Live Entertainment in Red Bank

The Basie Center's intimate showroom presents the finest jazz and cabaret performances in New Jersey — creating an extraordinary intimate performance environment that honors Count Basie's legacy of swinging with the most precise and joyful jazz ensemble precision. Red Bank's connection to Count Basie and to New Jersey's broader jazz and soul heritage (Sinatra grew up in nearby Hoboken, Whitney Houston in Newark) makes the Basie Center one of the most emotionally resonant performing arts venues in American music history.

Count Basie Center for the Arts is New Jersey's most beloved performing arts institution — a beautifully restored 1926 Red Bank theater named for Monmouth County's most famous musician that presents internationally significant concerts alongside community cultural programming. The theater's extraordinary connection to the Count Basie legacy and its role as the cultural heart of the Monmouth County arts community (which includes Bruce Springsteen's home turf) create one of New Jersey's most emotionally resonant performance venues.