Hest: Brookdale's Songwriter in the Park

As the sun sank into the Navesink River Friday night, Ari Hest, a Brooklyn singer-songwriter took to the outdoor stage alone before a tremendous croud, a silhouette with a guitar hanging over his shoulders.

Hest’s performance was part of Brookdale Public Radio’s Songwriters in the Park concert series at Riverside Gardens in Red Bank. The annual series features musical acts performing each Friday during the summer

Thanks to the season’s most perfect weather, Hest, along with show opener Emily Grove, performed for a crowd of hundreds who packed the park, sitting on folding chairs and lying on blankets.

The series continues next Friday, July 22, with Burlap to Cashmere, and wraps up the following week, July 29, with Corey Glover, lead singer of Living Colour. All shows start with musical acts. The series is sponsored by Ferrari Maserati of Central New Jersey.