Terry’s Serendipity Café

Our 30th Year

The Montclair Student Café Project

In association with the

Office of Arts and Cultural Development,

MRCA, Township of Montclair

Updated 01/25/2025 (etc)

It was a smooth Serendipity on B’nai Kes

It was a smooth Serendipity on B’nai Keshet. As far as I can tell we remembered everything (I thought I had forgotten my clipboard, but it was in the car). 74 people paid to attend, The bands were good. We hosted Sunflower’s first Serendipity gig, which might have been their first gig ever, and the […]

Last Friday’s extra cool (< 10F) Serendi

Last Friday’s extra cool (< 10F) Serendipity Café at the Lutherans had good music. I should get the names of the band from Bard, I think, that was instrumental in making the sound good. The floor was hard to clean though. And it appears as though we made a profit of over $7! I’ll put […]

Although no couples took advantage of th

Although no couples took advantage of the tremendous $1.00 discount, we had a good time at Fletcher Hall, of the UUC on Church St. We blew no breakers, sound & lights ran smoothly and the coffee was good, considering. The music was good, Small Victories and Ana Bonesteels band were new to me, and they […]

Been a while since we did those stairs,

Been a while since we did those stairs, but we had a large crew and it went quickly. Music was good, I liked the electronic stuff that was not a gameboy. Not too big a crowd, 50 people, and we broke a mic stand boom thing, and left the coffee pots behind. All will be […]

So I screwed up the date for the 4/26 sh

So I screwed up the date for the 4/26 show which the Church thought was 4/25, and they were right. So we changed it to 5/2, last Friday. So even though the intended large group of cover bands didn’t make it, bands from the Meatlocker and a House show that were suddenly cancelled showed up […]

We keep the whole town supplied with mus

We keep the whole town supplied with music, by cooperating with the famous Make Music Day celebrations all around the world. Festival Underground was super. Gillian Morello won the scholarship award, and the staff gave Ed a BIG gift card to Fleet Feet and wrote the nicest things in a card. Julia and Anna took […]

The parade took place in spite of Hurric

The parade took place in spite of Hurricane Arthur, which sorta rained a bit on the after-parade party. The Montclair Arts Council rented the Serendipity PA for the Edgemont picnic, which was shorter than it would have been with rain getting worse towards the end. But it cleared up for the fireworks and so it […]

Serendipity at the Lutheran Church, extr

Serendipity at the Lutheran Church, extremely well attended for a July Serendipity, with interesting music. There was a vibraphone and a melodica, which are unusual, and an electric ukulele, (right, Marzipan?). The weather cooperated and the staff enjoyed Pinegrove, Addie Pray, Austin Tannenbaum, Sunflower, and others, I’ll fix this later.

We had some very good music Friday night

We had some very good music Friday night, a surprising 29 member audience, and decent snack bar sales. Peter Guiffra attended and said a few words, and Greg Pason was there helping and being a good friend. O Face, Use Big Words, Daisy Chainz and No Noise were all great, and we raised over $40 […]

Edegmont Park Shelter House. Good turnou

Edegmont Park Shelter House. Good turnout, and we heard some great music. The new staff was aided by Gillian and Alexis who managed to make it back home for yet another Serendipity Café. I forgot quite a few things this time, making it worthwhile to return for them. The kids from Stephen St were great, […]