Centenary celebrates the blues

HACKETTSTOWN — The Centenary Stage Company is going back to the roots of American music in the next three months as it celebrates the blues with three shows. Starting with the The Holmes Brothers on Saturday, Feb. 6, the Hackettstown venue will then host its first Centenary Mini-Blues Festival, featuring Peter Karp, Sue Foley and Shoe Suede Blues with original Monkee Peter Tork the weekend of March 12 and 13, and cap things off with Ernie Hawkins on Saturday, April 17. The Mini-Blues Festival will be preceded by matinee shows at Marley’s Gotham Grill in the late afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. and post-show parties both nights at Charlie Brown’s, from 10:30 p.m. to midnight. The Centenary shows begin at 6:30 each night and go to 10 p.m. Tickets are available for all performances. For ticket information and further details about these shows and other Centenary Stage Company events in 2010, visit www.centenarystageco.org or phone 908-979-0900.