Events

For more than fifty years, Bruce Springsteen’s music has been a part of the lives of listeners around the world— a soundtrack of first concerts and road trips, of friendships and family traditions, of difficult moments, and of celebrations. Those experiences are an important part of the history that the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music seeks to preserve. Springsteen […]

The Bottom Line was where American music history happened up close. From 1974 to 2004, the roughly 400-seat club at 15 W. Fourth St. in New York’s Greenwich Village gave artists an intimate stage and put audiences just feet from the music. In August 1975, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band famously played a […]

The Bottom Line was where American music history happened up close. From 1974 to 2004, the roughly 400-seat club at 15 W. Fourth St. in New York’s Greenwich Village gave artists an intimate stage and put audiences just feet from the music. In August 1975, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band famously played a […]

Teacher Tuesdays is a new monthly professional development series designed to engage and inspire educators through the lens of American music and its cultural impact. In this session, we will explore how an understanding of brain development, regulation, relationships, and readiness to learn can inform everyday classroom practices.

An Adam Worth film, The Legend of Freehold Pond is a documentary presented by the Monmouth County Historical Association. Stay after the screening for a discussion with director Adam Worth and actor/musician Richie Blackwell. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the screening begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are pay what you wish, and advance registration […]

The second annual “Everything Fab Four” Fest (November 5-8, 2026) will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ Revolver album over four days of curated content, concerts, conversations and more. Taking place at Monmouth University and the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, special guests will feature Ken Burns and Michael Lindsay-Hogg (both via Zoom), […]

In honor of Veterans Day, the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music presents the story of the V-Discs of WWII.... Imagine the biggest performing artists of the day recording their most popular hits, and new compositions, for free, for members of the United States Armed Forces to enjoy, for free. Several artists with ties to […]

Join Bottom Line co-owner Allan Pepper and veteran music journalist Billy Altman as they discuss their new book Positively Fourth and Mercer: The Inside Story of New York’s Iconic Music Club, The Bottom Line, a behind-the-scenes look at the history and legacy of the 400-seat Greenwich Village nightspot that during its 1974-2004 run impacted the […]

Released in 1984, "Born in the U.S.A." became one of Bruce Springsteen's biggest hits—and one of the most misunderstood songs in American popular culture. Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and its aftermath, the song tells the story of a working-class veteran struggling to find his place in the country he served. Yet its soaring chorus and arena-sized sound led many listeners to hear it as a straightforward patriotic anthem.

Teacher Tuesdays is a new monthly professional development series designed to engage and inspire educators through the lens of American music and its cultural impact. Held once per month, each session will explore a different theme—ranging from history and social movements to songwriting, identity, and interdisciplinary teaching strategies—while providing participants with practical tools they can […]

For more than fifty years, Bruce Springsteen’s music has been a part of the lives of listeners around the world— a soundtrack of first concerts and road trips, of friendships and family traditions, of difficult moments, and of celebrations. Those experiences are an important part of the history that the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music seeks to preserve. Springsteen […]