{"id":96293,"date":"2026-01-25T13:45:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T13:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/96293\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T13:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T13:45:05","slug":"celebrate-music-pittston-coming-to-the-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/96293\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Music &#8211; Pittston coming to the downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>PITTSTON \u2014 Downtown Pittston Partnership will present Celebrate Music \u2013 Pittston on Saturday, Jan. 31, for a musical extravaganza of over 13 hours of entertainment at 15 locations.<\/p>\n<p>Local musician A.J. Jump collaborated with the City of Pittston Main Street Manager, Mary Kroptavich, to create the event, with Jump choosing the talent for the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met up with A.J., and he proposed the idea of the all-day music fest, and I loved it,\u201d Kroptavich said. \u201cWe always do events in the Tomato Festival lot, and we never do anything to incorporate our restaurants and bars, and we wanted to do something in the winter for people to come out and have something to do. It\u2019s a great way to support our businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This new event in the city will showcase the talent of local musical acts in various locations. The music will range from acoustic, jazz, folk, and rock.<\/p>\n<p>The all-day music fest kicks off at 10 a.m. and runs through 11:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees can choose any location to enjoy lunch or dinner with family or an evening with friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the downtown merchants will be open during business hours, and we are hoping patrons will check out businesses that they\u2019ve never been to before,\u201d Kroptavich added. \u201cWe really would like people to get out on a Saturday night to enjoy great music at some of our finest establishments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schedule<\/p>\n<p>The all-day schedule is as follows, with times, Pittston location, and artist:<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. to noon: Coffee Inclusive, 350 Kennedy Blvd. \u2014 Joe Michaels<\/p>\n<p>12:30 to 1:30 p.m.: Fuji Ramen, 350 Kennedy Blvd. \u2014 Sweetnest<\/p>\n<p>2 to 4 p.m.: Blind Cat Brewing Co., 13 Kennedy St. \u2014 Ed Cuozzo &amp; Esta Codam<\/p>\n<p>4 to 5 p.m.: The Coqui Kitchen, 69 S. Main St. \u2014 Justin Mazer &amp; Alex Luquet<\/p>\n<p>4 to 5 p.m.: Broad Street Winery, 21 Broad St. \u2014 Bob Oxblood<\/p>\n<p>4:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Napoli\u2019s Pizza, 26 S. Main St. \u2014 Chase Who<\/p>\n<p>5 to 7 p.m.: Pizza Althea, 2 S. Main St. \u2014 Hot Club of Scranton<\/p>\n<p>5:30 to 6:30 p.m.: The Gramercy, 155 S. Main St. \u2014 Jimmy Waltich<\/p>\n<p>5:30 to 7:30 p.m.: The Refinery, 350 Kennedy Blvd. \u2014 Neil Nicastro<\/p>\n<p>6 to 8 p.m.: The Red Mill, 340 S. Main St. \u2014 Phyllis Hopkins<\/p>\n<p>6 to 8 p.m.: Fuji Sushi, 197 S. Main St. \u2014 DJ Evil Bee<\/p>\n<p>6:30 to 8:30 p.m.: Bravo Tex Mex, 61 S. Main St. \u2014 The Broke Pines<\/p>\n<p>7 to 9 p.m.: The Joint @ Rikasa, 53 S. Main St. \u2014 Joe Burke &amp; Co. + Rosary Guild<\/p>\n<p>9 to 11 p.m.: The Knights 55, 55 S. Main St. \u2014 Mere Mortals + Bret Alexander Band<\/p>\n<p>9:30 to 11:30 p.m.: Tomato Bar, 7 Tomato Festival Dr. \u2014 A Proud Monkey<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; PITTSTON \u2014 Downtown Pittston Partnership will present Celebrate Music \u2013 Pittston on Saturday, Jan. 31, for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-96293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}