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It’s Alive !!! The First and Last call for Band submissions for this year's Ghost of Uncle Joe’s Halloween Masquerade Fundraiser Ball for and at The Historic JC & Harsimus Cemetery on Friday, October 24th and Saturday, October 25th ( horrific weather date Sub 10/26), afterparties on Sat 10/25 regardless of weather. Here’s a list of bands we already have locked in : Black Sabbath / The Viagra Boys / Spinal Tap/ Bouncing Souls / Cake / Aretha Franklin & The Blues Brothers/ Pavement / Iron Maiden / The Pixies / Bob Dylan / The Rolling Stones / Willie Nelson / Lana Del Rey / Cher / The Cure / Thin Lizzy / Parliament Here are some wish list bands PULP / The Eurythmics / Tears for Fears / Childish Gambino / Le Tigre / The Faint / The Rapture / Lauryn Hill / Spoon / Social Distortion How to submit a band for Ghost. Email Dancing Tony at rockitdocket(at)gmail.com This is not a cover band show, but a tribute band showcase with each band expected to DRESS UP & Perform 35 - 45 minutes of material. This is NOT A COVERBAND SHOWCASE M, in other words if you play in Baby Oil a P Diddy Coverband, then we would nit accept your submission because you do it all the time, but instead if you wanted to do another artist that would be OK Bands that are accepted are should know. There is no guarantee that you are playing the cemetery. With a special exception of drummers, you can not perform in more than one band. This also makes it hard on scheduling. Min pay per band is $200 musicians get full comps to all Ghost shows. In addition the main event, bands will be given opportunities to play the following shows and show be available for two performances Thursday October 16th Ghost of Uncle Joes Dress Rehearsals at Pet Shop Thursday October 30th : Mischief Night at SOUTH HOUSE Friday October 31st HDSID Halloween in the Plaza Saturday November 1st Day of the Dead Party at Art House Productions all line-ups are subject to CHANGE Artwork by Bob Piersanti IMPORTANT SAFETY & LIABILITY ANNOUNCEMENT THE EVENT PROMOTER’S AND THE HISTORIC JERSEY CITY AND HARSIMUS CEMETERY ACCEPTS NO LIABILITY FOR INJURY OR DAMAGE TO PERSONAL PROPERTYThe Historic JC & Harsimus Cemetery grounds and walkways are uneven; use caution with walking around the grounds. Our Gravestones are historic and fragile. It is an outdoor environment that contains natural and man-made hazards, including standing water, fallen trees, limbs, and plant materials; steep, slippery, rough and uneven terrain; animal and reptile burrows, insects, and reptiles, poisonous plants; maintenance and heavy equipment; and other apparent and unapparent hazards. Children must be supervised by an adult at all times DO NOT LEAN UP, SIT ON, OR PLAY on or around the Gravestones. Bring a chair and/or a blanket and make a picnic of it Carry-in - Throw out NO PETS ALLOWED can't make the date donate at www.jerseycitycemetery.org ========================================== Ghost of Uncle Joe's 2024 Line-up with performances by FRI 10/18 at the Cemetery : The Cult by We Sell Sanctuary / Coheed and Cambria by Quality Living [] The Scorpions by Hudson City Leather [] 920 Korn by Children of the Korn [] w/ DJ Jersey Jack-o-Lantern SAT 10/19 at the Cemetery : 150 Foo Fighters by JC Resistance Choir [] Superchunk by Hyper Enough [] Kate Bush by Call Me Maidin [] The Raspberries by The RasGarys [] CHIC featuring Diana Ross by The Mutts [] Coldplay by Life in Technicolor [] REM by Bastards of the Old [] Daft Punk by Sir Synthesis [] The Go-Go's by The Dracu-las []9 20 Violent Femmes by The Blue House [] w/ DJ Kill Nasty after-parties LO FI AFTER PARTY The White Stripes by Sebastian Ortiz [] Cage The Elephant by Paid Time Off [] Violent Femmes [reprise] by The Blue House PORTA : CHIC ftr. Diana Ross by The Mutts [] Madonna by Howlin Bill [] Miley Cyrus by Dage and charliecomehome Pet Shop UPstairs : Eddie Money by A Pair of Tickets [] The Smiths by These Charming Men [members Jewel Theif and Child Eaters ] [] Against Me! by The Black Outs P .S. Winebar DOWNstairs: She and Him by His and Hers [] The Police by Message in a Bottles [] The Cranberries by the Fanberries [] The Cult by We Sell Sanctuary Sip Studios : 140 Sip Ave [5 min walk from JSQ PATH] : 930 Sheryl Crow by Skylar Pocket [] 1030 Snail Mail by Hannah Burke [] 1130 Green Day - Dookie by Night Surf [] 1230 Coheed and Cambria by Quality Living ==The Ghost of Uncle Joe's 2023 10/19 Dress Rehearsals Thurs @ CORGI 630 N*SYNC by JC Resistance Choir / 720 Linda Ronstadt by Twisted Martinis / 810 Grand Funk Railroad by American Band / 900 Oasis by Cigarettes and Alcohol / 950 Red Hot Chili Peppers by Ruby Hot Chili Peppers / 1040 INXS The Low Fidelity Neighborhood Friendship Society 10/20 FRIght Night @ The Cemetery : 6 pm Evanescence by Don't Call Me Maiden / 650 Motorhead by Roadcrew / 740 Primus by the HE-CATS / 830 Taking Back Sunday by Emo Night Emergencies / 920 Nirvana by Shred Flintstone / w/ DJ Tom Gallows from Don't Look at My Records 10/21 Saturday at HC @ The Cemetery : 150 Guns and Roses by The Hoboken School of Rock / 240 Johnny Cash by The Lonesome Prairie Dogs / 330 New York Dolls by Hudson City Trash / 420 Death Row Records by Break-a- Leg Ent. / 510 The Who by Howlin Bill / 600 No Doubt by NO Zeroes / 650 The Killers by The Fabulous Las Vegas / 740 Metallica by Puppet Mastery / 830 Tina Turner by Forget the Whale / 920 Depeche Mode by Daughter Vision / w/ DJ Kill Nasty 10/21 Porta : 10 Dead Sheeran by Lara the Savage / 11 Juanes by Sebastian Ortiz 12 N Sync by The JC Resistance Choir / 1 Death Row Records [encore] by B-a-L Ent 10/21 LoFi : 9 30 Elvis Costello by Hell-vis Costello & The Bat-tractions / 10 20 Nada Surf by Mr. Caws / 11 10 INXS by The Low Fidelity Neighborhood Friendship Society 10/21 at Pet Shop : 900 Grand Funk Railroad by American Band / 950 NY Dolls [encore] By Hudson City Trash / 1040 Bruce Springsteen by Nite Music / 1130 Oasis by Cigarettes and Alcohol 10/21 PS Wine Bar : 9 30 Linda Rondstadt by Twisted Martinis / 10 20 Death Cab for Cutie by Death Cab for Coffee / 11 10 Siouxie by Peekaboo & the Passengers 10/21 at Sip Studios : 930 Artic Monkeys by SIG Band / 1030 Spoon - Austin City Limited 1130 Paramore - by JuJu Gay / 1230 Phoenix - by Quality Living / with DJ Jackie O'Lantern 10/27 @ CORGI : 630 Red Hot Chili Peppers by Ruby Hot Chili Peppers / 810 Primus by HE-MEN 900 Motor Head by The Roadcrew / 950 Spoon by The Metal Detektors / 1040 No Doubt by NO Zeroes / 1130 The Who by Howlin Bill 10/31 HDSID : Halloween : 7 pm Shrek by These Guys / 6 pm Death Row Records by Break-a-Leg Entertainers / 5 pm Juanes by Sebastian Ortiz / 4 pm Guns and Roses by the Hoboken School of Rock ##################################################################### 2022 @The Cemetery FRI: Nine Inch Nails/ My Chemical Romance / QOTSA / Cheap Trick / Hole | SAT : New Order/ Tame Impala / The Hives / Interpol / The Cars / Modest Mouse / Native Tongues / Alanis Morrissette's / Yes / Def Leppard after-parties : Robyn / Harry Styles/One Direction / Taylor Swift / ABBA / The Doors / Social Distortion / Billy Squier / The Misfits / The Pretenders / Arrested Development / Joe Jackson / Lonely Island / Modest Mouse / The Replacements / Weezer / Metallica 2021 FRIght Nite @ The Cemetery with dj Phil Nastie / 5 pm Bright Eyes by The Creeky Saddle 5:50 Sunny Day Real Estate by JT and the Variety of Anxiety / 6:40 Metric - Emergencies 7:30 Rage Against the Machine by Ghouls on Parade / 8:20 Limp Bizkit by Bled Flintstone 9:10 The Clash - The Parlay Studios Orchestra SAT DAY @ CEMETERY 1:00 Spongebob Squarepants Underwater Band by Rockstar Racecar / 1:50 Hoboken School of Rock presents a Rock Utopia / 2:40 Traffic by Malcolm's Men / 3:30 RUSH by Captain Pickard and the Subdivisions /4:20 Fleetwood Mac by Royal Blush SAT NITE @ CEMETERY with DJ Jersey Jackpot / 5:10 Ramones by The Handsome Devils / 6:00 Pat Benetar by Promises in the Dark / 6:50 Billy Idol by Velvet Jones / 7:40 The Hold Steady by Porcaro & Co. / 8:30 The Strokes by Ruby Bones / 9:20 Talking Heads by The Mutts LO FI AFTER PARTY: 9:20 The Ben Gibbard Treatment by Lady Diana / 10:10 Tribute to Adam Schlesinger by Turnpike Gates / 11:00 Sugar by the LoFi Neighborhood Friendship Society PORTA: 10:30 Maroon 5 - These Guys / 11:30 Donna Summer by the MacArthur Park Rangers / 12:30 Lady Gaga - Howlin' Bill PET SHOP [upstairs] AFTER PARTY : 9:00 The Black Keys by Southern Souls / 9:50 Davie Bowie by SuperSmutt / 10:40 The Jam - Creeper's Union / 11:30 Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street by The Latest Noise: PS WINE BAR : 9:30 Lou Reed - Ed and the Wildside Walkers / 10:20 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Slick Wave and the bad deeds: / 11:10 Bright Eyes by The Creeky Saddle / 12:00 LCD Soundsystem by John Busse and All His Friends JSQ LOUNGE [Upstairs DJ Marcarcass : 9:40 Elliot Smith by Nervous Nancy and the Worry Wart / 10:30 PJ Harvey by Melissa and the Baby Holes / 11:20 Bikini Kill by Bride Riot / 12:00 The White Stripes by The Barretts 2020 A Social Distanced Halloween at the Cemetery A Band Called Death / System of a Down / Contagion / Tool / STP / Van Halen / Ween / Guided by Voices / Billy Joel / Amy Winehouse / Jimmy Eat World / The Beach Boys / Neil Young and Crazy Horse / Green Day / Elton John / Grateful Dead / Janis Joplin / The Kinks / The Dead Kennedys/ The Band / My Morning Jacket / Black Sabbath by Hoboken School of Rock / Bob Dylan / The Wizards of Ozz by Looms / System of a Down / The Cramps 2019 At the Cemetery Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Ween / Bruce Springsteen / Paramore / Bad Boy by Break / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Meatloaf / KC & The Sunshine Band / Coldplay / Foo Fighters / ACDC after parties : Joe Jackson (The Brixton Riot) / The Afghan Whigs / The Stone Roses / Bryan Adams / Blondie / LCD Soundsystem / Counting Crows / Duran Duran / Grand Funk RR / Boston / The Cranberries / The Cure / Nirvana / Heart / The Stooges / The Clash / Blink 182 / Tom Waits / Ween Daniel Johnston / The Pixies 2018 At the Cemetery: John Cougar Mellencamp / Hank Williams / White Stripes / Devo / Vampire Weekend / Steely Dan/ Weezer / Queen / Lauryn Hill & Friends / The Sex Pistols with AFTER-PARTIES Primus / The Ramones / Cheap Trick / Thin Lizzy / Blur / Beastie Boys / The Velvet Underground / The Lemonheads / The Who / Fleetwood Mac - John Mellencamp / The Black Keys / Kings of Leon / Sade / No Doubt / Alice and Chains 2017 Cemetery Line-upThe Replacements /\ Elvis Presley /\ The Kinks /\ The Cramps /\ The Allman Brothers /\ Dolly Parton /\ Pink Floyd /\ De La Soul /\ Huey Lewis & The News /\ Aerosmith after parties: Buddy Holly /\ Belle & Sebastian /\ The Kinks /\ Whitney Houston /\ : OutKast /\ Oasis /\ Pearl Jam /\ T.Rex /\ The Doors /\ Traveling Wilburys /\ Tom Petty /\ Husker Du 2016: at the cemetery Jethro Tull, Janis Joplin, Guided by Voices, Bikini Kill, Alice Cooper, The Strokes, The Specials, The Cars, Motley Crue, David Bowie, DJ's Daft Punk LITM: Elvis Costello, The Velvet Underground, The Police, The Pixies Porta: Tom Petty, Amy Winehouse, Rage Against the Machine 2015 : At the cemetery: Wilco, The Grateful Dead. Sound Garden, Hall & Oates. Kiss, The Misfits, The Modern Lovers, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Madonna, Led Zeppelin After party at the LITM: The Smithereens, Lovin' Spoonful, Heart - ZZ Top After party at Porta: Blondie, !!! [chk chk chk], Sublime - Lucky 7's Mischief Night Rob Zombie, Judas Priest, NOFX HDSID 10/31 Adult Party in the Plaza Hank Williams, Prince, Guns n Roses, The Rolling Stones, Queen. 2014 : Bob Dylan, Green Day " Kerplunk" , Operation Ivy, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, The Smiths, GnR @ Lamp Post : White Stripes, Thin Lizzy, Beastie Boys, Radiohead 11/1- Santana, Big Star and The Pogues At Luckys 2013 : Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Rancid, Cream, Fugazi. B-52's, Joy Division, The Doors, Roxy Music, The Who @ Lamppost Weezer, The Pixies, Sly & The Family Stone, The Violent Femmes 2012: Tom Petty, The Mummies, Black Sabbath, The Runaways, Fleetwood Mac, Danzig. David Bowie:: Lamp Post : Bruce Springsteen, Squeeze, The Beatles 2011 moved to 58 : Nirvana, The Faces, U2, The Cure, The Ramones, Talking Heads, The Exploding Hearts 2010 at Cemetery: Neutral Milk Hotel, REM, Motorhead, The Cramps, the Misfits, The Descendents 2009 at 58 : Elvis Costello, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Sonics, The Stooges 2008: Skipped This will be the first year without a Ghost of Uncle Joe's Party, but their should be some haunting at the old site, as I understand that the his tormented soul will be roaming the streets looking for you. 2007 at 58: Social Distortion, The Rolling Stones, Twisted Sister all line-ups subject to change
