming), and at 6:30 pm, the group will start to wind its way through the streets of Montclair. The walk will end at Houss Freya between 7:00 and 7:15 pm.
To download tracks, go to: https://unsilentnightmontclair.org/
The evening will end with a live performance by The Sunken City at Houss Freya starting at 7:15 pm.
All the events are FREE!
For more information:Contact: Greg Pason at info@indieartsmontclair.org or info@montclairmakesmusic.org
Montclair Make Music Winter Website:
https://montclairmakesmusic.org/make-music-winter-2024
Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night – Montclair website: