FrostKings to Perform

Downtown Concert Series

The FrostKings
Friday, August 19th
6-8pm
FREE

Rain or Shine!


On Friday, August 19^th from 6-8pm the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts invites guests to the Downtown Concert Series, presented by The Arts Council of the Morris Area, Star Ledger, Blue Ridge Mountain Sports, The Provident Bank, and Whole Foods, featuring the R&B/ Blues/Swing band, The FrostKings.

The FrostKings are a three to five-piece R&B, swing and blues band originating from the North Jersey area. Familiar to music fans in Northern and Central Jersey, and Southern New York State, the FrostKings have played many festivals and venues over the last few years. Some of their recent performances include: J&R Cigars, Kristine’s Swing Dances, the Chester Jazz & Blues Festival, the Morris and Somerset County 4H Fairs, Sussex County Chamber Champion of the Grill BBQ, Attilio’s Tavern, and the Westfield and North Branch Libraries.

The band is made up of Jim Davis on saxophone/clarinet, Big Al Krotoff on guitar and vocals, bassman Brad Vickers and Harry “Hurricane” Fiorilli on drums. They have been together a little more than eight years and have blended their diverse musical styles and backgrounds to form one tight-knit band. Equally at home playing swinging shuffles, slow blues or full-tilt boogies, their repertoire ranges from the West Coast swing stylings of Louis Jordan and T-Bone Walker, to the classic blues of Luther Johnson, B.B. King, Eddie “Clean Head” Vinson and Muddy Waters, to the R&B of Wilson Pickett and Herbie Hancock.

If you're not already a swing-blues fan, you will be after hearing the Icy-Cold tones of the FrostKings!

The Downtown Concert Series is a series of nine FREE Friday evening, family-friendly concerts, held every other Friday until September 30^th, outside on the lawn of the Museum. Guests are encouraged to spend some time after the concerts in downtown Madison where they can explore the town’s many unique shops and restaurants.

Visit the Museum’s website for a full listing of the concert schedule at www.metc.org.

The Museum would like to especially acknowledge The Arts Council of the Morris Area, Star Ledger, Blue Ridge Mountain Sports, The Provident Bank, and Whole Foods, for their generous support. Thank you also, to Madison Honda and the Downtown Development Commission.

For more information please call 973-377-2982 x14 or visit our website at www.metc.org. Rain or Shine! In case of inclement weather concert will be held inside the Museum with first come first serve seating. FREE!

Regular Museum admission is $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for seniors, students & children, and free for Members. Family maximum admission $13.00. The Museum is open Tuesday – Saturday 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. and Sunday Noon to 5 P.M. Closed Monday & Major Holidays. (SUMMER HOURS- July & August, Tuesday – Saturday 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Closed Sunday & Monday)

Housed in a 1900 Richardsonian-Romanesque Revival building listed on the National Register of Historic places, the Museum explores 18th- and 19th-century American history, with a focus on New Jersey. Drawing on its collection of over 8,000 hand tools and their products, METC uses material culture to interpret the lives and technologies of people who lived and worked before the rise of large-scale industrialization in this country. The Museum offers visitors of all ages a broad range of changing exhibits, and related programs that address many facets of early American history, craftsmanship, and the diversity of trades performed by men and women.

The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts received a General Operating Support Grant from the Borough of Madison, Charles Read Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders. The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.

The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts is located at 9 Main Street in the heart of downtown Madison, just two blocks from the Madison train station. For information, please call 973-377-2982 x10 or visit our website at www.metc.org.

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