Recap: Joe Rock & The All Stars August 16 Concert

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The August 16 event featured high-energy rock band Joe Rock & The All Stars.

Westbury Arts continued its 2018 Summer Arts & Concert Series with the Joe Rock & The All Stars, sponsored by Jeff Horan at State Farm, on Thursday, August 16. The event attracted over 150 attendees to the Piazza Ernesto Strada. It was the eighth in a series of 10 free outdoor concerts to take place in the Village of Westbury this Summer.

Joe Rock and The All Stars are a high energy rock band. The band is built around the “Core Four” players of Joe Rock, Lou Carrollo, Gene Linefsky and Mark “The Animal” Mendoza. The band is most commonly a quartet but they are available from Joe solo acoustic up to a 10 piece band with a horn section, female singer and more. The All Stars show is high energy with lots of audience participation. Joe and the band do both covers and originals. They can do a show of all covers, all originals or a combination depending on your needs. Here are some of the venues and festivals Joe Rock and The All Stars have played: The Paramount in Huntington NY, NYCB Theater at Westbury (Westbury Music Fair), The Space at Westbury, The YMCA Boulton Center for The Performing Arts, The Oyster Fest in Oyster Bay NY, The Huntington Lighthouse Music Festival, The Great South Bay Music Festival, The American Music Festival in Port Jefferson NY, The Cedar Beach Blues and Roots Festival, The Barrier Beach Blues and Arts Festival, The Long Beach Roxx NY Festival and The Montauk Music Festival.


The Westbury Arts Summer Arts & Concert Series takes place every Thursday night (through August 30) at 7pm in the Piazza Ernesto Strada, located on the corner of Post Ave and Maple Ave in Westbury, NY. Attendance is free for all events.