AND GIGS!!
ED ALSTROM - NJBS FUNDRAISER for ED to GO THE IBC in MEMPHIS in JANUARY!
Ed Alstrom (Solo Piano/Vocals)
Sunday, NOVEMBER 16 - 5:00 ~ 7:00pm
$10 cover, all proceeds go to expenses for the trip to Memphis!
MONTCLAIR BREWERY, 101 WALNUT STREET
MONTCLAIR, NJ 07042
(973) 850-0541 - montclairbrewery.com
I'm going to Memphis to compete in the IBC (International Blues Chaellnge) again in January 2026. NJBS (North Jersey Blues Society) is staging a fundraiser for this on Sunday, November 16 starting at 5pm at Montclair Brewery.
I'll play solo (the format I'm doing in Memphis), 2 sets. I'll do some stuff off my current album, Flee Though None Pursue - hear that at https://lnk.to/FleeThoughNonePursue - and some stuff from my upcoming new album.
'Join NJBS for the monthly Blues & Brews Series featuring our local blues competition winner, Ed Alstrom. All ticket sales and donations go directly to the artist to help offset travel costs as they head to Memphis in January to compete in The Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge.'
Get tickets at this link:
https://www.northjerseybluessociety.org/event-details/ed-alstrom-2?srsltid=AfmBOopKBu_FpUDnG3-aigkbmg1OrvJKGu-UAHgYfcWJQHTvdOjXUvyn
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ED SOLO at SUSHI CAFE
Last Thursday of most months, 6-8pm
(not in October 2025)
SUSHI CAFE555 Passaic Ave, West Caldwell, NJ
(973) 403-7720
www.sushicafewestcaldwell.com
Ed plays/sings all kinds of stuff solo at this lovely Sushi restaurant on the last Thursday of almost every month. Great Japanese food of all types. BYOBs. NO cover!
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PRESENTATIONS!
YANKEE BASEBALL: FROM THE (ORGAN) BENCH
with Ed Alstrom (unless otherwise indicated)
RECENT/UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS (All presentations are at the town libraries unless otherwise indicated and are free of charge. Go to the library's/venue's website for more details/registration):
Totowa, NJ - Tue 3/11/25 615p
Wayne, NJ - Wed 3/12/25, 1230p
Mendham, NJ - Wed 3/19, 630p
Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ (St. Bartholomew's Church) - Su 3/23, 3p
Northvale, NJ - Tu 3/25, 630p
Wallington, NJ - Wed 3/26, 630p
North Haledon, NJ - Tu 4/15/25, 130a
Cliffside Pk, NJ - Sat 4/19, 2p
Wyckoff, NJ - Wed 4/23, 7p
Waldwick, NJ - Wed 4/30, 7p
Ossining, NY - Wed. 5/14, 7pVerona, NJ - Tue. 6/24, 630p
Lavalette, NJ - Tue 7/8, 7p
Raritan, NJ - Tue 7/29, 6p
Nanuet, NY - Thu 8/7, 7p
Fairfield, NJ - Mon 8/11, 530p 'Sounds of the Season' Organ Concert
Ramsey, NJ - Sun 8/17, 2p - 'Sounds of the Season' Organ Concert
Garfield, NJ - Wed. 11/5, 630pMontville, NJ - Sat. 11/8, 2p - Music of the 50s/60s/70s
Roseland, NJ - Mon, 11/10, 6p
Ed Alstrom is in his 22nd season as the Organist at Yankee Stadium. In this breezy and fun hour-long presentation, he talks about that job, demonstrate how it gets done, and tells stories about his fabulous experiences at the Stadium!
The 'Sounds Of The Season' organ concerts are more music and less talking, with Ed playing a lot of his favorites from the Stadium.
Like to have these presentations at your library or other venue? Drop me an email and we'll talk!
ed@edalstrom.com
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ED ALSTROM
at the RAINBOW ROOM WURLITZER THEATER ORGAN
'IT WAS 60 YEARS AGO TODAY - THE HITS OF 1965'
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 , 2:00 p.m.
RAHWAY SENIOR CENTER
1306 Esterbrook Avenue, Rahway, NJ
HEAR IT HERE:
https://youtu.be/z70Itg7HVJU
YOU CAN HEAR LAST YEAR'S 1964 CONCERT HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fGQqvkV9rc&t=540s
I am always grateful to be back behind the cockpit of this amazing historic instrument! It is quite literally a baby "Mighty Wurlitzer", and has a sound that defies description, especially if you've never heard one in action. It is a fire-breathing, 3-manual, 10-rank monster of a pipe organ that was originally installed at the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center in NYC in 1934.
This model R16 is one of only two ever made by the Wurlitzer company (the other was installed at the Ambassador Theater in L.A. in 1929). This organ is in its 4th home at the Rahway Senior Center now, and it is all-original and has been lovingly restored piece by piece by the GARDEN STATE THEATER ORGAN SOCIETY (more info on them and the organ itself at www.gstos.org). I did the inaugural recital on this instrument in 2012.
1965 was an amazing and very diverse year in popular music. The number one song of the year was 'Wooly Bully', even though it never actually hit number one on the charts! I will be playing through as many of the Top 100 hits as possible within the hour or so time framework.
++++++++++pinstripe alley
